The Plunderers

It is after the Civil War.  A group of young men up to no good take residence in a small town.  At first, it's just them stealing however soon murder is involved.  It is up to the tough guy in the town to take them down.  The tough guy though lost an arm in the Civil War and let the war get to him. People question if he's a coward now.  Dolores Hart, the pretty young clerk in the town doesn't think this though.  I like Dolores Hart.   I think she could have been a big star but there were other priorities in her life.  This is a good western.

Perfect Strangers

This movie kind of reminded me of 12 Angry Men.  It predated it although it's not as good.  Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan are serving on a jury.  The case they are given involves a married man cheating on his wife.  The problem is that Dennis Morgan who is a married man falls for Ginger.  The case mirrors their affections. Of course, this is brought up when the jurors are deliberating the case.  It was an ok movie.  It's nice to see Ginger in a dramatic role.  She didn't do too many of those movies.  However, I like her comedies and musicals more.

Love in the Rough

Robert Montgomery plays a clerk and his boss wants him to start going to the golf course with him.  He charms the people there but he can't tell his real profession, especially when Dorothy Jordan, an heiress is interested in him.  This is a musical.  I didn't care for Dorothy Jordan.  (I didn't care much for her in the movie In Gay Madrid either.)  Penny Singleton is in this.  I wish I knew that before I started the movie.  I would have paid more attention to the female roles. I loved her in the Blondie movies.

Lord Byron of Broadway

A songwriter dumps his sweet girlfriend for another.  In his rise to the top, he casts people aside.  Yet at the end,  he realizes what true songwriting means and realizes he should never have left the good girl.  Cliff Edwards is in this although he's without his ukulele.

The man from Galveston

This was supposed to be a tv movie but it was released theatrically.   In many ways, it does feel like a tv movie.  It's only 54 minutes for instance.  It's about a lawyer who defends an ex-girlfriend.  It's set in the west.  The main reason to watch it is James Coburn who would become a big star later on.

The Rocket Man

I've been watching some of the show Decoy which stars Beverly Garland.  It was nice seeing her in a bit role.  She and Anne Francis look so young here.  Anne Francis was the main reason why I viewed this movie.  She plays the regular girl next door, nothing like her Honey West show which really set out to make her a sex symbol.  This movie is about an orphan who gets a special ray gun that makes people tell the truth.  The orphanage is going to be closed down and a crooked politician is behind it.  This movie was just ok.  Spring Byington and Charles Coburn were also good in it.