Ferdinand Reyher

The All-American

The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.

Ride a Crooked Mile

The son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path and helping his father escape from prison.

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point, tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white, and Burton, who is black.

The Big Cage

A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.

Outside These Walls

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.

Special Investigator

A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.

Stranded

A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

Don't Turn 'em Loose

A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

At the fiftieth anniversary of his town's founding, the town's first barber recalls his long-dead, spirited bride and the flaw in his own character that helped bring about her loss and several others.

Rendezvous at Midnight

There are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especially the Police Commissioner's current paramour, who actually confessed to the killing before it was committed.

The Boy from Stalingrad

If J.M. Barrie had had a hand in Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD, it might like something like this bizarre boys' adventure confection. Surprised by the advancing German Army while gathering wheat outside their village, a spunky band of Russian adolescents employs a combination of wits and heroic self-sacrifice to defeat a Nazi battalion, blow up a tank, and save the people of Stalingrad from imminent destruction. A rarely-seen entry in Hollywoood's brief wartime spate of pro-Soviet propaganda films, THE BOY FROM STALINGRAD stars Serbian-American child actor Bobby Samarzich, who went on to found one of Southern California's greatest tamburitza bands.

You May Be Next!

Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.

Two in Revolt

A dog and a horse become unlikely allies when they attempt to thwart a crooked gambler from rigging a race.