Eegah! 1962 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Arch Hall Sr. Cast: Arch Hall Jr., Marilyn Manning, Richard Kiel, Arch Hall Sr., Clay Sterns, Bob Davis, Ray Dennis Steckler, Deke Lussier, Ron Shane, Carolyn Brandt
A giant Neanderthal (Richard Kiel) has somehow survived and lives in a California desert cave. He becomes enamored with a young girl (Marilyn Manning) and kidnaps her. After her escape, with the help of her boyfriend (Arch Hall Jr.), the giant goes on a rampage. Clearly a candidate for "the worst 10 flicks" list.
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Force 10 from Navarone 1978 PG, 118 min. Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Guy Hamilton Cast: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Edward Fox, Franco Nero, Barbara Bach, Carl Weathers, Richard Kiel, Alan Badel, Michael Byrne, Philip Latham, Angus MacInnes, Michael Sheard, Petar Buntic, Leslie Schofield, Anthony Langdon
In this sequel to "Guns of Navarone," Major Keith Mallory (Robert Shaw) and SSgt. Dusty Miller (Edward Fox) are the only ones who can identify the traitor who was at Navarone, and they join U.S. Colonel Mike Barnsby (Harrison Ford) and his unit, Force 10, in the search. But, there is more to the mission than Mallory and Miller realize. When plans go awry, they must convince the Germans that they are not spies.
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Happy Gilmore 1996 PG-13, 92 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Dennis Dugan Cast: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Frances Bay, Bob Barker, Carl Weathers, Julie Bowen, Allen Covert, Richard Kiel, Robert Smigel, Dennis Dugan, Joe Flaherty, Lee Trevino, Kevin Nealon, Verne Lundquist, Jared Van Snellenberg
Inept hockey player Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) discovers his ability to drive a golf ball 400 yards. Apparently, this is all it takes to earn him a spot on the PGA Tour where he tears asunder the rules of the gentlemen's game of golf.
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Hysterical 1983 PG, 86 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Bearde Cast: Bill Hudson, Mark Hudson, Brett Hudson, Cindy Pickett, Richard Kiel, Julie Newmar, Bud Cort, Robert Donner, Murray Hamilton, Clint Walker
The Hudson brothers set out to make a funny movie–and ended up making a laughable one. A burned-out writer rents a lighthouse in Oregon (Hellville, no less), hoping to write again. But, he soon starts being haunted by a woman who committed suicide there 100 years ago, and she intends to use his body to house her husband, Howdy. When grisly murders result, two inept detectives investigate. The "Airplane"-style spoof doesn't work. Not at all.
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Inspector Gadget 1999 PG, 80 min. Genre: Family
Director: David Kellogg Cast: Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Andy Dick, Cheri Oteri, Dabney Coleman, Mike Hagerty, Rene Auberjonois, Frances Bay, Mr. T, Richard Kiel, Richard Lee-Sung, Bobby Bell, Hank Barrera
Inspector Gadget (Matthew Broderick) is the ultimate crime-fighting machine–equipped with body, suit, and hat filled with gadgets to help him defeat the evil Claw (Rupert Everett). All this and he even has time to fall in love with the robotic surgeon, Brenda (Joely Fisher), who made him possible.
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The Las Vegas Hillbillys 1966 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Comedy aka: Country Music
Director: Arthur C. Pierce Cast: Ferlin Husky, Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Kiel, Sonny James, Del Reeves, Bill Anderson, Louis Quinn, Don Bowman, Billie Bird
Woody (Ferlin Husky) inherits a casino in Las Vegas, so it's time to leave the Tennessee farm and head west. It turns out that all he gets is a run-down barn, but with a little help from new-found friends, maybe he can make a go of it. Even the music is poor. Believe it or not, there is a sequel: "Hillbillys in a Haunted House."
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Lassie's Great Adventure 1963 N/R, 103 min. Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: William Beaudine Cast: June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly, Jon Provost, Robert Howard, Will J. White, Richard Kiel, Walter Stocker, Walter Kelley, Patrick Waltz, Leo Needham, Dick Simmons, Patrick Westwood
In this three-episode feature film, Timmy Martin (Jon Provost) and his dog Lassie are carried off in a giant balloon that finally lands them in Canada. They are befriended by a deaf-mute Indian, Chinook Pete (Richard Kiel), who wants Timmy to replace his own deceased son. Meanwhile, Timmy's parents Ruth and Paul (June Lockhart and Hugh Reilly) frantically seek help from the Canadian Mounties to track down Timmy and Lassie.
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The Magic Sword 1962 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Family
Director: Bert I. Gordon Cast: Basil Rathbone, Anne Helm, Estelle Winwood, Gary Lockwood, Liam Sullivan, John Mauldin, Vampira, Angelo Rossitto, Richard Kiel, Leroy Johnson
Wizard Lodac (Basil Rathbone) places spells on Princess Helene (Anne Helm), but a gallant knight, St. George (Gary Lockwood), comes to her rescue.
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Moonraker 1979 PG, 126 min. Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert Cast: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Geoffrey Keen, Desmond Llewelyn, Emily Bolton, Toshiro Suga, Blanche Ravalec, Irka Bochenko, Leila Shenna, Mike Marshall
This is the 11th James Bond film, and it is filled with many stunts as Bond, Agent 007, (Roger Moore) investigates the theft of a space shuttle built by Drax Industries. Bond arrives at Drax Industries and meets NASA astronaut and CIA agent Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) who has been investigating Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale) for plotting to replace humans with a super race. As Bond and Goodhead attempt to protect the world from the evil outer-space tyrant Drax, they encounter many problems including traps and villains standing in their way.
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Pale Rider 1985 R, 113 min. Genre: Western
Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Clint Eastwood, Chris Penn, Carrie Snodgress, Michael Moriarty, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Hallahan
Gold prospectors are in trouble–until drifter "Preacher" (Clint Eastwood) arrives, organizes the miners, and leads them in a fight against the large mining company that is out for profit only.
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The Phantom Planet 1961 N/R, 82 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: William Marshall Cast: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Dolores Faith, Francis X. Bushman, Richard Weber, Al Jarvis, Dick Haynes, Mel Curtis, Richard Kiel
An astronaut, Captain Frank Chapman (Dean Fredericks), is sent to discover the cause of two missing missions when problems cause a forced landing on an asteroid. When he breathes the atmosphere, he shrinks to six inches and finds that the asteroid is populated by like-sized people. He helps defeat the terrible monsters out to feast on them, and then, again breathing oxygen, he is able to fly away.
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So Fine 1981 R, 91 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Bergman Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel, Fred Gwynne, Mike Kellin, David Rounds, Joel Stedman, Irving Metzman, Angela Pietropinto
Bobby (Ryan O'Neal) is a college professor whose father Jack (Jack Warden) owns a NYC garment business. Bobby suggests that they introduce see-through jeans after he had split his jeans. While the idea is a success, the movie only gets a so-so.
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The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 PG, 128 min. Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, Curt Jurgens, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Caroline Munro, Walter Gotell, Geoffrey Keen, George Baker, Michael Billington, Vernon Dobtcheff, Olga Bisera, Edward de Souza
Curt Jurgens stars as evil industrialist Karl Stromberg who wants to control an undersea kingdom. In order to accomplish his goal, Stromberg tries to manipulate both the Soviet and American submarine fleets. Not to worry, James Bond, Agent 007 (Roger Moore), teams up with sexy Russian agent Major Anya Amasova(Barbara Bach), and, together, they come to the rescue.
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They Went That-A-Way and That-A-Way 1978 PG, 95 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Stuart E. McGowan, Edward Montagne Cast: Tim Conway, Chuck McCann, Dub Taylor, Reni Santoni, Richard Kiel, Lenny Montana, Ben Jones, Timothy Blake, Hank Worden, Joe Dorsey
Funny interplay between Dewey and Wallace (Tim Conway and Chuck McCann) is the only highlight in this otherwise poor film. They are cops who go undercover as convicts to find missing money. But, they are caught and sent to prison. Their problem: the only one who knew they are cops was the Governor, and he died.
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| 1. Eegah! (1962)
2. Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
3. Happy Gilmore (1996)
4. Hysterical (1983)
5. Inspector Gadget (1999)
6. The Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966) aka: Country Music
7. Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
8. The Magic Sword (1962)
9. Moonraker (1979)
10. Pale Rider (1985)
11. The Phantom Planet (1961)
12. So Fine (1981)
13. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
14. They Went That-A-Way and That-A-Way (1978)
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