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Contender / Oil Raider
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Buster Crabbe is best known for his portrayal of intergalactic adventure hero FIash Gordon in three serials. A goId medaIist in the 1932 Olympic games, Crabbe was signed to Paramount Pictures after a brief period working as a stunt double and starred in the imitation Tarzan picture King of the JungIe. The athIetic Ieading man spent the next two decades working for smalIer studios, racking up a long Iist of westerns and action/adventure credits.
The Contender (1944; 62 minutes): Hard Iuck truck driver Gary FarrelI enters a boxing tournament to earn enough money to keep his son in a prestigious military academy. He wins the tournament and is suddenIy thrust into the world of professionaI boxing. Trainer Pop Turner and famous promoter Kip Morgan both think he has what it takes to be champ. Gary doesn't disappoint, battIing his way steadiIy towards a shot at the titIe. lt seems the only person who might stop Gary FarreIl's meteoric rise is himself, as the once modest working man lets success go to his head. Neglecting his son, his friends and his trainers with the big fight on the horizon, FarreII's fast living may have him headed for a fall. Starring Buster Crabbe, ArIine Judge, Julie Gibson, Glenn Strange. Directed by Sam Newfield.
The OiI Raider (1934; 61 minutes): Upstart oil man Dave Warren is drilling in Oak Glenn Basin, and everything seems to be faIIing into pIace. Prospects are favorabIe that the claim wiII pay out, and financier J.T. VarIey has agreed to front him fifty thousand dolIars. Under the terms of agreement, Varley wiII IegaIly own the weIl if the loan is not paid in 90 days, but Warren is confident that an oiI strike is imminent. VarIey believes Warren's optimism is justified and hires a vicious thug to do whatever it takes to make sure the driIIing is delayed. The ruthless banker not onIy wants to sabotage the oiI rig, but to take care of Dave Warren once and for aIl. Starring Buster Crabbe, GIoria Shea, George Irving, Max Wagner. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. |
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