The Nearly Good B-Pictures of the 1950s
Can there even be a thing like 'nearly good B-pictures'? At first I wasn't so sure either. But after years of watching B-movies, more often than not I stumbled across a B-picture which I wouldn't exactly consider to be a good (or even brillant) one. On the other hand it didn't reach the absolute bottoms of z-grade moviedom that connoisseurs of this kind of pictures are used to either. It was simply a movie which, in terms of B-pictures, was competently done, had all those ingredients we love so much in this kind of movies, yes, possibly it was even done bad for all the right reasons. But nevertheless, it didn't click with me, didn't offer that special something which makes B-pictures so enjoyable. What you can expect on this list are B-pictures which are not bad per se, they are more like near misses which can still offer plenty for the B-movie fan. Especially if you are a fan of a certain subgenre, actor or whatever. So have fun browsing through the nearly, but not quite, good B-pictures of the 1950s.
If you're up to it, don't hesitate to leave a comment.
PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
If you're up to it, don't hesitate to leave a comment.
PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
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- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsLloyd BridgesOsa MassenJohn EmeryAn astronaut crew on their way to the Moon are unexpectedly propelled by gravitational forces and end up on Mars instead.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldDonald WoodsMarjorie LordWhen a young boy is kidnapped by hunters who believe he knows the location of a great treasure, Bomba the Jungle Boy seeks to rescue him from them and from a volcano which is about to erupt.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsLex BarkerVanessa BrownRobert AldaAs Jane and the local tribeswomen are abducted one by one by the wild Lionians, Tarzan attempts to persuade their prince to accept a potent medicament for his ailing men, while the girls face certain death. Can Tarzan set them free?
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsJohnny WeissmullerTrudy MarshallSuzanne DalbertCrooks dressed to look like gorillas are looking for lost Nazi gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsJohnny WeissmullerAnn SavageDavid BruceJungle Jim heads a search for missing WAC Captain Ann Kingsley; a white midget plays Tembo, the pygmy chief.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldSue EnglandPaul GuilfoylePrincess Leah is the rightful heir to a tribal throne which has been stolen from her by the dastardly Hassan. Bomba the Jungle Boy, of course, comes to her rescue.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsJohnny WeissmullerBuster CrabbeAnita LhoestJungle Jim is out to save Joan Martindale from an evil witch doctor whilst simultaneously fighting Barton, an evil treasure hunter.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsHoward St. JohnAmanda BlakeRon RandellWhen enemy agents obtain leaked secrets about a guided missile reservation, the chief of America's counterspy division (Howard St. John) and Scotland Yard's best investigator Ron Randell get on an investigative trail which quickly leads to a reservation secretary (Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty, Amanda Blake).
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsDon StannardTamara DesniGeorge FordSpecial Agent Dick Barton has been assigned to recover a kidnapped professor and de-activate a death ray before catastrophe occurs and World War III is declared.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsLon Chaney Jr.Zara TazilJohn InceA colonial police detective in an Eastern seaport seeks a stolen gem, and infiltrates the underworld by posing as a look-alike wharfside bar owner.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsMichael MedwinGarry MarshYvonne OwenA man and his sister live in a country home, not knowing that there is stolen loot hidden there. A gang of criminals attempts to get them to move so they can get the loot for themselves.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsMacdonald CareyMärta TorénRobert DouglasPosing as an ex-German medical officer, a U.S. Navy intelligence officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist and sink a German submarine hiding off the coast of South America.
- DirectorLewis D. CollinsStarsJimmy LydonArt BakerGil StrattonA young man builds a hot rod despite the disapproval of his father, a Juvenile Court judge. Circumstantial evidence points to the innocent teenager when his car is involved in a hit-and-run accident and he must reconcile with his father.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsRobert SterlingJoan DixonRicardo CortezA detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettGail DavisTommy IvoWidow Mahoney, the best cook in town and hotel proprietor , along with her larcenous sons, is trying to take control of the town's water supply so she can acquire the valley ranchland cheaply.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsRoy RogersTriggerDale EvansRoy is an insurance investigator looking into the theft of uranium ore. He must prevent the thieves from taking off in a plane with the stolen ore.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsTim HoltNoreen NashTom KeeneDave Saunders and his sidekick Chito, cowhands looking for work, arrive in Sundown Valley, Wyoming just in time to stop sheep ranch foreman Jess Rawlins from lynching cattleman Tug Caldwell. Rawlins seems set on starting a range war; but why? Before Dave and Chito can find out, they must convince Chris Marvin, Rawlins's attractive boss, that he's no good...and get out from under a framed murder charge.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallAdele JergensWith Louie away, Slip turns the Sweet Shop into an escort service that attracts the attention of bank robbers.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallHillary BrookeTo solve the death of a friend, the boys go to gambling school, then go undercover as croupiers in an illegal gambling house.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallGabriel DellSlip, Sach, Whitey, Butch and Chuck witness a warehouse robbery, and are arrested and jailed on suspicion. Gabe Moreno, their lawyer-friend gets them released on bail. Since the charge of suspicion is one that the prosecutors appear to believe can be easily proved, the gang is awaiting trail, when Whitey, a short-wave radio fan, picks up information that leads him to believe that instructions for the warehouse robbery and others are given by an inmate in the penitentiary to his pals on the outside via short-wave radio. When the five go on trail, Slip and Sach plead guilty so that they may be imprisoned and the other three are given probation. Once in the Big House, Slip and Sach learn immediately learn that two notorious gangsters, Pretty Boy Gleason and Benny the Blood, expected to arrive at the prison have received a last-minute stay-of-sentence, so they decide to pose as Pretty Boy and Benny, in order to be readily accepted among the Cons and learn which of them is the one sending out the robbery instructions. They meet the leader, Bat Armstrong, and learn from Whitey, who has intercepted one of Bat's short-wave messages, that a prison break is planned. But before they can do much about that, the real Pretty Boy and Benny are imprisoned, and Slip and Sach are now known by Bat and his friends to be impostors.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallAdele JergensAfter he undergoes a throat operation, Slip and the gang discover that Sach now possesses a beautiful singing voice and try to figure out how to make money off of it.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettLois HallSteve DarrellSteve Lawton, aka The Durango Kid, U.S. Army undercover man, and his assistant Smiley, are sent to Santa Fe by Army investigator Copeland to deliver a gold shipment and check on the strange disappearance of Captain Tanner from Fort Navajo. Copeland is murdered by Forsythe, a fake government agent,who orders Krag Benson and his other henchmen to ambush Steve and Smiley and steal the gold shipment. Steve and Smiley escape the trap and reach Santa Fe, where they learn that Tanner's wife Alice is being held hostage by Forsythe and his gang.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsRoy RogersTriggerDale EvansRoy is a United States Marshal tracking down a counterfeiting ring and hunting down a mountain lion. Songs: "It's One Wonderful Day, " "Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy, " "Pancho's Rancho" and the title song.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsRoy RogersTriggerPenny EdwardsThe annual return of the salmon each year gives the Indians of the Northwest enough food to last until the next year. This way of live is threatened by Banning who puts in a cannery on the river to harvest the fish for sale. With the Canadian cannery on the other side, the Indians find no fish in the river for them. But Banning wants all the fish for his business and he plans to burn the Canadian cannery and put the blame on Chief Nagora. But Indian Agent Roy knows that Nagora is being framed and starts looking for the people responsible with the help of his blood brother Dakota.
- DirectorJohn EnglishStarsGene AutryChampionGail DavisAfter leaving the Confederate cavalry, Gene becomes an undercover man in the Union army.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsRoy RogersTriggerEstelita RodriguezRoy puts a stop to gun smuggling.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsDon 'Red' BarryRobert LoweryWally VernonAlthough the Lincoln County War has come to a conclusion, Billy the Kid turns his back on a gubernatorial pardon and continues his lawless career.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsLeon ErrolJoe Kirkwood Jr.Robert CooganJoe and Anne go off on their honeymoon while Knobby books him into a charity fight which Lord Cecil tries to wreck.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsLeon ErrolJoe Kirkwood Jr.Robert CooganA crooked mayor and fight promoter conspire to sign slow-witted Humphrey to a contract. Their goal is to use Humphrey to get Joe Palooka to sign. As things develop, Humphrey becomes mayor.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsJoe Kirkwood Jr.James GleasonLois HallJoe is witness to a mob killing. Two of the killers are after him. He is drugged before the big fight which is watched on TV by his manager Knobby and the thugs who are holding Knobby hostage.
- DirectorTerry O. MorseStarsBruce KelloggOtto WaldisJim BannonScientists use a gigantic drilling machine for an expedition to the center of the earth.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJeff CoreyWhen underground beings explore the surface world from a deep oil well and inadvertently cause a panic, only Superman can prevent a tragedy.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsLex BarkerVirginia HustonGeorge MacreadyEscaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsJohnny WeissmullerSherry MorelandWilliam HenryJungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsLouis HaywardJody LawranceAlexander KnoxEdward Jekyll, ignorant of how his father had brought forth death and destruction with his experiments, is pursuing a chemist career despite the fact that he has been discharged from school or his unorthodox experimentations. When the time comes for his father's estate, which had been put in trust, Edward first learns of his father's actions and rather than ignore the matter, sets out to prove that human personality can be changed by certain chemical stimulations. But he hasn't reckoned on Dr. Curtis Lanyon, a prominent doctor and close friend of the family. Lanyon wants to get his hands on the estate and resorts to murder and frame-ups to make Edward appear to be as insane as his father.
- DirectorFatin AbdulwahhabStarsKamal El-ShinnawiMohsen HassanainSouraya HelmyIn order that he may be able to collect a large sum of money from an inheritance, a man must spend a month in a house that many believe to be haunted. If that weren't bad enough, there is also reputed t be a killer ape who roams the house and does not take kindly to strangers.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldMorris AnkrumAnn E. ToddBomba the Jungle Boy informs ne'er-do-well lion hunters that the lions were meant to roam the jungle freely. Since they pay him no attention, Bomba must save the lions (and Jean, incidentally).
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldDonna MartellJohn KelloggElephant poachers Joe Collins and Bob Warren plan to steal a load of ivory which the natives want to give to the missionary, Miss Banks, but Bomba the Jungle Boy calls on friendly elephants to trample them to death.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsJon HallMarie WindsorRomo VincentExplorer Ponce de Leon searches for the Fountain of Youth in the Florida swamps.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallDonald MacBrideIn order to trap some spies, the Bowery Boys join the Army.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsHelen ShinglerClement McCallinSheila BurrellA husband cheats on his disabled wife--who has been paralyzed in a car accident--with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsChristine NordenRobert AyresJennifer JayneMark Sherwin ( Robert Ayres) is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had been declared dead, his wife welcomes him back, only to plan a real death for him so she and his best friend (with whom she is having an affair) can get his substantial wealth.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsBrian ReeceJoy SheltonChristine NordenPC 49 grapples with a beautiful artist's model in a case involving the murder of a millionaire.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsAlbert LievenDavid GreeneNorman MacOwanThe crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find out that they are a gang of bank robbers on the run from the law.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallLloyd CorriganA ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallAllen JenkinsThe Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
- DirectorStuart GilmoreStarsTim HoltJoan DixonRoss ElliottDave Collins arrives in town, and Tim suspects Dave can lead him to wanted outlaws.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettFred F. SearsLuther CrockettA man's pursuit of some wanted criminals is hindered by the interference of a crooked judge.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettFred F. SearsClayton MooreJohnny is a young Indian boy who falls heir to thousands of wild horses when his adoptive white father is murdered by henchmen of the town's leading citizen, Grat Hanlon. With the aid of his protector Steve Reynolds, he acquires an Army contract to deliver 300 horses a month to the cavalry. Hanlon, desiring the contract himself, and his men set out to keep the contract from being fulfilled.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallTed de CorsiaThe boys get mixed up with a race horse and crooked gamblers.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsJoe Kirkwood Jr.Cathy DownsJames GleasonJoe and Anne Palooka, along with Joe's trainer Knobby, are vacationing when they a kidnapped by The Professor and his gang. The Professor plans to make Joe throw a fight (and shows up at the fight dressed as Anne's aunt).
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsLex BarkerDorothy HartPatric KnowlesTarzan acts as a guide for two British government agents recently arrived in Africa to secure a great cache of diamonds for the English military. However, the agents are not what they seem.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsJohnny WeissmullerAngela GreeneJean WillesJungle Jim is forced to lead anthropologist Dr. Edwards into a land inhabited by giant people.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldLaurette LuezMartin GarralagaBomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of nefarious diamond smugglers.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldKaren SharpeWalter SandeBomba, the Jungle Boy and now animal protector, discovers human skeletons which turn out to be those of his parents.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallJohn BromfieldTo settle a wager, two university alumni enroll the Bowery Boys in their college. Enticed by a monetary bonus, the boys accept the offer.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsZachary ScottRobert BeattyNaomi ChanceWhen his girlfriend's brother's cargo plane is lost at sea, nagging questions arise, and pilot Richard Van Ness gets caught in a web of blackmail and smuggling.
- DirectorPatrick JenkinsSam NewfieldStarsDane ClarkKathleen ByronNaomi ChanceA social-climbing American with a business in illegal gambling falls in love with a blue blood, but gangsters and a jealous ex-girlfriend stand in the way of happiness.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettJock MahoneyCarolina CottonWhen Steve Holden plus his alter ego, the Durango Kid, is reunited with his old Texas Ranger saddlemate Jack Mahoney, he finds his former friend has become greedy and power hungry.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGene AutryChampionVirginia HustonTexas law officers are so corrupt that Gene decides to put on his old Texas Ranger uniform and set things right.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsLon McCallisterWanda HendrixPreston FosterJohn Malvin (Lon McCallister), prospecting the Montana territory during the gold rush, sees bandits kill a miner and his son. He eludes the outlaws by hiding near a stagecoach relay station run by "Possum" Enoch (Eddy Waller) and his daughter Clair (Wanda Hendrix), with whom John alls in love. Sheriff Henry Plummer (Preston Foster), secret head of the outlaws, learns John witnessed the killings and sends him as his Deputy on a dangerous mission with a planned ambush.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsMark StevensJean KentGarry MarshDuring a London reunion of a World War II RAF unit, an American pilot gets into a fight with one of his buddies, who is drunk and belligerent. The next day the pilot wakes up in a strange hotel room with blood on his suit, and can't remember how he got there. Then he discovers that the friend he fought with the night before has been murdered, and he is a prime suspect.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsPatrick BarrJane BaxterJulie SomersAn older doctor in a rural area takes on a younger physician as his partner. When the older doctor's wife is found murdered, the man becomes the chief suspect, especially when he suddenly disappears. His new partner. not believing that he did it, sets out to discover the real killer.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallHanley StaffordThe boys get drafted into the Marines. On their first day in basic training, their commanding officer discovers that Sach's dad is an old war buddy of his, so he makes Sach a sergeant and places him in charge of the boys. While on the drill field, they discover the body of a dead Marine, and find a playing card on him that they trace to a local gambling house, where they suspect that the Marine was murdered.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallDorothy FordSach discovers that he is heir to a farm in rural hillbilly country. He and the boys go to the farm to check it out, and find themselves mixed up with feuding hillbillies and a gang of bank robbers.
- DirectorGeorge B. Seitz Jr.StarsClayton MooreJay SilverheelsGlenn StrangeWhen the Butch Cavendish gang ambushes a group of Texas Rangers, the only surviving ranger dons a mask to protect his identity and swears to bring them to justice.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallMarjorie ReynoldsSach acquires super strength, which the boys attempt to cash in on by turning him into a professional wrestler.
- DirectorW. Lee WilderStarsTed CooperTom DalySteve ActonWhen an asteroid crashes, the search begins to track down the mysterious aliens.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsHoward DuffEva BartokAlan WheatleyA small group of closely-guarded British scientists test their first rocket amidst indications of matrimonial strife in the community. After the partial failure of the firing, a couple go missing - have they gone off together or are their murdered bodies circling the earth in the remains of the rocket?
- DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsRichard CarlsonVeronica HurstKatherine EmeryA Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsLouis HaywardNaomi ChanceSydney TaflerA private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
- DirectorHarold DanielsStarsJames WarrenLynne RobertsPaul CavanaghA 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, where it came to rest after an earthquake many years before. A scientist wants to study it, some thugs want the treasure alleged to be stored there, a bunch of mutated giant crabs living there attack them all.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsLex BarkerJoyce MackenzieRaymond BurrIvory poachers, headed by Lyra the She-Devil, Vargo and Fidel, capture a native tribe to carry their loot. Tarzan intervenes and is captured.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsJohnny WeissmullerChristine LarsonRobert FoulkBad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldDouglas KennedyBarbara BestarA bunch of movie makers arrive in Africa to make a film about jungle wildlife. One of their party kills a geologist and Bomba the Jungle Boy must find out whodunnit. He does, while helping them complete their movie. A lion finishes off the culprit.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallBernard GorceyThose wacky Bowery Boys invent a super fast fuel, which will help them win an auto race (isn't this cheating?). However, the fuel is stolen by the bad guys just before the big race.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallBernard GorceyThe Bowery Boys find themselves in London, in an old mansion complete with a dungeon, an ominous bell tower and the ghost of an old hangman.
- DirectorArthur J. BeckhardJoseph LernerStarsRichard CooganRosemary PettitFrank AlbertsonPolice investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallBernard GorceySlip and Sach mistakenly enlist in the Air Force where Sach is mistakenly assigned to the WACs.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallBernard GorceyAfter a punch in the nose, Sach gains the ability to read minds, so Slip and the gang take on a detective agency to try cashing in on Sach's new power.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsSusan ShawDonald HoustonAlan WheatleyA Canadian ex-serviceman has to resist criminals and the temptation of signing for Arsenal in order to help non-league Oldchester United.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGene AutryChampionConnie MarshallHamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan territory from attacking the settlers.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGene AutryChampionGail DavisOne of a bunch of gangsters trying to push the old protection racket on western ranchers turns out to be Gene's younger brother.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsCharles DrakeKarin BoothBilly ChapinA young boy-genius befriends his grandfather's robot, designed as a test pilot for space travel and coveted by foreign spies.
- DirectorSherman A. RoseStarsRichard DenningKathleen CrowleyVirginia GreyGiant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are strangers Frank and Nora.
- DirectorHarmon JonesStarsCameron MitchellAnne BancroftLee J. CobbAt a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsJohnny WeissmullerKarin BoothRichard StapleyJungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsJohnny WeissmullerJudy WalshDavid BruceJohnny Weissmuller fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldAnne KimbellPaul GuilfoyleIt's Bomba the Jungle Boy to the rescue when the evil Arab chieftain Ali Ben Mamoud steals a golden idol from the Watusi tribe.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldBeverly GarlandDonald MurphyMovie actress Linda Winters has gone into the jungle to find her lost husband Fred. Bomba the Jungle Boy helps in the rescue effort. A major obstacle facing them is a killer leopard which specializes in tearing people limb from limb.
- DirectorChano UruetaStarsLilia del ValleRamón GayJulio VillarrealThieves break into a scientist's laboratory to steal a secret formula, and in the process they kill his daughter. Enraged, he develops a formula that will turn an extremely ugly woman into a spectacular beauty, and then uses the woman to take his revenge on those responsible for his daughter's murder.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallBernard GorceySach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel. Enemy agents, mistaking Sach for the scientist, attempt to kidnap him and get the formula for the fuel.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallBernard GorceyThe Bowery Boys enter a creepy house where they engage in slapstick with the Gravesend Family, comprising a creepy butler, two mad scientists, a crazy old woman with a man-eating plant, a savage gorilla, an 8' robot, and a vampiress.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallBernard GorceyWhen the boys discover that Sach has a strange ability to sniff out diamonds, they hatch a scheme to make money out of it.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsJimmy HanleyLana MorrisSonia HolmFred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However things start to go wrong when the police stake out the wrong bank and Fred finds himself alone with the crooks.
- DirectorArthur HiltonRobert L. Lippert Jr.StarsGlenn LanganAdele JergensLon Chaney Jr.An LAPD rookie tangles with state prison paroled convicts who plan to rob an armored payroll truck in Los Angeles.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsGary MerrillWanda HendrixJohn BromfieldDuring the American Civil War, Confederate spies aim to steal Union gold intended for the peace treaty with the Sioux and thus pit the Indians against the Union Forces.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRichard DenningAngela StevensS. John LaunerAn ex-Nazi mad scientist uses radio-controlled atomic-powered zombies in his quest to help an exiled American gangster return to power.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsGene NelsonFaith DomergueJoseph TomeltyA scientist is found floating with bullet and a radiation halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time. He teams up with a reporter to stop his double from destroying his experiments.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsBetta St. JohnAlexander KnoxChristopher LeeJohn Preston meets Sally who agrees to marry him. Then, Preston begins to have dreams about Sylvia, a woman from his past, who comes to Deanbridge to blackmail him. In his dream, Preston strangles. He seeks help from Doctor Walton.