Bluebeard 1972  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Edward Dmytryk, Luciano Sacripanti
Cast: Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Joey Heatherton, Nathalie Delon, Marilu Tolo, Karin Schubert, Agostina Belli, Sybil Danning, Edward Meeks, Jean Lefebvre, Mathieu Carriere
Richard Burton portrays Baron von Sepper who has killed off his wives (among them are Raquel Welch, Nathalie Delon, Virna Lisi, and Marilu Tolo) by different, unique methods. His current wife (Joey Heatherton) has found the frozen bodies in a vault and figures out how they had died. She tries to get the Baron to talk about them and, in the process, find a way to save her own life.
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Holocaust 2000 1977  R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Chosen
Rain of Fire
Director: Alberto De Martino
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Agostina Belli, Simon Ward, Anthony Quayle, Virginia McKenna, Alexander Knox, Spiros Focas, Ivo Garrani, Adolfo Celi, Romolo Valli, Massimo Foschi, Geoffrey Keen, John Carlin, Peter Cellier, Gerard Hely
The inherent danger of nuclear power plants is exploited in this film about Robert Caine (Kirk Douglas) whose son (Simon Ward) is the devil. In that guise, he has come to build new nuclear plants with built-in failure mechanisms.
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Revolver 1973  R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller / Drama
aka: Blood in the Streets
Director: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi, Agostina Belli, Frederic de Pasquale, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Peter Berling, Marc Mazza, Daniel Beretta, Sal Borgese, Steffen Zacharias, Paola Pitagora, Bernard Giraudeau, Gunnar Warner, Calisto Calisti
Vito's (Oliver Reed) wife (Agostina Belli) is kidnapped. The ransom demand is the release of imprisoned Milo (Fabio Testi). Vito, a prison official who knows that Milo is to be killed if released, teams up with the prisoner to foil the bad guys and free his wife.
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 Scent of a Woman 1974  R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Dino Risi
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli, Moira Orfei, Lorenzo Piani, Franco Ricci, Elena Veronese, Stefania Spugnini, Torindo Bernardi, Marisa Volonnino, Carla Mancini, Alvaro Vitali, Sergio Di Pinto
Vittorio Gassman plays an army captain who was blinded due to an explosion. Now, with an aide in tow, the arrogant and proud captain tours Italy with the intent of seducing beautiful women, and, due to heightened senses, he can smell whether or not they ARE beautiful. At the end of his journey, he intends to commit suicide with a cadet "Cucchio" (Alessandro Momo) who was also blinded. Gassman won the Cannes Best Actor award, and the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign film.
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| 1. Bluebeard (1972)
2. Holocaust 2000 (1977)
aka: The Chosen
aka: Rain of Fire
3. Revolver (1973)
aka: Blood in the Streets
4. Scent of a Woman (1974)
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