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Director: John Wayne    More Info
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Frankie Avalon, Richard Boone, Laurence Harvey, Chill Wills, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Ken Curtis, Denver Pyle

 John Wayne directed and starred (as Davy Crockett) in this major production about the famous battle of Texas' independence in 1836 against an attack by the Mexican army at a small fort near San Antonio. Great musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin, and the final attack is a real spectacle. Several Oscar nominations were received with one winner: Best Sound. Nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Chill Wills).

Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia    More Info
Starring: Victor Mature, Rita Gam, Gabriele Ferzetti, Milly Vitale, Rik Battaglia, Franco Silva, Terence Hill, Mirko Ellis, Andrea Aureli, Renzo Cesana

 Hannibal (Victor Mature) has crossed the Alps with his elephants and is advancing on Rome when he captures Sylvia (Rita Gam). The two fall in love, but love will not conquer all as Hannibal's failings prove his undoing–both with Sylvia and with the Romans.

Director: Abel Gance    More Info
Starring: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Leslie Caron, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Jack Palance, Orson Welles, Ettore Manni, Claudia Cardinale, Elvire Popesco

 At the beginning of this film, the private life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) unfolds–showing his family life with wife Josephine (Martine Carol)–before the story moves on to the battlefields of the Napoleonic War and Napoleon proclaiming himself Emperor of France.

Director: Otto Preminger    More Info
Starring: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, John Derek, Hugh Griffith, Gregory Ratoff, Felix Aylmer

 This is Leon Uris's story about the settling of a new Israel following World War II. In this well-produced historical film, Ari (Paul Newman) is a leader of the Jewish underground Hagannah. He commandeers a ship to bring 600 Jews into the newly partitioned Palestine just before the United Nations votes to make Palestine a Jewish state. Ari achieves victory, and now 30,000 more Jews relocate into the Holy Land. Sal Mineo received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. One other nomination was received, and the film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography.

Director: Andrew L. Stone    More Info
Starring: Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, George Sanders, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode, Jack Kruschen, Joel Marston, George Furness, Richard Norris, Robert Martin

 Luxury liner S.S. Claridon has been successfully sailing for 38 years until this voyage when an explosion in the boiler room threatens to sink the ship. At first, Captain Robert Adams (George Sanders) does not want his ship evacuated, but the situation worsens, and the passengers are told to abandon ship. However, not everyone is able to get to safety. In the midst of the impending tragedy, passenger Cliff Henderson (Robert Stack) struggles against all odds to save his wife Laurie (Dorothy Malone) who is trapped under the wreckage in their cabin.

Director: Stanley Kubrick    More Info
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, Nina Foch, Herbert Lom, John Ireland, Woody Strode

 This story begins when the slave, Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), is sold to Biatus (Peter Ustinov). During his subsequent training as a gladiator, Spartacus leads the other slaves in a rebellion, and they make their way to southern Italy. Meanwhile in Rome, two senators–Crassus (Laurence Olivier) and Gracchus (Charles Laughton)–envision the slave revolt as their keys to power. But, the interference from Crassus and Gracchus does not deter Spartacus and the slaves from their march to freedom. Peter Ustinov won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Russell Metty won for Best Cinematography. There were two other Academy Awards (Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costume Design) and a nomination for Best Musical Score.

Director: Michael Curtiz    More Info
Starring: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Lee Marvin, Bruce Cabot, Nehemiah Persoff, Ina Balin, Michael Ansara, Patrick Wayne, Jack Elam, Edgar Buchanan

 Comancheros (White men who supplied the warring Comanches with guns) were in full swing in the middle 1800s. Enter Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) who teams up with his prisoner Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) to ward off the Comancheros and bring peace to the Texas Territory.

Director: J. Lee Thompson    More Info
Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren, James Robertson Justice, Richard Harris

 This film is at the top in both quality and action for the World War II genre. It involves a multinational force commanded by Major Franklin (Anthony Quayle). The commandos are ordered to blow up two immense German guns that are guarding the sea against the arrival of Allied troop transports. The film won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects, and there were six other nominations, including Best Picture and Director.

Director: Ishiro Honda    More Info
Starring: Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyoko Kagawa, Emi Ito, Yumi Ito, Jerry Ito, Akihiro Tayama, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara

 Tiny (one-foot tall) twins (Emi Ito and Yumi Ito), who have supernatural powers, are abducted from their island by Clark Nelson (Jerry Ito) and taken to Tokyo where they are exploited in a vaudeville show. But, their singing reaches far away to a giant caterpillar, Mothra, that comes to their rescue–destroying Tokyo in the process.

Director: Akira Kurosawa    More Info
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu, Isuzu Yamada, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Kyu Sazanka, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Kato, Ikio Sawamura, Kamatari Fujiwara

 This classic Akira Kurosawa film was influenced by U.S. Westerns and stars the great Toshiro Mifune in another excellent performance as a samurai drifter who enters a small town in mid-1800s' Japan and is caught between two warring gangs. Rousing battle scenes.

Director: Terence Young    More Info
Starring: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman, Zena Marshall, Eunice Gayson, Lois Maxwell, Anthony Dawson, John Kitzmiller

 In the first screen appearance of Ian Fleming's 007 a.k.a. James Bond (Sean Connery), he is sent to Jamaica to investigate the murder of a British agent. Bond eventually becomes involved with the evil Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) who plots to interfere with rockets being launched from Cape Canaveral.

Director: Don Siegel    More Info
Starring: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Don Haggerty, Nick Adams, Bob Newhart, L.Q. Jones, Mike Kellin

 In this World War II drama, Sergeant John Reese (Steve McQueen) has been demoted because of his drinking and is sent back to his old squad, which is assigned to defend an area near a German pillbox. Reese persuades his squad leader Sgt. Larkin (Harry Guardino) to convince the Germans that the U.S. squad is much larger than it really is. Then, against orders, Reese leads two members of his squad in an attack on the pillbox. The attack fails, and the two men are killed, but Reese, despite being threatened with court martial, once again attacks the pillbox–this time alone. Reese is killed in his effort, but he has enabled the Allies to overtake the Germans.

Director: Ishiro Honda    More Info
Starring: Michael Keith, James Yagi, Tadao Takashima, Mie Hama, Kenji Sahara, Harry Holcombe, Akihiko Hirata, Yu Fujiki, Ichiro Arishima, Jun Tazaki

 After a submarine collides with an iceberg, and Godzilla is released after being trapped for seven years, the great ape, King Kong, is captured and brought to Japan to fight Godzilla. A battle between the two ensues on Mount Fuji; but, when an earthquake sends Godzilla and Kong plunging into the ocean, only one will survive.

Director: Ken Annakin    More Info
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Curt Jurgens, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Eddie Albert

 The sixth of June, 1944–D-Day–is relived in this saga about the Allied invasion of Europe via the beaches at Normandy. This war film is based on Cornelius Ryan's book "The Longest Day" that he compiled through interviews with D-Day survivors. The story is told through the eyes of all participants including the German high command, the French Resistance, and the Allied side of the invasion. A great epic that was nominated for Best Picture and won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Special Effects.

Director: John Gilling    More Info
Starring: Kerwin Mathews, Christopher Lee, Glenn Corbett, Marla Landi, Oliver Reed, Andrew Keir, Peter Arne, Michael Ripper, Jack Stewart, David Lodge

 Hammer Films presents this high-seas adventure about young Jonathan Standing (Kerwin Mathews) who is exiled by his father (Andrew Keir) to a penal colony. The penal colony is invaded by pirates led by Captain LaRoche (Christopher Lee), and Jonathan leads LaRoche and his pirate ship to his Caribbean home where LaRoche believes a treasure is buried. LaRoche takes control of the town while searching for the treasure, and many are killed in the process. Finally, LaRoache finds the treasure–a gold statue of Jonathan's grandfather–and attempts to haul it away. But, Jonathan and his cohorts attack the raft, the statue falls overboard and sinks to the bottom of the sea, La Roche is killed, and the survivors return home.

Director: Akira Kurosawa    More Info
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama, Reiko Dan, Akihiko Hirata, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takako Irie, Yunosuke Ito

 This follow-on to 1961's "Yojimbo" is more lighthearted than that film but still has plenty of action. Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune), the clever samurai drifter, takes on the task of educating a group of naive young men in the ways of the samurai while fending off attacks. Another good film from Akira Kurosawa.

Director: Masaki Kobayashi    More Info
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Yoshio Inaba, Akira Ishihama, Masao Mishima, Tetsuro Tamba, Ichiro Nakaya, Yoshio Aoki, Jo Azumi

 Suicide was considered an honorable solution in 17th-century Japan when the feudal Shogun system ended leaving many samurai warriors in poverty. One samurai, Motome Chijiiwa (Akira Ishihama), killed himself but lost honor. Now, his father-in-law, Hanshiro (Tatsuya Nakadai), seeks revenge.

Director: J. Lee Thompson    More Info
Starring: Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann, Sam Wanamaker, Brad Dexter, George Macready, Guy Rolfe, Perry Lopez, Vladimir Sokoloff, Abraham Sofaer

 This Nikolai Gogol story is about the barbaric Cossack, Taras Bulba (Yul Brynner), who led a bloody revolt in the Ukraine during the 16th century. He had made a pact with the Poles to drive the Turks out of the European steppes but was betrayed when the Poles forced the Cossacks into the hills following the battle. Now, Taras Bulba has settled down to life on a farm when he decides to send his son Andrei (Tony Curtis) to school in Poland where he hopes Andrei will learn more about the hated Poles. While at school, Andrei falls in love with a Polish noblewoman, Natalia Dubrov (Christine Kaufmann). Tensions between father and son rise as each must decide between loyalty for the Cossacks and love. This story was filmed in England in 1939 as "The Rebel Son." An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Musical Score.

Director: Leopoldo Savona    More Info
Starring: Jack Palance, Giovanna Ralli, Serge Reggiani, Folco Lulli, Venantino Venantini, Franco Balducci, Miha Baloh

 It's World War II, and Jack Palance is a paratrooper dropped behind German lines for an espionage job. But, he's captured, only to escape with four Italian prisoners, who help him blow up a bridge. Dubbed in English.

Director: Fernando Cerchio    More Info
Starring: Jeanne Crain, John Drew Barrymore, Pierre Brice, Akim Tamiroff, Elena Zareschi, Gordon Mitchell, Raoul Grassilli, Bruno Nessi, Eleonora Vargas, Gabriella Andreini

 Set in 18th-century Europe, this film tells the story of the jilted lover (John Drew Barrymore) of Princess Helen (Jeanne Crain) who wreaks havoc throughout the countryside. He takes the Princess hostage, but her hero (Pierre Brice) comes to the rescue. Based on a novel by Henryk Sienkewicz (author of "Quo Vadis").

Director: Irving Lerner    More Info
Starring: Van Heflin, Rita Moreno, James MacArthur, Leopoldo Salcedo, Sidney Clute, Marilou Munoz, Oscar Roncal, Liza Moreno, Michael Parsons, Claude Wilson

 David McVey (James MacArthur) has been spoiled by his family's wealth but now finds himself fighting the Japanese in the Philippines shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. (trivia: This film was playing as part of a double feature at the Texas Theater when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested there after shooting President Kennedy.)

Director: Terence Young    More Info
Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendariz, Bernard Lee, Eunice Gayson, Walter Gotell, Francis De Wolff, Lois Maxwell

 James Bond (Sean Connery) is back in his second film and discovers that he is on the Russian "hit list." While in Istanbul to "pick up" a secret de-coding machine from Russian cipher clerk Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi), Bond runs into trouble with a capital "T." A deadly trap has been set involving enemy agent Red Grant (Robert Shaw) who is assigned to take the machine from Bond and kill him. A fight to the death ensues between Bond and Grant aboard the Orient Express.

Director: John Sturges    More Info
Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Donald, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, Nigel Stock

 This is one of the best war movies ever made. It takes place in a P.O.W. camp into which the Germans have placed all the troublemakers. P.O.W. Bartlett (Richard Attenborough) plans one more escape, and even the loner, Capt. Hilts (Steve McQueen), becomes involved in its execution.

Director: Roger Corman    More Info
Starring: Mark Damon, William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee, John McLaren, R. Wright Campbell, Milo Quesada, Anthony Marsh, Marie Versini, Margarete Robsahm

 Grand Prix racer Joe Machin (William Campbell) is married to Sesia (Marie Versini), but that doesn't slow him down in the realm of extramarital affairs. Joe's womanizing is the perfect subject that racer-turned-writer Stephen Children (Mark Damon) needs for his book–especially after his girlfriend Monique (Beatrice Altariba) cheated on him with Joe. Steve starts writing his expose on Joe, but later–after their racing duel–Steve has a change of heart, and the two become friends.

Director: Seijun Suzuki    More Info
Starring: Jo Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawaji, Ikuko Kimuro, Seijun Suzuki, Hideaki Esumi, Tomio Aoki, Eiji Go, Nobuo Kaneko, Masao Shimizu

 High, violent energy explodes from the screen in this tale of ex-cop Jo (Jo Shishido) who becomes a member of a yakuza only to initiate a war with a rival gang. His motivation? Revenge for the killing of his former partner.