Created by Fred Olen Ray (1954--) and B.J. Nestles Pseudonym of Terrill Lee Lankford "I'd stumbled into the middle of an evil, insidious cult of chainsaw worshipping maniacs. I had to wonder if we'd let our religious freedom go too far in this country, or maybe our immigration laws were just too lax." — Jack … Continue reading Jack Chandler (Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers)
Tag: B-Film
Russ Ashton
Created by Myron A. Nunes Tom Neal (of Detour fame) starred as private eye RUSS ASHTON, head of The Ace Detective Agency, in two supposedly enjoyable quickie B-romps from 1947, Â The Case of the Baby-Sitter and The Hat-Box Mystery. And I do mean quickies. In The Hat-Box Mystery, one of Russ' ops, Susan Hart (Pamela … Continue reading Russ Ashton
Gus Slavin (Loophole)
Created by Dwight V. Babcock and George Bricker This time out, he's GUS SLAVIN, an LA-based investigator for a bonding service, who's putting the screws on war hero turned nice guy bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan, the star of the show, playing the classic noir bonehead/doofus to perfection). Gus is convinced Donovan had something … Continue reading Gus Slavin (Loophole)
Chris Conlon (The Spider)
Created by Lowell Brentano & Fulton Oursler In The Spider Woman, a likably cheesy 1945 B-film from Twentieth Century Fox, ex-cop turned slick New Orleans private eye CHRIS CONLON, is caught up in a web of crime. A "web" of crime. Get it? It starts out with Conlon (played by Richard Conte) being hired by Judith Smith (Faye … Continue reading Chris Conlon (The Spider)
Donegal Dawn (Secrets of Chinatown)
Created by Guy Morton "You're a white girl -- what are you doing in a place like this?" Dapper Vancouver, B.C. private eye DONEGAL DAWN is called in by the police commissioner, and reluctantly asked to look into the recent rash of "mysterious deaths" in Vancouver's Chinatown after one of the commissioner's own detectives is … Continue reading Donegal Dawn (Secrets of Chinatown)