A Covenant with Death 1967  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: George Maharis, Katy Jurado, Laura Devon, Earl Holliman, Arthur O'Connell, Sidney Blackmer, Gene Hackman, John Anderson, Kent Smith, Whit Bissell
After a jury verdict of "guilty" for the murder of his wife, Bryan Talbot (Earl Holliman) kills the man chosen to be his executioner. Judge Ben Lewis (George Maharis) then sets out to prove Talbot's innocence in the first crime, but there is still the problem of the second murder.
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The Desperados 1969 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Vince Edwards, Jack Palance, George Maharis, Neville Brand, Sylvia Syms, Christian Roberts, Kate O'Mara, Patrick Holt, Christopher Malcolm, Sheila Burrell
In the years following the Civil War, deserters turn to lives of violence as they go on a rampage of death and destruction.
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Doppelganger 1993  R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Doppelganger: The Evil Within
Director: Avi Nesher
Cast: Drew Barrymore, George Newbern, Dennis Christopher, Sally Kellerman, Leslie Hope, George Maharis, Peter Dobson, Carl Bressler, Dan Shor, Jaid Barrymore
Holly Gooding (Drew Barrymore) stabs her mother to death. Or was it Holly's double who did the dirty deed? She then re-locates from NYC to L.A. and starts an affair with a screenwriter (George Newbern), from whom she has rented a room. But her apparent double, or doppelganger, is also there, as is an FBI agent who is on her trail. Weird, with an unsatisfying ending.
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The Happening 1967 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Cast: Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks, Robert Walker Jr., Martha Hyer, Faye Dunaway, Milton Berle, Oskar Homolka, Jack Kruschen, Clifton James
Four bumbling idealists kidnap a retired gangster, Roc Delmonico (Anthony Quinn), as the means to obtain funds for their cause. Faye Dunaway's film debut.
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Land Raiders 1970 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Day of the Landgrabbers
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard, Jocelyn Lane, George Coulouris, Guy Rolfe, Phil Brown, Marcella Saint-Amant, Fernando Rey, Paul Picerni, Robert Carricart
Apache-hating Vince Carden (Telly Savalas) attempts to take over their land, and he even resorts to committing robberies and blaming it on the Apaches. With government agents trying to bring peace, Vince's problems mount when his estranged brother (George Maharis) arrives on the scene.
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Murder on Flight 502 1975 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Drama
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Robert Stack, Ralph Bellamy, Theodore Bikel, Walter Pidgeon, Hugh O'Brian, Farrah Fawcett, Polly Bergen, Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Fernando Lamas, Brooke Adams, Sonny Bono, George Maharis, Danny Bonaduce
After a jumbo jet takes off from New York to London, a note is found with the message that some of the passengers are going to be killed. At first, the message is not taken seriously, but when two on board are murdered, the pilot (Robert Stack) tries to calm his passengers while background checks on the passengers are performed at the airport.
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The Sword and the Sorcerer 1982  R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Albert Pyun
Cast: Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Richard Lynch, George Maharis, Simon MacCorkindale, Richard Moll, Robert Tessier, Nina Van Pallandt, Jeff Corey, Anna Bjorn, Joe Regalbuto
Although this movie has a plot that is difficult to discern and actors who are given weak dialogue, it is saved by the comedy of Lee Horsley. This adventure is all about an evil king and rebels who want to retake the kingdom.
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| 1. A Covenant with Death (1967)
2. The Desperados (1969)
3. Doppelganger (1993)
aka: Doppelganger: The Evil Within
4. The Happening (1967)
5. Land Raiders (1970)
aka: The Day of the Landgrabbers
6. Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
7. The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
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