Edward L. Cahn

  • Edward L. Cahn – Betrayed Women (1955)

    USA1951-1960CrimeDramaEdward L. Cahn

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    The governor appoints lawyer Jeff Darrow to open an investigation on the reported cruelties inflicted on the inmates of the Bayou Reformatory For Women. The investigation is opposed by Mrs. Ballard, head of the prison, whose moronic brother, Cletus, is keeper of the prison bloodhounds. Nora Collins, once engaged to Jeff, but now an inmate because she had stolen to protect her brother, is resentful of prison methods and particularly bitter against the sadistic methods of a brutal prison guard named Darcy. Honey Blake and Kate unsuccessfully try to use Cletus in an escape attempt. But they try a second escape using Jeff, Nora and Mrs. Ballard as hostages. Mabry, Kate’s gangland lover, hears of the escape and knowing she will go where she had hidden $50,000 gets there ahead of her.Read More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)

    Edward L. Cahn1961-1970ActionUSAWestern

    A gambler planning on retirement to a small ranch finds that the man he bought it from has been killed, and no one else knew about the sale. He returns to his old trade and covertly investigates the murder.Read More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – Law and Order (1932)

    1931-1940Edward L. CahnUSAWestern

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    Traveling west, former peace officer Frame Johnson and his three friends arrive in Tombstone, a lawless town controlled by the three Northrup brothers. Preceded by his reputation, the town Council tries to get him to take the job of Marshal. He says he will not wear a badge again but seeing the ruthless Northrup murders he accepts. After a killing on both sides, although outnumbered, Johnson and his two remaing friends head to the OK Corral for a shoot out with the two remaining Northrups and their men.Read More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – Five Guns to Tombstone (1960)

    1951-1960Edward L. CahnUSAWestern

    Billy Wade (James Brown) is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt (Robert Karnes), not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy’s participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law.Read More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – Law and Order (1932)

    Edward L. Cahn1931-1940ClassicsUSAWestern

    Traveling west, former peace officer Frame Johnson and his three friends arrive in Tombstone, a lawless town controlled by the three Northrup brothers. Preceded by his reputation, the town Council tries to get him to take the job of Marshal. He says he will not wear a badge again but seeing the ruthless Northrup murders he accepts. After a killing on both sides, although outnumbered, Johnson and his two remaing friends head to the OK Corral for a shoot out with the two remaining Northrups and their men.Read More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

    Edward L. Cahn1951-1960HorrorSci-FiUSA

    Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

    Several years earlier gangster Frank Buchanan was deported to his native Italy through the efforts of law enforcement authorities and rival gangsters who inform on him. While in Europe he meets scientist Wilhelm Steigg, who has perfected a method of reanimating dead people and controlling their behavior with oral commands. Buchanan underwrites Steigg’s experiments and uses his technology to wreak revenge on his enemies. Unfortunately radioactive poisoning is a by-product of the process, and authorities use radiation detecting devices like Geiger counters to pinpoint the source of the sinister plot.Read More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – When the Clock Strikes (1961)

    Drama1961-1970CrimeEdward L. CahnUSA

    In this crime drama, several people gather at an inn adjacent to a prison where a man is scheduled to be executed at midnight. Just as the clock is about to strike twelve, a man comes in and confesses the crime. He is arrested. The rest of the guests, who have come to retrieve the original inmate’s loot from a safety deposit box, now try to get their hands upon the loot. Treachery and mayhem ensue. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie GuideRead More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – The Walking Target (1960)

    Drama1951-1960CrimeEdward L. CahnUSA

    Plot Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
    In this crime drama, a man serves five years in the state pen for armed robbery. Upon his release, the man is anxious to retrieve the $260,000 in loot he hid before he went to jail. Unfortunately, he is still pursued by both the police and his former gang mates. He ends up severely beaten, robbed, and ultimately cheated by his own lover. Despite these set-backs, the fellow remains content because he now has the love of his former partner’s widow.Read More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – Operation Bottleneck (1961)

    1961-1970ActionEdward L. CahnUSAWar

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    WWII Burma…Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately cost them their lives, except for one “lucky” survivor.Read More »

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