New release at archive.org: The Hoodlum (1951)

Did you know archive.org has lots of cool old feature films in the public domain you can download for free? Here's one they just added to the archive that looks promising: The Hoodlum, from 1951.

I'm downloading it now.

(Here's the RSS feed for recent additions to the movie archive.)

Lawrence Tierney ("Reservoir Dogs") plays an unreformed, hardened criminal who has just been released from prison. Working at his brother's gas station, he becomes very interested in the armored car that makes regular stops at the bank across the street.

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[#1 posted by drivenbyboredom , May 16, 2008 9:12 PM]

hey! i just started working for the internet archive on monday!

[#2 posted by Mark Frauenfelder , May 17, 2008 6:31 AM]

Cool! What are you doing there?

[#3 posted by MrBaliHai , May 17, 2008 6:46 AM]

A while back, I dug through the IA and pulled out every cult film that had also made an appearance in Mike Weldon's Psychotronic Video guide. I came up with quite a long list.

[#4 posted by drivenbyboredom , May 17, 2008 2:34 PM]

i am just scanning public domain books at the new york public library. its not the most exciting job ever, but it is fun and it is good to be doing something I care about, even if it is just grunt work