633 Squadron 1964  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Walter Grauman
Cast: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews, Donald Houston, Michael Goodliffe, John Meillon, John Bonney, Angus Lennie, Scott Finch
A German V2 rocket factory is located in a well-secured location in Norway during World War II, and the British 633 Squadron, under the leadership of American flyer Roy Grant (Cliff Robertson), is assigned to destroy it. Help is obtained from Norwegian freedom fighter Erik Bergman (George Chakiris) who will conduct a simultaneous ground attack. But Erik is captured by the Germans and, after brutal torture, reveals the plans. Some good action footage in this "Guns of Navarone"-inspired film.
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99 Women 1969  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Maria Schell, Maria Rohm, Elisa Montes, Luciana Paluzzi, Herbert Lom, Mercedes McCambridge, Rosalba Neri, Valentina Godoy, Jose Maria Blanco, Maria Perschy
Director Jesus Franco adds a "women-in-prison" storyline to his genre collection as the oppressive prison environment at a women's prison leads to an escape attempt.
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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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Exorcism 1974 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Juan Bosch
Cast: Paul Naschy, Maria Perschy, Grace Mills, Maria Kosti, Jorge Torras, Luis Induni, Roger Leveder, Juan Llaneras, Marta Aviles, Juan Velilla
This poor rip-off of of "The Exorcist" has Father Dunning (Paul Naschy) coming to the aid of a young woman who unknowingly participated in a Satanic ceremony and became possessed by the evil spirit of her dead father.
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Man's Favorite Sport? 1964  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy, John McGiver, Charlene Holt, Roscoe Karns, Forrest Lewis, Regis Toomey, James Westerfield, Norman Alden, Tyler McVey, Kathie Browne
Star fishing-gear salesman Roger (Rock Hudson) knows nothing about fishing. When publicity director Abigail (Paula Prentiss) talks Roger's boss into entering Roger in a fishing tournament, he wins–with help from a bear– and his troubles begin.
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 Murders in the Rue Morgue 1971  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Lilli Palmer, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy, Michael Dunn, Peter Arne, Rosalind Elliot, Marshall Jones
Members of a theater playgroup are systematically done away with by a mysterious demon in a major re-write of the Edgar Allen Poe story.
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| 1. 633 Squadron (1964)
2. 99 Women (1969)
3. Assignment Istanbul (1969)
aka: The Castle of Fu Manchu
4. Exorcism (1974)
5. Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
6. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
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