Ramrod (1947)
Romance | Western
A headstrong young woman defies the wishes of her father by ignoring the romantic advances of a powerful local landowner, instead deciding to run her own ranch with the help of a recovering alcoholic and his friend.
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster
Director: André De Toth
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Crime | Drama
Having returned from fighting in World War I, James Allen doesn't want to settle into a humdrum life and decides to set off to find his fortune. He travels the length and breadth of America, working as a skilled tradesman in the construction industry. When times get tough however, he finds himself living in a shelter where an acquaintance suggests they go out for a hamburger. What the friend really has in mind is to rob the diner and Allen soon finds himself working on a chain gang with a long jail sentence. Allen manages to escape however and heads to Chicago where over several years he slowly but surely works his way up the ladder to become one of the most respected construction engineers in the city. His past catches up with him and despite protestations from civic leaders and his many friends in Chicago, he finds himself again on the chain gang. Escaping for a second time, he accepts that to survive, he must lead a life of crime.
Starring: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery
Hard-hitting film noir where Joe Rolfe s an ex-con who's trying to go straight with a job as a deliveryman for a florist company. Unfortunately, a gang of thugs led by a criminal mastermind have arranged a bank robbery using a van that looks just like the one driven by Rolfe–and the deliveryman takes the fall for the heist. This leads to Rolfe's search for the real thieves, a trail that leads to Mexico and an unexpected love affair with the gang leader's daughter.
Starring: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand
Director: Phil Karlson
