Alan Napier

The Premature Burial (1962)

Cast: Ray Milland Roger Corman Alan Napier Hazel Court Heather Angel   

Tags: Period Film Costume Horror Horror Psychological Drama 

Length: 81min

Roger Corman's success with low-budget adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe tales continued with this third installment, the first to lack the commanding presence of Vincent Price. Instead, we have Ray Milland as tormented protagonist Guy Carrell, who is so...

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The Mole People (1956)

Cast: Hugh Beaumont Bud Westmore Alan Napier Hans Salter Herman Stein   

Tags: Science Fiction Sci-Fi Horror 

Length: 78min

The Mole People holds the dubious distinction of being the weakest of the Universal-International horror films. John Agar plays Dr. John Bentley, who leads a Middle Eastern expedition in search of a lost tribe of Sumerians. Bentley and his cohorts...

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Big Jim McLain (1952)

Cast: John Wayne James Arness Nancy Olson Alan Napier Emil Newman   

Tags: Spy Film Political Thriller Message Movie Action 

Length: 90min

Of all the "kill the commies" cold war films of the 1950s, John Wayne's Big Jim McLain may well be the worst. Certainly it's the hardest one to sit through today. The Duke and his partner Jim Arness (Wayne's real-life protege) head to Hawaii to...

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Miami Expose (1956)

Cast: Lee J. Cobb Patricia Medina Alan Napier Edward Arnold Fred Sears   

Tags: Drama Crime Police Detective Film 

Length: 73min

Like most Sam Katzman efforts of the late 1950s, Miami Expose laid claim to being "torn from today's headlines." Lensed on location, the film stars Lee J. Cobb as dedicated police lieutenant Bart Scott. Though he'd like nothing better than to smash...

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Master Minds (1949)

Cast: Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell Jean Yarbrough Jack Pierce   

Tags: Horror Comedy Comedy Horror 

Length: 64min

When in doubt, drag out the "old dark house/mad scientist" formula. That's the philosophy of Master Minds, the 16th entry in Monogram's "Bowery Boys" series. It all begins when Sach (Huntz Hall), suffering from a toothache, develops the ability to...

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Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)

Cast: Robert Wise John Emery Albert S. D'Agostino Simone Simon Alan Napier   

Tags: War Drama Drama 

Length: 69min

One of the few failures for RKO Radio's resident "prestige programmer" producer Val Lewton, Mademoiselle Fifi is based on two Guy De Maupassant tales, with emphasis on Boule de Suif. The story takes place during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, though...

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Adventure Island (1947)

Cast: Rhonda Fleming Paul Kelly Rory Calhoun Alan Napier John Abbott   

Tags: Adventure Drama Adventure Drama 

Length: 66min

Adventure Island is a shorter and less satisfying remake of the 1937 Paramount actioner Ebb Tide. Rory Calhoun, Paul Kelly and John Abbott star as Herrick, Lochlin and Hulsh, three mercenary seamen involved in illegal activities in the South Seas....

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Isle of the Dead (1945)

Cast: Boris Karloff Ellen Drew Albert S. D'Agostino Mark Robson Alan Napier   

Tags: Horror 

Length: 72min

Inspired by Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin's famous painting, this seminal horror film marked the first of three collaborations between RKO producer Val Lewton and British genre star Boris Karloff. Set during the 1912 Balkan Wars, Isle of the Death...

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The Hairy Ape (1944)

Cast: Susan Hayward William Bendix Alan Napier William Halligan John Loder   

Tags: Drama 

Length: 90min

Despite a few Hollywood compromises, The Hairy Ape remains one of the more artistically successful filmizations of Eugene O'Neill. William Bendix is nothing less than brilliant as ship's stoker Hank Smith, a brutish but sensitive lug who is convinced...

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