The Adventures of Nellie Bly 1981  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henning Schellerup
Cast: Linda Purl, Gene Barry, Ray Buktenica, J.D. Cannon, John Randolph, Cliff Osmond, Michael Ruud, Fran Ryan, Milton Selzer
Nellie Bly, the adventuresome and crusading journalist, is brought to life in this TV film with Linda Purl as Nellie.
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Back from Eternity 1956  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk, Keith Andes, Gene Barry, Fred Clark, Beulah Bondi, Jesse White, Adele Mara
Following their plane crash in the South American jungle, the survivors must work their way through headhunter country on their perilous trek back to civilization. Remake of "Five Came Back."
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 Forty Guns 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix, Eve Brent, Ziva Rodann, Chuck Hayward
The new sheriff of Tombstone (Barry Sullivan) almost meets his match in Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck), the wealthy owner of a cattle empire.
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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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Prescription: Murder 1967  TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Columbo: Prescription Murder
Director: Richard Irving
Cast: Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom, Nina Foch, Virginia Gregg, Anthony James
Dr. Flemming (Gene Barry) commits the "perfect" murder when he does in his wife. Thus sets the scene for the first in a long line of "Columbo" films. Our slow-moving, unkempt hero (Peter Falk) is always underestimated when he seeks the murderer and this film is no exception. A good start to the series with a great cast and several sub-plots. The series was taken from a Broadway play starring Thomas Mitchell.
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The Purple Mask 1955 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Gene Barry, Dan O'Herlihy, Angela Lansbury, George Dolenz, Robert Cornthwaite, Paul Cavanagh, John Hoyt, Donald Randolph
Swashbuckler Rene (Tony Curtis) kidnaps Napoleon's men as a means to obtain funds to help the Royalists' cause.
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Red Garters 1954 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell, Pat Crowley, Joanne Gilbert, Gene Barry, Cass Daley, Frank Faylen, Reginald Owen, Buddy Ebsen, Richard Hale
In this musical spoof on Westerns, Reb Randall (Guy Mitchell) sets out to avenge his brother's murder. He arrives in the small town of Paradise Lost and does find his brother's killer, but there is plenty of music and romance along the trail.
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The Second Coming of Suzanne 1974  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Suzanne
Director: Michael Barry
Cast: Sondra Locke, Jared Martin, Paul Sand, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Barry, Gregory Enton, Penelope Spheeris, Rudy Lavalle, David Moody, Robert Feero
Jared Martin plays a filmmaker who recruits Suzanne (Sondra Locke) to star in his version of Christ (as a woman). Richard Dreyfuss' role is small in this boring, insignificant film.
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Soldier of Fortune 1955 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry, Tom Tully, Anna Sten, Jack Kruschen, Alexander D'Arcy, Leo Gordon, Russell Collins, Richard Loo, Soo Yong, Frank Tang, Mel Welles, James Hong
An American, Jane Hoyt (Susan Hayward), arrives in Hong Kong searching for her photojournalist husband Louis (Gene Barry) and seeks the aid of mercenary, smuggler Hank Lee (Clark Gable). After discovering that Louis is being held captive by Communists in China, Lee travels in his private junk to the mainland in search of Louis. In the meantime, he has fallen in love with Jane but continues in his quest knowing that he could be risking his own life trying to help get Louis out of China.
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These Old Broads 2001  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Matthew Diamond
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Silverman, Nestor Carbonell, Peter Graves, Gene Barry, Pat Harrington Jr., Carlos Jacott, Pat Crawford Brown, Suzanne Carney, Heath Hyche, Hinton Battle, Betty Carvalho
After a re-release of a 1960s film gains cult status, a TV executive, needing a hit show, decides to bring the three stars Kate Westbourne, Addie Holden, and Piper Grayson (Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Debbie Reynolds) together for a reunion special on TV. But the three stars dislike each other and always have. They all have the same agent, Beryl Mason (Elizabeth Taylor). Will she be able to convince them to make the special? Some funny lines here and there.
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 Thunder Road 1958 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Arthur Ripley
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith, James Mitchum, Trevor Bardette, Jerry Hardin, Mitch Ryan, Peter Breck, Sandra Knight
Written by Robert Mitchum, this is an entertaining story about bootleggers and revenuers in the hills of Kentucky. Mitchum's son, James, made his debut in this film.
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 War of the Worlds 1953   N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Lewis Martin, Cedric Hardwicke, Robert Cornthwaite, Jack Kruschen, Henry Brandon, Sandro Giglio, William Phipps
This imaginative film earned the Academy Award for Best Special Effects. It relates H. B. Wells' story about a Martian invasion that is stopped short when a bacteria invades the aliens' bloodstream. 1 User Review
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| | Haineye 03/06/2007 | | best sci-fi movie every made. Special effects and plot outstanding. |
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 War of the Worlds 2005 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, David Alan Basche, Yul Vazquez, Rick Gonzalez, Lenny Venito, Lisa Ann Walter, Daniel Franzese, Gene Barry
Adapted from H.G. Wells' 1898 novel, this story involves a deadbeat father, Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise), trying to regain a relationship with his children–Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and Rachel (Dakota Fanning)–when a three-legged alien that attacks humans appears on the scene. Will Ray be able to save his kids? Three Academy Award nominations were received (Best Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects).
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| 1. The Adventures of Nellie Bly (1981)
2. Back from Eternity (1956)
3. Forty Guns (1957)
4. The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
5. Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1980)
6. Prescription: Murder (1967)
aka: Columbo: Prescription Murder
7. The Purple Mask (1955)
8. Red Garters (1954)
9. The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974)
aka: Suzanne
10. Soldier of Fortune (1955)
11. These Old Broads (2001)
12. Thunder Road (1958)
13. War of the Worlds (1953)
14. War of the Worlds (2005)
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