William Russell – MRQE

Jilted

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Age old tale of a couple marooned.

Girls Gone Wild

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

A man rescues the woman who rebuffed his advances.

Intimate Relations

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

Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter’s admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael’s father, confides in Yvonne’s sister, Leo, that he is in fact Madeleine’s other lover. Together, they hatch a plot to end Madeleine’s hopes of marriage – by threatening to reveal George’s scandalous secret to his son.

The Kill-Off

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

In a seedy New Jersey nightclub, gossip turns to murder when the owner Pete hires exotic dancer Danny Lee, who starts up an affair with barfly Ralph, much to the chagrin of his bedridden wife, Luane.

Anna Christie

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

A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict between her father and her suitor. What neither knows is that she has a secret that could cause her to lose both of them.

La Mort en direct

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

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.

The Escape

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

This second filmization of Paul Armstrong’s play +Escape is a bleak study of slum life. Virginia Valli plays May Joyce, the daughter of a scummy bootlegger who falls in love with medical intern Jerry Magee (William Russell). When May is forced to go to work in a sleazy nightclub, Jerry becomes so disconsolate that he loses his job and takes to bootlegging himself. Only when forced to confront himself does Jerry straighten up and seek out a new life, with May at his side. William Demarest provides comic relief as a minor gangster.

The Star of Bethlehem

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod, driven by a hideous prophecy, orders him to be found and murdered.

Above Us the Waves

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

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.

They Who Dare

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

In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.