Mad Dog Coll 1961  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Balaban
Cast: John Davis Chandler, Neil Nephew, Brooke Hayward, Joy Harmon, Jerry Orbach, Telly Savalas, Kay Doubleday, Vincent Gardenia, Gene Hackman, Ron Weyand
This is the biography of the life of Vincent Coll (John Davis Chandler) and his career as a mobster who moves in on gangster families' territories in New York City.
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Murder, Inc. 1960  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, David J. Stewart, Simon Oakland, Sarah Vaughan, Morey Amsterdam, Warren Finnerty, Vincent Gardenia
Peter Falk earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in this true-life story. Falk plays the notorious Abe "Kid Twist" Reles who enjoyed the dubious honor of being named his crime syndicate's #1 killer.
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The Stranger from Venus 1954  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Immediate Disaster
The Venusian
Director: Burt Balaban
Cast: Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine, Derek Bond, Cyril Luckham, Willoughby Gray, Marigold Russell, Arthur Young, Stanley Van Beers, Kenneth Edwards, David Garth, Nigel Green, Graham Stuart, John Le Mesurier
This semi-remake of the highly successful "The Day the Earth Stood Still" even has the same female lead: Patricia Neal. A representative from Venus (Helmut Dantine) comes to Earth to warn of the dangers to mankind inherent in nuclear weapons. He befriends Susan (Patricia Neal) who helps get his message out to a population that is not interested in hearing his warnings.
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| 1. Mad Dog Coll (1961)
2. Murder, Inc. (1960)
3. The Stranger from Venus (1954)
aka: Immediate Disaster
aka: The Venusian
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