Diamond Head 1962  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen, James Darren, Elizabeth Allen, Philip Ahn, Aline MacMahon, Harold Fong, Vaughn Taylor
Richard Howland (Charlton Heston) is the powerful owner of a Hawaiian pineapple plantation whose racial prejudice almost ruins his family when he refuses to give his blessing to the marriage of his daughter, Sloan (Yvette Mimieux), and a Hawaiian, Paul Kahana (James Darren).
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The Gene Krupa Story 1959  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Drum Crazy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren, Susan Oliver, Yvonne Craig, Lawrence Dobkin, Celia Lovsky, Red Nichols, Bobby Troup, Anita O'Day, Shelly Manne, Buddy Lester
Although not entirely accurate, this film is entertaining as it covers Gene Krupa's (Sal Mineo) life from his childhood, when he expected to become a priest; to his early days in friend Eddie's (James Darren) band; through his years of drug and alcohol addiction; and then his life as a great jazz drummer and band leader.
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 Gidget 1959  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Joby Baker, Yvonne Craig, Doug McClure, Tom Laughlin, Jo Morrow, Robert Ellis
This classic film from the 1950s era features Sandra Dee as Gidget–the California teenager who surfs and finds love on the beach.
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 The Guns of Navarone 1961  N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren, James Robertson Justice, Richard Harris, Bryan Forbes, Allan Cuthbertson, Michael Trubshawe, Percy Herbert, George Mikell
This film is at the top in both quality and action for the World War II genre. It involves a multinational force commanded by Major Franklin (Anthony Quayle). The commandos are ordered to blow up two immense German guns that are guarding the sea against the arrival of Allied troop transports. The film won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects, and there were six other nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seberg, Ricardo Montalban, Ella Fitzgerald, Philip Ober, Sal Mineo, Rodolfo Acosta, Jeanne Cooper
This sequel to "Knock on Any Door" has drug addict, widow Nellie Romano (Shelley Winters), living on skid row on Chicago's South Side and determined to make her son (James Darren) a pianist.
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Operation Mad Ball 1957 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grant, Ernie Kovacs, Arthur O'Connell, James Darren, Roger Smith, Dick York, L.Q. Jones, William Leslie, Sheridan Comerate, Jeanne Manet, Richard Bull, William Hickey, Paul Picerni
As a way to raise morale, World War II American soldiers stationed in France plan a big blast of a party and invite the nurses who they work with. But, the nurses are officers, and the soldiers are enlisted men, and they are not allowed to fraternize. Their commanding officer, Capt. Locke (Ernie Kovacs) sticks by the rules, so Pvt. Hogan (Jack Lemmon), with help from Sgt. Yancy Skibo (Mickey Rooney), sneaks around and arranges for the party to be held at a local hotel managed by Mme. LaFour (Jeanne Manet). One of the nurses, Betty Bixby (Kathryn Grant), is Hogan's love interest, and she is not sure that the scheme will work.
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Venus in Peltz 1969 R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Venus in Furs
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: James Darren, Klaus Kinski, Maria Rohm, Barbara McNair, Paul Muller, Aldo Lastretti, Margaret Lee, Dennis Price, Mirella Pamphili, Jesus Franco
Jesus Franco–the man with dozens of aliases and dozens of cheap, sex-oriented films–brings another one to the screen. This bizarre entry follows druggie jazz-musician Jimmy (James Darren) in Turkey as he finds the body of a woman who had been brutally murdered by a trio of sadistic men. Later, he thinks he sees her in a Brazilian nightclub, and the horror begins.
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| 1. All the Young Men (1960)
2. Diamond Head (1962)
3. The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
aka: Drum Crazy
4. Gidget (1959)
5. Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
6. Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
7. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
8. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
9. Operation Mad Ball (1957)
10. Venus in Peltz (1969)
aka: Venus in Furs
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