Cry for Happy 1961  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Glenn Ford, Donald O'Connor, Miiko Taka, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Howard St. John, Joe Flynn, Ted Knight, Nancy Kovack, Harlan Warde
Four U.S. Navy photographers help four beautiful Geisha girls establish an orphanage in Japan.
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Diary of a Madman 1963 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Chris Warfield, Ian Wolfe, Nelson Olmstead, Steve Roberts, Lewis Martin, Edward Colmans, Harvey Stephens
Based on Guy de Maupassant's "Le Horla," this horror story is about a man who kills a convict in self-defense and then becomes possessed by the convicts "Horla" (evil spirit).
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Frankie and Johnny 1966  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon, Nancy Kovack, Audrey Christie, Robert Strauss, Anthony Eisley, Jerome Cowan, Joyce Jamison, Naomi Stevens, Henry Corden
Johnny (Elvis Presley) is a riverboat gambler who forsakes his lover Frankie (Donna Douglas) for the attentions of Nellie Bly (Nancy Kovack) in the film rendition of the folk song by the same name.
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 Jason and the Argonauts 1963   G, 104 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: Jason and the Golden Fleece
Director: Don Chaffey
Cast: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Niall MacGinnis, Michael Gwynn, Douglas Wilmer, Jack Gwillim, Honor Blackman, John Cairney, Patrick Troughton, Andrew Faulds, Nigel Green
Master stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen really makes this a fantasy to watch. Based on Greek mythology, Jason (Todd Armstrong) is heir to the throne of Thessaly, but it is ordained that he must first return the magical Golden Fleece. Thus, under the protection of the goddess Hera, he and his crew set sail, encountering many obstacles along the way–including a seven-headed reptile, a 100-foot tall live statue, and an army of skeletons.
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Marooned 1969  PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Space Travelers
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus, David Janssen, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack, Mariette Hartley, Scott Brady, Craig Huebing
While serving on a space mission, astronauts encounter major problems and must rely on a second spaceship to bring them home. This film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects, the only saving grace of this long, boring flick.
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The Outlaws Is Coming 1965 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Three Stooges Meet the Gunslingers
Director: Norman Maurer
Cast: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Joe DeRita, Adam West, Nancy Kovack, Mort Mills, Don Lamond, Rex Holman, Emil Sitka, Henry Gibson
The Three Stooges head West and immediately get mixed up in a fight between outlaw gunslingers and the Indians–the outlaws are killing off the buffalo to anger the Indians so the Indians will need to buy guns to go after the white man. Got it? Good. In the process our heroes must take on many of the Western bad-guy legends with the help of many of the Western good-guy legends. A funny spoof and the last Three Stooges film.
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The Silencers 1966 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Victor Buono, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Webber, James Gregory, Nancy Kovack, Cyd Charisse, Beverly Adams
Secret agent Matt Helm (Dean Martin) comes to the rescue when Tung-Tze (Victor Buono) threatens to destroy a U.S. atomic testing site.
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Tarzan and the Valley of Gold 1966 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Mike Henry, Manuel Padilla Jr., David Opatoshu, Nancy Kovack, Don Megowan, Enrique Lucero, Eduardo Noriega, Carlos Rivas, John(2) Kelly, Francisco Riquerio
Filmed on location in Mexico, this Tarzan film provides good scenery and adventure as Tarzan (Mike Henry) is on the trail of kidnappers and jewel thieves.
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| 1. Cry for Happy (1961)
2. Diary of a Madman (1963)
3. Frankie and Johnny (1966)
4. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
aka: Jason and the Golden Fleece
5. Marooned (1969)
aka: Space Travelers
6. The Outlaws Is Coming (1965)
aka: Three Stooges Meet the Gunslingers
7. The Silencers (1966)
8. Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
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