Conquest of Space 1955  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, Phil Foster, William Redfield, William Hopper, Ross Martin, Michael Fox, Joan Shawlee, Benson Fong, Vito Scotti, John Dennis, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Mike Mahoney
The crew–Captain Barney Merritt (Eric Fleming), Sergeant Mahony (Mickey Shaughnessy), Jackie Siegle (Phil Foster), and Imoto (Benson Fang)–are led by General Samuel T. Merritt (Walter Brooke) on the first spaceship heading to Mars. Problems develop when General Merritt tries to sabotage the trip because he believes they are trespassing on God's domain. His son, Captain Merritt, kills him in order to save the mission, and the crew lands on Mars on Christmas day. Special effects are great.
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Long John Silver 1954  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Lloyd Berrell, Grant Taylor, Rod Taylor, Eric Reiman, Kit Taylor, Syd Chambers, John Brunskill, Harvey Adams
This film takes up where "Treasure Island" left off with Robert Newton remaining in the role of "Long John Silver." Once again, that infamous buccaneer is on the lookout for his pot of gold.
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The Power 1968  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Carlson, Yvonne De Carlo, Earl Holliman, Gary Merrill, Ken Murray, Barbara Nichols, Arthur O'Connell, Nehemiah Persoff
During an experiment to test the extent of human endurance, one of the scientists with "the Power" murders his cohorts. Jim Tanner (George Hamilton) tries to seek his identity and stop the killings.
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars 1964 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West
Astronauts Kit Draper and Dan McReady (Paul Mantee and Adam West) are circling Mars with their test monkey when, while avoiding a meteor, they fall from orbit and must abandon ship before it crashes. Kit and the monkey survive, but Dan is killed. Now, Kit must learn how to breathe, eat, and drink in a hostile environment. Kit comes across an alien, Friday (Victor Lundin), an escaped slave from another planet. They become friends and must not only survive the environment but alien attacks as well. Based on Daniel Defoe's story, but set on a hostile planet rather than on an island.
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Tarzan's Peril 1951 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Lex Barker, Virginia Huston, George Macready, Douglas Fowley, Dorothy Dandridge, Alan Napier, Edward Ashley, Walter Kingsford, Glenn Anders, Frederick O'Neal
Tarzan (Lex Barker) comes to the rescue when gunrunners supply weapons and stir up trouble between warring tribes.
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Too Late for Tears 1949 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Killer Bait
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, Barry Kelley, Denver Pyle, Virginia Mullen, Richard Irving, George Mann, Billy Halop, June Storey
While driving on a secluded highway, the Palmers–Jane (Lizabeth Scott) and Alan (Arthur Kennedy)–are so intent on their argument that their convertible veers off the road. Alan turns on the blinkers, another car passes them, the driver thinks the lights are a signal, and he tosses a bag containing $60,000 into the Palmers' car. Jane's insistence on keeping the cash leads to a tangled web of deceit and murder.
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Treasure Island 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, Ralph Truman, Finlay Currie, John Laurie, Francis De Wolff, David Davies, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Geoffrey Keen, John Gregson, Andrew Blackett, William Devlin
Bobby Driscoll is delightful as young, cabin boy Jim Hawkins, whose treasure map is coveted by a band of pirates headed by one-legged Long John Silver (Robert Newton). Jim must contend with Long John Silver and the pirates who are also aboard the ship. A good Disney version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic.
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 War of the Worlds 1953   N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Lewis Martin, Cedric Hardwicke, Robert Cornthwaite, Jack Kruschen, Henry Brandon, Sandro Giglio, William Phipps
This imaginative film earned the Academy Award for Best Special Effects. It relates H. B. Wells' story about a Martian invasion that is stopped short when a bacteria invades the aliens' bloodstream. 1 User Review
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| | Haineye 03/06/2007 | | best sci-fi movie every made. Special effects and plot outstanding. |
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| 1. Conquest of Space (1955)
2. His Majesty O'Keefe (1953)
3. I Walk Alone (1947)
4. Long John Silver (1954)
5. The Naked Jungle (1954)
6. The Power (1968)
7. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
8. Tarzan's Peril (1951)
9. Too Late for Tears (1949)
aka: Killer Bait
10. Treasure Island (1950)
11. War of the Worlds (1953)
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