Assignment Istanbul 1969  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Castle of Fu Manchu
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Tsai Chin, Howard Marion-Crawford, Gunther Stoll, Rosalba Neri, Maria Perschy, Jose Manuel Martin, Werner Abrolat, Osvaldo Genazzani, Herbert Fux, Gustavo Re
In this "Fu Manchu" series film, the evil Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) concocts another way to take over the world: he invents a machine that freezes sea water instantly. He needs help to complete the machine, so he kidnaps a noted scientist (Gustavo Re) as well as two heart doctors to conduct a heart transplant when the scientist has a heart attack. To the rescue comes Fu Manchu's nemesis, Scotland Yard Detective Nayland Smith (Richard Greene), in this terrible, low budget entry.
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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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| 1. Assignment Istanbul (1969)
aka: The Castle of Fu Manchu
2. The Return of Sabata (1971)
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