Franz Roehn

Movies12

• Movie7.0

  Science FictionHorror

  Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.

  The Fly

  1958 · 627 votes

• Movie6.2

  DramaCrime

  An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

  Knock on Any Door

  1949 · 75 votes

• Movie5.5

  ActionAdventure

  Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man O'Connell to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested.

  Congo Crossing

  1956 · 12 votes

• Movie5.7

  DramaRomance

  Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.

  Hot Blood

  1956 · 7 votes

• Movie5.3

  Science Fiction

  To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.

  Tobor the Great

  1954 · 33 votes

• Movie6.3

  CrimeDrama

  Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.

  The Turning Point

  1952 · 34 votes

• Movie6.3

  HorrorMystery

  In 1880, Sir Robert Cargrave, a London physician known for his experimental work in paralysis treatment, is summoned to Gorslava by the mysterious Baron Sardonicus—who is now married to Cargrave's former wife, Maude—to treat his disfigurement. When Cargrave arrives, he finds the masked baron is a cruel sadist who has threatened to harm Maude if he is not successfully cured.

  Mr. Sardonicus

  1961 · 79 votes

• Movie5.0

  DramaMystery

  In Moscow 1953, four terrified women prisoners are brought before Joseph Stalin, who chooses the beautiful Dasha. He punishes her by shaving off her long hair. Moments later, a plastic surgeon leads Stalin into the operating room and transforms his face so that he is unrecognizable. He vanishes, but OSS agent Steve Anderson searches for him in Europe.

  The Girl in the Kremlin

  1957 · 7 votes

• Movie6.5

  ComedyWar

  Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitches a ride with reluctant Polish serviceman Colonel Prokoszny, who harbors a bias against Jews. They are soon joined by Prokoszny's bride-to-be, Suzanne, who takes an immediate liking to the engaging Jacobowsky. This furthers the hostility between Jacobowsky and Prokoszny, but they must put their differences aside to evade the Nazis trailing them.

  Me and the Colonel

  1958 · 20 votes

• Movie5.4

  HorrorScience Fiction

  The baron's grandson rents the family castle to a TV crew to fund his atomic revival of the family monster.

  Frankenstein 1970

  1958 · 45 votes

• Movie7.5

  MusicComedy

  Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.

  Ain't Misbehavin'

  1955 · 2 votes

• Movie5.3

  Drama

  Remake of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 classic.

  The Blue Angel

  1959 · 11 votes