The Antichrist 1974  R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Tempter
Director: Alberto De Martino
Cast: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, George Coulouris, Alida Valli, Mario Scaccia, Umberto Orsini, Anita Strindberg, Remo Girone, Ernesto Colli
Paralyzed Ippolita (Carla Gravina) suffers mental problems after the death of her mother. Matters become worse when she is possessed by a burned-at-the-stake ancestor, and, as a result, her behavior becomes totally unacceptable. Will an exorcism help? Will it succeed? This "Exorcist" rip-off is also available in a poorly-dubbed version.
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Big Alligator River 1979  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Great Alligator
Director: Sergio Martino
Cast: Claudio Cassinelli, Barbara Bach, Mel Ferrer, Richard Johnson, Geneve Hutton, Romano Puppo, Fabrizia Castagnoli, Silvia Collatina, Enzo Fisichella, Anny Papa, Bobby Rhodes, Clara Colosimo
Joshua (Mel Ferrer) has just finished greeting his first guests at his tourist resort, Paradise House, when first one of the tourists and then some of the natives are eaten by a giant alligator. But never fear, Alice and Daniel (Barbara Bach and Claudio Cassinelli) will save the day.
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Born to Be Bad 1950  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Mel Ferrer, Joan Leslie, Zachary Scott, Harold Vermilyea, Virginia Farmer, Kathleen Howard, Irving Bacon, Bess Flowers
A woman (Joan Fontaine) tricks a millionaire into marrying her and then runs off with another man.
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Brannigan 1975 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, Ralph Meeker, John Vernon, Lesley-Anne Down, Barry Dennen, Brian Glover, James Booth
Chicago cop Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) heads for London on the trail of an escaped criminal.
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The Brave Bulls 1951  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: Mel Ferrer, Miroslava Stern, Anthony Quinn, Eugene Iglesias, Charlita, Jose Torvay, Jose Luis Vasquez, Alfonso Alvirez, Alfredo Aguilar, Francisco Balderas, Pepe Lopez, Felipe Mota, Manuel Orozco, Jose Meza, Vincente Cardenas
A matador, Luis Bello (Mel Ferrer), appears to be unbeatable in the ring. Problems arise when the woman he loves, Linda (Miroslava Stern) dies in a car accident. Bello suffers self-doubts, but his manager Ralph Fuentes (Anthony Quinn) encourages him. Bello does go back in the ring where he is gored by a bull. Now, Bello really begins to doubt his abilities but slowly regains his courage. This film captures the atmosphere surrounding the world of bullfighting.
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Catherine the Great 1995  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed, John Rhys-Davies, Agnes Soral, Mark McGann, Mel Ferrer, Jeanne Moreau, Karl Johnson
If you're a fan of Catherine Zeta-Jones, you may be interested in this film. The young (26 at the time of the film's release) Catherine plays Russian Empress Catherine as she rises to power followed by the early years of her reign. A history course this is not, as the major events of 18th-century Russia are merely "Oh, by the ways."
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Eaten Alive 1977  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Starlight Slaughter
Legend of the Bayou
Horror Hotel
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns, William Finley, Stuart Whitman, Roberta Collins, Kyle Richards, Robert Englund, Crystin Sinclaire
If you're a guest at psychotic Judd's (Neville Brand) Starlight Hotel, don't upset him or you'll be fed to his pet crocodile. Lots of aka's helped keep this weird flick by "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" director Tobe Hooper hidden from the public.
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Elena and Her Men 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Paris Does Strange Things
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard, Magali Noel, Juliette Greco, Pierre Bertin, Elina Labourdette, Juliette Greco, Leon Larive
Nineteenth-century Polish Princess Elena (Ingrid Bergman) is romanced by three very different suitors, and she must choose between them.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Mel Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland
Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness) rules the Roman Empire and tells his daughter Lucilla (Sophia Loren) that he has chosen his adopted son Livius (Stephen Boyd) to inherit the throne instead of the legal heir Commodus (Christopher Plummer). After Marcus Aurelius is murdered, Commodus claims the throne. Lucilla wants Livius to claim the throne, but her pleas to him fall on deaf ears. Meanwhile, Commodus is wreaking havoc and murdering anyone who poses a threat to his rule. Now he sees Lucilla as a threat and orders her death. This time, Livius does come to her rescue, slays Commodus, and brings an end to his evil rule.
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 The Fugitive 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond, J. Carrol Naish, Leo Carrillo, Robert Armstrong, John Qualen, Fortunio Bonanova, Mel Ferrer, Chris-Pin Martin, Miguel Inclan, Fernando Fernandez, Mel Ferrer, Jack Pennick
From Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory" comes this film adaptation of the story of a fugitive priest (Henry Fonda) who is on the run from Mexican authorities. He has baptized a baby in spite of a Mexican dictatorship that has made religious worship illegal. The Fugitive runs into a friend, James Calvert (Ward Bond), and an enemy who is a police enformer (J. Carrol Naish) during his fateful escape attempt. Very good–what else would you expect from John Ford?
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Green Mansions 1959 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mel Ferrer
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Perkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Henry Silva, Nehemiah Persoff, Michael Pate, Estelle Hemsley
Set in a South American jungle, this is a W.H. Hudson love story about forest sprite Rima (Audrey Hepburn) and a mere human being, Abel (Anthony Perkins).
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Knights of the Round Table 1953 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Anne Crawford, Stanley Baker, Felix Aylmer, Maureen Swanson, Gabriel Woolf, Niall MacGinnis, Robert Urquhart
This early CinemaScope film takes advantage of that format in its attractive photography and costuming. Robert Taylor plays Sir Lancelot, King Arthur's (Mel Ferrer) trusted knight. Ava Gardner is Queen Guineviere, who falls in love with Lancelot. This romance causes major problems in Camelot.
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 The Longest Day 1962  N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernard Wicki
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Curt Jurgens, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Eddie Albert, Richard Todd, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Edmond O'Brien
The sixth of June, 1944–D-Day–is relived in this saga about the Allied invasion of Europe via the beaches at Normandy. This war film is based on Cornelius Ryan's book "The Longest Day" that he compiled through interviews with D-Day survivors. The story is told through the eyes of all participants including the German high command, the French Resistance, and the Allied side of the invasion. A great epic that was nominated for Best Picture and won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Special Effects.
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Nightmare City 1980 R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: City of the Walking Dead
Nightmare
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Hugo Stiglitz, Mel Ferrer, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal, Sonia Viviani, Eduardo Fajardo, Stefania D'Amario, Ugo Bologna, Tom Felleghy
A plane crash-lands at an Italian airport, and zombies exit from the doors shooting and stabbing anyone in the way.
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One Shoe Makes It Murder 1982 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Hale
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Mel Ferrer, Jose Perez, John Harkins, Howard Hesseman, Grainger Hines, Bill Henderson, Peter Renaday, Sandy Martin
A detective (Robert Mitchum) is hired by an underworld boss (Mel Ferrer) to track down his missing wife (Angie Dickinson).
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Outrage! 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Walter Grauman
Cast: Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Burgess Meredith, Linda Purl, Anthony Newley, Mel Ferrer, William Allen Young, Bill Dearth, Steven Marlo, Stan Haze, Brent Jennings, Robert Miano, Myron Natwick, Ric Mancini, Vincent Howard
Based on Henry Denker's bestseller, this TV movie is good watching with a strong cast. Dennis Riordan (Robert Preston) admits to killing his daughter's murderer after the loopholes in the legal system set him free. Riordan hires lawyer Brad Gordon (Beau Bridges), and an excellent courtroom drama unfolds when Gordon challenges Judge Michael Lengel (Mel Ferrer) and the legal system that failed.
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 Scaramouche 1952  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer, Henry Wilcoxon, Nina Foch, Robert Coote, Richard Anderson, Lewis Stone, Elisabeth Risdon, Frank Mitchell
This excellent adventure film takes place in pre-Revolutionary War France as nobleman Andre Moreau (Stewart Granger) seeks to avenge his friend's murder. The climax is an unsurpassed sword fight between Moreau and the Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer).
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Sex and the Single Girl 1964 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Mel Ferrer, Edward Everett Horton, Howard St. John, Stubby Kaye, Fran Jeffries, Otto Kruger, Barbara Bouchet, Leslie Parrish, Larry Storch, Max Showalter, Helen Kleeb
This satire on sexual mores is more-or-less based on the Helen Gurley Brown book by the same name. Helen Brown (Natalie Wood) is a 23-year-old therapist who advises women about sex. Bob Weston (Tony Curtis) is a magazine editor planning to write a story in which he will accuse Helen of being a virgin. But everything changes when they meet, and romance is definitely in the air–despite the fact that Bob is married–although maybe not legally–to Sylvia (Lauren Bacall). Problems ensue, which all lead to a wild taxi chase on the freeway where things are finally sorted out.
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The Sun Also Rises 1957 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn, Eddie Albert, Gregory Ratoff, Marcel Dalio, Robert Evans, Eduardo Noriega, Henry Daniell
This is an excellent rendition of Hemingway's classic story about the "Lost Generation" of expatriates who roamed Europe between the two World Wars. The plot revolves around an American writer (Tyrone Power) who suffers from impotence following the war.
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The Visitor 1979 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael J. Paradise
Cast: Mel Ferrer, Lance Henriksen, Glenn Ford, John Huston, Joanne Nail, Shelley Winters, Sam Peckinpah, Paige Conner, Ja Townsend, Jack Dorsey
A 10-year-old girl (Paige Conner) possesses unusual powers through which she plans to destroy the world.
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Wait Until Dark 1967 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Richard Crenna, Alan Arkin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston, Samantha Jones, Jean Del Val, Julie Herrod, Mel Ferrer, Robby Benson
Susie Hendrix (Audrey Hepburn) is a blind housewife whose life hinges on her own wits when she is confronted in her apartment by a pathological criminal, Roat (Alan Arkin), who is determined to find drugs. The drugs are hidden in a baby doll that, unbeknownst to Susie, her husband Sam (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) had accepted from a woman on an international flight. Susie does not know where the doll is, and tensions rise as Roat's violent behavior leads to a final confrontation in Susie's kitchen. Hepburn was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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 War and Peace 1956 N/R, 208 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer, Herbert Lom, John Mills, Barry Jones, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg, Oskar Homolka, May Britt, Wilfrid Lawson, Helmut Dantine, Tullio Carminati, Milly Vitale, Anna-Maria Ferrero
Napoleon's invasion of Russia is the backdrop for this epic tale in which the Russian aristocracy, with its reverence for the church, is clearly brought out amidst the glamorous lifestyle. While Napoleon plans to invade Russia, Russian intellectual Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda) falls in love with Natasha (Audrey Hepburn). But, after his father dies and he gains a large inheritance, Pierre marries Helene (Anita Ekberg). This proves to be a loveless marriage that ends quickly. Meanwhile, Napoleon has invaded Russia, and Pierre's friend Andrei (Mel Ferrer) is fighting in the war. Andrei returns home and falls in love with Natasha but returns to the battlefield and is critically wounded. Pierre witnesses the carnage and vows to kill Napoleon. The French are finally beaten, and, by story's end, Pierre is reunited with Natasha. King Vidor received an Oscar nomination for his directing.
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| 1. The Antichrist (1974)
aka: The Tempter
2. Big Alligator River (1979)
aka: The Great Alligator
3. Born to Be Bad (1950)
4. Brannigan (1975)
5. The Brave Bulls (1951)
6. Catherine the Great (1995)
7. Eaten Alive (1977)
aka: Starlight Slaughter
aka: Legend of the Bayou
aka: Horror Hotel
8. Elena and Her Men (1956)
aka: Paris Does Strange Things
9. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
10. The Fugitive (1947)
11. Green Mansions (1959)
12. Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1980)
13. Knights of the Round Table (1953)
14. The Longest Day (1962)
15. Nightmare City (1980)
aka: City of the Walking Dead
aka: Nightmare
16. The Norseman (1978)
17. One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982)
18. Outrage! (1986)
19. Scaramouche (1952)
20. Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
21. The Sun Also Rises (1957)
22. The Visitor (1979)
23. Wait Until Dark (1967)
24. War and Peace (1956)
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