Mark Robson – MRQE

The Harder They Fall

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

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis’ reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.

Isle of the Dead

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

On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn’t enough worry, one of the peoplea superstitious old peasantsuspects a young woman of being a vampiric demon.

I Want You

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.

Home of the Brave

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

A sensitive, educated black man’s World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.

Return to Paradise

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.

Avalanche Express

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

CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across Europe, the “Atlantic Express”. During the journey, they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin.

Earthquake

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.

Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting

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

A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.

Valley of the Dolls

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

In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke. Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O’Hara, whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North. The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.