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FEAR NO MORE (1961) Mala Powers, Jacques Bergerac, John Harding. Powers is the beautiful young ex-psychiatric patient who travels by train from Los Angeles to San Francisco. She soon finds herself accused of murder when a dead woman is found in her compartment. Arrested and taken off the train, she escapes custody and flees to her apartment. There she finds another murdered body! It soon becomes obvious that she is being set up, yet her mind begins to have doubts of her sanity. She encounters a handsome, foreign-accented man who helps her solve the mystery. Extremely well-done low budget noir. From 35mm.
SHIP OF THE DEAD (1959) Horst Buckholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid, Alf Marholm. This is a gem of a movie, a taut story of love, crime, hardship, hopelessness, and betrayal. Buckholz gives the performance of his life as a human castoff, in international limbo, because of the loss of his passport. He takes a job on a tramp steamer filled with misfits, smugglers, and murderers. He and his pal soon discover the ship’s cargo isn’t exactly what it’s purported to be. The captain and his two mates are masterminds of not just a smuggling scheme, but a daring plot to scuttle their own ship for the insurance money and make sure they are the only survivors. Watch for the incredible scene involving a furnace compartment of hot coal that bursts onto the main walkway. An amazing tale about how one’s life can spin out of control just by losing his passport. A must! English subs. 35mm.
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