Companeros 1970  R, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Francisco Bodalo, Karin Schubert, Jose Bodalo, Eduardo Fajardo, Gino Pernice, Jesus Fernandez, Gerard Tichy
This spaghetti Western is set in Mexico during a time of revolt in the early 1900s. Yodlaf (Franco Nero), a mercenary and weapons dealer, joins revolutionary El Vasco (Tomas Milian) whose mission is to free Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey) and his students being held hostage by Americans in Texas. Yodlaf's real mission, however, is to find a cache of gold, and the professor knows where it is. Along the way they must deal with a gunslinger: wooden-handed, pot-smoking John (Jack Palance) and his falcon.
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Decameron Nights 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Joan Collins, Marjorie Rhodes, Mara Lane, Eliot Makeham, Hugh Morton, Binnie Barnes, Godfrey Tearle, Meinhart Maur, Gordon Bell, Van Boolen, Gerard Tichy, Noel Purcell, Stella Riley
Three of the Boccaccio tales of lovers and intrigue are told by Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) when he visits the recently widowed Fiametta (Joan Fontaine) and her women friends at a Florentine Hills villa. Each story involves problems between men and women, and Jourdan plays the husbands, and Joan Fontaine takes the roles of the often misunderstood wives.
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 Doctor Zhivago 1965   N/R, 197 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Omar Sharif, Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Klaus Kinski, Adrienne Corri, Siobhan McKenna, Jeffrey Rockland, Tarek Sharif, Bernard Kay, Gerard Tichy
Costuming and scenery are terrific in this Hollywood extravaganza. The Russian Revolution is the backdrop for Boris Pasternak's story about Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) who falls in love with Lara (Julie Christie). There is one problem: he is already married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). The film won five Academy Awards and was nominated for five others, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Tom Courtenay as Pasha, a revolutionary). 1 User Review
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| | Bettu 08/19/2007 | | I saw Doctor Zhivago in 1965 and to this day watch the video/DVD about 5-6 times a year. And ..... I have personally seen Omar Sherif buying fish in the Zamalek quarter of Cairo, Egypt!! |
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Hatchet for the Honeymoon 1970  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Blood Brides
Director: Mario Bava
Cast: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Gerard Tichy, Jesus Puente, Femi Benussi, Luciano Pigozzi, Antonia Mas, Veronica Llimera, Silvia Lienas
Successful, but impotent, fashion designer John Harrington (Stephen Forsyth) is also a murderer of women who have modeled his creations. As the killings continue, we start seeing the problems that drive John. Bloody, as is common with Bava, but with Bava's unique style.
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Madigan's Millions 1968  G, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Prager
Cast: Cesar Romero, Elsa Martinelli, Dustin Hoffman, Franco Fabrizi, Fernando Hilbeck, Gustavo Rojo, Riccardo Garrone, Gerard Tichy, Daniele Vargas, Umberto Raho
Dustin Hoffman takes on the role of an I.R.S. agent who flies to Rome to investigate a gangster, Mike Madigan (Cesar Romero), and retrieve U.S. Treasury funds.
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Monster Island 1981 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Comedy
aka: Mystery on Monster Island
Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Ian Sera, David Hatton, Gasphar Ipua, Blanca Estrada, Ana Obregon, Frank Brana, Paul Naschy, Gerard Tichy, Manuel Pereiro, Daniel Martin, Luis Barboo, Jorge Bosso
Based (loosely) on a Jules Verne tale, young Jeff Morgan (Ian Sera) is not ready to settle down and desires adventure. His rich uncle, William T. Kolderup (Peter Cushing), sends Jeff and Jeff's tutor, Thomas Artelect (David Hatton), on a sea adventure. But their ship is attacked by sea monsters, and they are washed up on an island. The island is run by Taskinar (Terence Stamp) who reigns over an island of monsters (cheap ones, at that). Before long, Jeff has encountered cannibals and pirates who are looking for gold. Could this be a set-up by Jeff's uncle?
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Pieces 1983 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Cast: Christopher George, Edmund Purdom, Lynda Day George, Paul L. Smith, Frank Brana, Ian Sera, Jack Taylor, Gerard Tichy, Hilda Fuchs, Isabel Luque
Now here's a REAL slasher film! A chainsaw-wielding killer is cutting his way through a college campus, taking selected body parts from his co-ed victims. The purpose: construct a human jigsaw puzzle. But fear not, the good detective (Chistopher George) is hot on the trail.
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The Sea Serpent 1986 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Amando de Ossorio
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Taryn Power, Jared Martin, Ray Milland, Gerard Tichy, Carole James, Paul Benson, Jack Taylor, Charly Bravo, Victor Israel
A sea captain (Timothy Bottoms) seeks proof of a sea serpent that he believes re-surfaced from the deep following nuclear testing in the area. Ray Milland's last movie.
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The Texican 1966 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Kid
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Audie Murphy, Broderick Crawford, Diana Lorys, Aldo Sambrell, Antonio Casas, Gerard Tichy, Antonio Molino Rojo, Juan Antonio Peral, Helga Genth, Luis Induni, George Rigaud, Victor Israel
Jess (Audie Murphy) is a wanted man after being framed for a murder. When his brother is killed, he heads to Rimrock, which is controlled by Luke (Broderick Crawford). Luke is the one who framed Jess, and he is sure that Luke also was responsible for his brother's death. But Jess needs the evidence. In the process, love blooms for Jess when he meets Kit (Diana Lorys).
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They Came to Rob Las Vegas 1968  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Cast: Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Palance, Jean Servais, Daniel Martin, Maurizio Arena, Georges Geret, Fabrizio Capucci, Gerard Tichy
Tony (Gary Lockwood) is a blackjack dealer bent on revenge after police kill his friend. His plan is to pull off a robbery by intercepting the delivery of Las Vegas gambling money.
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| 1. Companeros (1970)
2. Decameron Nights (1953)
3. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
4. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
aka: Blood Brides
5. Madigan's Millions (1968)
6. Monster Island (1981)
aka: Mystery on Monster Island
7. Pieces (1983)
8. The Sea Serpent (1986)
9. The Texican (1966)
aka: Texas Kid
10. They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
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