Caboblanco 1980  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda, Fernando Rey, Simon MacCorkindale, Camilla Sparv, Denny Miller, Gilbert Roland, James Booth, Jorge Russek, Clifton James, Martin LaSalle
Bar owner Giff Hoyt (Charles Bronson) watches as misfits flit in and out of his bar–including a former Nazi, Gunther Beckdorff (Jason Robards), and beautiful, but mysterious Marie Claire Allesandri (Dominique Sanda). "Casablanca" this isn't.
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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round 1966  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bernard Girard
Cast: James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Rose Marie, Severn Darden, Robert Webber, Harrison Ford, Nina Wayne, James Westerfield, Ben Astar
Harrison Ford makes his unheralded screen debut in this film involving a bizarre plan to rob an airport bank.
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 Downhill Racer 1969  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Kenneth Kirk, Karl Michael Vogler, Jim McMullan, Christian Doermer, Kathleen Crowley, Dabney Coleman, Joe Jay Jalbert, Tom J. Kirk, Oren Stevens, Rip McManus, Jerry Dexter, Carole Carle
This is an insightful look at a very talented, but immature and selfish, skier David Chappellet (Robert Redford) who is coached by Eugene Claire (Gene Hackman) who sees him for what he is.
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Mackenna's Gold 1969  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Western
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, Keenan Wynn, Eli Wallach, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Edward G. Robinson
With a superb score by Quincy Jones and a great cast, this film should have been a sure hit. It wasn't! Sheriff Mackenna (Gregory Peck) knows the location of a cache of gold, and his quest for the gold is interrupted by those who want it for themselves.
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Murderers' Row 1966  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Dean Martin, Ann - Margret, Karl Malden, Camilla Sparv, James Gregory, Beverly Adams, Richard Eastham, Tom Reese, Duke Howard, Ted Hartley
In this sequel to "The Silencers," the role of Detective Matt Helm is played again by Dean Martin. This time he is after a criminal organization responsible for kidnapping the inventor of a Helium beam that could be used for evil purposes. There is a sequel: "The Ambushers."
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Nobody Runs Forever 1968 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The High Commissioner
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv, Daliah Lavi, Franchot Tone, Clive Revill, Lee Montague, Calvin Lockhart, Burt Kwouk
Australian policeman Scobie (Rod Taylor) heads to London to bring back a diplomat (Christopher Plummer) who is in charge of high-level negotiations. The charge: murder of his wife 25 years ago. The diplomat talks Scobie into allowing him to finish the negotiations, but Scobie has his hands full saving the diplomat from assassination attempts. A tepid Cold War tale.
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The Trouble with Angels 1966 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ida Lupino
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv, Mary Wickes, Marge Redmond, Dolores Sutton, June Harding, Hayley Mills, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jim Hutton
Two students–Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills) and Rachel Devery (June Harding)–at St. Francis Academy for Girls have their own ideas of how to enjoy boarding school. This leads to more than one admonishment from the Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell). Followed by "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows."
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| 1. Caboblanco (1980)
2. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
3. Downhill Racer (1969)
4. The Greek Tycoon (1978)
5. Mackenna's Gold (1969)
6. Murderers' Row (1966)
7. Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
aka: The High Commissioner
8. The Trouble with Angels (1966)
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