Cave of the Living Dead 1964  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Akos Rathonyi
Cast: Adrian Hoven, Karin Field, Erika Remberg, Wolfgang Preiss, Emmerich Schrenk, John Kitzmiller, Carl Mohner, Vida Juvan, Stane Sever, Danilo Turk
Young women are dying, apparently of natural causes. Inspector Frank Dorin (Adrian Hoven) is suspicious and begins an investigation. The trail leads to an inn and then to the truth: a mad scientist is killing young women and turning them into vampires.
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The Challenge 1960 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: It Takes a Thief
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Mohner, Peter Reynolds, Barbara Mullen, Robert Brown, Dermot Walsh, Edward Judd, Patrick Holt, John Stratton, John Bennett, Percy Herbert
Billy (Jayne Mansfield) leads a gang of thieves. During one heist, Jim (Anthony Quayle) is captured after he hides the loot, and Jim serves his time leaving the gang without the money. When Jim is released, the gang kidnaps Jim's child to hold for ransom and retrieve the cash.
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Rififi 1954  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Jean Servais, Carl Mohner, Robert Manuel, Jules Dassin, Magali Noel, Marie Sabouret, Janine Darcey, Pierre Grasset, Robert Hossein, Marcel Lupovici, Dominique Maurin, Claude Sylvain, Andre Dalibert, Emile Genevois, Maryse Paillet
This is the prototype heist film that set a high standard for those to come. Tony (Jean Servais), recently out of prison, puts together a team to rob a large jewelry store. The burglary itself is fascinating, with no talk or music as the team plies their trade in a half-hour sequence. Problems develop after the successful job. This is Director Dassin's second film in France after the House Un-American Activities Committee started its investigations.
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Sink the Bismarck! 1960  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Mohner, Laurence Naismith, Karel Stepanek, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Hordern, Maurice Denham, Michael Goodliffe, Esmond Knight
This film is based on the true World War II assignment of the British Navy to locate and sink the German battleship Bismarck. It is filled with intrigue and excitement as the British zero in on their target.
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| 1. Cave of the Living Dead (1964)
2. The Challenge (1960)
aka: It Takes a Thief
3. Rififi (1954)
4. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
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