The Ambushers 1968  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule, James Gregory, Albert Salmi, Kurt Kasznar, Beverly Adams, David Mauro, Roy Jenson, John Brascia
Secret agent Matt Helm (Dean Martin) is sent out once again to solve a problem. This time it involves a kidnapping and will appeal mostly to Matt Helm fans.
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The Andersonville Trial 1970  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George C. Scott
Cast: William Shatner, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Basehart, Jack Cassidy, Martin Sheen, Buddy Ebsen, Albert Salmi, Ray Stricklyn
Based on MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer-prize winning novel, this film excels as a reenactment of the post-war trial of Confederates who ran the Civil War prison at Andersonville, Georgia, in which 14,000 Union soldiers died.
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Billy the Kid 1989  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Val Kilmer, Duncan Regehr, Wilford Brimley, Julie Carmen, Michael Parks, Clark A. Ray, Albert Salmi, Mike Casper, Andrew Bicknell, Bing Blenman, Will Hannah, Richard Glover, Henry Max Kendrick, Nate Esformes, Jack Dunlap
This is Vidal's second story of Billy the Kid, the first being "The Left Handed Gun" in 1958. This one provides Vidal's account of why Billy went bad.
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The Bravados 1958 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Lee Van Cleef, Andrew Duggan, Gene Evans, Barry Coe, Herbert Rudley, Kathleen Gallant, George Voskovec, Ken Scott, Robert Adler, Jacqueline Evans
While tracking down his wife's suspected murderers (Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Lee Van Cleef, and Henry Silva), rancher Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) leads vigilantes on the quest. He finally finds them, and they are in jail waiting for their hangings for yet another murder. Then, the group escapes with a hostage (Kathleen Gallant) in tow. Douglas hunts them down and kills them–only to learn that they were not the ones who killed his wife. Douglas has learned a lesson and questions whether his act of private lynching is any better than that of murder.
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Breaking In 1989 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint, Albert Salmi, Harry Carey Jr., Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alan Fudge
Burt Reynolds does a great job as a veteran safe-cracker who encounters a young hoodlum while robbing a wealthy home and decides to teach him his art. The two form a partnership of sorts and plan on stealing the Fourth of July take of an amusement park. A clever, well done film.
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The Brothers Karamazov 1958 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, Richard Basehart, Albert Salmi, William Shatner, Simon Oakland, David Opatoshu, Frank DeKova
Based on Dostoyevsky's classic, this is a good film adaptation of the story of brothers (Yul Brynner, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, and Albert Salmi). Set in 19th-century Russia, the plot revolves around greed and hatred brought on by their bullying father, Fyodor (Lee J. Cobb).
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 Caddyshack 1980 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray, Michael O'Keefe, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Colomby, Cindy Morgan, Dan Resin, Henry Wilcoxon, Elaine Aiken, Albert Salmi, Ann Ryerson, Brian Doyle-Murray
Rodney Dangerfield plays a rich, obnoxious, land developer who joins a posh country club in hopes of buying it. Chevy Chase takes on the role of a golf champ/playboy who never keeps his score. Bill Murray plays the groundskeeper who fights a losing battle against gophers, and Ted Knight is great as the scatter-brained club president in this silly, but entertaining, film. Dangerfield steals the show.
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Cuba Crossing 1980 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Assignment: Kill Castro
Kill Castro
The Mercenaries
Director: Chuck Workman
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Robert Vaughn, Woody Strode, Raymond St. Jacques, Albert Salmi, Michael V. Gazzo, Marie-Louise Gassen, Sybil Danning, Caren Kaye, Edward Bell, Bert Williams, Raymond Elmendorf, Carl Williams, Edward Blessington, Haiku Brady
Soldier of Fortune Tony Terracino (Stuart Whitman) is pressured to help the CIA in a plot to assassinate Fidel Castro.
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Dragonslayer 1981 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Adventure
Director: Matthew Robbins
Cast: Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre, Albert Salmi, Sydney Bromley, Chloe Salaman, Ian McDiarmid, Emrys James, Douglas Cooper, Roger Kemp, Ken Shorter, Jason White, Yolanda Palfrey
It is the sixth century, and a ferocious dragon is terrorizing the English countryside where the king sacrifices virgins in exchange for peace. The villagers summon wizard Ulrich (Ralph Richardson) to come to their aid. Along with his young apprentice Galen (Peter MacNicol) and beautiful Valerian (Caitlin Clarke), Ulrich sets out to slay the dragon. But, Ulrich's abilities fail him, and it rests on Galen to confront the dragon and enter into a vicious battle. The special effects are great.
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Dress Gray 1986 TV, 192 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Hal Holbrook, Lloyd Bridges, Eddie Albert, Ron Rifkin, James Sikking, Alexis Smith, Lane Smith, Albert Salmi, Cameron Dye
When cadet David Hand is found murdered near a riverbank at the U.S. Grant Military Academy, a cover-up ensues that breaks wide open when Hand's homosexuality is revealed.
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Empire of the Ants 1977 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi, Jacqueline Scott, Pamela Susan Shoop, Robert Pine, Edward Power, Brooke Palance, Tom Fadden
It would be nice to say there is some cult value here, but it's hard to find in this tale of crooked Marilyn (Joan Collins) trying to get buyers for an island that had been a radioactive waste dump. On a trip to the island, prospective buyers find giant, mutated ants that have spawned from the waste, and the feast begins. Terrible special effects.
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1971 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Don Taylor
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Eric Braeden, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, William Windom, Sal Mineo, Albert Salmi, Harry Lauter, M. Emmet Walsh
After a nuclear disaster, two apes (Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter) have escaped their lost planet and arrive on Earth. Unfortunately, humans greet them warily–afraid that apes will gain control of Earthlings.
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Fatal Vision 1984  TV, 192 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Greene
Cast: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Andy Griffith, Gary Cole, Barry Newman, Gary Grubbs, Mitch Ryan, Albert Salmi
In 1970, a military doctor's pregnant wife and two small daughters were brutally murdered in their home. During the investigation of this real life case, the murdered woman's father becomes increasingly suspicious of his son-in-law's role in the murder. He convinces the police to focus their scrutiny on the doctor. An Emmy went to Malden for his job as the father.
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The Flim-Flam Man 1967 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: George C. Scott, Michael Sarrazin, Sue Lyon, Harry Morgan, Jack Albertson, Alice Ghostley, Albert Salmi, Slim Pickens, Strother Martin, George Mitchell
Since only characters who deserve to be taken are cheated, this movie works as it tells the story of a con artist (George C. Scott) who takes an Army deserter under his wing and teaches him a few things about dishonesty.
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Hard to Hold 1984   PG, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Rick Springfield, Janet Eilber, Patti Hansen, Albert Salmi, Gregory Itzin, Peter Van Norden, Bill Mumy, Garry Goodrow, Tracy Brooks Swope, Monique Gabrielle
Rick Springfield's rock music makes this film worthwhile, but don't count on much in the way of plot, dialogue, or acting. 2 User Reviews
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| | Not the best, but not the worst either. | Anonymous 04/13/2009 | | Ok, so the acting wasn't the greatest, but the MUSIC was fantastic! Rick Springfield was believable in this movie as a rock star (as he happens to be one in real life). |
| | Anonymous 01/28/2007 | | great acting in the movie and i loved the music as well. was well done on his part!! |
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Hour of the Gun 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, Steve Ihnat, Michael Tolan, Larry Gates, William Windom, Frank Converse, Lonny Chapman, William Schallert
After Wyatt Earp (James Garner) kills members of the Clampton gang, remaining members retaliate by killing his brother, and Wyatt gets help from Doc Holliday (Jason Robards) to track down the killers.
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Kung Fu 1972 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Cast: David Carradine, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn, Keith Carradine, Barry Sullivan, Wayne Maunder, Albert Salmi, Benson Fong, Richard Loo, Victor Sen Yung
This is the pilot for the popular TV show about a Buddhist monk who tried wisdom, but often resorted to kung fu.
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Lawman 1971 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Sheree North, Joseph Wiseman, Robert Duvall, Albert Salmi, J.D. Cannon, John McGiver, Richard Jordan
After a drunken spree, during which an old man is accidentally killed, Marshal Jared Maddox (Burt Lancaster) sets out to arrest those responsible but finds the town against him.
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The Meanest Men in the West 1967 TV, 93 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles S. Dubin, Samuel Fuller
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Lee J. Cobb, James Drury, Charles Grodin, Miriam Colon, Albert Salmi, Don Mitchell, Brad Weston, Sara Lane
Bronson and Marvin play half brothers, both of whom are outlaws. They also don't especially like each other, which leads to complications. Not much here, especially considering the good cast.
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The Outrage 1964  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson, William Shatner, Howard Da Silva, Albert Salmi, Paul Fix, Thomas Chalmers
After Col. Wakefield (Laurence Harvey) is killed and his wife Nina (Claire Bloom) is raped, Mexican bandit Juan Carrasco (Paul Newman) is accused of the crime. Events surrounding the horror are related differently by Nina, Carrasco, and an Indian (Paul Fix) who found Wakefield dying. A preacher (William Shatner) and a prospector (Howard Da Silva) tell the story–shown through flashbacks–to a con-man (Edward G. Robinson) while they wait at a train station, and finally the truth is revealed.
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St. Helens 1981 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Cast: Art Carney, David Huffman, Cassie Yates, Ron O'Neal, Bill McKinney, Albert Salmi, Tim Thomerson, Henry Darrow, Nehemiah Persoff, Redmond Gleeson
This film is based on a true story, which took place as warnings were given to residents around the area that Mt. St. Helens was going to erupt. One old man, Harry Truman (Art Carney), refused to leave his home.
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Steel 1980 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Men of Steel
Look Down and Die
Director: Steve Carver
Cast: Lee Majors, Jennifer O'Neill, Art Carney, George Kennedy, Harris Yulin, Redmond Gleeson, Terry Kiser, Richard Lynch, Albert Salmi, R.G. Armstrong
Mike Catton (Lee Majors) comes out of retirement and confronts his fear of heights to lead construction workers in their race against odds to finish building a skyscraper on schedule.
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The Take 1974 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke, Albert Salmi, Vic Morrow, A Martinez, James Luisi, Tracy Reed, Kathrine Baumann, Kathleen Hughes, John Davis Chandler, Dick Yarmy
A police officer, Sneed (Billy Dee Williams), is a good cop, BUT his greed gets in the way, and he takes in money under the table through bribes, which he feels justified in doing because of his early childhood traumas. The early years of Sneed's life are shown through flashbacks. Watch for Frankie Avalon as a crook behind bars yelling, "Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!"
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 The Unforgiven 1960 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Huston
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Charles Bickford, Lillian Gish, Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Albert Salmi, Joseph Wiseman, Doug McClure, Carlos Rivas, June Walker, Kipp Hamilton, Arnold Merritt
In the 1850s, Rachel (Audrey Hepburn), a full-blooded Kiowa, is taken in as an infant by the Zachary family. The Zacharys are a White frontier family, led by matriarch Mattilda (Lillian Gish) and her oldest son Ben (Burt Lancaster) who pass Rachel off as White. Now, in1865, amidst post-Civil War tensions, there are conflicts between the Kiowa and the Texas ranchers, and the Kiowa tribe tries to retrieve Rachel from the Zachary family. Racial prejudice plays a large role in the lessons of this tale.
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Viva Knievel! 1977 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly, Marjoe Gortner, Lauren Hutton, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Cameron Mitchell, Frank Gifford, Dabney Coleman, Albert Salmi
A motorcycle daredevil (Evel Knievel) tries to stop an illegal drug plot in this poor attempt to make the stunt driver into a movie star.
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Wild River 1960  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Salmi, Jay C. Flippen, James Westerfield, Frank Overton, Bruce Dern, Pat Hingle, Malcolm Atterbury
As a TVA official of the 1930s, Chuck Glover (Montgomery Clift) tries to convince Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet) to sell her home (which is located on an island in the Tennessee River) and allow plans for the government's development of power and transportation on the river proceed.
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| 1. The Ambushers (1968)
2. The Andersonville Trial (1970)
3. Billy the Kid (1989)
aka: Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
4. The Bravados (1958)
5. Breaking In (1989)
6. The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
7. Caddyshack (1980)
8. Cuba Crossing (1980)
aka: Assignment: Kill Castro
aka: Kill Castro
aka: The Mercenaries
9. Dragonslayer (1981)
10. Dress Gray (1986)
11. Empire of the Ants (1977)
12. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
13. Fatal Vision (1984)
14. The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
15. Hard to Hold (1984)
16. Hour of the Gun (1967)
17. Kung Fu (1972)
18. Lawman (1971)
19. Love Child (1982)
20. The Meanest Men in the West (1967)
21. The Outrage (1964)
22. St. Helens (1981)
23. Steel (1980)
aka: Men of Steel
aka: Look Down and Die
24. The Take (1974)
25. The Unforgiven (1960)
26. Viva Knievel! (1977)
27. Wild River (1960)
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