Ashanti 1979  R, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Ashanti: Land of No Mercy
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Beverly Johnson, Kabir Bedi, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, William Holden, Winston Ntshona, Jean-Luc Bideau, Johnny Sekka
After his wife Anna (Beverly Johnson) is kidnapped by slave traders, Doctor David Linderby (Michael Caine) travels across Africa in pursuit of her captors.
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Beyond Justice 1992  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Duccio Tessari
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Carol Alt, Elliott Gould, Omar Sharif, Kabir Bedi, David Flosi, Brett Halsey, Larry Dolgren, Peter Sands, Christopher Ahrens
A wealthy American businesswoman, Christine (Carol Alt), marries the son (Kabir Bedi) of an Emir (Omar Sharif). They have a bratty boy who is whisked away to Northern Africa as the heir to the Emir's throne. But Christine will have none of that and hires mercenary Tom Burton (Rutger Hauer) to recover her son.
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 Octopussy 1983 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Walter Gotell, David&Tony Meyer, Vigay Amritaj, Albert Moses, Geoffrey Keen, Douglas Wilmer
Roger Moore takes over the role of James Bond for the sixth time in this 13th movie of Agent 007 and his daring exploits. This time, Bond goes to East Berlin to investigate the murder of a fellow agent after he dropped off a Faberge egg at the British Embassy. The trail leads to a traveling circus whose assistant manager Kamal (Louis Jourdan) outbids Bond for the egg. Now, Bond follows Kamal to India where he meets beautiful circus leader Octopussy (Maud Adams) who uses the circus as the cover for her smuggling operations. Through his association with Octopussy, Bond figures out that the crazed Russian General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) is raising needed money by selling fake Faberge eggs to get needed money to pay for his plot to detonate a nuclear bomb in order to cripple Europe and defeat NATO.
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The Thief of Baghdad 1978  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Frank Finlay, Marina Vlady, Terence Stamp, Ian Holm, Daniel Emilfork, Kenji Tanaki, Neil McCarthy
This TV version of the Arabian Nights story features the genie and flying carpet is OK but does not measure up to the 1940 version.
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| 1. Ashanti (1979)
aka: Ashanti: Land of No Mercy
2. The Beast (1988)
3. Beyond Justice (1992)
4. Octopussy (1983)
5. The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
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