Away All Boats 1956  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams, Keith Andes, Richard Boone, Charles McGraw, Jock Mahoney, John McIntire, Frank Faylen, Grant Williams, Clint Eastwood, William Reynolds, Don Keefer, Kendall Clark
Ex-Merchant Marine Dave MacDougall (George Nader) is the Executive Officer on the attack transport U.S.S Belinda on which Capt. Jebediah Hawks (Jeff Chandler) commands and prepares his sailors for battle in the Pacific theater during World War II. Hawks trains his men and pretends to be a self-centered snob so that they will direct their frustrations at him instead of each other. MacDougall, however, sees what is going on and gives the sailors clues so that they will respect Hawks. The crew pulls together and manages to survive many Japanese attacks. Look fast for Clint Eastwood as a medic near the end of the film.
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Brain of Blood 1972  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: The Creature's Revenge
The Undying Brain
Director: Al Adamson
Cast: Kent Taylor, Grant Williams, John Bloom, Regina Carrol, Vicki Volante, Angelo Rossitto, Reed Hadley, Zandor Vorkov, Richard Smedley, Gus Peters, Margo Hope, Bruce Kimball, Irv Saunders, Alex Elliot
King Amir, the leader of an Arab country, appears doomed to die. But not to worry, mad Doctor Trenton (Kent Taylor) has a new technique to transplant brains. When the King is brought in, time is limited to complete the job, so when an appropriate recipient isn't found quickly, Trenton transplants Amir's brain onto the body of his grotesque assistant. When Amir awakens and looks at his new body, he goes on a rampage. And there's even more weird stuff going on in the basement, and elsewhere, in this, another low-budget film from Director Adamson.
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The Couch 1962 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Owen Crump
Cast: Shirley Knight, Grant Williams, Onslow Stevens, William Leslie, Hope Summers, Michael Bachus, Anne Helm, Simon Scott, Harry Holcombe, John Alvin
Co-written by Blake Edwards, Owen Crump, and Robert Bloch, this suspenseful story involves a psychopath who notifies police of his intended victims just prior to their murders.
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The Doomsday Machine 1972  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
aka: Escape from Planet Earth
Director: Harry Hope, Lee Sholem
Cast: Grant Williams, Henry Wilcoxon, Ruta Lee, Mala Powers, Bobby Van, Denny Miller, Casey Kasem, Mike Farrell, James Craig, Essie Lin Chia, Lori Scott, Raymond Mayo, Ted Markland
The crew of a U.S. spaceship headed for Venus watches as Earth is destroyed by a doomsday machine developed by the Chinese. The rest of the film is devoted to squabbles and debates between crew members as to whether or not to start the human race again. This low budget film uses much stock footage.
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Susan Slade 1961 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire, Lloyd Nolan, Brian Aherne, Grant Williams, Natalie Schafer, Kent Smith, Bert Convy, Guy Wilkerson, Maurice Wells, Ramsay Hill, Everett Glass, John A. Alonzo, Bob Baker
Seventeen-year-old Susan Slade (Connie Stevens) ends up pregnant after having an affair with Conn White (Grant Williams) who dies when he falls off Mt. McKinley. Susan attempts suicide, but Hoyt Brecker (Troy Donahue) rescues her. She confesses to her parents, Roger and Leah (Lloyd Nolan and Dorothy McGuire) that she is pregnant, and they take her to Guatemala to have the baby. She has the baby, and then Roger dies of a heart attack. Susan and Leah return home to California, and Leah pretends that she is the baby's mother. Now, Hoyt and aspiring author Wells Corbett (Bert Convy) propose to Susan, but she refuses both of their offers. After her baby is badly burned in an accident, Susan confesses that she is the mother. Wells loses interest in Susan, but Hoyt is still smitten. Will Susan marry Hoyt and live happily ever after?
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Written on the Wind 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Grant Williams, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Platt, Harry Shannon, John Larch
The Hadleys are a wealthy oil family beset by troubles–son Kyle (Robert Stack) is an alcoholic and daughter Marylee (Dorothy Malone) is a nymphomaniac. Dorothy Malone won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Robert Stack was nominated for Supporting Actor in this soaper that is saved by good acting.
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| 1. Away All Boats (1956)
2. Brain of Blood (1972)
aka: The Creature's Revenge
aka: The Undying Brain
3. The Couch (1962)
4. The Doomsday Machine (1972)
aka: Escape from Planet Earth
5. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
6. Susan Slade (1961)
7. Written on the Wind (1956)
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