Action of the Tiger 1957  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Anna Gerber, Sean Connery, Gustavo Rojo, Anthony Dawson, Yvonne Romain, Helen Haye, Jose Nieto, Norman Macowan, Brian Sunners, Helen Goss, Richard Williams
Tracy (Martine Carol) hires American contraband runner Carson (Van Johnson) to smuggle her into Albania on his yacht. Her relative, Henri (Gustavo Rojo), is a political prisoner, and Tracy wants Carson's help in rescuing him. Carson is involved in smuggling Greek children out of Albania, and for this mission he gets help from Albanian outlaws, led by Trifon (Herbert Lom). The trek through Albania is treacherous, but they do find Henri, and they pick up children and begin a desperate escape attempt to board Carson's yacht and reach safety.
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Austerlitz 1960  N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
Director: Abel Gance
Cast: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Leslie Caron, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Jack Palance, Orson Welles, Ettore Manni, Claudia Cardinale, Elvire Popesco, Michel Simon, Georges Marchal, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Rossano Brazzi, Jean Mercure
At the beginning of this film, the private life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) unfolds–showing his family life with wife Josephine (Martine Carol)–before the story moves on to the battlefields of the Napoleonic War and Napoleon proclaiming himself Emperor of France.
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Lola Montes 1955  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Sins of Lola Montes
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Oskar Werner, Paulette Dubost, Lise Delamare, Henri Guisol, Jean Galland, Helena Manson, Germaine Delbat, Carl Esmond, Jacques Fayet, Friedrich Domin
Lola Montes (Martine Carol) is a member of a circus troupe who, through flashbacks, remembers her more illustrious past when she had affairs with composer Franz Liszt (Will Quadflieg), King Ludwig of Bavaria (Anton Walbrook), and many others. The circus ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) narrates stories of her illustrious past to the circus spectators who enjoy hearing about the scandals.
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Ten Seconds to Hell 1959  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Martine Carol, Robert Cornthwaite, Dave Willock, Wesley Addy, Richard Wattis, Virginia Baker, Jimmy Goodwin, Nancy Lee
Following World War II, two members of a bomb-disposal unit (Jeff Chandler and Jack Palance) vie for the love of Margot (Martine Carol) amidst their extremely dangerous missions. 1 User Review
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| 1. Action of the Tiger (1957)
2. Austerlitz (1960)
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
3. Lola Montes (1955)
aka: Sins of Lola Montes
4. Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
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