THEY CAN'T HANG ME
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 31, 2026
The last (and best) movie in Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION IV Blu-ray set is THEY CAN'T HANG ME, a 1955 suspenseful Cold War tale directed and co-written by the highly underrated Val Guest. The film starts out with a very nifty pre-credits sequence in which we see a murder, the capture of t read more
TIME IS MY ENEMY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 26, 2026
It's back to Kino's BRIT NOIR COLLECTION IV, and the movie is TIME IS MY ENEMY. It's a very taut (running only a little over an hour) 1954 suspense tale starring Dennis Price and Renee Asherson. Barbara Everton (Renee Asherson) has a happy life and marriage, but her world is shatter read more
THE TECKMAN MYSTERY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 22, 2026
Kino is back again with the BRIT NOIR COLLECTION IV Blu-ray set. Once again three lesser-known black & white British crime dramas are featured on two discs. The first film in this set that I viewed was THE TECKMAN MYSTERY, a 1954 story written by thriller author Francis Durbridge. Mys read more
KIM NOVAK'S VERTIGO
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 18, 2026
This is a documentary that I've been pining to see since I first heard about it last year. KIM NOVAK'S VERTIGO has just been released on DVD by Kino Lorber. (For whatever reason, this film is not on Blu-ray yet.) Producer/Director Alexandre O. Philippe somehow managed to gain the trust of read more
DJANGO SHOOTS FIRST On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 17, 2026
DJANGO SHOOTS FIRST(1966), one of the many Euro Westerns with the name "Django" in the title, has just been released on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber. Whoever this Django is, he's decidedly not the one portrayed by Franco Nero. This Django is played by Dutch actor Glenn Saxon, and he's far mor read more
ROCKETSHIP X-M
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 11, 2026
The extras on Film Masters' DESTINATION MOON/FLIGHT TO MARS special edition Blu-ray make numerous mentions of ROCKETSHIP X-M (1950). This was another "First flight into space" movie that was made mainly to take advantage of the production publicity of DESTINATION MOON. (As a matter of fact, RO read more
FLIGHT TO MARS On Blu-ray From Film Masters
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 10, 2026
Film Masters' recent Blu-ray release of DESTINATION MOON contains a bonus disc featuring the 1951 science fiction movie FLIGHT TO MARS. A very low-budget follow up to DESTINATION MOON, FLIGHT TO MARS is as different from its inspiration as you can get....but it also establishes the template fo read more
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 4, 2026
FOREIGN EXCHANGE is the second of two American TV network movies that were filmed in England and based on novels written by Hammer Films veteran Jimmy Sangster. As with its predecessor, THE SPY KILLER, FOREIGN EXCHANGE was directed by Roy Ward Baker, with many other Hammer veterans filling rol read more
THE FATAL WITNESS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 3, 2026
THE FATAL WITNESS is a 1945 B movie from Republic Pictures that is fairly run-of-the-mill for the most part. Its climax, however, is so unexpected that the movie winds up being more memorable than one would expect. The movie, set in England, stars the elegant Universal Scream Queen Evelyn read more
THE SPY KILLER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 27, 2026
The SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER box set from Severin has encouraged me to seek out some of Jimmy Sangster's American television work. THE SPY KILLER is a 1969 TV movie, first broadcast on the ABC Network. Jimmy Sangster produced the movie, and he wrote the script, which was based on his novel.&nbs read more
JOHNNY GUITAR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 26, 2026
Believe it or not, I had never seen JOHNNY GUITAR (1954) until I recently purchased the special edition DVD of it (at a major discount of course) recently. This is one of the biggest cult movies of all time, a title that has been discussed and analyzed in dozens and dozens of books and article read more
MODEL FOR MURDER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 20, 2026
MODEL FOR MURDER is a 1959 low-budget British film that reminds one of the many B pictures made by Hammer Films in the early 1950s. This movie features several performers associated with Hammer: Hazel Court (THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN), and Michael Gough, George Benson, and Barbara Archer, who read more
Book Review: THE HAMMER HORROR OMNIBUS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 19, 2026
The present-day Hammer Films company has been releasing a torrent of merchandise in the last few years, causing fans who actually work for a living (like myself) to pick and choose what goodies we should spend our money on. One of the more affordable items is THE HAMMER HORROR OMNIBUS. This is read more
ARIZONA COLT RETURNS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 13, 2026
I assumed ARIZONA COLT RETURNS (1970) was one of those Euro Westerns which took advantage of a character's name from another Euro Western, but this movie does have a rough continuity with the original ARIZONA COLT. Ernesto Gastaldi, who was one of the writers of the original film, provides the read more
JUST PLAY DEAD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 12, 2026
JUST PLAY DEAD is a brand new movie, which I rented on demand. It's not playing in any theaters in my area, and after watching it I doubt it is going to have any sort of theatrical future at all. The movie concerns con artist Jack Wolfe (Samuel L. Jackson), who is living in luxury on the read more
SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER On 4K/Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 7, 2026
In my last post, a tribute to LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS magazine, I mentioned that the Hammer Films brand may be stronger than ever. One prime example of that is this mammoth box set from Severin. It contains three Hammer movies--all directed by Jimmy Sangster--but it's the supplemental materia read more
An Ode To LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 28, 2026
The final issue of LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS, "The Journal of Classic British Horror Films", is now available. Issue #53 marks the end of a publication that for decades has provided fans of Hammer Films and English Gothic cinema with pages and pages of insight and information on numerous genre read more
HURRICANE ISLAND
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 24, 2026
HURRICANE ISLAND is about the most perfect example of a B movie that there is. It was produced (Sam Katzman) and directed (Lew Landers) by veterans of the form, it lasts only around 70 minutes, and it provides decent low-budget entertainment. This movie was shown recently on TCM as part o read more
THE FORGOTTEN PISTOLERO
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 23, 2026
THE FORGOTTEN PISTOLERO is a 1969 Euro Western based on the ancient Greek tale of Orestes, a story concerning revenge and family betrayal. The movie's original title is IL PISTOLERO DELL'AVE MARIA, or GUNMEN OF AVA MARIA. This is a Spaghetti Western that is more concerned with the emotion read more
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 16, 2026
I recently purchased this movie on DVD at a discounted price (what did you expect??) I had seen THE TALK OF THE TOWN multiple times before, but it had never caught my fancy, despite the fact that it stars two of my favorites, Cary Grant and Jean Arthur. The film was produced and directed by Ge read more