Movies starring John Archer

Curtain Call (1940)

63 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Before watching "Curtain Call" I read a few reviews to get some idea of what this forgotten movie is all about and the majority of them mentioned the similarities to "The Producers". In fairness mentioning "The Producers" and...

The Lost Moment (1947)

89 mins     Drama, Romance      

By the time "The Lost Moment" is over, and at only 89 minutes it isn't a long movie, you will feel utterly shattered because you will have just spent 89 minutes watching a movie heavy in atmosphere. It is quite surprising how...

Destination Moon (1950)

92 mins     Adventure , Drama, Sci-Fi      

It's not often that I wish I was older but watching "Destination Moon" made me wish I had been a young boy when it was released. Released over a decade before cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made the first manned space flight and almo...

Best of the Badmen (1951)

84 mins     Western      

"Best of the Badmen" is the sort of cliche western which as a western fan you watch for what it is but it leaves no lasting impression. Now what that means is that we have another western which whilst serving up characters wi...

Santa Fe (1951)

87 mins     Western      

"Santa Fe" starts so well with an opening look at how America was left destroyed by the Civil war; from children who didn't recognize their fathers to people struggling to make a living whilst the resentment between the North...

The Big Trees (1952)

89 mins     Action , Drama      

Whilst generally I feel older movies are superior to modern movies when it comes to focus on story telling, there were still movies which had the feeling that they were made as almost stop gaps. Movies which had nothing major...

Rock Around the Clock (1956)

77 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

As I write this it is almost 60 years since "Rock Around the Clock" was released and watching it for the first time now it would be fair to say it is an experience and not always a good one. Of course what I am on about is th...

Decision at Sundown (1957)

77 mins     Western      

I've watched a fair amount of Randolph Scott movies and one thing which I always felt was wrong was that far too often he was cast as the happy good guy, the decent guy with a smile who wins the girl and so on and so forth. Y...

Blue Hawaii (1961)

102 mins     Comedy, Musical      

Maybe because much of "Blue Hawaii" was shot on location, maybe that the storyline whilst simple worked, maybe it is something else but there is something about "Blue Hawaii" which makes it stand out from many of Elvis's othe...