100 Rifles 1969  R, 110 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jim Brown, Dan O'Herlihy, Fernando Lamas, Eric Braeden, Michael Forest, Aldo Sambrell, Soledad Miranda, Alberto Dalbes, Charly Bravo, Akim Tamiroff, Jose Manuel Martin, Lorenzo Lamas, Sancho Gracia
Good guys and bad guys tangle in the interest of their own causes when an Indian (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank in order to help the oppressed. This film includes guerilla fighting along with interracial entanglements.
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After the Fox 1966  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Victor Mature, Paolo Stoppa, Martin Balsam, Akim Tamiroff, Lydia Brazzi, Maurice Denham, Tino Buazzelli, Mac Ronay, Lando Buzzanca, Maria Grazia Buccella, Tiberio Murgia, Francesco De Leone, Carlo Croccolo
This Neil Simon vehicle follows a lovable crook, Aldo Vanucci (Peter Sellers), who manages to get caught and imprisoned every time he attempts a crime. He escapes and begins his next caper of smuggling $3 million via an Italian seashore by pretending to be making a movie. Though not one of Neil Simon's best, it still has some good laughs. Victor Mature, in his role of over-the-hill actor Tony Powell, is great.
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Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution 1965 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Alphaville
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Laszlo Szabo, Jean-Louis Comolli, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Andre Fieschi, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Christa Lang
The New Wave French film director Jean-Luc Godard pays homage to comic books in this tale of secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) visiting a futuristic society on a distant planet where science and technology have taken over, and love is forbidden.
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Anastasia 1956  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer, Ivan Desny, Natalie Schafer, Sacha Pitoeff, Karel Stepanek, Gregoire Gromoff, Ina De La Haye, Katherine Kath, Marguerite Brennan, Eric Pohlmann
In 1928, a young Parisian woman (Ingrid Bergman) was recruited to impersonate the daughter of Czar Nicholas II. It was rumored that Anastasia had escaped the Bolshevik's execution of Russia's royal family and, if found, was eligible for the inheritance. As the story progresses, it becomes apparent that she knows much more than an impostor would about intimate details of Anastasia's life. The question remains, is she really Anastasia? Ingrid Bergman won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Anastasia.
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Anthony Adverse 1936 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Edmund Gwenn, Claude Rains, Anita Louise, Gale Sondergaard, Donald Woods, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Louis Hayward, Steffi Duna, Ralph Morgan, Fritz Leiber, Luis Alberni, Billy Mauch
When Doug Redfern (Bob Steele) is wrongfully accused of a bank robbery by the dastardly Harvey (Karl Hackett), Doug is convicted and then paroled. Now Doug sets out to clear his name and gets help from government agent Lucky Gosden (Horace Murphy) and Joan Blackman (Kathleen Eliot). Lots of action.
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The Barbarian 1933 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
aka: A Night in Cairo
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Ramon Novarro, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny, Louise Closser Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, Edward Arnold, Hedda Hopper, Marcelle Corday, Leni Stengel, Blanche Friderici, Akim Tamiroff, Hector Samo, Isabelle Keith, Michael Visaroff, Pedro Regas
While touring Egypt, Diana Standing (Myrna Loy) falls in love with her guide, Jamil (Ramon Novarro). While thinking that he is only a peasant, Diana soon learns that he is actually a prince.
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The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bing Crosby, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Henry Wadsworth, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Ruggles, Ethel Merman, Samuel S. Hinds, C. Henry Gordon, Benny Baker, Guy Standing, Mary Boland
This second film in a series of "Big Broadcasts" uses a plot unfolding everyday occurrences at a radio station to showcase radio personalities on the big screen. The station's owner, Spud (Jack Oakie), performs as the announcer on his station's show. The station is on the verge of bankruptcy when George and Gracie (George Burns and Gracie Allen) sell Spud the "Radio Eye" that picks up events and televises them on a viewing screen. Among those captured performing on the "Radio Eye" are Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Amos "N" Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), and the Vienna Boys Choir
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Black Fury 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan, Barton MacLane, John Qualen, J. Carrol Naish, Vince Barnett, Henry O'Neill, Ward Bond, Akim Tamiroff, Bobby Nelson, Tully Marshall, Joseph Crehan, Mae Marsh, Sara Haden
An immigrant coal miner, Joe Radek (Paul Muni), becomes embroiled in battles between unionists and those who oppose labor protection.
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Black Magic 1949  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Frank Latimore, Valentina Cortese, Margot Grahame, Berry Kroeger, Gregory Gaye, Raymond Burr, Stephen Bekassy, Charles Goldner, Lee Kresel, Robert Atkins, Nicholas Bruce, Franco Corsaro
Cagliostro (Orson Welles) uses his hypnotic powers in the 18th century for his own gains within the royal court of King Louis XV.
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The Black Sleep 1956 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Akim Tamiroff, John Carradine, Tor Johnson, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Phyllis Stanley, Claire Carleton, Sally Yarnell, George Sawaya, John Sheffield, Peter Gordon, Clive Morgan
To rescue his wife from her catatonic state, a mad scientist, Sir Joel Cadman (Basil Rathbone) performs human brain transplants in his remote castle. Dull material for this good horror cast.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1944 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Lynn Bari, Alla Nazimova, Louis Calhern, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Blanche Yurka, Donald Woods, Minerva Urecal, Barton Hepburn, Joan Lorring, Emma Dunn, Abner Biberman, Antonio Triana, Bess Flowers, Theodore von Eltz
Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1927 novel, this is the story of the lives of five people who were killed when a rickety bridge in Peru collapsed and sent them to their deaths. A monk, Brother Juniper (Donald Woods), investigates to determine if the accident was part of a divine plan.
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The Buccaneer 1938 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Margot Grahame, Akim Tamiroff, Walter Brennan, Anthony Quinn, Ian Keith, Spring Byington, Douglass Dumbrille, Robert Barrat, Beulah Bondi, Fred Kohler, Hugh Sothern, John Rogers, Hans Steinke
Pirate Jean Lafitte (Fredric March) allies with the United States in the War of 1812 and is able to beat the British on the high seas. Pretty good; typical DeMille saga.
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Can't Help Singing 1944 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Ryan
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce, Leonid Kinskey, June Vincent, Ray Collins, Andrew Tombes, Thomas Gomez, Clara Blandick
The senator's daughter (Deanna Durbin) loves a U.S. Army officer, but the senator, not caring for him, sends his unit to California. Now she is on the way West by all sorts of transportation, picking up companions on the way. Not much plot, but Deanna's singing is great, and Jerome Kern's musical score won an Academy Award nomination. This is Deanna's only Technicolor film.
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Chained 1934 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O'Connor, Akim Tamiroff, Ward Bond, Marjorie Gateson, Lee Phelps, Paul Porcasi
A shipboard romance between Mike Bradley (Clark Gable) and Diane Lovering (Joan Crawford) is rekindled while she waits for her lover to get his divorce.
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China Seas 1935 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley, Akim Tamiroff, Hattie McDaniel, Dudley Digges, William Henry, Liev De Maigret, Lilian Bond, Edward Brophy, Soo Yong
Chinese riverboat Captain Al Gaskell (Clark Gable) has his hands filled with ex-mistress Dolly Portland (Jean Harlow) and his one-time lover Sybil (Rosalind Russell) who are aboard his ship bound for Singapore. When Jamesy MacArdle (Wallace Beery) and his pirates attack the ship, Dolly sides with Jamesy. Meanwhile, Alan makes a play for Sybil but later learns that his true love is Dolly.
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Dangerous to Know 1938 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harvey Stephens, Anthony Quinn, Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Hedda Hopper, Eddie Marr
Gangster Stephen Recka (Akim Tamiroff) drops his faithful mistress (Anna May Wong) in favor of a beautiful society girl (Gail Patrick).
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Deadly Sanctuary 1968  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Justine
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Jack Palance, Romina Power, Akim Tamiroff, Klaus Kinski, Sylva Koscina, Maria Rohm, Rosemary Dexter, Mercedes McCambridge, Carmen de Lirio, Serena Vergano
Sadistic torture resulting in murder awaits two unwary young women.
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Desert Legion 1953 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Alan Ladd, Richard Conte, Arlene Dahl, Akim Tamiroff, Oscar Beregi Jr., Leon Askin, Anthony Caruso, George J. Lewis
Alan Ladd leads a group of legionnaires in search of a guerilla leader who has been ambushing legionnaires, and this time it happens again with Ladd as the only survivor. When summoned back by Princess Morjana to rid her hidden city of the evil Crito and his followers, Ladd has his hands full. Stiff and stale.
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Desire 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Marc Lawrence, Ernest Cossart, Alan Mowbray, Zeffie Tilbury, Harry Antrim, Harry Depp, Albert Pollet
In this comedy, Madeleine de Beaupre (Marlene Dietrich) tries to smuggle a piece of jewelry across the French border–in the pocket of innocent Tom Bradley (Gary Cooper) who is on his way to a holiday in Spain.
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Dragon Seed 1944 N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Agnes Moorehead, Philip Ahn, Turhan Bey, Hurd Hatfield, Henry Travers
This is the film adaptation of Pearl Buck's story about Chinese villagers who must adapt to the Japanese invasion if they expect to survive the brutalities inflicted on them.
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Five Graves to Cairo 1943  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Peter van Eyck, Fortunio Bonanova, Miles Mander, Konstantin Shayne, Fred Nurney, Ian Keith, Leslie Denison, Bill Mussetter, Sam Waagenaar, Clyde Jackman
Remade from 1939's "Hotel Imperial," this story is updated to World War II, and it is the Germans–not Russians–who are the object of conspiracy as a hotel guest, Cpl John J. Bramble (Franchot Tone), tries to obtain military secrets from Field Marshal Rommel (Erich von Stroheim).
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For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Cordova, Joseph Calleia, Katina Paxinou, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mikhail Rasumny, Fortunio Bonanova, Frank Puglia, Eric Feldary, Victor Varconi, Alexander Granach, Leonid Snegoff, Adia Kuznetzoff
Set in the Spanish Civil War, American Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper) helps a band of peasant guerillas blow up a bridge. While hiding in the hills, Jordan meets and falls in love with Maria (Ingrid Bergman) who has suffered at the hands of Franco's forces. Katina Paxinou won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. The film also received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Cooper), Actress (Bergman), and Supporting Actor (Akim Tamiroff).
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The Gangster 1947 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Wiles
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring, Akim Tamiroff, Harry Morgan, John Ireland, Sheldon Leonard, Shelley Winters, Elisha Cook Jr., Leif Erickson
This compelling psychological drama follows the career and eventual downfall of mobster Shubunka (Barry Sullivan).
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The General Died at Dawn 1936 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, William Frawley, J.M. Kerrigan, Philip Ahn, Leonid Kinskey, Paul Harvey, Lee Tung Foo, Val Durand, Willie Fung, Russell Hicks, John O'Hara
An American adventurer, O'Hara (Gary Cooper), travels across China with money to buy weapons needed to fight warlord General Yang (Akim Tamiroff). While on his mission, O'Hara falls in love with a beautiful spy, Judy (Madeleine Carroll), who is the daughter of Peter Perrie (Porter Hall). Peter happens to be one of Yang's agents. Judy and O'Hara are captured, and Yang orders that they be executed. When Judy and O"Hara manage to escape, Yang orders his guards to commit suicide, and then he dies.
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The Great Bank Robbery 1969 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Hy Averback
Cast: Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins, Akim Tamiroff, Larry Storch, John Alexander, Sam Jaffe, Mako, Elisha Cook Jr., Ruth Warrick, John Fiedler, John Larch, Peter Whitney, Norman Alden
When a con man, the Reverend Pious Blue (Zero Mostel), attempts a bank robbery, he is met by a Texas Ranger (Clint Walker) and his six Chinese agents who are on the scene investigating a crooked mayor. When their paths cross, chaos becomes the name of the game. This is a pretty good spoof on Westerns; the tale takes place in the aptly named town of Friendly.
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The Great McGinty 1940 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Muriel Angelus, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Allyn Joslyn, Thurston Hall, Harry Rosenthal, Arthur Hoyt, Libby Taylor, Frank Moran, Jimmy Conlin, Dewey Robinson, Esther Howard
Preston Sturges won the Academy Award for Best Writing (original screenplay) for his work on this political satire. The story is about Dan McGinty (William Demarest) who rises to governor of his state and then lets his power slip away because he tries to be honest.
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Here Is My Heart 1934 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young, Alison Skipworth, Reginald Owen, Cecilia Parker, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Arnt, Charles C. Wilson, Marian Mansfield, Arthur Housman, Charles Arnt, Cromwell McKechnie, George Polonsky
While traveling in the French Riviera, wealthy radio star J. Paul Jones (Bing Crosby) meets Princess Alexandra (Kitty Carlisle) and pretends to be a waiter to get close her. When he learns that her family has no money to support their lifestyle, J. buys the hotel to enable them to keep their royal status, and love blooms. Songs include "Love is Just Around the Corner," "Here is My Heart," "With Every Breath I Take," "It's June in January," and "You Can't Make a Monkey of the Moon."
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Honeymoon in Bali 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: My Love for Yours
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff, Helen Broderick, Osa Massen, Astrid Allwyn, Georgia Caine, John Qualen, Monty Woolley
Gail Allen (Madeleine Carroll) manages a department store, and, although she is all business and has no plans for marriage, she has two men (Fred MacMurray and Allan Jones) interested in marrying her. Will her career continue to come first in her life?
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Hotel Paradiso 1966 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Glenville
Cast: Alec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peggy Mount, Akim Tamiroff, Marie Bell, Leonard Rossiter, Peter Glenville, Douglas Byng, Robertson Hare
When Benedict Boniface (Alec Guinness) and Marcelle Cot (Gina Lollobrigida) try to check into the Hotel Paradiso for a night of love, everything that can–goes wrong.
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King of Chinatown 1939 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler, Philip Ahn, Anthony Quinn, Roscoe Karns, Richard Denning, Charles Trowbridge, Alexander Pollard, Bernadene Hayes, Archie Twitchell, Eddie Marr, Charles B. Wood, Ray Mayer
Mobster Frank Baturin (Akim Tamiroff) is double-crossed by his own goons, and the course of his life is subsequently altered when he is shot. Dr. Mary Ling (Anna May Wong) performs the operation on Baturin that saves his life, and now Baturin seeks revenge.
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The Last Outpost 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Barton, Louis J. Gasnier
Cast: Cary Grant, Gertrude Michael, Claude Rains, Kathleen Burke, Colin Tapley, Akim Tamiroff, Billy Bevan, Georges Renavent, Jameson Thomas, Robert Adair, Claude King, Margaret Swope, Nick Shaid
Injured during the Kurdistan/British war, Captain Michael Andrews (Cary Grant) is brought back to good health by nurse Rosemary Haydon (Gertrude Michael). Although she is married to the man (Claude Rains) who saved Andrews' life, this plays only a small part in their thoughts of the moment.
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Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Sir Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, Monte Blue, Douglass Dumbrille, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Colin Tapley
Camaraderie among the British Bengal Lancers of India is evident when MacGregor (Gary Cooper) and Forsythe (Franchot Tone) attempt the rescue of their fellow Lancer (Richard Cromwell). The film won an Oscar for Best Assistant Directors and received six nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Lord Jim 1965 N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jurgens, Jack Hawkins, Eli Wallach, Paul Lukas, Daliah Lavi, Akim Tamiroff, Andrew Keir, Jack MacGowran
This is a good film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel about a merchant seaman (Peter O'Toole) who jumps ship in a storm and then spends his life trying to atone for his act of cowardice.
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Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. 1966  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Byron Paul
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff, Arthur Malet, Tyler McVey, Peter Duryea, John Dennis, Pete Renoudet
Navy pilot Lieutenant Robin Crusoe (Dick Van Dyke) is stranded on a tropical island and comes to the aid of a beautiful native woman, Wednesday (Nancy Kwan). Rare Disney disaster.
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The Merry Widow 1934 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: The Lady Dances
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Una Merkel, Edward Everett Horton, George Barbier, Herman Bing, Minna Gombell, Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek, Akim Tamiroff
This is a delightful film about an aristocratic–but poor–count (Maurice Chevalier) who woos a wealthy widow (Jeanette MacDonald).
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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest, Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Porter Hall, Emory Parnell, Al Bridge, J. Farrell MacDonald, Julius Tannen, Victor Potel
This wartime comedy is about Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) who becomes pregnant by one of the soldiers at a party–she doesn't know which one. As a solution to her dilemma, she snares Norval Jones (Eddie Bracken) who has been rejected for military service. Bold, for the 1940s, and lots of fun. The film was nominated for Best Screenplay.
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Mr. Arkadin 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Confidential Report
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Robert Arden, Paola Mori, Akim Tamiroff, Mischa Auer, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Katina Paxinou, Gregoire Aslan, Peter van Eyck
Orson Welles took on roles of actor, director, and writer of this strange story about an amnesiac millionaire, Gregory Arkadin (Welles), who hires an American, Guy Van Stratten (Robert Arden), to uncover his past life.
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Naughty Marietta 1935 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester, Douglass Dumbrille, Joseph Cawthorn, Cecilia Parker, Walter Kingsford, Akim Tamiroff, Edward Brophy
Victor Herbert's 1910 operetta is brought to the screen and includes the first-time pairing of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The plot involves a French princess escaping an arranged marriage and fleeing to New Orleans where she meets and falls in love with a dashing mercenary.
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New York Town 1941 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman, Eric Blore, Fuzzy Knight, Cecil Kellaway, Monte Blue, Edward McNamara
Musician Victor Ballard (Fred MacMurray) helps Alexandra Curtis (Mary Martin) who is also poor. Love begins to develop, and she must decide between kindhearted but struggling Victor and wealthy Paul Bryson Jr. (Robert Preston).
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North West Mounted Police 1940 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, George Bancroft, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr., Regis Toomey, Richard Denning, Rod Cameron
Dusty Rivers (Gary Cooper) is a Texas Ranger who ends up working with the Canadian Mounties when he heads into their territory while on the trail of his man.
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Now and Forever 1934 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, Sir Guy Standing, Gilbert Emery, Henry Kolker, Tetsu Komai, Akim Tamiroff, Jameson Thomas, Richard Loo
Jerry Day (Gary Cooper) is a jewel thief, but the love he has for his daughter (Shirley Temple) influences him to become an honorable man.
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Ocean's Eleven 1960 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte, Cesar Romero, Patrice Wymore, Joey Bishop, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Ilka Chase, Buddy Lester, Richard Benedict, Jean Willes
Under Danny Ocean's (Frank Sinatra) leadership, veterans of the 82nd Airborne regroup after 15 years to raid five Las Vegas casinos–the Sahara, Flamingo, Riviera, Sands, and Desert Inn–on New Year's Eve. Of course, there are more than a few hurdles to overcome while carrying out their "perfect" plan. This is the "Rat Pack's" first feature film.
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Outpost in Morocco 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff, John Litel, Erno Verebes, Eduard Franz, Crane Whitley, Damian O'Flynn, Michael Ansara, John Doucette
Battle scenes are the highlight in this otherwise weak film. French Legionnaire Capt. Paul Gerard (George Raft) is sent to Morocco to put down a native rebellion and protect the garrison, but he falls in love with the rebel leader's daughter.
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Pardon My Past 1945 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Marguerite Chapman, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest, Rita Johnson, Harry Davenport, Douglass Dumbrille, Dewey Robinson, George Chandler, Hugh Prosser, Karolyn Grimes, Tom Moffatt, Herbert Evans, Frank Moran, Charles Arnt
Eddie York (Fred MacMurray) and Chuck Gibson (William Demarest) have left the Army and arrive in Wisconsin where Eddie is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton (also played by MacMurray) who is his double and owes a large gambling debt. Jim Arnold (Akim Tamiroff) tries to collect on the debt and threatens to kill Eddie if the debt is not paid. Eddie and Chuck go to Francis' mansion and learn that he has left the country. They meet Francis' family who also mistake Eddie for Francis, and, since they do not care for Francis, Eddie is not greeted warmly. The exception is Francis' relative, Joan (Marguerite Chapman), and a relationship forms amidst the confusion of who Eddie really is.
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Paris Honeymoon 1939 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Shirley Ross, Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Rafaela Ottiano, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters, Gregory Gaye
A Texas millionaire, Lucky Lawton (Bing Crosby), plans a honeymoon in Paris, but while visiting the city to make arrangements, he falls in love with Manya (Franciska Gaal) and his wedding plans are put on hold.
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Queen Christina 1933 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, Georges Renavent, David Torrence, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Ferdinand Munier, Akim Tamiroff, Edward Norris, C. Montague Shaw, Cora Sue Collins
Based on the life of 17th-century Queen of Sweden Christina (Greta Garbo), this story involves her love affair with a Spanish ambassador, Antonio (John Gilbert), that has the whole country questioning the wisdom of having a Catholic as a member of the royal family.
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Relentless 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker, Akim Tamiroff, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat, Clem Bevans, Mike Mazurki, Frank Fenton, Hank Patterson, Paul E. Burns, Emmett Lynn, Will Wright, Joseph Crehan, Johnny Carpenter
Nick (Robert Young) is accused of a murder he did not commit. While being pursued he is himself pursuing the one who did it–while being hidden by Luella (Marguerite Chapman). He finds his man. Pretty good.
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Romanoff and Juliet 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Akim Tamiroff, Alix Talton, Rik Van Nutter, John Phillips, Peter Jones, Tamara Shayne, Suzanne Cloutier
Peter Ustinov wrote, directed, and stars in this Cold War satire of a turn of events in the lives of two ambassadors–one from the U.S. and the other from the U.S.S.R. whose lives change when their children, Juliet (Sandra Dee) and Igor (John Gavin) meet and fall in love.
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Sadie McKee 1934 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Esther Ralston, Jean Dixon, Leo G. Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Mary Forbes, Helen Ware, Matt McHugh, Zelda Sears, Wade Boteler, Selmer Jackson, Samuel S. Hinds
Housemaid Sadie McKee (Joan Crawford) is working for wealthy Michael Alderson (Franchot Tone) and his family when she elopes to New York City with her boyfriend Tommy (Gene Raymond). But, before Sadie and Tommy get married, Tommy dumps her when he takes up with showgirl Dolly (Esther Ralston). Devastated, Sadie takes a nightclub job, accepts a drunken marriage proposal from millionaire Jack Brennan (Edward Arnold), and marries him. Now, known as a gold digger, Sadie does help Brennan overcome his alcoholism. Has Sadie possibly found true love, or is it still waiting in the wings? The song "All I Do Is Dream of You" was introduced in this film.
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A Scandal in Paris 1946 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Adventure / Comedy
aka: Thieves' Holiday
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Carole Landis, Akim Tamiroff, Gene Lockhart, Jo Ann Marlowe, Alma Kruger, Alan Napier, Vladimir Sokoloff, Pedro de Cordoba, Leona Maricle, Fritz Leiber, Skelton Knaggs, Fred Nurney, Gisela Werbisek
Based on the exploits of a real-life criminal, the suave Francois (George Sanders) escapes from jail with his friend, Emile (Akim Tamiroff). The adventures begin as Francois pulls off several clever crimes; spends a short time in Napoleon's army; and, after meeting the well-connected Therese (Signe Hasso), rises to Police Chief. He is now free to fill the office with his friends and uses the office for his base of crime operations.
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The Scarlet Empress 1934 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Gavin Gordon, Olive Tell, Jameson Thomas, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Ruthelma Stevens, Davison Clark, Erville Alderson, Maria Riva, Akim Tamiroff
To improve the royal bloodline, the Empress Elizabeth (Louise Dresser) of Russia imports German Princess Sophia (Marlene Dietrich) as the bride for her dull-witted son, the Grand Duke Peter (Sam Jaffe). When the Empress dies, Sophia leads her troops to the palace and ascends to the throne as Catherine the Great. While this story is not historically accurate, it represents one of the best biographical efforts of the 1930s.
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Spawn of the North 1938 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Romance
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Barrymore, Lynne Overman, Fuzzy Knight, Vladimir Sokoloff, Duncan Renaldo, Louise Platt, John Wray, Michio Ito, Stanley Andrews, Richard Ung, Henry Brandon
Set in the 1890s, this is the story of Alaskan fishermen and their struggles against Russian pirates who steal their traps. Good action-filled entry.
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The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, Donald Woods, Akim Tamiroff, Dickie Moore, Fritz Leiber, Henry O'Neill, Porter Hall, Raymond Brown, Frank Reicher, Halliwell Hobbs, Ruth Robinson, Walter Kingsford, Iphigenie Castiglioni
This film won Academy Awards for Best Writing and Best Actor (Paul Muni). It is an inspiring biography of Louis Pasteur's courage in leading revolutionary reforms in medicine while the more conservative members of his profession proved difficult to convince that changes were necessary. An Oscar nomination was received for Best Picture.
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The Texas Rangers Ride Again 1940 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Ellen Drew, John Howard, Akim Tamiroff, May Robson, Broderick Crawford, Charley Grapewin, John Miljan, Anthony Quinn, Robert Ryan, Monte Blue, Harvey Stephens, Eva Puig, Harold Goodwin, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Foy Jr.
In this sequel to "The Texas Rangers" (1936), "Stats" Dangerfield (Ellen Drew) asks for help from the Texas Rangers. Working undercover, Jim Kingston (John Howard) and Mace Townsley (Broderick Crawford) arrive at her ranch to investigate a case of cattle rustling. They infiltrate the gang of rustlers, led by ranch foreman Joe Yuma (Anthony Quinn), and manage to bring an end to the gang's activities–and, at the same time, a romance begins between "Stats" and Jim.
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Then Came Bronson 1969 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Michael Parks, Bonnie Bedelia, Akim Tamiroff, Gary Merrill, Sheree North, Martin Sheen, Peter Brocco, Bert Freed, Ted Gehring, Gene Dynarski
James Bronson (Michael Parks) is a reporter who sets off on an American odyssey looking for his true values in life in this pilot for a TV series.
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They Who Dare 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Gerard Oury, Eric Pohlmann, Alec Mango, Kay Callard, William(2) Russell, Lisa Gastoni, Sam Kydd, David Peel, Michael Mellinger
During World War II, six British commandos and four Greek soldiers land on the Greek isle of Rhodes with orders to blow up two Axis airfields. The Greek soldiers are there to help lead the way through the rugged terrain. But the island is crawling with enemy troops, and the mission will prove costly in human lives.
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Topkapi 1964 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff, Jess Hahn, Titos Vandis, Amy Dalby, Despo Diamantidou, Gilles Segal, Ege Emart, Senih Orkan, Ahmet Danyal Topatan, Joseph Dassin, Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) and Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell), with help from inventor Cedric Page (Robert Morley) and tourist guide Arthur Simon Simpson (Peter Ustinov), plot to relieve the Topkapi Museum of its priceless dagger. When Arthur crosses the Greek-Turkish border, the Turkish police find arms in his car and suspect him of arms smuggling for terrorists and arrest him. Arthur is released after he agrees to act as a spy for them. Now, Arthur has the dilemma of saving himself or remaining loyal to Elizabeth and the plans for the robbery. Ustinov received his second Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
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Tortilla Flat 1942 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard, John Qualen, Donald Meek, Allen Jenkins, Connie Gilchrist, Henry O'Neill, Arthur Space, Mercedes Ruffino, Nina Campana, Betty Wells
This film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel features Spencer Tracy in the role of Pilon the leader of a group of friends living in the poor, Mexican community bordering on the town of Monterey, California. Pilon plots to steal the money that "the Pirate" (Frank Morgan has saved, while another of the friends, Danny (John Garfield), woos Dolores "Sweets" Ramirez (Hedy Lamarr). When Danny inherits two small houses, and the friends move in, Pilon moves away from his plan to steal "the Pirate's" money, and his attention switches to Dolores who he plans to steal away from Danny. But, after Danny is injured in a fight, Pilon changes his tune and helps Danny and Dolores get together. Frank Morgan was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actor).
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Touch of Evil 1958 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Dennis Weaver, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Ray Collins, Joanna Moore, Marlene Dietrich, Valentin de Vargas, Joi Lansing, Joseph Cotten, Mercedes McCambridge
Orson Welles can make film masterpieces, and this is one excellent example of his artistic talents. Welles plays an American policeman who has issues with an important man (Charlton Heston) in the Mexican government while on the trail of the killers of a wealthy Mexican. A number of cameo appearances add to the appeal.
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The Trial 1963 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau, Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff, Orson Welles, Arnoldo Foa, Suzanne Flon, Jess Hahn, Madeleine Robinson
This is the film adaptation of Frank Kafka's classic tale about the imperfections inherent in a judicial system as exemplified by a man who is arrested for an unspecified crime.
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Union Pacific 1939 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy, Anthony Quinn, Regis Toomey, Fuzzy Knight, Lon Chaney Jr., Greg Whitespear
This is a great action film about the building of America's first continental railroad; bigger than life in typical Cecil B. DeMille style.
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Untamed 1940 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Ray Milland, Patricia Morison, Akim Tamiroff, William Frawley, Darryl Hickman, Charlene Wyatt, Jane Darwell, Esther Dale
A New York surgeon, William Crawford (Ray Milland), visits Canada, and his trip coincides with an epidemic. After treating the citizens with a vaccine, Crawford is caught in a blizzard, and the rescue reveals his love affair with Alverna Easter (Patricia Morison) whose husband rescues them.
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With Fire and Sword 1962 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Daggers of Blood
Director: Fernando Cerchio
Cast: 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").
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| 1. 100 Rifles (1969)
2. After the Fox (1966)
3. Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965)
aka: Alphaville
4. Anastasia (1956)
5. Anthony Adverse (1936)
6. The Barbarian (1933)
aka: A Night in Cairo
7. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
8. Black Fury (1935)
9. Black Magic (1949)
10. The Black Sleep (1956)
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
11. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
12. The Buccaneer (1938)
13. Can't Help Singing (1944)
14. Chained (1934)
15. China Seas (1935)
16. Dangerous to Know (1938)
17. Deadly Sanctuary (1968)
aka: Justine
18. Desert Legion (1953)
19. Desire (1936)
20. Dragon Seed (1944)
21. Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
22. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
23. The Gangster (1947)
24. The General Died at Dawn (1936)
25. The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
26. The Great McGinty (1940)
27. Here Is My Heart (1934)
28. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
aka: My Love for Yours
29. Hotel Paradiso (1966)
30. The Jungle Princess (1936)
31. King of Chinatown (1939)
32. The Last Outpost (1935)
33. Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
34. Lord Jim (1965)
35. Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
36. The Merry Widow (1934)
aka: The Lady Dances
37. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
38. Mr. Arkadin (1955)
aka: Confidential Report
39. Naughty Marietta (1935)
40. New York Town (1941)
41. North West Mounted Police (1940)
42. Now and Forever (1934)
43. Ocean's Eleven (1960)
44. Outpost in Morocco (1949)
45. Pardon My Past (1945)
46. Paris Honeymoon (1939)
47. Queen Christina (1933)
48. Relentless (1948)
49. Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
50. Sadie McKee (1934)
51. A Scandal in Paris (1946)
aka: Thieves' Holiday
52. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
53. Spawn of the North (1938)
54. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
55. The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
56. Then Came Bronson (1969)
57. They Who Dare (1954)
58. Topkapi (1964)
59. Tortilla Flat (1942)
60. Touch of Evil (1958)
61. The Trial (1963)
62. Union Pacific (1939)
63. Untamed (1940)
64. The Way of All Flesh (1940)
65. With Fire and Sword (1962)
aka: Daggers of Blood
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