Films with 13 in the title, including 2 from William Castle!
11:15 AM
C- 60 min
suspense
Thirteen Women (1932)
A mysterious Eurasian tries to murder the 12 boarding school roommates who treated her like an outsider.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Irene Dunne , Ricardo Cortez , Jill Esmond .
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: George Archainbaud. Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Myrna Loy, Jill Esmond, Florence Eldridge, Kay Johnson. Silly tripe with Loy as a half-caste with hypnotic powers who has sworn revenge on sorority sisters who rejected her years ago in school.
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Shortly before shedding her snakeskin vamp persona for good by wrapping herself in the ermine confines of Nora Charles, Myrna Loy terrified and terrorized as the murderous mesmerist... more
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12:30 PM
80 min
suspense
Hour Of 13, The (1952)
A gentleman thief in Victorian England tries to reform and do one good deed.
Dir: Harold French Cast: Peter Lawford , Dawn Addams , Roland Culver .
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Harold French. Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver, Colin Gordon. Mystery yarn set in 1890s London, with Lawford a ritzy thief who develops a heart of gold in order to do a good deed for society. Remake of 1934 film THE MYSTERY OF MR. X.
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The heist at an 1890 soiree is flawlessly executed, and the Calgurie Emerald that adorned the neck of Mrs. Chumley Orr rests in the pocket of clever gentleman thief Nicholas Revel.... more
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2:00 PM
73 min
suspense
Woman On Pier 13, The (1950)
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Laraine Day , Robert Ryan , John Agar .
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Robert Stevenson. Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar, Thomas Gomez, Janis Carter, Richard Rober, William Talman. Cornball acting and a "better-dead-than-Red'' scenario sink this noirish melodrama, which has become a relic of its era. Ryan is a shipping executive and former political radical whose past comes back to haunt him. The "commies'' (headed by Gomez) are depicted as two-bit gangsters, but Talman is especially good as a killer-for-hire. Retitled THE WOMAN ON PIER 13.
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A future of happiness awaits San Francisco shipping executive Brad Collins (Robert Ryan) and his new bride (Laraine Day).Yet Brads past could undo everything. Back in his days as a... more
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The next ones are the wonderful so-called horror films!
3:15 PM
75 min
horror
Dementia 13 (1963)
Members of an Irish family are being killed off by one of their own who wishes to inherit the family fortune.
Dir: Francis Coppola Cast: William Campbell [] , Luana Anders , Bart Patton .
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The first mainstream feature debut from legendary filmmaker and Academy Award Winner Francis Ford Coppola, "Dementia 13" (1963) darkly weaves a macabre tale. Troubled couple Louise... more
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4:45 PM
82 min
horror
13 Ghosts (1960)
A family inherits a house haunted by 13 ghosts and a living killer.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Charles Herbert , Jo Morrow , Martin Milner .
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: William Castle. Charles Herbert, Donald Woods, Martin Milner, Jo Morrow, Rosemary DeCamp, Margaret Hamilton, John Van Dreelen. Typically tongue-in-cheek Castle spook opera, about nice, all-American family (with children named Buck and Medea!) that inherits a haunted house. Plenty of chills and chuckles, with Hamilton cleverly cast as sinister housekeeper. TV prints run 85m., minus footage of Castle introducing "Illusion-O''--movie patrons were given "ghost viewers'' enabling them to see (or not see) the spirits. Remade in 2001.
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6:15 PM
C- 88 min
adventure
Thirteen Frightened Girls (1963)
A diplomat's daughter gets mixed up in international intrigue and murder.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Murray Hamilton , Kathy Dunn , Lynne Sue Moon .
widescreen
13 Ghosts is interesting, especially to those who have seen the recent 'remake'! I can hardly wait! Hooray for William Castle!
