Four of the Apocalypse 1975  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Fabio Testi, Michael J. Pollard, Lynne Frederick, Harry Baird, Tomas Milian, Adolfo Lastretti, Bruno Corazzari, Giorgio Trestini, Donald O'Brien, Salvatore Puntillo, Tomas Milian, Charles Borromel, Edward Mannix, Goffredo Unger, Lorenzo Robledo
In one of the last spaghetti Westerns, card shark Stubby Preston (Fabio Testi) arrives in a Utah town where he gets in trouble and is jailed. The townsfolk, wanting to rid the town of riff-raff, kick him and three other losers out of town. The four travel together looking for people to swindle, but violence begins when they run across mean villain Chaco (Tomas Milian).
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La Permission 1968  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Christian Marin, Pierre Doris, Hal Bray, Tria French, Karell Jonathan Beer, Dany Jacquet, George Birt, Jon Carlson
Black American soldier Turner (Harry Baird) is stationed near Paris when he goes on a three-day pass and romances White Parisian shop clerk Miriam (Nicole Berger). When he returns to base, his bigoted captain demotes him in rank, and the relationship with Miriam is not able to win out over its opposing forces.
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The Oblong Box 1969  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Alister Williamson, Hilary Heath, Peter Arne, Maxwell Shaw, Sally Geeson, Harry Baird, Carl Rigg, Michael Balfour, Rupert Davies, Uta Levka, Godfrey James, John Barrie, Ivor Dean
A voodoo curse has caused Sir Edward Markham's (Alistar Williamson) face to be terribly disfigured, and his brother Julian (Vincent Price) keeps Edward locked in the attic. As his means of escape, Edward gets help from witch doctor N'Galo (Harry Baird) who gives him medicine to make him appear dead. But, N'Galo has double-crossed him, and Edward is put in a coffin and buried. Grave robbers retrieve him, and his "body" is taken to anatomist Dr. Neuhardt (Christopher Lee) who revives him, and now Edward goes on a killing spree seeking revenge for his betrayal.
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| 1. Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
2. La Permission (1968)
aka: The Story of a Three-Day Pass
3. The Oblong Box (1969)
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