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 / Comedy / Drama / Romance
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, Cliff Norton, Dave Willock, Robert Williams
Johnny (Elvis Presley) is a Mississippi riverboat gambler who is a singer with his lover Frankie (Donna Douglas) on the riverboat. Johnny meets Nellie Bly (Nancy Kovack) who seems to bring him luck at the gambling tables, which makes Frankie unhappy because she wants him to give up gambling. In this film rendition of the folk song by the same name, Johnny forsakes Frankie for the attentions of Nellie. Songs include "Frankie and Johnny," "Down By the Riverside," and "When the Saints Come Marchin' In."
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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: Sci-Fi / Adventure / 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, Frank Marth, John Carter, Vincent Van Lynn, George Gaynes, Tom Stewart
While serving on a their Ironman I mission, American astronauts Buzz Lloyd (Gene Hackman, Jim Pruett (Richard Crenna), and Clayton Stone (James Franciscus) encounter major problems while returning home to Houston. In order to survive, they need oxygen, and NASA supervisor Charles Keith (Gregory Peck) tries unsuccessfully to find the solution. But, just when it looks like there is no chance for them, a Russian spaceship arrives on the scene to rescue them. This film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
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The Outlaws Is Coming 1965 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
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, Murray Alper, Tiny Brauer, Sidney Marion, Jeffrey Scott, Marylin Fox
The Three Stooges (Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Joe DeRita) 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, Richard Devon, David Bond, John Reach, Robert Phillips, Roger C. Carmel
Secret agent Matt Helm (Dean Martin) comes out of semi-retirement and investigates a plan called "Operation: Fallout" in which Tung-Tze (Victor Buono) threatens to destroy the U.S. atomic testing site at Alamogordo, New Mexico, which will cause World War III.
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Strangers When We Meet 1960 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Virginia Bruce, Kent Smith, Paul Picerni, Helen Gallagher, John Bryant, Roberta Shore, Nancy Kovack, Carol Douglas, Ernest Sarracino, Harry Jackson
Well-to-do architect Larry Coe (Kirk Douglas) becomes enamored with his neighbor, Maggie Gault (Kim Novak). Ignoring their respective mates, Larry and Maggie plunge into a torrid affair.
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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. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
9. Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
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