Movie Listings by Genre

Director: Lee Madden    More Info
Starring: Don Stroud, Luke Askew, Larry Bishop, Tyne Daly, Aldo Ray, Neil Moran, Jean Marie, Bill McKinney, Jordan Rhodes, Peter Lawrence

 Motorcycle gang leader Angel (Don Stroud) joins a group of hippies attacked by dune buggy-riding rednecks from a nearby town. Angel and company take on the bad guys in this violent (for the time period) biker action film.

Director: Ted Post    More Info
Starring: Charlton Heston, James Franciscus, Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, Linda Harrison, Paul Richards, Victor Buono, James Gregory, Jeff Corey, Natalie Trundy

 This is the first sequel to the popular primate films, and Charlton Heston is back. This time, U.S. astronaut Taylor (Heston) has disappeared while exploring the distant planet that was once ruled by apes. Astronaut Brent (James Franciscus) is sent to rescue him and crash lands on the Planet of the Apes. Taylor's mate Nova (Linda Harrison) rescues Brent and takes him to the ape city where friendly scientists Zira (Kim Hunter) and Cornelius (David Watson) hide them. Adventures abound when they are kidnapped, find Taylor, escape, and then discover the weapon that could prevent the apes from wiping out the world.

Director: Seymour Robbie    More Info
Starring: Joe Namath, Ann - Margret, William Smith, Jennifer Billingsley, Don Chastain, Teda Bracci, Mike Battle, Greg Mullavy, Sid Haig, Bruce Glover

 When a biker gang comes upon Ann (Ann-Margret), whose car had broken down, they harass and attempt to rape her. But C.C. Ryder (Joe Namath), a new member of the gang, comes to her rescue, and romance blooms between C.C. and Ann. The film starts weak and goes downhill from there.

Director: George McCowan    More Info
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier, Moses Gunn, Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Stewart, Bobby Johnson

 Captain Beau Carter (Stephen Boyd) is ordered to lead an all-Black unit on a suicide mission to take a bridge under Nazi control. An even bigger problem than taking the bridge is that Carter is a redneck and has been given only two days to train his men for the mission. Will he succeed?

Director: Terence Young    More Info
Starring: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Gabriele Ferzetti, Jean Topart, Luigi Pistilli, Yannick Delulle, Paul Bonifas

 Based on Richard Matheson's "Ride the Nightmare," this action film finds an American, Joe (Charles Bronson), living a peaceful life in France with his wife Fabienne (Liv Ullmann) and stepdaughter Michelle (Yannick Delulle). All goes well–until gang members Captain Ross (James Mason), Katnaga (Jean Topart), Whitey (Michel Constantin), and Faustountil (Luigi Pistilli) reappear in Joe's life and kidnap his family. Their purpose is to force Joe into drug smuggling. In turn, Joe kidnaps Ross' mistress (Jill Ireland), and battles ensue.

Director: Jerry Thorpe    More Info
Starring: Van Johnson, Ray Milland, John Saxon, Brian Kelly, Fritz Weaver, Clu Gulager, Susan Oliver, Diana Lynn, Robert Middleton

 A hired killer (John Saxon) is hunted by police as well as those who hired him after a police officer is murdered.

Director: Al Adamson    More Info
Starring: John Gabriel, Kent Taylor, Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Keith Andes, Robert Dix, Erin O'Donnell, Vicki Volante, Anne Randall

 A Neo-Nazi group led by Nazi war criminal Baron von Delberg (Kent Taylor) teams with the Las Vegas Mafia and the vicious "Bloody Devils" motorcycle gang to further their cause and spread terror throughout the city. FBI agent Mark Adams (John Gabriel) is assigned the task of infiltrating the gang to bring down the bad guys. Extreme violence in another Al Adamson bomb.

Director: Brian G. Hutton    More Info
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Gavin MacLeod, Harry Dean Stanton, Stuart Margolin, Jeff Morris, Richard Davalos

 The time is World War II, and American serviceman Kelly (Clint Eastwood) learns that the Nazi's have $16 million in gold bullion. While on a three-day pass, Kelly leads a very unlikely group–Big Joe (Telly Savalas), Crapgame (Don Rickles), and Oddball (Donald Sutherland)–inside enemy territory with plans to steal the gold bullion for their own use at war's end.

Director: Jack Starrett    More Info
Starring: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage, Eugene Cornelius, Paul Koslo, John Garwood, Ana Corita, Lillian Margarejo, Paraluman

 During the Vietnam War, the C.I.A. hires a Biker gang led by Link Thomas (William Smith) to ride into Cambodia and rescue agent Chet Davis (Jack Starrett) who is being held captive. Madness and mayhem reign.

Director: Tony Richardson    More Info
Starring: Mick Jagger, Allen Bickford, Geoff Gilmour, Serge Lazareff, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Frank Thring, Peter Sumner, Diane Craig, Sue Lloyd

 By age 20, Ned Kelly (Mick Jagger) had joined his brothers and stepfather as members of a gang of horse thieves. The original crime escalates to murder and the suicides of Ned's brothers. This film is based on the life of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.

Director: Martin B. Cohen    More Info
Starring: Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Harry Dean Stanton, Philip Carey, Robert Dix, Lou Procopio, Neil Burstyn, Earl Finn

 Paul Collier (Cameron Mitchell) is visiting his pregnant girlfriend Karen (Diane Ladd) in a small Arizona town where they are trying to work out their problems when a motorcycle gang, the Rebels, appear. The motorcyclists, led by Bunny (Jack Nicholson), attack Paul and attempt to kidnap Karen when cyclist J.J. (Bruce Dern), who had been a friend of Paul's in high school, stalls their efforts by promoting a drag race with Karen as the prize. Meanwhile, Paul goes for aid from the townsfolk to save Karen, but will that be enough?

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville    More Info
Starring: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot, Pierre Collet, Andre Ekyan, Jean-Pierre Posier, Francois Perier

 Suave thief Corey (Alaine Delon) is released from prison at the same time that criminal Vogel (Gian Maria Volonte) escapes from custody. After Corey robs his mob boss Rico (Andre Ekyan), he teams up with Vogel and sharpshooter Jansen (Yves Montand) to pull off a sophisticated jewel heist. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Mattei (Bourvil), from whom Vogel escaped, will do anything to bring the thieves to justice, with the mob boss also in the hunt. A great heist film.

Director: Gordon Douglas    More Info
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Martin Landau, David Sheiner, Anthony Zerbe, Jeff Corey, Edward Asner, Norma Crane, Juano Hernandez, Beverly Todd

 Police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is once again out on the street solving crimes, but his real personality comes through in his father/son relationship. Follows "In the Heat of the Night" and is followed by "The Organization."

Director: Robert Aldrich    More Info
Starring: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser, Percy Herbert, Sam Kydd, Lance Percival

 During World War II, America and Britain joined forces to destroy an enemy radio transmitter on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Good cast makes it watchable.

Director: Richard Fleischer    More Info
Starring: Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Wesley Addy, Leon Ames, Eijiro Tono

 The story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, is well-told as the events leading to the attack are revealed–documentary style–from both the U.S. and Japanese viewpoints. The film begins with scenes from the perspectives of both countries as the diplomacy between Japan and the United States collapses. The second part of the film switches to the deadly mission and a spectacular re-creation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film won and Oscar for Best Special Visual Effects.

Director: Sergio Sollima    More Info
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Telly Savalas, Umberto Orsini, George Savalas, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Levy, Peter Dane, Goffredo Unger

 Jeff (Charles Bronson) is a tough ex-con, now a professional hit man in New Orleans, who sets out in search of those who framed him. The only one Jeff trusts is his girlfriend Vanessa (Jill Ireland), but crime boss Webber (Telly Savalas) steals Vanessa away from Jeff. The mob becomes his target, but, at the same time, the mob s hunts down Jeff. And violence erupts as bullets fly.

Director: Sidney Lumet    More Info
Starring: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Alan King, Christopher Walken, Stan Gottlieb, Margaret Hamilton, Scott Jacoby, Richard B. Shull, Ralph Meeker

 Ex-con Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) develops a scheme to rob a New York apartment building. He needs money, and the mob funds his robberies. What Anderson does not know is that government agencies, aware that he is linked to the mob, are taping his every move. Now, the apartment building is filled with video cameras ready to tape Anderson's every move. The good supporting cast includes Christopher Walken in his film debut, and Alan King does a very good job playing Mafia don Pat Angelo.

Director: Joe Viola    More Info
Starring: Scott Glenn, Charles Dierkop, Gilda Texter, James Inglehart, Gary Littlejohn, Gary Busey, Janet Wood, Don Carerra, Brendan Kelly, Larry Tucker

 After their drug deal fails, biker gang The Angels sets up a new meeting place in the desert. On their way into the desert, The Angels meet another biker gang, The Dragons, and are invited to a party in a ghost town. A wild night lies ahead–complete with a murder that results in a fight to the finish between the two gangs.

Director: Jack Hill    More Info
Starring: Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Pam Grier, Brooke Mills, Pat Woodell, Sid Haig, Christiane Schmidtmer, Kathryn Loder, Jerry Frank, Gina Stuart

 Prison is hell, but this one is even worse as the sadistic warden and guards exploit the women prisoners. The women must at least attempt an escape. Similar exploitation films were made in quick order.

Director: Tom Laughlin    More Info
Starring: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howat, Victor Izay, Julie Webb, Debbie Schock, Teresa Kelly, Bert Freed, Kenneth Tobey, Lynn Baker

 Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) uses his karate skills to save the Freedom School on his Indian reservation. As a supporter of the school's founder Jean Roberts (Delores Taylor), Billy Jack suffers objections from the White people in town who psychologically and physically abuse the Indian kids. Matters rise to the fore when one of the kids is raped, and Billy loses control and seeks revenge, which results in him being sought on a charge of murder. This film, directed by and starring Tom Laughlin, cost a mere $800,000 to make and grossed $65 million!

Director: Guy Hamilton    More Info
Starring: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Jimmy Dean, Charles Gray, Bruce Cabot, Bruce Glover, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, Laurence Naismith

 Diamonds have been stolen from South African mines, and James Bond (Sean Connery) goes undercover as diamond smuggler Peter Franks. The trail leads him to Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray) whose sinister plot to take over the world must be stopped at all cost. Bond joins forces with Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), and they try to stop hit men Wint (Bruce Glover) and Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) and, in the process, prevent a space-orbiting laser from destroying Washington, D.C. Great special effects and lots of adventure.

Director: Don Siegel    More Info
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, John Larch, John Vernon, Josef Sommer, Woodrow Parfrey, Mae Mercer

 Clint Eastwood IS Dirty Harry, a San Francisco cop assigned to find a killer named Scorpio (Andrew Robinson). The problem is that Harry hates Scorpio so much that he violates his civil rights, and the system has to set the murderer free. When Scorpio hijacks a school bus, Dirty Harry is asked to carry the ransom. This time, he refuses and goes after Scorpio on his own.

Director: Lo Wei    More Info
Starring: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, Han Ying-chieh, Tony Liu, Malalene, James Tien, Nora Miao, Lee Quin, Chin Shan, Chen Chao

 After not being too successful in Hollywood, Bruce Lee headed home to Hong Kong, and this is his first starring role. Although a low-budget and poorly acted entry, it does show Lee's talents. Cheng (Lee) is sent to live with his uncle and cousins, and he takes a job at an ice house where his cousins work. Though promising not to fight, he can't resist after finding out that the ice house is a front for a drug ring, and two of his cousins are murdered.

Director: William Friedkin    More Info
Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frederic de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber

 If for no other reason than the spine-tingling car chase, this movie deserves viewing. Fortunately, it also has much more going for it. NYPD detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) visits Paris to uncover the source of a drug supply coming into the United States. Doyle ends up back in the Big Apple for the elevated train car chase. This film won the Best Picture Academy Award, and Gene Hackman and William Friedkin were also honored for Best Actor and Director. Awards were also given for Best Writing and Editing, and nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Roy Scheider) and Sound.

Director: Mike Hodges    More Info
Starring: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, Tony Beckley, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Dorothy White, Rosemarie Dunham, Alun Armstrong

 London mobster Jack Carter (Michael Caine) heads to Newcastle to arrange for his brother's funeral. It soon becomes evident that the brother was murdered, and the ruthless Carter sets out for revenge in the underworld of Newcastle. Remade the following year (under the title "Hit Man") and again in 2000 (in which Michael Caine had a small part).