Across the Wide Missouri 1951  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, George Chandler, Richard Anderson, Douglas Fowley
Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) and Ironshirt (Ricardo Montalban) are 19th-century pioneers who are intent on fur trapping while Indians are just as determined to keep them out of their hunting grounds.
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 The Ant Bully 2006  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: John A. Davis
Cast: Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Regina King, Bruce Campbell, Lily Tomlin, Zach Tyler, Ricardo Montalban, Cheri Oteri, Larry Miller, Allison Mack, Myles Jeffrey
After 10-year-old Lucas Nickle (Zach Tyler) floods an ant colony with his water gun, problems arise when wizard ant Zoe (voice of Nicolas Cage) concocts a potion that shrinks Lucas down to insect size, and the boy finds himself forced to deal with his ant victims.
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Battleground 1949  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Marshall Thompson, Jerome Courtland, Don Taylor, Richard Jaeckel, Leon Ames, Bruce Cowling, Douglas Fowley, Herbert Anderson, Thomas E. Breen, Denise Darcel
The Battle of the Bulge provides the setting for this realistic look at the pathos of war. Led by Holley (Van Johnson), the men of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division spend the winter of 1945 in the Ardennes Forest preparing to battle the German army. Trapped and demoralized, the men do manage to work together to defend their position. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director (William A. Wellman), and Supporting Actor (James Whitmore, for his role as the battle-scarred sergeant, Kinnie). It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
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Black Water Gold 1970 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alan Landsburg
Cast: Keir Dullea, Bradford Dillman, France Nuyen, Aron Kincaid, Ricardo Montalban, Lana Wood, Jacques Aubuchon, Paul Hampton, Stuart Tyrone
Scuba diver Ray (Aron Kincaid), marine biologist Christofer (Keir Dullea), and historian Alejandro (Ricardo Montalban) team up to search for a sunken Spanish galleon and its cargo of gold. But there are others, headed by ruthless treasure hunter Lyle (Bradford Dillman), who also want the treasure. Made for TV.
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Border Incident 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya, Teresa Celli, Charles McGraw, Jose Torvay, John Ridgely, Arthur Hunnicutt, Sig Ruman, Otto Waldis
Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez (Ricardo Montalban) and American border patrol agent Jack Bearnes (George Murphy) join forces to infiltrate a smuggling ring and put an end to the killing and kidnapping of illegal aliens around the California border.
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 Captains Courageous 1977 TV, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Karl Malden, Jonathan Kahn, Ricardo Montalban, Fritz Weaver, Fred Gwynne, Shay Duffin, Johnny Doran
Karl Malden is good as the fisherman in this remake of the 1937 classic Kipling story. Otherwise, this made-for-TV film is average fare about the spoiled rich boy, rescued by a fishing ship, who grows up through hard word.
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Cheyenne Autumn 1964  N/R, 159 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, John Carradine, Harry Carey Jr., Dolores del Rio, Arthur Kennedy, Patrick Wayne, Victor Jory
Based on a true event, this is the insightful story of man's inhumanity to man. A group of Cheyenne Indians decided to leave the government reservation and return to their Wyoming home. Many problems stood in their way; this is the story of their struggle.
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 1972 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalban, Don Murray, Natalie Trundy, Hari Rhodes, Severn Darden, John Randolph, John Dennis, H.M. Wynant, Gordon Jump, Lou Wagner, Asa Maynor, David Chow, Buck Kartalian, Paul Comi
In this sequel to "Planet of the Apes," Roddy McDowall plays his own son as he moves among his fellow apes that are now servants. He manages to lead them into an organized revolt in their quest for freedom. This is the fourth in the series of five "episodes."
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The Deserter 1971  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Ride to Glory
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban, Ian Bannen, Brandon DeWilde, Slim Pickens, Woody Strode, Patrick Wayne
This run-of-the-mill Western involves battles between the U.S. Cavalry and American Indians along the Mexican border in the 19th century.
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man 1962 N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Richard Beymer, Arthur Kennedy, Jessica Tandy, Susan Strasberg, Paul Newman, Simon Oakland, Diane Baker, Eli Wallach, Dan Dailey, Ricardo Montalban, Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, James Dunn, Juano Hernandez, Michael J. Pollard
Combining 10 of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, this is the tale of Michigan born and bred Nick Adams (Richard Beymer). Nick leaves his parents' (Arthur Kennedy and Jessica Tandy) home and tries, but fails, to get his desired job as a news reporter in New York City. He enlists in the Italian army during World War I and is taken under the wing of hospital orderly John (Eli Wallach). Nick falls in love with nurse Rosanna (Susan Strasberg) who tragically dies in an air raid. Through all the suffering, Nick finally attains maturity as a responsible man.
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Joe Panther 1976 G, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Krasny
Cast: Brian Keith, Ricardo Montalban, Alan Feinstein, Cliff Osmond, A Martinez, Ray Tracey, Robert Hoffman, Gem Thorpe Osceola, Lois Red Elk, Monika Ramirez
While growing up on an Indian reservation, a young Seminole, Joe Panther (Ray Tracey), dreams of entering the White society. He finds the chance while working on Capt. Harper's (Brian Keith) fishing boat and does receive recognition as an alligator wrestler, but there are difficult lessons to be learned in Joe Panther's new world.
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The Kissing Bandit 1948  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Western
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Mildred Natwick, Mikhail Rasumny, Billy Gilbert, Sono Osato, Clinton Sundberg, Edna Skinner, Vincente Gomez, Carleton G. Young, Byron Foulger, Ricardo Montalban, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse
When Ricardo (Frank Sinatra) returns to California to take over his deceased father's hotel business, he learns that his father was a "kissing bandit." Deciding to carry on in his father's tradition, Ricardo kisses the lady victims after robbing them. When he meets Teresa (Kathryn Grayson), who just happens to be the daughter of a governor with tax problems, Ricardo's talents for kissing and the offer of money gained from his thievery pay off, and Teresa is smitten.
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seberg, Ricardo Montalban, Ella Fitzgerald, Philip Ober, Sal Mineo, Rodolfo Acosta, Jeanne Cooper
This sequel to "Knock on Any Door" has drug addict, widow Nellie Romano (Shelley Winters), living on skid row on Chicago's South Side and determined to make her son (James Darren) a pianist.
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Love Is a Ball 1963 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Swift
Cast: Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Charles Boyer, Ricardo Montalban, Telly Savalas, Ruth McDevitt, Ulla Jacobsson, Georgette Anys, John Wood, Andre Luguet
Pimm (Charles Boyer) is a matchmaker who creates romantic unions for those who graduate from his mail-order school.
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Madame X 1966 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Keir Dullea, Ricardo Montalban, Burgess Meredith, Constance Bennett, John Van Dreelen, Virginia Grey, Warren Stevens, Carl Benton Reid, Teddy Quinn, Frank Maxwell, Kaaren Verne, Joe De Santis, Bing Russell
In the sixth version of this story since 1909, Lana Turner plays the role of Holly Parker who is talked into disappearing in order to protect the career of her politician husband (John Forsythe). Subsequently, she is tried for murder and is defended by her (unknowing) son (Keir Dullea).
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The Money Trap 1965 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Elke Sommer, Ricardo Montalban, Joseph Cotten, James Mitchum, Argentina Brunetti, Parley Baer, Ted de Corsia, Eugene Iglesias
Joe Baron (Glenn Ford) is a cop who gets in over his head when he steals money while investigating a drug-related murder.
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My Man and I 1952 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Jack Elam, Robert Burton, Jose Torvay, George Chandler, Pascual Garcia Pena, Juan Torena
A Mexican migrant worker, Chu Chu Ramirez (Ricardo Montalban), is entranced with a suicidal dancer, Nancy (Shelley Winters), and also runs into legal problems with his employer Ansel Ames (Wendell Corey) after an accidental shooting.
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Mystery Street 1950 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Edmon Ryan, Betsy Blair, Wally Maher, Willard Waterman
Boston detective Lieutenant Peter Morales (Ricardo Montalban) and forensic expert Dr. McAdoo (Bruce Bennett) work tirelessly to track down a killer by using skeletal remains of the victim as their clues to reconstructing the crime.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad 1988 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama
aka: The Naked Gun
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Nancy Marchand, John Houseman, Jeannette Charles, Joe Grifasi, Susan Beaubian, Raye Birk, Ed Williams, Weird Al Yankovic, Leslie Maier, Winifred Freedman
Leslie Nielsen plays inept police Detective Frank Drebin in this slapstick movie that is filled with gags and innuendoes. Drebin's partner Det. Norberg (O.J. Simpson) is killed by drug dealers, and Drebin suspects that shipping magnate Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo montalban) is behind the murder. After being bumped from the police force, Drebin gets help from Ludwig's ex-girlfriend Jane (Priscilla Presley) in his search for answers. The trail leads to a baseball game where Reggie Jackson has been programmed with a mind control device that will make him kill Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to America. The finale at the baseball game is a near classic.
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Neptune's Daughter 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat, Ted de Corsia, Mel Blanc, Mike Mazurki, Joi Lansing
The song "Baby, it's Cold Outside" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this vehicle for Esther Williams about the romance of a swimmer who also designs swimsuits.
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On an Island with You 1948 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante, Cyd Charisse, Leon Ames, Kathryn Beaumont, Dick Simmons, Xavier Cugat, Marie Windsor, Arthur Walsh, Nolan Leary, Chester Clute, Cosmo Sardo, Garry Owen
While acting as technical advisor for a song/dance/swim film being made in Hawaii, Navy Lieutenant Larry Kingslee (Peter Lawford) falls in love with Rosalind Reynolds (Esther Williams) who stars in the movie. Rosalind rejects Larry, and the next day, as directed, he takes her for a ride on his plane but then ignores orders and flies away from the movie set and lands on an island where they first met. They dance to music from Larry's portable radio, and Rosalind becomes attracted to him. When they return, problems rise to the fore–including a possible court martial for Larry's improper conduct. But, by story's end, Rosalind and Larry are preparing to live happily ever after.
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Right Cross 1950 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: June Allyson, Dick Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Lionel Barrymore, Tom Powers, Kenneth Tobey, Teresa Celli, Barry Kelley, Mimi Aguglia, Marilyn Monroe
A Mexican prizefighter (Ricardo Montalban) and a sports writer (Dick Powell) vie for the attentions of the fighter's female manager (June Allyson).
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Sayonara 1957 N/R, 147 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Miiko Taka, Red Buttons, Patricia Owens, Miyoshi Umeki, Ricardo Montalban, James Garner, Kent Smith, Martha Scott, Harlan Warde, Douglass Watson, Reiko Kuba, Soo Yong, Dennis Hopper, James Stacy
During the Korean war, an American soldier, Airman Joe Kelly (Red Buttons), falls in love with a Japanese maiden, Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki). If he marries her, Joe will face a court-martial because of the Army's opposition to marriages between U.S. soldiers and Japanese women. His friend, Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando), is prejudiced but reluctantly agrees to be the best man at the wedding. Later, Lloyd falls in love with Japanese entertainer Hana-ogi (Miiko Taka) and overcomes his prejudice, which results in the Army stepping in and sending soldiers who marry Japanese women home without their spouses. In the case of Lloyd and Joe, one of the marriages ends in tragedy, while the other promises hope for the future. Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki won Best Supporting Actor and Actress for their roles in this film.
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The Singing Nun 1965 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead, Katharine Ross, Ed Sullivan, Chad Everett, Juanita Moore, Tom Drake, Ricky Cordell
This is the biography of a Dominican nun whose song became a hit in America. Despite the good song, and having Debbie in it, the film still has a mild odor.
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Sol Madrid 1968 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas, Rip Torn, Pat Hingle, Ricardo Montalban, Paul Lukas, Michael Ansara, Perry Lopez, Michael Conrad
Narcotics cop Sol Madrid (David McCallum) gets help from Stacey Woodward (Stella Stevens) in his investigation of Mafia drug smuggling in Acapulco.
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 2002 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Steve Buscemi, Mike Judge, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Ricardo Montalban, Holland Taylor
Those Cortez kids–Carmen and Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara)–are at it again. This time they travel with rival spy kids–Gary and Gerti Giggles (Matt O'Leary and Emily Osment)–to the mysterious island of Yukara where big trouble awaits in the form of a mad scientist.
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 2003 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Ricardo Montalban, Holland Taylor, Sylvester Stallone, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Ryan Pinkston, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub, George Clooney, Salma Hayek
The Toymaker (Sylvester Stallone) has designed a new reality game, and now those Spy Kids find themselves in cyberspace when Juni (Daryl Sabara) enters a video game to save his sister, Carmen (Alexa Vega).
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Kirstie Alley, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Ike Eisenmann, John Vargas, John Winston
Newly promoted Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) joins Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley) aboard the Enterprise for a space mission and crosses paths with his nemesis, the extraordinary villain Khan (Ricardo Montalban). Khan is seeking revenge against Kirk for having been exiled on a desolate planet and steals the Genesis device that can transform long-dead planets. Khan plots to use the device for his own evil purpose, and while Kirk battles him, Spock sacrifices himself to save his shipmates on the Enterprise.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 12 (Episodes 23&24) 1967 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Joseph Pevney, Marc Daniels
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, Gene Lyons, David Opatoshu, Ricardo Montalban, Madlyn Rhue, Blaisdell Makee
Two episodes of the classic series are presented in this DVD. "A Taste of Armageddon" (aired 2/23/1967, stardate 3192.1)-The planet Eminiar VII has been at war with its neighbor planet Vendikar for five centuries. But war is humane–when the computers declare a "hit," people that have been chosen to be killed are sent to disintegration chambers. Enterprise, on its way to Eminiar VII, is declared a hit, and some crew members have been declared killed and must be turned over for disintegration. Now what will Kirk do? "Space Seed" (aired 2/16/1967, stardate 3141.9)-The Enterprise comes across a ship containing survivors from a war in the late 20th century who are in suspended animation–selected "super" people with exceptional powers. Awakened, the leader, Khan, with the help of a crew member who came under his spell, takes over the ship. Now the battle lines are drawn. This episode prompted the second of the "Star Trek" movies: "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
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Sweet Charity 1969 G, 157 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr., Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Stubby Kaye, Barbara Bouchet, Alan Hewitt, Dee Carroll
Recreated from the Broadway hit, this film is good entertainment. It is the story of dance-hall hostess Charity (Shirley MacLaine), a woman with a "past," who Oscar (John McMartin) loves but has trouble reconciling with her lifestyle.
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The Train Robbers 1973 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: John Wayne, Ann - Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Gatlin, Ricardo Montalban
Lane (John Wayne) sets out with Jesse (Ben Johnson) and Mrs. Lowe (Ann-Margret) to find stolen gold that had disappeared after a train robbery. Mrs. Lowe tells Lane that her husband had stolen the gold and told her where the gold was hidden. She says that she wants to return it to the bank and clear the family name. They find the gold but then are attacked by banditos. They defeat the banditos, and Mrs. Lowe leaves on a train to return the gold. Then, a Pinkerton agent (Ricardo Montalban) arrives on the scene and tells Lane that he is following Mrs. Lowe because he knows that Mrs. Lowe has concocted the story about her husband and that she learned about the gold from the real thief as he lay dying. Angry at being tricked, Lane rides after the departing train.
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Two Weeks with Love 1950  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Jane Powell, Louis Calhern, Ricardo Montalban, Ann Harding, Carleton Carpenter, Debbie Reynolds, Phyllis Kirk, Clinton Sundberg, Gary Gray, Tommy Rettig, Charles Smith, Dorothy Neumann
During the summer of 1913, Patti (Jane Powell), her sister Melba (Debbie Reynolds), their parents (Louis Calhern and Ann Harding), and her younger brothers (Gary Gray and Tommy Rettig) vacation in the Catskills. At 17, Patti feels that she is old enough to be dating and becomes interested in another resort guest Demi Armendez (Ricardo Montalban). But, Patti's friend Valerie (Phyllis Kirk) is also attracted to Demi and does not stand by and encourage a romance between Patti and Demi. Problems develop, but by story's end all ends happily. This was Debbie Reynolds' second movie, and her rendition of the song "Abba Dabba Honeymoon" hit the charts.
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| 1. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
2. The Ant Bully (2006)
3. Battleground (1949)
4. Black Water Gold (1970)
5. Border Incident (1949)
6. Captains Courageous (1977)
7. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
8. Code Name: Heraclitus (1967)
9. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
10. The Deserter (1971)
aka: Ride to Glory
11. Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
12. Joe Panther (1976)
13. The Kissing Bandit (1948)
14. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
15. A Life in the Balance (1955)
16. Love Is a Ball (1963)
17. Madame X (1966)
18. The Money Trap (1965)
19. My Man and I (1952)
20. Mystery Street (1950)
21. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
aka: The Naked Gun
22. Neptune's Daughter (1949)
23. On an Island with You (1948)
24. Right Cross (1950)
25. Sayonara (1957)
26. The Singing Nun (1965)
27. Sol Madrid (1968)
28. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
29. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
30. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
31. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 12 (Episodes 23&24) (1967)
32. Sweet Charity (1969)
33. The Train Robbers (1973)
34. Two Weeks with Love (1950)
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