Monster Island 1981  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Comedy
aka: Mystery on Monster Island
Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Ian Sera, David Hatton, Gasphar Ipua, Blanca Estrada, Ana Obregon, Frank Brana, Paul Naschy, Gerard Tichy, Manuel Pereiro, Daniel Martin, Luis Barboo, Jorge Bosso
Based (loosely) on a Jules Verne tale, young Jeff Morgan (Ian Sera) is not ready to settle down and desires adventure. His rich uncle, William T. Kolderup (Peter Cushing), sends Jeff and Jeff's tutor, Thomas Artelect (David Hatton), on a sea adventure. But their ship is attacked by sea monsters, and they are washed up on an island. The island is run by Taskinar (Terence Stamp) who reigns over an island of monsters (cheap ones, at that). Before long, Jeff has encountered cannibals and pirates who are looking for gold. Could this be a set-up by Jeff's uncle?
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Rustlers' Rhapsody 1985  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Andy Griffith, Fernando Rey, Sela Ward, Brant von Hoffman, Christopher Malcolm, Jim Carter, Patrick Wayne, Paul Maxwell, Manuel Pereiro, Margarita Calahorra, Billy J. Mitchell, John Orchard
Singing cowboy Rex O'Herlihan (Tom Berenger) rides into the middle of a clash between evil cattle baron Colonel Ticonderoga (Andy Griffith) and sheepherders in this satire on Westerns. When Rex tries to defend the sheepherders, Bob Barber (Patrick Wayne) is hired to fight him and force the sheepherders out of the valley.
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Tuareg: The Desert Warrior 1984  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
aka: Desert Warrior
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Mark Harmon, Antonio Sabato, Aldo Sambrell, Massimo Vanni, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Claudia Gravy, Luis Prendes, Ritza Brown, Paolo Malco, Ennio Girolami, Manuel Pereiro, Romano Puppo, Emiliano Redondo, Mario De Barros
Nomadic chieftain Gacel Sayah (Mark Harmon) leads a Tuareg tribe in the Sahara Desert. One day, the tribe gives water and shelter to two lost men. Soon, soldiers appear who are hunting down the men and demand that they be turned over to them. Using the sacred law of hospitality, Gacel Sayah refuses, but the soldiers kill one of the men and take away the other. Gacel Sayah now obeys his sacred rule of punishing those who bring harm to his guests and mounts his camel for a trip across the desert seeking justice by hunting down the soldiers.
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| 1. Immortal Sins (1991)
2. Monster Island (1981)
aka: Mystery on Monster Island
3. Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
4. Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984)
aka: Desert Warrior
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