John Qualen – MRQE

Dark Waters

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.

Jungle Book

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book is given the full treatment in this lavish retelling filled with huge sets, exotic animals, a large cast and the incomparable Sabu, starring as Mowgli, the young orphan boy raised by wolves. Curious to reconnect with his human village, Mowgli returns only to find disappointment in the greed and treachery of man. Over time, Mowgli and the village members do grow to trust one another, but not before the village finds itself under siege. It’s up to Mowgli and his jungle friends to save the day.

The Other Woman

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Bit player Sherry Stewart gets miffed when director Walter Darman turns her down after she reads for a small part in his picture. She and her boy friend, Ronnie, devise a plan to lure Darman to her apartment, where she gives him a drugged drink. She tells Darman they had been intimate and blackmails him for $50,000. More than a little distracted by his situation, his wife senses something is wrong and he gets into a violent argument with his father-in-law who owns the producing company Darman works for, and discontinues the picture. Sherry informs Darman she is going to tell his wife all about them. Darman tells his secretary that he is going to work late and is not to be disturbed, sets the moviola runnings, and exits by the back door and hot-foots it to Sherry’s apartment.

Unchained

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a humanistic approach to reform and there are no armed guards, no lockups and no uniforms. The underlying philosophy is that if these things are not there, the prisoners will not want to escape, and will instead accept their punishment. A new inmate arrives and soon accustoms himself to the new idea. The story includes the Oscar nominated song Unchained Melody.

Doc (TV)

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An aging doctor in a small town decides to pack up his little black bag, but when a young doctor assumes his practice, the older practitioner can’t resist butting in with comic results.

Adventure

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

Million Dollar Baby

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

Passion

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In old Spanish California, dashing cattleman Juan Obregon returns to the rancho of his friend Gaspar Melo, to find he’s fathered a son on Rosa, one of Gaspar’s identical twin daughters. Overjoyed, he plans to formalize his “unofficial” marriage. But trouble brews; Melo’s land is of unclear title and the new Don Domingo hopes to grab it for his own profit. Violence results. Without even knowing who survived, Juan (accompanied by Rosa’s tomboy sister Tonya) rides for revenge, through spectacular pastoral and wilderness scenery.

The Fugitive

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state’s last remaining priest.

The Big Steal

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief’s ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.