Jan Sterling

The Harder They Fall

Admin — Wed, 09 May 1956 00:00:00 +0000

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis’ reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.

Man with the Gun

Admin — Sat, 05 Nov 1955 00:00:00 +0000

A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.

Women’s Prison

Admin — Tue, 01 Feb 1955 00:00:00 +0000

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women’s prison.

Pony Express

Admin — Thu, 01 Jan 1953 00:00:00 +0000

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten days. Along the way they must battle bad weather, hostile Indians and outlaws intent on robbing the mail and shutting down the entire operation.

Ace in the Hole

Admin — Fri, 29 Jun 1951 00:00:00 +0000

A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control media circus.

Union Station

Admin — Wed, 04 Oct 1950 00:00:00 +0000

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.

Mystery Street

Admin — Thu, 27 Jul 1950 00:00:00 +0000

When a young woman’s skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman’s identity, how she died, and who killed her.

Caged

Admin — Fri, 19 May 1950 00:00:00 +0000

Caged tells the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her husband, change her from a very frightened young girl into a hardened convict.

Johnny Belinda

Admin — Tue, 14 Sep 1948 00:00:00 +0000

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.