Four of the Apocalypse 1975  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Fabio Testi, Michael J. Pollard, Lynne Frederick, Harry Baird, Tomas Milian, Adolfo Lastretti, Bruno Corazzari, Giorgio Trestini, Donald O'Brien, Salvatore Puntillo
In one of the last spaghetti Westerns, card shark Stubby Preston (Fabio Testi) arrives in a Utah town where he gets in trouble and is jailed. The townsfolk, wanting to rid the town of riff-raff, kick him and three losers out of town. The four travel together looking for people to swindle, but violence begins when they run across mean villain Chaco (Tomas Milian).
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 Grand Prix 1966  N/R, 179 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Antonio Sabato, Francoise Hardy, Adolfo Celi, Claude Dauphin, Enzo Fiermonte, Genevieve Page, Jack Watson, Donald O'Brien
This film includes important European competitions and follows the exploits of various drivers both on and off the track, which include affairs between Jean-Pierre Sarte (Yves Montand) and Louise Frederickson (Eva Marie Saint) and Nino Barlini (Antonio Sabato) and Lisa (Francoise Hardy). At the same time, while Grand Prix driver Pete Aron (James Garner) recovers from a crash at Monaco in which his teammate Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) was critically injured, Pete becomes involved with Scott's estranged wife, Pat (Jessica Walter). Adding more changes to his life, Pete begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team. Racing footage is good with many shots taken inches from the track.
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Honey Sweet Love 1994 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Enrico Coletti
Cast: Eli Wallach, Jo Champa, Ben Cross, Luigi Petrucci, Luigi Montini, John Evans, Tiberio Murgia, Raoul Bellucci, Roberto Ruggeri, Donald Hodson, Donald O'Brien
During World War II, a British officer is sent to a Sicilian village to establish a radio station. There he finds intrigue and deceit, but most of all he finds love with a local girl.
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Keoma 1976 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: The Violent Breed
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Franco Nero, Woody Strode, William Berger, Donald O'Brien, Olga Karlatos, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Orso Maria Guerrini, Gabriella Giacobbe, Antonio Marsina, Joshua Sinclair, Victoria Zinny, Lee Lenoir
Keoma (Franco Nero) returns home from the Civil War hoping for some rest and relaxation, but his plans must be put on hold when a ruthless gang leader threatens the peace-loving people of the community. To make matters worse, his three half-brothers, who have always resented half-breed Keoma, are aligned with the gang leader. A violent film, but a cut above the normal spaghetti Western–and one of the last of the genre.
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Mannaja 1977  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: A Man Called Blade
Director: Sergio Martino
Cast: Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Donald O'Brien, Martine Brochard, Sonja Jeannine, Philippe Leroy, Rik Battaglia, Salvatore Puntillo, Nino Casale, Enzo Fiermonte
Bounty hunter Blade (Maurizio Merli) starts out in this late spaghetti Western by throwing his hatchet at, cutting off the hand of, and capturing bad guy Curt (Donald O'Brien). Things get even meaner when another bad guy blinds Blade (by burying him up to his neck and sewing Blade's eyes open). But Blade is saved by Burt, who Blade freed after not being able to get a reward. After learning to shoot by sound rather than sight, Blade gets his revenge.
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A Matter of Resistance 1966 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Pierre Brasseur, Mary Marquet, Henri Garcin, Carlos Thompson, Marc Dudicourt, Alexis Micha, Robert Moor, Donald O'Brien, Paul Le Person
Set during World War II, young and beautiful Marie (Catherine Deneuve) and her lazy husband, Jerome (Philippe Noiret), live near the Normandy shore. She longs to move to Paris, but the indifferent Jerome refuses to leave. Along comes French Resistance agent, Julien (Henri Garcin), who is preparing for the Allied invasion. He is more preoccupied with chasing Marie than his work, it seems, but so is the local German commander, who sets up headquarters at her chateau in order to be closer to her. This is the English-dubbed title.
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Run, Man, Run! 1968 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Sergio Sollima
Cast: Tomas Milian, Donald O'Brien, John Ireland, Federico Boido, Linda Veras, Chelo Alonso, Jose Torres, Luciano Rossi, Nello Pazzafini, Marco Guglielmi, Gianni Rizzo, Goffredo Unger
Knife-throwing, petty thief Cuchillo (Tomas Milian) finds out from a prison inmate, who he helped escape, the location of a cache of gold. After the prisoner is killed, Cuchillo heads for the gold, which is intended to help fund the Mexical Revolution. But others also want the gold. One of the better spaghetti Westerns, with humor thrown in for good measure.
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The Train 1964  N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon, Wolfgang Preiss, Paul Bonifas, Albert Remy, Jacques Marin, Howard Vernon, Charles Millot, Richard Munch, Jean Bouchaud, Donald O'Brien, Jean-Pierre Zola
During World War II, Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) orders that art works at the Jeu de Paume Museum be moved to Nazi Germany. In an effort to save the priceless works of art, the head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) convinces railway official and member of the French Resistance Labiche (Burt Lancaster) to delay the train's departure until after the Allied Forces arrive. Using sabotage and deception, Labiche and his colleagues try to find a way to delay the train.
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| 1. Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
2. Grand Prix (1966)
3. Honey Sweet Love (1994)
4. Keoma (1976)
aka: The Violent Breed
5. Mannaja (1977)
aka: A Man Called Blade
6. A Matter of Resistance (1966)
7. Run, Man, Run! (1968)
8. The Train (1964)
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