$ 1971  R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Dollars ($)
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Frobe, Robert Webber, Scott Brady, Arthur Brauss, Robert Stiles, Wolfgang Kieling, Bob Herron, Hans Hutter, Christiane Maybach, Monica Stender, Wolfgang Kuhlman, Horst Hesslein, Klaus Schichan
Hamburg, Germany, bank security expert Joe Collins (Warren Beatty) joins forces with hooker Dawn Divine (Goldie Hawn) to steal $1.5 million from crooks. The crooks include an Army sergeant (Scott Brady), a drug dealer (Arthur Brauss), and an attorney who has been double-crossing the mob (Robert Webber). They have rented bank safety deposit boxes in which to store their loot, and Joe has figured out how to go unnoticed by security cameras and switch the money into Dawn's safety deposit box. All goes well until the crooks catch on, and Joe and Dawn set out on a race across Germany with the crooks in hot pursuit.
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Banana Peel 1963  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Marrielle, Gert Frobe, Paulette Dubost, Cathy Baieff, Bob Morel, Henri Poirier, Charles Regnier, Alain Cuny, Dominique Zardi
Con-artists Cathy (Jeanne Moreau) and Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) track down a millionaire and try to take off with his fortune while he is vacationing on the French Riviera. But, they soon discover that this millionaire is pretty crafty, and they may have met their match.
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Bloodline 1979  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance
aka: Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Omar Sharif, Michelle Phillips, Romy Schneider, Irene Papas, Gert Frobe, Beatrice Straight, Maurice Ronet, Claudia Mori, Wolfgang Preiss, Marcel Bozzuffi, Pinkas Braun, Wulf Kessler
Sidney Sheldon's novel adaptation stars Audrey Hepburn as the head of a pharmaceutical company, Elizabeth Roffe, who must deal with threats on her life.
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 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 G, 144 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Musical / Comedy
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Frobe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Davy Kaye, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall, Barbara Windsor, Alexander Dore, Bernard Spear, Stanley Unwin
In this children's fantasy, based on a story by Ian Fleming, eccentric Professor Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) invents a flying car and then discovers that foreign powers are out to get their hands on his invention. The title song was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar.
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The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Nico Pepe, Rolf Mobius, Howard Vernon
When visitors turn up dead at Berlin's Hotel Luxor, police suspect that the murderer believes he is the reincarnation of master criminal Dr. Mabuse. Although this film represents Fritz Lang's final effort as a director, five "Dr. Mabuse" sequels followed this very popular film.
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 Goldfinger 1964  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Harold Sakata, Gert Frobe, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallett, Bernard Lee, Martin Benson, Lois Maxwell, Bill Nagy, Cec Linder, Austin Willis, Michael Mellinger, Peter Cranwell, Nadja Regin
In one of the best of the James Bond movies, Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) is planning to detonate a small nuclear device inside Fort Knox. The purpose is to infest the gold with radiation, thus increasing the value of Goldfinger's gold and making him the world's wealthiest man. James Bond, Agent 007 (Sean Connery) gets involved and, in the process, woos Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) who happens to be aiding Goldfinger in his plot. Never fear, by story's end, Agent 007 saves the day.
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A High Wind in Jamaica 1965 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price, Gert Frobe, Lila Kedrova, Kenneth J. Warren, Nigel Davenport, Isabel Dean
This entertaining film is about the dilemma faced by a Spanish pirate, Chavez (Anthony Quinn), when he discovers seven children aboard his ship.
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Man on a Tightrope 1953 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Beatty, Alex D'Arcy, Richard Boone, Pat Henning, Paul Hartman, John Dehner, Gert Frobe, Willy Castello, Hansi, Margarete Slezak
Czechoslovakia has fallen under the Communist rule, and Karel Cernik (Fredric March) is planning to lead his circus performers to freedom in Germany. Meanwhile, his daughter Tereza (Terry Moore) and lion tamer Joe Vosdek (Cameron Mitchell) are in the middle of a romance despite objections from Karel and his wife, Zama (Gloria Grahame). Escape plans go forward, and, as they near the border, the circus performers parade across the border–but not without tragic consequences. Based on a true story.
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Monte Carlo or Bust 1969 G, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Tony Curtis, Susan Hampshire, Terry-Thomas, Gert Frobe, Peer Schmidt, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Walter Chiari, Jack Hawkins, Eric Sykes
This is a fun adventure of a 1920s race from London to Monte Carlo. Often slapstick with a few bits that aren't too funny, it is still a good no-brainer of the same mold as "The Great Race," "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines," etc.
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The Return of Dr. Mabuse 1961  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: Phantom Fiend
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Gert Frobe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi, Wolfgang Preiss, Fausto Tozzi, Werner Peters, Rudolf Forster, Rudolf Fernau, Joachim Mock, Laura Solari
The diabolical Dr. Mabuse (Wolfgang Preiss) is back in this first of several non-Fritz Lang directed Dr. Mabuse films. Thought dead, Mabuse returns to sabotage a nuclear plant. Inspector Lohmann (Gert Frobe), with the help of U.S. agent Joe Como (Lex Barker), is again on the trail as Mabuse's zombie-like henchmen leave a trail of murders.
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Rocket to the Moon 1967 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Comedy
aka: Blast Off
Those Fantastic Flying Fools
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Frobe, Terry-Thomas, Hermione Gingold, Graham Stark, Lionel Jeffries, Daliah Lavi, Dennis Price, Judy Cornwell, Stratford Johns, Jimmy Clitheroe, Edward de Souza, Renate von Holt, Allan Cuthbertson
This sci-fi comedy is loosely based on a Jules Verne novel ("De la terre a la lune") and tells the story of Phineas T. Barnam (Burl Ives) and his friends who try to finance the first trip to the Moon. Many obstacles stand in the way.
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The Serpent's Egg 1977 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Frobe, Heinz Bennent, James Whitmore, Glynn Turman, Toni Berger, Christian Berkel, Paula Braend, Erna Bruenell, Krya Mladeck, Fritz Strassner, Hans Quest, Edith Heerdegen, Lisa Mangold
An American Jewish couple, Manuela (Liv Ullmann) and her brother-in-law, Abel Rosenberg (David Carradine), are trapeze artists caught in Berlin as Hitler rises to power. Anti-Semitism is the order of the day in Berlin, and Manuela's husband commits suicide. To make ends meet, Manuela works as a prostitute, and she and Abel move into an apartment near a clinic. The clinic is run by Abel's friend Hans Vergerus (Heinz Bennent) and conducts cruel experiments. When Abel gets a job at the clinic, he learns the terrible truth behind his brother's suicide.
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Ten Little Indians 1974 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: And Then There Were None
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough, Stephane Audran, Charles Aznavour, Gert Frobe, Herbert Lom, Maria Rohm, Adolfo Celi, Alberto de Mendoza, Teresa Gimpera, Nasser Malekmotei, Orson Welles, Rik Bataglia, Sepedeh
In this story, based on Agatha Christie's great novel, ten people are invited to an Iranian desert inn. Once there, they are told through a taped recording by Mr. Owen (voice of Orson Welles) that they will all die. And the killings begin, one-by-one. Will any of the "guests" survive?
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The Terror of Dr. Mabuse 1962 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Director: Werner Klingler
Cast: Gert Frobe, Senta Berger, Helmut Schmid, Charles Regnier, Wolfgang Preiss, Harald Juhnke, Leon Askin, Zeev Berlinsky, Ann Savo, Claus Tinney
This remake of Fritz Lang's 1933 film doesn't have the same impact as the original. Inspector Lohmann (Gert Frobe) investigates a series of unusual crimes. It appears that Dr. Mabuse (Wolfgang Preiss), while imprisoned in an insane asylum, hypnotizes a doctor to do his nasty deeds. Lohmann is captured and tortured–a bad predicament to be sure.
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 1965 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Terry-Thomas, Robert Morley, Gert Frobe, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Flora Robson, Red Skelton, Inna Demick, Eric Sykes, Benny Hill, Yujiro Ishihara, Karl Michael Vogler
The complete title of this film is "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Or: How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes." Behind this long title is a comedy about a 1910 airplane race from London to Paris. American Orvil Newton (Stuart Whitman) and Britain Richard Mays (James Fox) flyers vie not only to win the race but also to win the heart of Patricia Rawnsley (Sarah Miles). Lots of fun.
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| 1. $ (1971)
aka: Dollars ($)
2. Banana Peel (1963)
3. Bloodline (1979)
aka: Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline
4. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
5. The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse (1960)
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
6. Goldfinger (1964)
7. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
8. Man on a Tightrope (1953)
9. Monte Carlo or Bust (1969)
aka: Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
10. The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
aka: Phantom Fiend
11. Rocket to the Moon (1967)
aka: Blast Off
aka: Those Fantastic Flying Fools
aka: Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
12. The Serpent's Egg (1977)
13. Ten Little Indians (1974)
aka: And Then There Were None
14. The Terror of Dr. Mabuse (1962)
aka: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
15. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
16. Triple Cross (1967)
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