13 Lead Soldiers (1948)

IMDb meta-data is runtime of 1 hour and 4 minutes, rated 6.2 by 72 cinematizens.  

Genre: Mystery

Verdict: A lost picture found.  

The set-up:  Captain Hugh Drummond, called Bulldog for no reason whatever, embarks on his twentieth film, played in this instance by that irresistible sot, Tom Conway who has his brief way with women, one after another.  The fraternity brothers lost count at two.  Situation normal. 

Bulldog tracks down a set of stolen lead soldiers to find a long lost Anglo-Saxon treasure trove stashed just before the Battle of Hastings.  It is a tried and true formula used by Arthur Conan Doyle and many others.  Bulldog borrows some gear from Lara Croft and sallies forth with a cast of flunkies and leading ladies in his wake.  

This is one of the many studio B quickies done in five days of shooting and subsequently lost to the ravages of indifference, until 2001 when a much deteriorated 16mm print turned up on Ebay from which the You Tube offering derives. It is nearly impossible to watch. The images are stretched, the surface flyblown, and the dialogue out of sync. All too much like a keg party at the House. Think of it as a Salvador Dali version of a film.  It is available on DVD now in a cleaned up copy but I am not motivated that far.