Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

starring Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran

directed by Felix Feist

90 minutes

Bill Clark (Steve Cochran), murdered his father when he was just 13 years old. He gets out of prison after spending almost 20 years behind bars. He moves to New York City where he meets Catherine Higgins (Ruth Roman). She doesn't want much to do with him at first but they wind up fleeing the Big Apple together after she shoots and kills a corrupt police officer.

Catherine convinces Steve, who was unconscious at the time she pulled the trigger, that he's the one who killed the cop. She eventually grows to like him as they hitchhike from New York to California where they become migrant laborers. He picks lettuce and she works in the factory where the lettuce is cleaned and prepared for shipping. Everything seems to be looking up for them until his picture surfaces in a magazine article that offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Cry Danger (1951)

Cry Danger (1951)

starring Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, William Conrad

directed by Robert Parrish

79 minutes

Rocky Mulloy (Dick Powell), fresh out of prison, tries to pick up his life where it left off. He was behind bars for five years. He tries to look after Nancy Morgan (Rhonda Fleming), the wife of his friend Danny, who is still behind bars.

Rocky figures he is owed a cut of the stolen money that got him sent to prison. He goes to Louis Castro (William Conrad) figuring that the bookie has the stolen loot hidden somewhere. Castro is less than accommodating and his attempt to "help" Rocky gets the ex-con picked up by the police for flashing lots of cash around town.

Rocky eventually finds out what's going on but not before at least one person is killed and his buddy winds up in the hospital in critical condition.

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.