Molly, Mysteries and Mad Indians

The divine Ms. Debbie Reynolds delivers a career-defining performance in THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (1964) on Blu-ray. James Arness comes back to TV, but this time as a hard boiled, hard nosed cop in the one season series MCCLAIN'S LAW (1981). Hanna-Barbera made one of its rare forays into prime-time entertainment with this way-out, way-ahead-of-its-time mash-up of American literature and fantasy adventure mixing live action and animation with THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1968). Patter master Lee Tracy commands the spiel in this collection culled from his post-Code career that sees him playing a slippery shyster, a news hound, a screen hack and a circus promoter LEE TRACY 4-FILM COLLECTION (1937-39). Then we chat about some new-to-DVD crime movies of the 50s and 60s including THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBER (1950), NO QUESTIONS ASKED (1951), COUNT THE HOURS (1953), Irvin Kershner's (The Empire Strikes Back) feature directorial debut STAKEOUT ON DOPE STREET (1958) and JACK OF DIAMONDS (1967).