Ronald Howard

  • Michael McCarthy – Assassin for Hire (1951)

    1951-1960CrimeMichael McCarthyMysteryUnited Kingdom

    Pretending to be rare stamp dealer, a man devotedly supports wife and musically talented younger brother as a professional hit-man.Read More »

  • Harold Huth – Night Beat (1947)

    1941-1950DramaHarold HuthUSA

    Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
    The oft-used title Night Beat was applied to the 1948 British melodrama. After serving as commandoes in WW2, Felix (Maxwell Reed) and Andy (Ronald Howard) follow widely divergent paths in peacetime. Andy joins the London police, while Felix falls in with the Black Market. As a result, their friendship and fidelity is sorely tested. The women in the case include Andy’s fretting wife Julie (Anne Crawford) and sultry nightclub chanteuse Jackie (Christine Norden). Though its starts out strong, Night Beat metamorphoses into standard melodramatics towards the end.Read More »

  • Michael Carreras – The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)

    1961-1970Hammer FilmsHorrorMichael CarrerasThrillerUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    When British archaeologists disturb the tomb of Ra, they have to deal with a curse that condemns anyone involved to death. The American showman who paid for the expedition, Alexander King, insists in taking the precious artifacts to London for an exhibition even though he could have left them for the local authorities who were prepared to pay a hefty price for them. As a result they not only have to face the curse but the wrath of Egyptians who have vowed have the precious find returned. When King finally has his first public showing, he finds that the sarcophagus is empty, the mummy having been taken or – more ominously – come to life to seek revenge.Read More »

  • Christian-Jaque – Babette s’en va-t-en guerre AKA Babette Goes to War (1959)

    1951-1960Christian-JaqueComedyFrance

    It is June 1940. France has fallen and the Germans are posed to invade England. In this desperate hour, British Intelligence has recruited Babette, a pea-brained young woman who has just been evacuated from France. The dim blonde bears a striking resemblance to a former mistress of General von Arenberg, the man responsible for the feared invasion. The plan is that she will use her womanly charms to lure the General into an ambush. Things soon go wrong when Babette is separated from her handsome associate, Gérard de Crécy, and ends up in the hands of the infamous Gestapo chief Shultz. Coincidentally, the latter also wants to have von Arenberg out of the way, and realises that Babette is just the woman he needs…Read More »

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