Buried Alive 1990  TV, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, William Atherton, Hoyt Axton, Jay Gerber, Wayne Grace, Donald Hotton, Brian Libby, Peg Shirley, David Youse, Jan Merlin, Dale Swann, James Scally, Milt Hamerman, Michael Keep
Joanna (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is running around on her husband Clint (Tim Matheson). She, along with her boyfriend, decides to kill him for the insurance. The deed is done, but the poison didn't work, and Clint wakes up in (luckily) a cheap coffin. After freeing himself, he, of course, seeks revenge. Made for cable TV.
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Guns of Diablo 1964  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Charles Bronson, Susan Oliver, Kurt Russell, Jan Merlin, John Fiedler, Douglas Fowley, Rayford Barnes, Robert Carricart, Ron Hagerthy, Morris Ankrum, Russ Conway, Byron Foulger
Wagon train master Linc (Charles Bronson) and young sidekick Jamie (13-year-old Kurt Russell) arrive in a town where they are not treated well by the thugs–led by Rance (Jan Merlin)–that run the place. To make matters worse, Linc's old girlfriend, Maria (Susan Oliver), is married to Rance. After the inevitable shootout, Linc, Jamie, and Maria take off in search of a gold mine. The film is an expanded version of an episode in the TV series "The Travels of Jamie McPheeters."
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Silk 2 1989 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Cirio H. Santiago
Cast: Monique Gabrielle, Jan Merlin, Peter Nelson, Maria Claire, Ken Metcalfe, Joe Mari Avellana, Bon Vibar, Joseph Zucchero, Robert Ginnaven, David Light
Jenny "Silk" Sleighton (Monique Gabrielle) is a tough Honolulu cop who is determined to crack an art smuggling case–and does, in her own unique way.
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Six Bridges to Cross 1955  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen, Sal Mineo, Jan Merlin, Ken Clark, Don Keefer, Tito Vuolo, Paul Dubov
Gangster Jerry Florea (Tony Curtis) leads a caper to steal $2.5 million, but his efforts go for naught when he is killed by his "comrades."
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Take the Money and Run 1969  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Marcel Hillaire, Janet Margolin, Jacquelyn Hyde, Lonny Chapman, Jan Merlin, James Anderson, Howard Storm, Jackson Beck, Mark Gordon, Minnow Moskowitz
Told in documentary style, this early Woody Allen film, about an inept crook, is very amusing.
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| 1. Buried Alive (1990)
2. Guns of Diablo (1964)
3. I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)
4. Silk 2 (1989)
5. Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
6. Take the Money and Run (1969)
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