The Narrow Margin (1952)

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.

At its time a spectacular special effects sci-fi event despite a trashy plot it  very quickly became outdated and is now merely of historic interest.

Halliwell*: "Engagingly absurd science fiction which keeps its momentum but is somwhat let down by its décor."

Maltin***1/2: "Tremendously entertaining science fiction story...Film's then-state-of-the-art visual effects look great in widescreen."

Michael Weldon/Psychotronic: "Lots of enlarged guts, a voyage through the ventricles, and a lung-induced tornado."

Mr. Majestyk (1974)

A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.

Action thriller with a strange premise and wildly unreal plot somehow manages to do the trick and entertain.

Halliwell*: "Violent but unexpectedly enjoyable action melodrama."

Maltin**1/2: "Above average Bronson thriller...surprisingly tongue-in-cheek script by Elmore Leonard."

The Don is Dead (1973)

After his mistress is savagely beaten up a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance.

A Godfather rip-off, not populated by any uomini d'onore at all; in fact, this endlessly violent and superfluous production does no honor to the many stars in the cast.

Halliwell (no star): "A failed attempt to cash in on The Godfather, this endless melodrama is boringly violent and totally predictable."

Maltin*1/2: "...trashy, derivative gangster saga."

Compulsion (1959)

Two sociopathic students Artie Straus and Judd Steiner murder a boy in a philosophical exercise to commit the flawless crime.

Solid study of an unusual crimonal case with an excellent cast, but when Orson Welles arrives late in the story he somewhat steals the show.

Halliwell*: "Rather dogged but earnest fictionalization of the Leopold-Loeb case with solid performances and production."

Maltin***1/2: "Hard-hitting version...Good characterizations, period decor, and well-edited courtroom scenes."

 

Trapped (1949)

U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters.

Lively, hardboiled crime thriller with a Noir touch;  the story itself, however, isn't quite original.

Maltin**1/2: "...so-so thriller, done in the semi-documentary style typical of that era."