Movies starring John Hodiak

Lifeboat (1944)

97 mins     Thriller      

Do you know what is interesting about Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat"? It's not that it is a misunderstood propaganda movie, or that we have Hitchcock exploring telling a story from the confinement of one small location. Nope w...

Battleground (1949)

118 mins     Action , Drama, War      

As I often do before watching an old movie I look at opinions from others hopefully to find reactions of those who watched "Battleground" nearer the time it was released. What I found was a lot of reviews from American's proc...

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

78 mins     Adventure , Western      

Let me tell you what I think "Across the Wide Missouri" should be about, a beaver trapper whose only interest is in getting furs and when he spots an opportunity to marry the granddaughter of a Blackfoot chief does so not out...

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)

73 mins     Western      

Having watched and loved many westerns I have a loose rule, if I haven't heard of a western the chances are it will be ordinary, a typical b-movie which retreads familiar ground on a low budget. That rule is proven by "Ambush...

Dragonfly Squadron (1954)

82 mins     War      

It never helps matters when the print quality of the movie you watch is poor and sadly the version of "Dragonfly Squadron" which I got to watch was incredibly poor and at times so fuzzy it was hard to see any definition at al...