Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, Robert Paige, Martha Hyer, Anita Ekberg, James Flavin, Jack Kruschen, Horace McMahon, Joe Kirk
Lester (Bud Abbott) and Orville (Lou Costello) unwittingly are launched into outer space when they push the wrong button.
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The Alphabet Murders 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The ABC Murders
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley, Maurice Denham, Guy Rolfe, Sheila Allen, James Villiers, Julian Glover, Grazina Frame, Clive Morton, Richard Wattis, David Lodge, Cyril Luckham, Austin Trevor
There's a murderer on the loose, and he's killing his victims in alphabetical order. Agatha Christie's famed detective, Hercule Poirot (Tony Randall), is on the trail in this comedic take on the Christie story.
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Artists and Models 1955  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone, Eddie Mayehoff, Eva Gabor, Anita Ekberg, Jack Elam, Herbert Rudley, Richard Shannon
Romance blooms among cartoonists in this delightful Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film about Rick Todd (Martin) who gets ideas for his cartoons from Eugene Fullstack's (Lewis) dreams.
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Back from Eternity 1956  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk, Keith Andes, Gene Barry, Fred Clark, Beulah Bondi, Jesse White, Adele Mara
Following their plane crash in the South American jungle, the survivors must work their way through headhunter country on their perilous trek back to civilization. Remake of "Five Came Back."
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Blood Alley 1955 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim, Berry Kroeger, Mike Mazurki, Anita Ekberg, Henry Nakamura, W.T. Chang, George Chan
Chinese refugees escaping the Communist regime are led to Hong Kong by Merchant Marine Captain Tom Wilder (John Wayne).
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Boccaccio '70 1962  N/R, 205 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marisa Solinas, Germano Gilioli, Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Philippo, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian, Romolo Valli, Sophia Loren, Luigi Giuliani, Alfio Vita
Based on the style of Boccaccio's tales, four popular Italian directors present four tales celebrating womanhood–nudity and all. Some U.S. prints contain only three of the stories.
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Call Me Bwana 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries, Arnold Palmer, Percy Herbert, Paul Carpenter
A writer of safari tales, Matt Merriwether (Bob Hope), is sent to the African jungle to recover a downed American space capsule. In truth, he only writes about the area and knows very little about survival in the region.
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Four for Texas 1963 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
aka: 4 for Texas
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Victor Buono, Richard Jaeckel, Mike Mazurki, Jack Elam, Bob Steele, Edric Connor, Nick Dennis, Wesley Addy, Ellen Corby
Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin) banter their way through this entertaining Western in which they join forces against the evil banker, Harvey Burden (Victor Buono).
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Gold of the Amazon Women 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Bo Svenson, Anita Ekberg, Donald Pleasence, Richard Romanus, Bob Minor, Maggie Jean Smith, Bond Gideon, Susan Miller, Yasmine, Mary Peters
Explorers discover a tribe of beautiful women in the jungles of South America. Would you believe that the women follow the explorers back to New York? A bad, made-for-TV flick.
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Hollywood or Bust 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Pat Crowley, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Willard Waterman, Anita Ekberg, Ben Welden, Frank Wilcox, Michael Ross, Kathryn Card
This is Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' last film together. The story involves Steve and Malcolm (Martin and Lewis) fulfilling their dream of meeting Anita Ekberg and the misadventures they encounter in the process.
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Intervista 1987 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Federico Fellini's Intervista
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Sergio Rubini, Maurizio Mein, Lara Wendel, Paola Liguori, Nadia Ottaviani, Antonella Ponziani, Antonio Cantafora
A Japanese film crew interviews Federico Fellini at Cinecitta–the studio where Fellini filmed his classics–in this mock documentary about the process of movie making.
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Malenka 1969 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Fangs of the Living Dead
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Cast: Anita Ekberg, Julian Ugarte, Gianni Medici, Rosanna Yanni, Paul Muller, Diana Lorys, Carlos Casaravilla, Keith Kendal, Adriana Santucci, Juanita Ramirez
Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) arrives at the castle that she has inherited. Her uncle (Julian Ugarte) warns her that an ancestor, Malenka, who looks just like Sylvia, was burned at the stake centuries ago and promised to return for revenge. You guessed it: townsfolk die, and Sylvia is blamed for the deaths. Could the uncle be plotting to get his hands on the heritance?
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Man in the Vault 1956 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg, Berry Kroeger, Paul Fix, Mike Mazurki, Robert Keys, James Seay, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Nancy Duke, Vivianne Lloyd
Mobster Willis Trent (Berry Kroeger) threatens to hurt locksmith Tommy's (William Campbell) girlfriend Betty (Karen Sharpe) if Tommy will not make the key to a safety deposit box that contains $200,000. Under the influence of double-dealing gang moll Flo Randall (Anita Ekberg), Tony makes the key and then pockets the $200,000 for himself. Wise in the ways of the mobster world, Trent then kidnaps Betty and sets up a ransom for her return. The amount of the ransom: $200,000.
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The Man Inside 1958 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Nigel Patrick, Anthony Newley, Donald Pleasence, Sid James, Eric Pohlmann, Bonar Colleano, Sean Kelly, Josephine Brown
After successfully planning and carrying out a diamond heist, Sam Carter (Nigel Patrick) is tracked throughout Europe by a determined detective, Milo March (Jack Palance), with the diamond's real owner, Trudie Hall (Anita Ekberg) in tow.
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The Mongols 1961 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Antonella Lualdi, Franco Silva, Gianni Garko, Roldano Lupi, Pierre Cressoy, Gabriele Antonini, Gabriella Pallotta, Vittorio Sanipoli
Jack Palance plays the son of Genghis Khan and, like his father before him, continues the plunder of Europe.
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Paris Holiday 1958 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, Preston Sturges, Andre Morell, Maurice Teynac, Alan Gifford, Yves Brainville, Jean Murat, Irene Tunc, Marcel Peres, Hans Verner, Paul Violette, Roger Treville
Robert Hunter (Bob Hope) travels by luxury liner to France with Fernnydel (Fernandel) hoping to purchase the script for a new French play. What he doesn't know is that the script contains details about a counterfeiting ring. A member of the ring, Zara (Anita Ekberg), is aboard the ship and mistakenly believes that Robert has the script. Diplomat Ann McCall (Martha Hyer) is also on board and strikes up a friendship with Fernydel. When the counterfeiters close in, Ann arranges for Robert to be sent to an insane asylum to provide safety from them, and, later, Fernydel works to have him released. Funny chases take place–including the one when Robert is rescued from the asylum by a helicopter–in this combination of a French and American comedy.
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The Red Dwarf 1998 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Yvan Le Moine
Cast: Jean-Yves Thual, Anita Ekberg, Dyna Gauzy, Michel Peyrelon, Arno Chevrier, Carlo Colombaioni, Alain Flick, Alexandre von Sivers, Dirk Lavryssen, Cyril Casmeze
Lucien L'Hotte (Jean-Yves Thual) is a dwarf working in a French law office when the circus arrives, and he signs on–but not before participating in a lustful affair with the opera diva Paola Bendoni (Anita Ekberg).
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 War and Peace 1956 N/R, 208 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer, Herbert Lom, John Mills, Barry Jones, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg, Oskar Homolka, May Britt, Wilfrid Lawson, Helmut Dantine, Tullio Carminati, Milly Vitale, Anna-Maria Ferrero
Napoleon's invasion of Russia is the backdrop for this epic tale in which the Russian aristocracy, with its reverence for the church, is clearly brought out amidst the glamorous lifestyle. While Napoleon plans to invade Russia, Russian intellectual Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda) falls in love with Natasha (Audrey Hepburn). But, after his father dies and he gains a large inheritance, Pierre marries Helene (Anita Ekberg). This proves to be a loveless marriage that ends quickly. Meanwhile, Napoleon has invaded Russia, and Pierre's friend Andrei (Mel Ferrer) is fighting in the war. Andrei returns home and falls in love with Natasha but returns to the battlefield and is critically wounded. Pierre witnesses the carnage and vows to kill Napoleon. The French are finally beaten, and, by story's end, Pierre is reunited with Natasha. King Vidor received an Oscar nomination for his directing.
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Way...Way Out 1966   N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver, Howard Morris, Brian Keith, Dick Shawn, Anita Ekberg, James Brolin
Astronauts Peter Mattemore (Jerry Lewis) and Eileen Forbes (Connie Stevens) marry so that they qualify as a team assigned to duty on the Moon. The film stinks. 2 User Reviews
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| | It's all good! | Anonymous 02/22/2007 | | Jerry Lewis is always a pleasure to watch, and the supporting cast is groovy! |
| | Anonymous 02/09/2007 | | Why is it not out on DVD? |
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| 1. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
2. The Alphabet Murders (1966)
aka: The ABC Murders
3. Artists and Models (1955)
4. Back from Eternity (1956)
5. Blood Alley (1955)
6. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
7. Call Me Bwana (1963)
8. Four for Texas (1963)
aka: 4 for Texas
9. Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
10. Hollywood or Bust (1956)
11. Intervista (1987)
aka: Federico Fellini's Intervista
12. La Dolce Vita (1960)
13. Malenka (1969)
aka: Fangs of the Living Dead
14. Man in the Vault (1956)
15. The Man Inside (1958)
16. The Mongols (1961)
17. Paris Holiday (1958)
18. The Red Dwarf (1998)
19. War and Peace (1956)
20. Way...Way Out (1966)
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