Don't Torture a Duckling 1972  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Florinda Bolkan, Irene Papas, Marc Porel, Vito Passeri, Georges Wilson, Antonello Campodifiori, Andrea Aureli, Franco Balducci, Rosalia Maggio
After young boys are murdered in a quiet Sicilian town, various people are accused–including a magician (Florinda Bolkan) who practices voodoo and visitor Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet). Villagers take matters into their own hands, and Patrizia teams with newsman Andrea (Tomas Milian) to find out what's going on. Good, with some brutal scenes but not like the gory Fulci films to follow.
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Love at the Top 1974  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The French Way
Director: Michel Deville
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin, Florinda Bolkan, Henri Garcin, Georges Wilson, Michel Vitold, Jean-Francois Balmer, Dominique Constanza, Estella Blain, Mary Marquet
Meek bank clerk Nicolas (Jean-Louis Trintignant) becomes an overnight success–with women and wealth–when he agrees to take the advice of a struggling novelist (Jean-Pierre Cassel). A so-so comedy.
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The Stranger 1967  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Bruno Cremer, Georges Wilson, Pierre Bertin, Georges Geret, Jean-Pierre Zola, Vittorio Duse, Jacques Herlin
Existentialist Meursault (Marcello Mastroianni) murders an Arab in cold blood for no reason other than that he feels he should. Meursault is a man who does not become involved in others' lives, and takes responsibility only for his own actions in this world. He believes that life has no meaning other than being true to oneself. This excellent film examines the consequences of such a philosophy.
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The Three Musketeers 1973  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch, Michael York, Geraldine Chaplin, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Frank Finlay, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Spike Milligan, Roy Kinnear, Joss Ackland, Simon Ward, Georges Wilson
This is a very good rendition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel about the swashbuckling adventures and romances of D'Artagnan (Michael York) and the three Musketeers–Athos, Aramis, and Porthos (Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, and Frank Finlay). The story begins when D'Artagnan arrives in Paris wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father (Joss Ackland) who was a Musketeer. He meets and befriends Athos, Aramis, and Porthos and then joins in their efforts to defend Queen Anna (Geraldine Chaplin) from the scheming Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston).
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| 1. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
2. The Empty Canvas (1964)
3. Love at the Top (1974)
aka: The French Way
4. The Stranger (1967)
5. The Three Musketeers (1973)
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