Starring: Eddy Mars, Trisha O'Brien, Mark Mayo, Robert Shumay, James Boyle, Lisa Baldwin, Dale Boutten, Helmut Pohlmann, Walter Groeger NOTE: Although based on fact, all names and events in this film are fictional. Any similarity is purely coincidental.

program running time
75 minutes

Private Eye and Singer are caught between the Mob and Nazi spies.

Nazi Spy comes to Park Zorgvliet to aid Hans Kesserling.

Herr Georg Hansen orders Hans to bring home plans for the Atomic Bomb.

TRISHA O'BRIEN
as
KELLY McCALL

EDDY MARS
as
HARRY NYTE

ROBERT SHUMAY
as
BOBBY DARROW

LISA BALDWIN
as
SUSAN LANGLEY

Mob gumen blast everyone in their way to posess THE BLACK VALISE.

Barber (and staff) friendly to local mob boss, should have chosen a better friend.

Scalise and henchman try to convince Harry Nyte to stay away from Susan Langley.

Nazi Hans Kesserling, kidnaps Harry Nyte to use as a pawn in retrieving A-bomb plans from racketeers.

Charolette and Susan Langley are couriers for the Nazis. After losing the plans to a sneak thief, they are forced to hire private eyes.

Private eye Harry Nyte, combs the city in search of Dink Monahan, a petty thief with a contract on his head.

REVIEW

....." THE BLACK VALISE, which blends no fewer then three genres, is set in Cleveland in 1944. Centered on the theft of atomic bomb secrets by German spies, it has wisecracking private eyes, nasty Nazis, dangerous dames, and gangsters. The producer (Robert Swanson) has not let the paltry $5,000 budget get in the way of his passion for authenticity. He talked collectors of period automobiles and military vehicles into lending their treasures, and scraped up clothing and props from other sources. He found German-speaking actors to play the Nazis and even scratched one scene filmed in a soda shop because he spotted a new roll of paper towels during editing: "We had to cut the whole scene because of the darn Bounty." Swanson turned the Franklin Castle into a haven for Nazi spies, startled neighbors of the Cuyahoga County Archives building by hanging swastika flags on it's facade and converted the White Oaks restaurant in Westlake into a gangster hideout. Swanson has plans for more films"...........
JAMES F. SWEENEY
Cleveland Plain Dealer