 The Animals 1970  R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Five Savage Men
The Desperados
Director: Ron Joy
Cast: Henry Silva, Keenan Wynn, Michele Carey, John Anderson, Joe Turkel, Pepper Martin, Bobby Hall, Peter Hellman, William Bryant, Peggy Stewart, John Dennis, Michael Carr, Jack Wade Cox, Brian West, Donna Kern
School-teacher Alice McAndrew (Michele Carey) gets help from the Apache chief, Chatto (Henry Silva), who nurses her back to health after she was raped by five men who robbed her stagecoach. Chatto helps her further when he aids her in tracking down the rapists.
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 Blade Runner 1982  R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy
This dark, well-made hi-tech thriller is set in early-21st-century Los Angeles. A sardonic cop (Harrison Ford) is hot on the trail of a group of murdering renegade "replicates" (artificially made human slaves) who are terrorizing the city. In the course of his work, he falls in love with one of them.
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Hellcats of the Navy 1957  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis, Arthur Franz, Robert Arthur, Harry Lauter, Selmer Jackson, William Leslie, Joe Turkel, Don Keefer, Maurice Manson
This is a war drama about a Navy submarine commander (Ronald Reagan) who endures the dangers of submarine patrol while his love, Helen (Nancy Davis), waits for his return. This is the only time the couple appeared together in a movie.
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 The Killing 1956  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Joe Sawyer, Timothy Carey, Jay Adler, James Edwards, Joe Turkel
Recently released from prison, Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) has big plans for a $2 million racetrack heist. But he has not reckoned with the actions of Sherry (Marie Windsor), the wife of Johnny's cohort George (Elisha Cook Jr.). When Sherry blabs to her boyfriend, an unwary Johnny is really in far over his head, and his intricate plans spiral out of control. With this film, Stanley Kubrick gained credibility as an exceptional director.
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Paths of Glory 1957  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Timothy Carey, Joe Turkel, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Peter Capell, Bert Freed, Christiane Kubrick, Jerry Hausner, Kem Dibbs, Emile Meyer, Fred Bell
This is the story of French soldiers (Ralph Meeker, Timothy Carey, and Joseph Turkel) who are court-martialed and executed during World War I despite the efforts of Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) who unsuccessfully defends them. The three were selected after failure of the forces in a charge, and the film highlights the insanity of war.
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The Sand Pebbles 1966 N/R, 193 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Emmanuelle Arsan, Mako, Simon Oakland, Larry Gates, Charles Robinson, Ford Rainey, Gavin MacLeod, Joe Turkel, Barney Phillips, Richard Loo, Joe Di Reda
A U.S. Navy gunboat–nicknamed "Sand Pebbles" by the crew–patrolling the Yangtze River in 1926 is caught up in battles of Chinese warlords. One of the crewmen (Steve McQueen) tries to warn the Captain (Richard Crenna) of the potential for diplomatic problems as the crew tries to protect American lives. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (McQueen) and Supporting Actor (Mako).
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 The Shining 1980 R, 142 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, Tony Burton, Barry Dennen, Manning Redwood
This film begins with a father (Jack Nicholson) moving his family (Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd) up to a mountain retreat where he will be its caretaker for the winter. Sounds heavenly, but then Dad starts to go more than a little stir crazy and is transformed into a demon whose aim is to do in his little family. Based on Stephen King's novel.
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Tormented 1960 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Juli Reding, Lugene Sanders, Joe Turkel, Lillian Adams, Gene Roth, Vera Marshe, Harry Fleer, Merritt Stone
Pianist Tom Stewart (Richard Carlson) has trouble dumping his ex-lover, Vi (Juli Reding), so he can marry a rich, young woman. While atop a lighthouse, Tom decides to tell Vi of his other affair. The lighthouse railing breaks, Vi hangs on to the broken rail, and Tom decides not to save her. That was a mistake, for now Vi's ghost–including assorted body parts–come back to keep her man.
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| 1. The Animals (1970)
aka: Five Savage Men
aka: The Desperados
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
4. The Killing (1956)
5. Paths of Glory (1957)
6. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
7. The Shining (1980)
8. Tormented (1960)
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