The Cat o' Nine Tails 1971  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi, Carlo Alighiero, Vittorio Congia, Horst Frank, Rada Rassimov, Aldo Reggiani, Tom Felleghy, Cinzia De Carolis, Tino Carraro
Franco Arno (Karl Malden) was once a newsman, but now he is blind and writes crossword puzzles for a living. One night, he hears a conversation between two men sitting outside a medical institute in which genetic experiments are performed, and that night an institute guard is killed. More murders ensue, and Franco teams with reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus) to get the real story about what is going on at the institute.
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La Matriarca 1968  X, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Libertine
Director: Pasquale F Campanile
Cast: Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Luigi Pistilli, Renzo Montagnani, Nora Ricci, Fabienne Dali, Luigi Proietti, Edda Ferronao, Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio Caprioli
After her husband's death, Mimi (Catherine Spaak) finds a hidden room where he had carried out sexual fantasies with other women. Since the room is well-equipped with sex tools, Mimi decides to pick up where he had left off.
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La Ronde 1964  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Circle of Love
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, Maurice Ronet, Jean Sorel, Catherine Spaak, Francine Berge, Anna Karina, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernard Noel, Marie Dubois, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Dani, Claude Giraud, Alice Cocea, Denise Benoit
This story takes place in Paris just before World War I begins. On the day Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, a soldier, Georges (Claude Giraud), lusts after and ends up in the bedrooms of a full circle of women–beginning with a prostitute (Marie Dubois), then Rose (Anna Karina), and finally housewife Sophie (Jane Fonda) before ending the circle with the prostitute.
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Le Trou 1960  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Hole
The Night Watch
Director: Jacques Becker
Cast: Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel, Andre Bervil, Eddy Rasimi, Jean-Paul Coquelin, Catherine Spaak, Dominique Zardi
Director Jacques Becker used non-professional actors in this excellent prison-break story. A man (Marc Michel) awaiting trial for attempting to murder his wife joins a group of men planning a jail break from Sante Prison. The details of the plan are meticulously presented, keeping you on the edge of your seat. His wife drops the attempted murder charge, and he tries to get a further reduction of charges by ratting on his cellmates.
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Take a Hard Ride 1975 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson, Catherine Spaak, Jim Kelly, Dana Andrews, Barry Sullivan, Harry Carey Jr., Robert Donner, Charles McGregor
While transporting a large bankroll from Texas to Mexico, Pike (Jim Brown) encounters the unscrupulous bandit, Kiefer (Lee Van Cleef), and the rest of the story is predictable.
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| 1. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
2. The Empty Canvas (1964)
3. La Matriarca (1968)
aka: The Libertine
4. La Ronde (1964)
aka: Circle of Love
5. Le Trou (1960)
aka: The Hole
aka: The Night Watch
6. Take a Hard Ride (1975)
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