Commandos 1968  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama
aka: Sullivan's Marauders
Director: Armando Crispino
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Jack Kelly, Giampiero Albertini, Marino Mase, Gotz George, Pier Paolo Capponi, Ivano Staccioli, Marilu Tolo, Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Reincke, Helmut Schmid, Otto Stern, Duilio Del Prete, Pier Luigi Anchisi, Gianni Brezza
U.S. Army Sergeant Sullivan (Lee Van Cleef) leads a platoon of misfits against German forces in North Africa. While Sullivan feuds with his young, inexperienced senior officer, Capt. Valli (Jack Kelly), the platoon sets out on a mission to capture a Nazi airbase.
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A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die 1968  R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Dead or Alive
Director: Franco Giraldi
Cast: Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Mario Brega, Renato Romano, Franco Lantieri, Giampiero Albertini, Enzo Fiermonte, Daniel Martin
Outlaw Clay McCord (Alex Cord) wants to go straight, and the Governor of New Mexico (Robert Ryan) is ready to grant amnesty. But a nearby gang of outlaws is ready to cause trouble. Lots of action.
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Queimada! 1969  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Burn!
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Marlon Brando, Renato Salvatori, Norman Hill, Evaristo Marquez, Thomas Lyons, Valeria Ferran Wanani, Dana Ghia, Giampiero Albertini, Carlo Palmucci, Joseph P. Persaud, Alvaro Medrano, Alejandro Obregon
For political reasons, Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando) encourages a slave revolt on a Portuguese Caribbean island, and problems ensue.
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The Return of Sabata 1971 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schone, Annabella Incontrera, Jacqueline Alexandre, Giampiero Albertini, Ignazio Spalla, Aldo Canti, Vassili Karis, Steffen Zacharias, Pia Giancaro, John Bartha, Gunther Stoll
Posing as a sharpshooter performing in a traveling circus, gambler Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) arrives in Hobsonville and runs into Clyde (Reiner Schone) who owes him $5,000. Hobsonville is run by an Irish clan, led by land baron Joe McIntock (Giampiero Albertini), and the town charges huge taxes that are stored in a bank. Sabata not only refuses to pay the taxes, he enlists Clyde and acrobats (Aldo Canti and Vassili Karis) from the circus to help rob the bank. The money turns out to be counterfeit, but the gold is hidden on McIntock's property. The next step is to find the gold, kill McIntock, and steal the fortune. This film is a sequel to "Sabata" and "Adios, Sabata."
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What Are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing on......? 1972 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Ciuliano Carnimeo
Cast: Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini, Giampiero Albertini, Franco Agostini, George Rigaud, Annabella Incontrera, Oreste Lionello, Carla Brait, Carla Mancini
[Full title: "What Are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing on Jennifer's Body?"] Jennifer (Edwige Fenech) moves into an apartment and immediately becomes the target of a killer. There are plenty of suspects in this fair mystery/thriller that has its share of "grossness" as well.
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| 1. Commandos (1968)
aka: Sullivan's Marauders
2. A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968)
aka: Dead or Alive
3. Queimada! (1969)
aka: Burn!
4. The Return of Sabata (1971)
5. What Are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing on......? (1972)
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