Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1973   PG, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Severn Darden, John Huston, Natalie Trundy, Paul Williams, Claude Akins, Lew Ayres, France Nuyen, Austin Stoker, Noah Keen, Richard Eastham, Paul Stevens, Heather Lowe, Bobby Porter, Cal Wilson
The year is 2670 A.D., and human civilization has collapsed following a nuclear war. The new world features intelligent apes–led by Caesar (Roddy McDowall) who encourages coexisting with the mutant humans. But, when gorilla leader General Aldo (Claude Akins) wants to overthrow Caesar and attack the mutant humans, war is inevitable. This is the final episode in the "Planet of the Apes" series, and shots from earlier "episodes" highlight the film.
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The Caine Mutiny 1954  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, E.G. Marshall, Tom Tully, Robert Francis, Arthur Franz, Claude Akins, May Wynn, Warner Anderson, Katherine Warren, Jerry Paris, Steve Brodie
Humphrey Bogart plays Captain Queeg, the slightly mentally unbalanced captain of the U.S.S. Caine. Following a typhoon, Lieutenant Maryk (Van Johnson) is tried for mutiny because of his actions during the storm. Queeg's testimony and downfall as he rolls ball bearings in his fist is a classic scene. The film received several Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Bogart), and Supporting Actor (Tom Tully).
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The Concrete Cowboys 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Ramblin' Man
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Jerry Reed, Barbara Mandrell, Tom Selleck, Morgan Fairchild, Claude Akins, Gene Evans, Roy Acuff, Grace Zabriskie, Bob Hannah, Lucille Benson
Montana cowboys (Jerry Reed and Tom Selleck) head to Nashville and open a detective agency. While learning to adapt to big city life, they get cases that will help them learn how to be sleuths. Harmless, lighthearted entertainment.
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The Curse 1987  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
aka: The Farm
Director: David Keith
Cast: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee, John Schneider, Amy Wheaton, Steve Carlisle, Kathleen Jordon Gregory, Hope North, Steve Davis
Religious fanatic Nathan (Claude Akins) keeps his family in line on his Tennessee farm. Meanwhile, land developer Davidson (Steve Carlisle) is attempting to buy out area farms on the news that a dam may be built in the area. But all that is forgotten after a meteor lands on the farm. The meteor oozes a slimy liquid that enters the water supply, and the affect on people, animals, and plants is a catastrophe, and mutants abound. Zac (Wil Wheaton), Nathan's stepson, avoids the contamination and sets out to bring help. A weak effort all around.
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The Defiant Ones 1958  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles McGraw, King Donovan, Claude Akins, Whit Bissell, Lawrence Dobkin, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Kevin Caughlin
Hatred turns into understanding and finally love when two escaped convicts (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier) must lean on each other to survive. This movie, about the futility of racial hatred, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, Actor (both Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier), Supporting Actor (Theodore Bikel), Supporting Actress (Cara Williams), Director, and Film Editing. It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
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The Devil's Brigade 1968 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins, Richard Jaeckel, Dana Andrews, Michael Rennie, Carroll O'Connor, Patric Knowles
A group of thugs unite to form a Special Forces unit during World War II. Their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Frederick (William Holden), leads them on a dangerous mission into Italy.
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Falling from Grace 1992 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mellencamp
Cast: John Mellencamp, Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Kay Lenz, Larry Crane, Kate Noonan, Deirdre O'Connell, John Prine, Brent Huff
Realizing that his personal life is out of control, country music star Bud Parks (John Mellencamp) heads home to Indiana to find peace and security. But going back to his earlier life doesn't work as Bud learns that old resentments do not fade away, and he jumps into a torrid affair with P.J. (Kay Lenz), which leaves his wife, Alice (Mariel Hemingway), out in the cold.
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First to Fight 1967  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christian Nyby
Cast: Chad Everett, Marilyn Devin, Dean Jagger, Bobby Troup, Gene Hackman, Claude Akins, James Best, Norman Alden, Bobs Watson, Ken Swofford
This is an insightful psychological story about a Congressional Medal of Honor winner (Chad Everett) cracking up when he returns to fight in the Pacific.
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 From Here to Eternity 1953 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, John Dennis, Merle Travis, George Reeves, Tim Ryan, Claude Akins
This is the story about Karen Holmes (Deborah Kerr) and the men she encounters while looking for a break from her loneliness as an Army wife. From the quiet Hawaiian nights to the earth-shaking December 7th bombing of Pearl Harbor, this story's characters are pawns in the hands of fate. The movie won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra), and Supporting Actress (Donna Reed). It was also nominated for five Oscars, including Best Actress (Kerr) and two for Best Actor (Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift).
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The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw 1991 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Rick Rossovich, Reba McEntire, Jere Burns, Juliana Donald, Gene Barry, Linda Evans, Brian Keith, Claude Akins, Paul Brinegar, David Carradine, Chuck Connors
Kenny Rogers is back as gambler Brady Hawkes. This time he becomes involved with Burgundy Jones (Reba McEntire) as he heads to San Francisco for a BIG poker game. The best of the series.
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The Great Bank Robbery 1969 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Hy Averback
Cast: Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins, Akim Tamiroff, Larry Storch, John Alexander, Sam Jaffe, Mako, Elisha Cook Jr., Ruth Warrick, John Fiedler, John Larch, Peter Whitney, Norman Alden
When a con man, the Reverend Pious Blue (Zero Mostel), attempts a bank robbery, he is met by a Texas Ranger (Clint Walker) and his six Chinese agents who are on the scene investigating a crooked mayor. When their paths cross, chaos becomes the name of the game. This is a pretty good spoof on Westerns; the tale takes place in the aptly named town of Friendly.
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If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Sweeney
Cast: Claude Akins, Courteney Cox, Stephen Furst, Anna Maria Horsford, Peter Graves, Richard Moll, Doris Roberts, Lou Jacobi, David Leisure, Bruce Weitz, Faith Ford, Lou Liberatore, Kiel Martin, Tracy Nelson, David Oliver
American tourists embark on a European bus tour in this made-for-TV follow-on of the 1969 film. A wild ride is in store for the tourists as the bus driver, Mo Wyshocki (Claude Akins), sets out to save his daughter Hana (Courteney Cox) from the clutches of a circus performer.
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Incident at Victoria Falls 1991 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Director: Bill Corcoran
Cast: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Claude Akins, Richard Todd, Joss Ackland, John Indi, Steven Gurney, Sunitha Singh, Neil McCarthy, Jenny Seagrove, Jerome Willis
Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee) is ready for retirement, but King Edward (Joss Ackland) persuades him to bring back a valuable diamond from South Africa. Intrigue and adventure follow.
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 Inherit the Wind 1960 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Dick York, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan, Florence Eldridge, Elliott Reid, Philip Coolidge, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr., Donna Anderson, Paul Hartman, Jimmy Boyd, Norman Fell, Hope Summers
Charles Darwin's theories of evolution go on trial in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Tennessee where Clarence Darrow (Spencer Tracy) and William Jennings Bryan (Fredric March) argue the merits of teaching the new science in the classroom. 1 User Review
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| | Battle of the Giants | 1fatts 06/16/2009 | The story is that when this movie was being shot, actors on the lot would find their way to the set to just hang out and watch the battle of the giants: Spencer Tracy and Fredric March. It was a good script; no one could direct courtroom like Stanley Kramer; nice casting; great set: but it is, in the end, March and Tracy eating the scenery and creating character.
Other good things deserve to be said about this movie, but it's watching the two actors of their generation pull out the stops that overshadows everything else. |
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The Killers 1964 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Clu Gulager, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, Robert Phillips
Auto racing provides the setting for this story of evil in a fast-paced world involving under-the-table money exchanges. This was Ronald Reagan's last movie, and he was cast as a low-down, dirty, cruel crime boss.
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Kiss Me, Kill Me 1976  TV, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Cast: Stella Stevens, Pat O'Brien, Bruce Boxleitner, Robert Vaughn, Michael Anderson Jr., Tisha Sterling, Claude Akins, Dabney Coleman, Carroll Baker, Bruce Glover, George Eastman, Alan Fudge
This made-for-TV film stars Stella Stevens in the roll of Stella, an investigator for the L.A. District Attorney's office, whose current case is to find the killer of a young, respected schoolteacher. But her straightforward case becomes more complicated when she learns the truth about the victim.
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Lock, Stock and Barrel 1971 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Cast: Tim Matheson, Belinda Montgomery, Claude Akins, Jack Albertson, Neville Brand, Burgess Meredith, Robert Emhardt, John Beck, Charles Dierkop, Joe Di Reda, Timothy Scott, Mills Watson, Marlene Tracy, Dal Jenkins
During the 1880s, Clarence and Roselle (Tim Matheson and Belinda Montgomery) elope and head West. As they travel through the untamed land, they hook up with escaped convict Punck Logan (Claude Akins) and charlatan preacher Reverend Willie Pursle (Burgess Meredith) and experience many adventures in this comedy/western that spawned a sequel, "Hitched."
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The Lonely Man 1957 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Denver Pyle, Claude Akins, Elisha Cook Jr., Elaine Aiken, Harry Shannon
Ex-outlaw Jacob Wade (Jack Palance) tries to go straight and reconcile with his son Riley (Anthony Perkins) but finds many obstacles in his way.
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A Man Called Sledge 1970 R, 93 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Vic Morrow
Cast: James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins, John Marley, Laura Antonelli, Wayde Preston, Ken Clark, Tony Young, Paola Barbara, Mario Valgoi, Lorenzo Piani, Franco Giornelli
Outlaw Luther Sledge (James Garner) and his gang are after a cache of gold hidden in a secure storage inside a heavily guarded prison. He gets in pretending to be a prisoner of one of his gang and then frees all the prisoners as a diversion. The plan works, but Sledge's problems are just beginning
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Merrill's Marauders 1962 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Andrew Duggan, Will Hutchins, Claude Akins, John Hoyt, Jack Williams, Chuck Roberson, Chuck Hayward
In this film, which is Jeff Chandler's last movie, Chandler plays Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill–the leader of U.S. Army troops fighting World War II in the jungles of Burma.
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Monster in the Closet 1986 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Dahlin
Cast: Donald Grant, Denise DuBarry, Howard Duff, Henry Gibson, Claude Akins, Donald Moffat, Paul Dooley, John Carradine, Jesse White, Paul Walker
What are all of those recognizable names doing in a Troma film? It's really bad, but typical Troma, and avoids bomb status by it's funny ineptness. This spoof of 1950s' monster/sci-fi/horror films follows a "mild-mannered" reporter, a professor, and the professor's son as they try to get to the bottom of why dead people (and a dog) are turning up in closets. After a few more murders, they find the cause to be a monster. Now, how to get rid of it–bombs, xylophone playing, etc. don't work. Maybe the army will have to destroy all closets.
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The Night Stalker 1972 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Cast: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Claude Akins, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Stanley Adams, Elisha Cook Jr., Larry Linville
Reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) covers a big story about a vampire on the loose in Las Vegas. This film and its sequel "The Night Strangler" led to the TV series: "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," which, in turn, served as the inspiration for TV's "X Files."
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Onionhead 1958  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Joe Mantell, Ray Danton, James Gregory, Joey Bishop, Roscoe Karns, Claude Akins
Al Woods (Andy Griffith) serves as a cook on a Coast Guard buoy tender where Red Wilder (Walter Matthau) serves as his mentor.
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 Porgy and Bess 1959 N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Ivan Dixon, Claude Akins, Pearl Bailey, Clarence Muse, Ruth Attaway
Andre Previn and Ken Darby won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score for this film based on Ira Gershwin's classic folk opera about life on Catfish Row.
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The Raid 1954 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves, Claude Akins, Douglas Spencer, Paul Cavanagh, Will Wright
After escaping from a New England prison, Confederate soldiers plot revenge by raiding a Vermont farm.
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Return of the Seven 1966 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Return of the Magnificent Seven
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Warren Oates, Jordan Christopher, Claude Akins, Emilio Fernandez, Fernando Rey, Julian Mateos, Elisa Montes, Rodolfo Acosta
The "magnificent seven" gunslingers are back in action–this time they save the oppressed citizens of a village who are held under the control of an evil rancher.
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Ride Beyond Vengeance 1966 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Night of the Tiger
Director: Bernard McEveety
Cast: Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Kathryn Hays, Joan Blondell, Gloria Grahame, Gary Merrill, Bill Bixby, Claude Akins, Paul Fix, Harry Harvey, Jamie Farr, Arthur O'Connell
Told in flashbacks by a bartender (Arthur O'Connell), this is the violent tale of Jonas Trapp (Chuck Connors) who returns to his small Texas town, after an 11-year absence, with a fortune made by hunting buffalo. He had originally married Jessie (Kathryn Hays) to have access to her aunt's money. Now, he receives a brutal homecoming from thugs who think he made his money rustling cattle, and they brand Jonas with a "T." Jonas' revenge will be bloody.
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 Rio Bravo 1959  N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, John Russell, Ricky Nelson, Claude Akins, Bob Steele, Myron Healey, Estelita Rodriguez, Malcolm Atterbury, Yakima Canutt, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Bing Russell
Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) sits with his cohorts Dude, Stumpy, and Colorado Ryan (Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Ricky Nelson) while holding killer Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) in his jail and waits for the Marshal to come for him. Problems develop when Joe's brother Nathan (John Russell) sends in help for a jail escape. Followed by "El Dorado."
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The Sea Chase 1955 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, Tab Hunter, James Arness, Paul Fix, Alan Hale Jr., John Qualen, Claude Akins
This World War II drama stars John Wayne as a German sea captain who is bound for Germany and trying to elude British Naval Forces during the voyage home.
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Skyjacked 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Sky Terror
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey, Roosevelt Grier, Mariette Hartley, Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Uggams, Claude Akins, Ken Swofford, Nicholas Hammond, Mike Henry
A commercial jetliner piloted by Captain O'Hara (Charlton Heston) is skyjacked by a maniac (James Brolin) and is forced to fly to the Soviet Union.
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Tentacles 1977  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Cast: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, Delia Boccardo, Cesare Danova, Alan Boyd, Sherry Buchanan, Franco Diogene, Claude Akins
This flick takes a dive to the bottom of filmdom. It is a very poor Italian-made movie about a monster octopus that attacks some California coastal residents. Will Gleason, marine biologist, comes to the rescue. How did they get this great cast to do this?
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Waterhole #3 1967 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Margaret Blye, Claude Akins, Bruce Dern, Joan Blondell, James Whitmore, Robert Cornthwaite, Timothy Carey, Roy Jenson, Harry Davis, Jim Boles, Steve Whittaker, Ted Markland, Rupert Crosse
During the 1880s, Cavalry Sergeant Henry J. Foggers (Claude Akins), with help from Hilb (Timothy Carey), robs gold from the Army and buries it in a waterhole in the middle of a desert. Lewton Cole (James Coburn) wants to get his hands on the treasure map showing where the gold is buried. He steals Sheriff Copperude's (Carroll O'Connor) horse and makes love to Copperude's daughter Billee (Margaret Blye). Billee tells her father that she was raped, and they follow Cole to bring him to justice. They catch up with Cole, but then Foggers arrives and takes the gold. Later, a shootout ensues, and Billee finds where the gold is hidden. But, Cole also arrives, takes the gold and Billee's clothing, and rides off to Mexico.
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| 1. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
2. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
3. The Concrete Cowboys (1979)
aka: Ramblin' Man
4. The Curse (1987)
aka: The Farm
5. The Defiant Ones (1958)
6. The Devil's Brigade (1968)
7. Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
8. Eric (1975)
9. Falling from Grace (1992)
10. First to Fight (1967)
11. Flap (1970)
12. From Here to Eternity (1953)
13. The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
14. The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
15. Hot Summer Night (1957)
16. If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987)
17. Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls
aka: Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
18. Inherit the Wind (1960)
19. The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
20. The Killers (1964)
21. Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976)
22. Little Mo (1978)
23. Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971)
24. The Lonely Man (1957)
25. A Man Called Sledge (1970)
26. Merrill's Marauders (1962)
27. Monster in the Closet (1986)
28. The Night Stalker (1972)
29. Onionhead (1958)
30. Porgy and Bess (1959)
31. The Raid (1954)
32. Return of the Seven (1966)
aka: Return of the Magnificent Seven
33. Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
aka: Night of the Tiger
34. Rio Bravo (1959)
35. The Sea Chase (1955)
36. Skyjacked (1972)
aka: Sky Terror
37. Tentacles (1977)
38. Waterhole #3 (1967)
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