Hugo Fregonese Archives

Savage Pampas

An Army captain (Robert Taylor) in Argentina learns why his lonely men are deserting to an outlaw's (Ron Randell) gaucho gang.

NR

4.4

1966 Adventure 112 min Play

6.2

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.

NR

6.2

1964 Crime 87 min Play

6.3

Old Shatterhand

Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.

NR

6.3

1964 Adventure 122 min Play

6.5

The King’s Thief

An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.

NR

6.5

1955 Adventure 78 min Play

6.3

The Raid

A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.

Black Tuesday

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.

NR

5.6

1954 Crime 80 min Play

5.5

Blowing Wild

Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married to Dawson's ex-lover Marina refuses, fearing that his wife will want to renew her romance with the other man.

NR

5.5

1953 Action 90 min Play

5.6

Man in the Attic

London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harley finds Slade odd and increasingly suspects the worst; her niece Lily (star of a decidedly Parisian stage revue) finds him interesting and increasingly attractive. Is Lily in danger, or are her mother's suspicions merely a red herring?

NR

5.6

1953 Crime 82 min Play

6

My Six Convicts

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.

NR

6

1952 Comedy 104 min Play

7

Untamed Frontier

The Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge, Glenn Denbow marries Jane, the only witness who's in love with him. But the woman favors the settlers...

NR

7

1952 Western 78 min Play

6

Apache Drums

A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

NR

6

1951 Action 75 min Play

4.5

One Way Street

After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.

NR

4.5

1950 Crime 79 min Play

6

Saddle Tramp

Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads. When his host is killed in a riding accident Chuck realises he must take care of the family. They hit the road and he takes a job on a ranch, but he has to keep the children hidden as his boss hates kids. There's also tension with the neighbouring ranch, and when a girl on the run from her nasty uncle joins the family unannounced Chuck wonders what he has done to deserve all this.

NR

6

1950 Western 90 min Play