Carbine Williams (1952)

This review is on Carbine Williams from 1952 which stars: James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid and is directed by Richard Thorpe.

Oscar-winner James Stewart stars in the title role as a jailed bootlegger who invents the famed rifle and gains his freedom.

This is a Warner Archive release and has pretty good video and audio quality. There is no special features in this release. The film in presented in b&w, Full frame and runs for about 92mins (1hr and 32mins).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a good DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Pilot #5 (1943)

This review is on Pilot #5 from 1943 which stars: Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Alan Baxter, Dick Simmons, Howard Freeman and is directed by George Sidney.

In Java during the darkest days of World War II, an American pilot takes off in his squad's only air-worthy plane. His mission: drop the 500-pound bomb strapped to his plane's fuselage on a Japanese aircraft carrier. As he wings toward certain death, the airmen left behind share their comrade's life story - a stirring tale of love, ambition, political corruption and personal redemption. (from WarnerArchive)

This is a Warner Archive release and has pretty good video and audio quality. The film is presented in b&w, full screen and runs for about 71mins (1hr 11mins).

I would give this film a 6.5/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a good DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Colorado Territory (1949)

This review is on Colorado Territory from 1949 which stars: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull, John Archer and is directed by Raoul Walsh.

A ruthless outlaw escapes from jail, goes on the lam and plans one final robbery.

This is a Warner Archive release and has good video and audio quality. The film is presented in b&w, full screen and runs for about 94mins (1hr 34mins).

I would give this film a 6.5/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a good DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Breakthrough (1950)

This review is on Breakthrough from 1950 which stars: David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy, William Campbell, Paul Picerni and is directed by Lewis Seiler.

"Breakthrough" follows a handful of GIs through the hellfire of Omaha Beach and across the Normandy peninsula. Inch by inch they claim the land. Inch by inch they consecrate it with bravery and blood.

This is a Warner Archive release and has pretty good video and audio quality. The film is presented in b&w, full screen and runs for about 91mins (1hr 31mins).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a good DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Cheyenne (1947)

This review is on Cheyenne from 1947 which stars: Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett, Alan Hale Sr., Arthur Kennedy and is directed by Raoul Walsh.

Gambler-on-the-run James Wylie (Dennis Morgan) knows a good deal when he sees one. So when he’s offered his freedom in exchange for capturing the holdup man known as the Poet, Wylie heads to Cheyenne, where the bandit’s said to be forming a gang. Posing as the outlaw, he meets up with the Poet’s wife (Jane Wyman), who also claims to want him arrested. But when she warns her husband the law’s closing in, the desperado (Bruce Bennett) plans to outwit them both by ditching his bride for a dancehall girl (Janis Paige) and having Wylie lynched in his place. (from WarnerArchive)

This is a Warner Archive release and has pretty good video and audio quality. The film is presented in b&w, full screen and runs for about 99mins (1hr 39mins).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a good DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Plymouth Adventure (1952)

This review is on Plymouth Adventure from 1952 which stars: Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn, Barry Jones, Lloyd Nolan and is directed by Clarence Brown.

In 1620, a group of religious outcasts boarded the Mayflower in England and set sail for the New World, where they founded a tiny wilderness outpost that was the genesis for what would become the United States of America.

This is a Warner Archive release and has pretty good video and audio quality. The film is presented in color, full screen and runs for about 105mins (1hr 45mins).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Santiago (1956)

This review is on Santiago from 1956 which stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podesta, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills, Paul Fix and is directed by Gordon Douglas.

Desperate for arms in their fight against Spain, Cuban partisans agree to double the price if American gunrunner Cash Adams (Ladd) smuggles a boatload of weapons to their Santiago hideout. Forced into an uneasy alliance with an old enemy (Lloyd Nolan) and a sexy freedom fighter (Rossana Podesta), Adams must battle his way through naval blockades, dense jungles and heavily guarded passes to convey the munitions to a remote mountain outpost where the rebels and payment await.

This is a Warner Archive release and has pretty good video and audio quality. The film is presented in color, Widescreen and runs for about 92mins (1hr 32mins).

I would give this film a 6/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

The Tanks Are Coming (1951)

This review is on The Tanks are Coming from 1951 which stars: Steve Cochran, Philip Carey, Mari Aldon, Paul Picerni, Harry Bellaver and is directed by Lewis Seiler.

An American tank battalion fights it's way through Germany in World War II.

This is a Warner Archive release and has a pretty good video and audio quality. The film is presented in b&w, Full frame and runs for about 90mins (1hr 30mins).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Night Unto Night (1949)

This review is on Night Unto Night from 1949 which stars: Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfords, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp, Osa Massen and is directed by Don Siegel.

John Galen (Reagan) is a scientist who is haunted by incurable illness meets Ann Gracy (Lindfords), a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.

This is a Warner Archive release and has a pretty good video and audio quality. Despite mixed reviews on this film, I thought it was quite good and had a pretty good story line. The film is presented in b&w, Full frame and runs for about 84mins (1hr 24mins).

I would give this film a 6.5/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

This review is on Across the Wide Missouri from 1951 which stars: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, Richard Anderson, María Elena Marqués and is directed by William A. Wellman.

Flint Mitchell (Gable) leads his fellow mountain men, and his new Blackfoot wife (Marqués) into Blackfoot territory.

This is a Warner Archive release and has a pretty good video and audio quality. The film is presented in color, Full frame and runs for about 78mins (1hr 18mins).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 3/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Above and Beyond (1952)

This review is on Above and Beyond from 1952 starring: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating, Larry Gates, Marilyn Erskine and is directed by Melvin Frank.

Above and Beyond tells the story of, Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets Jr. of the Army Air Corps who is the command of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Which also includes newsreels shots of the bombing.

This is a Warner Archive release and has a good video and audio with the only special feature included is the theatrical trailer. The film is presented in b&w, Full screen and runs for about 122mins (2hr 2mins).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 4/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I would recommend.