100 Rifles 1969  R, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jim Brown, Dan O'Herlihy, Fernando Lamas, Eric Braeden, Michael Forest, Aldo Sambrell, Soledad Miranda, Alberto Dalbes
Good guys and bad guys tangle in the interest of their own causes when an Indian (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank in order to help the oppressed. This film includes guerilla fighting along with interracial entanglements.
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The Assassination of Trotsky 1972  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, Enrico Maria Salerno, Luigi Vannucchi, Duilio Del Prete, Claudio Brook, Jean Desailly, Simone Valere, Carlos Miranda, Peter Chatel, Jack Betts, Michael Forest
While exiled in Mexico City, Russian Revolution leader Leon Trotsky (Richard Burton) is the victim of Frank Jacson's (Alain Delon) successful assassination plot. This film involves the final months in Trotsky's life and shows how Jacson, with help from his girlfriend Gita Samuels (Romy Schneider)–who just happens to be one of Trotsky's secretaries–manages to get close enough to Trotsky to kill him.
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Atlas 1960  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Barboura Morris, Walter Maslow, Christos Exarchos, Andreas Filippides, Theodoros Dimitriou, Miranda Kounelaki, Roger Corman, James Carleton
Greek mythological hero Atlas (Michael Forest) has won the ancient Grecian city state of Thenis for Praximedes (Frank Wolff) in a private combat between leading warriors. He leaves Thenis with the woman he loves, Candia (Barboura Morris). Too late, Atlas recognizes the evil in the tyrannical Praximedes and joins rebel troops in a fight to regain the city.
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The Message 1977  PG, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mohammad, Messenger of God
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka, Michael Forest, Neville Jason, Martin Benson, Robert Brown, Andre Morell, John Bennett
This religious spectacle attempts to present the origins of the Moslem religion and, in the process, provides great action scenes.
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Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to ... 1958  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Viking Women
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Abby Dalton, Richard Devon, Susan Cabot, Bradford Jackson, Jonathan Haze, June Kenny, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Sally Todd, Gary Conway, Michael Forest
(Full title: "Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent") When their men disappear, Viking women go off to search for them and find them held captive by a sea monster. Rescue completed, they return home. Whoopie! A real Roger Corman baddie.
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Ski Troop Attack 1960 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Wally Campo, Richard Sinatra, James Hoffman, Sheila Carol, Roger Corman, Wayne Lasher, Tom Staley, Skeeter Bayer
During World War II, American soldiers, who are members of a ski patrol, are sent on a mission to go behind Nazi lines and blow up a railroad bridge. Many problems await them, but their perseverance pays off. Good action scenes.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 17 (Episodes 33&34) 1967 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Marc Daniels, Joseph Pevney
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Michael Forest, Majel Barrett, Arlene Martel
Two more episodes of the classic series are presented in this DVD. "Who Mourns for Adonis?" (aired 9/22/1967, stardate 3468.1)-A force draws the Enterprise to Pollax IV where the crew encounters a being who claims to be Apollo, the Greek god. Apollo does indeed have great powers and intends to keep the crew on his planet so there will be someone to worship him. "Amok Time" (aired 9/15/1967, stardate 3372.7)-Vulcans must mate or die, and now it is Spock's time as he has the mating urge. The Enterprise heads to Vulcan for the wedding ceremony, but the woman designated during childhood to be his bride desires another, and if Spock is to have her, he must win a fight to the death. The fight is not to be against her true love, but it is to be against Kirk. Oh, no!
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Under Milk Wood 1971 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Andrew Sinclair
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole, Glynis Johns, Sian Phillips, Vivien Merchant, Victor Spinetti, Ann Beach, Angharad Rees, Ray Smith, Michael Forest, Glynn Edwards
This film adaptation of the Dylan Thomas play involves residents of a Welsh coastal village in stories told by blind, retired mariner, Captain Cat (Peter O'Toole). He recalls the lives of drowned shipmates, other residents of his town of Llareggub, and the love of his life who happened to be a prostitute (Elizabeth Taylor).
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The Wings of Honneamise 1995 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Hiroyoki Yamaga
Cast: Rob Matthews, Melody Lee, Steve Bulen, Lee Stone, Arnie Hanks, Alfred Thor, Steven Jay Blum, Bryan Cranston, Richard Epcar, Michael Forest, Joe Romersa, Mimi Woods
The actors listed above represent the English language version of this Japanese animated film. The plot involves a distant planet on which lives a young test pilot (voice of Rob Matthews) who dreams of being the first man in space. He is accepted into the Royal Space Force but soon suspects that his country has sinister motives for its planned space launching.
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| 1. 100 Rifles (1969)
2. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
3. Atlas (1960)
4. Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)
5. The Message (1977)
aka: Mohammad, Messenger of God
6. Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to ... (1958)
aka: Viking Women
7. Ski Troop Attack (1960)
8. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 17 (Episodes 33&34) (1967)
9. Under Milk Wood (1971)
10. The Wings of Honneamise (1995)
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