The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1988  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Hunt Block, Matthew Burton, Jeff Conaway, Alex Cord, Erik Estrada, Heather Thomas, Ernie Hudson, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, James Carroll Jordon, John Matuszak, Natalia Nogulich, Anthony Valentine, Richard Yniguez
In the third sequel to the 1967 original, once again General Worden (Ernest Borgnine) assembles a Dirty Dozen–this time with a woman (Heather Thomas) as one of the team. After ordering Major Wright (Telly Savalas) to raid a military prison, the plan is to use the "recruits" to head off Nazi soldiers who are riding the Orient Express. This film was followed by a TV series.
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Escape to Athena 1979   PG, 101 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Stefanie Powers, Sonny Bono, Elliott Gould, William Holden, Anthony Valentine, Siegfried Rouch, Michael Sheard, Richard Wren, Philip Locke, Steve Ubels
Allied POWs get help from a Nazi (Roger Moore) and a Greek resistance leader (Telly Savalas) in a daring attempt to escape from their prison and to locate a hidden treasure on Mount Athena. But, problems arise concerning the fact that a secret German rocket installation is also located on the mountain.
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A Father's Revenge 1988 R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Ron Silver, Joanna Cassidy, Anthony Valentine, Christoph M. Ohrt, Claudia Matschulla, Alexander Radszun, Angus MacInnes, Arnfried Lerche, Matthew Burton, Helen Patton, Deborah Dalton, Donald M. Griffith, Karina Thayenthal, Ulrike Mockel
German terrorists kidnap the crew of a U.S. airplane and demand release of colleagues being held by authorities. Frustrated with the slowness of diplomacy, the father (Brian Dennehy) of one of the flight attendants flies to Germany to take matters into his own hands. He hires a mercenary (Ron Silver) to help in the rescue effort. Made for TV.
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To the Devil a Daughter 1976 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Sykes
Cast: Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott, Michael Goodliffe, Nastassja Kinski, Eva Maria Meineke, Anthony Valentine, Derek Francis, Isabella Telezynska
Good scenery and special effects are the saving grace of this Hammer Film. Father Rayner (Christopher Lee) is an ex-priest and is now the head of a Satanic cult. He intends to sacrifice young Catherine (Nastassja Kinski), whose father had sold her soul to guarantee his own safety. But now the father has second thoughts and asks occult expert John Verney (Richard Widmark) to save the day.
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Tower of Evil 1972  R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Beyond the Fog
Horror of Snape Island
Director: James P. O'Connolly
Cast: Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Anna Palk, Jack Watson, Mark Edwards, Derek Fowlds, Dennis Price, John Hamill, Candace Glendenning, George Coulouris, Robin Askwith, Seretta Wilson, William Lucas, Anthony Valentine, Gary Hamilton
Archeologists search for an old Phoenician treasure on Snape Island where it was rumored that a woman had gone mad and killed her companion. One-by-one, team members are brutally murdered, and the trail leads to an old lighthouse. A substantial amount of gore and some nudity.
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| 1. The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)
2. Escape to Athena (1979)
3. A Father's Revenge (1988)
4. To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
5. Tower of Evil (1972)
aka: Beyond the Fog
aka: Horror of Snape Island
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