The Long Wait (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)

starring Anthony Quinn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay

directed by Victor Saville

94 minutes

Johnny McBride (Anthony Quinn) loses his memory in a car accident. Two years pass and he still has yet to figure out who he was before the accident. Following a trail of information that begins (unknown to him) with a picture from a wanted poster, Johnny makes his way to Lyncastle. There he quickly finds out that he is wanted for murder. He beats the murder rap but he still doesn't remember who he is.

99 River Street (1953)

starring John Payne, Evelyn Keyes

directed by Phil Karlson

83 minutes

Cabbie Ernie Driscoll (John Payne) finds out that his wife is cheating on him. When he goes to try and reconcile with her he finds her dead, in his cab. Aspiring Broadway actress Linda James (Evelyn Keyes) uses her acting chops to help him figure out who killed his wife and catch up to them.

Thoughts

I saw this movie as part of the 2025 edition of the Noir City DC film festival.

Wonder Woman 1.13

Wonder Woman in Hollywood

Steve Trevor is sent to Hollywood by General Blankenship who wants him to be one of a few war heroes to appear in a war movie. Diana Prince goes with Steve. She doesn't have much to do while Steve is busy but she saves Steve from a lighting rig that almost falls on him. She also rescues Corporal Ames, one of the other war heroes who almost gets kidnapped.

Drusilla, Diana's sister, is sent by the Queen to get Diana to return to Paradise Island for the upcoming bi-millennial celebration. Dru arrives just in time to see Wonder Woman rescue Corporal Ames.

Diana, Dru, Steve, and Corporal Ames go to a party thrown by the film's producer, Mark Bremer. There they meet two more war heroes who are scheduled to be in the movie: Lieutenant Bill Rand (US Navy) and Sergeant Harry Willard (US Marine Corps). Lieutenant Rand gets kidnapped during the party and Mark Bremer is revealed to be a Nazi, but only to the audience.

Tales from the Crypt 1.05

Lover Come Hack to Me

Starting Amanda Plummer, Stephen Shellen

directed by Tom Holland

Peggy (Amanda Plummer) and Charles (Stephen Shellen) get married. He’s marrying her because she’s filthy rich. Her reasons for getting married are a bit more unclear but presumably she loves him. They wind up at a strange abandoned mansion on their wedding night, by accident. It is a dark and rainy night. They consummate their love in the master bedroom.

Charles falls asleep and has a strange dream about her parents. He wakes up and discovers that there was some truth to the dream, just before Peggy kills him with a large axe. 

Star Trek (1966) 1.20

Court Martial

An inquiry into the death of Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Finney (the records officer on board the Enterprise) is conducted at Starbase 11. Finney died while the Enterprise was caught in an ion storm. Kirk insists that he had the ship at Red Alert just before Finney was killed but the ship’s records indicate that the ship was at Yellow Alert. Commodore Stone concludes that Captain Kirk committed perjury and may be guilty of willful negligence in the death of Finney.

Commodore Stone suggests Kirk be relieved of command and transferred to a ground assignment. Kirk balks at the suggestion which leads Stone to point out that the only other option is a general court martial.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.06

Salvage

starring Gene Barry, Nancy Gates

directed by Justus Addiss

Lois Williams (Nancy Gates) fears the return of Dan Varrell (Gene Barry). She talked his brother Ritchie into robbing a bank and then when she was questioned by the police she panicked and told them where Ritchie could be found. Ritchie was killed by the cops when he pulled a gun on them.

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

starring Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester

directed by John H. Auer

90 minutes

Donna Williams (Evelyn Keyes) travels to Hawaii in search of Chet Chester (Wendell Corey), whom she believes might be her husband whom she thought was killed at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. She knew him as Randy Williams. They were only married for three days before he was shipped off to Hawaii.

Donna's quest gets sidetracked when Chet's girlfriend is killed. He had been arrested for the murder of a former business partner but Chet escapes from the police after identifying her body.