The Wreck of the Hesperus
The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.
John Hoffman
Casts & Crew
Willard Parker
Edgar Buchanan
Patricia Barry
Holmes Herbert
Wilton Graff
Boyd Davis
Jeff Corey
Paul Campbell
Paul E. Burns
Trevor Bardette
Herbert Heywood
Earle S. Dewey
Mikel Conrad
Patti Brady
Martin Milner
Also Directed by John Hoffman
A recently unearthed experimental documentary of the crashing sea set to Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave." An example of the filmmakers' "new cinema" theory which held that film should be more like music than literature. This film is based solely on its arrangement of images.
Short film by Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman.
A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's young son.
Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.
Lone Wolf (Ron Randell) a newspaper man, is accused of gem theft.
Going undercover as the notorious "Waco Kid," U.S. Army Captain Jeff Packard (Ellison) manages to infiltrate a gang of gold-shipment thieves lead by nasty Walt Anderson (Ted Adams). But Anderson and his gang are not the only troublemakers around: Packard must also contend with Geronimo (Chief Thundercloud) and his Apache warriors, who are demanding guns in exchange for peace.
Short film by John Hoffman.