The Giant of Metropolis 1961  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Umberto Scarpelli
Cast: Gordon Mitchell, Roldano Lupi, Bella Cortez, Liana Orfei, Furio Meniconi, Marietto, Omero Gargano, Renato Terra, Leopoldo Savona, Carlo Tamberlani
In the year 20,000 BC, giant muscleman Obro (Gordon Mitchell) travels to Metropolis where he is captured and subjected to King Yotar's (Rolando Lupi) immortality experiments–until earthquakes and tidal waves give King Yotar cause for concern, and he turns to Obro for help.
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Sabata 1969  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Franco Ressel, Linda Veras, Ignazio Spalla, Claudio Undari, Gianni Rizzo, Aldo Canti, Antonio Gradoli, Luciano Pigozzi, Spartaco Conversi, Carlo Tamberlani
City leaders, led by Stengel (Franco Ressel) hire robbers to steal money from an Army safe and plan to use the money to buy land in order to build a railroad. The robbers get the money, but Stengel doesn't want to share the loot, so he offers a reward for the capture of the robbers. Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) rides into town, tracks down the robbers, and collects the reward. Then he realizes that Stengel was behind the theft and attempts to blackmail him, which leads Stengel to hire assassins to kill Sabata. But, Sabata outwits them, kills Stengel, and rides out of town. This spaghetti Western spawned two sequels, "Adios, Sabata" and "The Return of Sabata."
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The Walls of Malapaga 1949  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi, Andrea Checchi, Robert Dalban, Carlo Tamberlani, Vittorio Duse, Ave Ninchi, Checco Rissone, Dina Romano
This French-Italian production was filmed mostly in Genoa during rebuilding after World War II and tells the story of Pierre (Jean Gabin), a murderer on the lam. He stows away on a ship and gets off at Genoa in search of a dentist to take care of his toothache. There he meets a waitress, Marta (Isa Miranda), and romance blossoms. But, authorities are still on his trail. The film won an Honorary Oscar for Outstanding Foreign Film.
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| 1. The Giant of Metropolis (1961)
2. Sabata (1969)
3. The Walls of Malapaga (1949)
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