The Lost Continent 1968 G, 89 min. Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Carreras Cast: Eric Porter, Hildegarde Neff, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley, Nigel Stock, Neil McCallum, Ben Carruthers, Jimmy Hanley, James Cossins, Dana Gillespie, Victor Maddern, Reg Lye
A freighter leaves port with creepy passengers holding secrets and with a cargo of deadly explosives that react with water. During a storm, the ship takes on water, and the ship must be abandoned before it explodes. The boatload of people land on a mysterious island in the Sargasso Sea where killer seaweed and bizarre creatures await them–including Spanish conquistadors who have been battling for hundreds of years.
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Man in the Wilderness 1971 PG, 105 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard C. Sarafian Cast: Richard Harris, Henry Wilcoxon, John Huston, Percy Herbert, Dennis Waterman, Norman Rossington, James Doohan, Judith Furse, Prunella Ransome, Sheila Raynor, Bryan Marshall, Ben Carruthers, Robert Russell, John Bindon
After he is attacked by a grizzly bear in the early 1800s, Zachary Bass (Richard Harris) is left by his fellow fur trappers and Indian traders to die. He recuperates and sets out on his own form of revenge.
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Shadows 1959 PG, 81 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes Cast: Hugh Hurd, Lelia Goldoni, Ben Carruthers, Anthony Ray, Dennis Sallas, Tom Reese, David Pokitillow, Rupert Crosse, David Jones, Pir Marini, Victoria Vargas, Cliff Carnell, Jack Ackerman, Jacqueline Walcott, Jay Crecco
Shot on location in 1950s' NYC and independently filmed and produced, John Cassavetes' film represents a new kind of American filmmaking that is not influenced by Hollywood. The story involves interracial friendships shown through the lives of a Black trumpet player, Hugh (Hugh Hurd), and his younger sister and brother, Lelia (Lelia Goldoni) and Ben (Ben Carruthers), both of whom often pass for White–but not without heartbreak caused by prejudice.
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| 1. The Lost Continent (1968)
2. Man in the Wilderness (1971)
3. Riot (1969)
4. Shadows (1959)
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