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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A Bullet for the General 1967  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, Lou Castel, Andrea Checchi, Spartaco Conversi, Jaime Fernandez, Joaquin Parra, Jose Manuel Martin, Aldo Sambrell
This spaghetti Western begins with El Chuncho (Gian Maria Volonte) and his bandits robbing a train to get weapons for the Mexican revolutionary forces. American Bill Tate (Lou Castel) is on the train and helps the cause–wanting to get into the good graces of the revolutionaries–in order to assassinate the leaders.
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Count Dracula's Great Love 1972  R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Dracula's Great Love
Vampire Playgirls
Director: Javier Aguirre
Cast: Paul Naschy, Haydee Politoff, Rosanna Yanni, Ingrid Garbo, Mirta Miller, Victor Alcazar, Alvaro de Luna, Jose Manuel Martin, Susana Latour, Benito Pavon
Four travelers seek shelter for the night at a nursing home run by Dr. Wendell (Paul Naschy) who is really Count Dracula. Only one of the travelers is spared by Dracula, and that one is to participate in a ceremony intended to revive Dracula's dead daughter.
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Curse of the Devil 1973 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Carlos Aured
Cast: Paul Naschy, Fabiola Falcon, Patty Shepard, Maria Silva, Maritza Olivares, Jose Manuel Martin, Eduardo Calvo, Antonio Vidal Molina, Santiago Rivero, Ines Morales, Mariano Vidal Molina, Ana Farra, Pilar Vela
Paul Naschy is back for the seventh time as the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky. A curse had been put on Waldemar hundreds of years ago, and now the curse is revived by a gypsy to gain revenge on Waldemar.
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Viridiana 1961  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Margarita Lozano, Victoria Zinny, Teresa Rabal, Jose Calvo, Jose Manuel Martin, Luis Heredia, Joaquin Roa, Lola Gaos, Maria Isbert, Teresa Rabal
Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) makes a last visit to her wealthy uncle, Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), before taking her vows to become a nun in the Catholic Church. When Don Jaime realizes that Viridiana closely resembles his wife who had died years ago on their wedding night, he drugs Viridiana and tries to rape her. Later, Don Jaime confesses but then hangs himself. Viridiana inherits his estate and invites homeless beggars to the estate for food and comfort. Her plans go awry when the beggars stage an orgy, which proves to be a pivotal point in Viridiana's life, and she finds that she must make choices.
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| 1. Assignment Istanbul (1969)
aka: The Castle of Fu Manchu
2. A Bullet for the General (1967)
3. Count Dracula's Great Love (1972)
aka: Dracula's Great Love
aka: Vampire Playgirls
4. Curse of the Devil (1973)
5. Viridiana (1961)
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