The Bobo 1967 N/R, 103 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques, Ferdy Mayne, Kenneth Griffith, Al Lettieri, Marne Maitland, Guistino Durano
Desperately dreaming of starting a new career as a singer, bullfighter Juan Batista (Peter Sellers) accepts the challenge to win the attention of Barcelona courtesan Olimpia Segura (Britt Ekland) in return for a singing engagement.
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Casino Royale 1967 N/R, 131 min. Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, John Huston, George Raft, Joanna Pettet, Charles Boyer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Peter O'Toole
Special Agent 007 James Bond (David Niven) is enjoying retirement when he is coaxed back into the Secret Service after M is slain. Bond's mission is to smash the spy organization SMERSH, which is headed by the evil Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), and to accomplish that goal, agents converge on Casino Royale. Burt Bacharach provided the good musical score. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("The Look of Love").
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City Lights 1931 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers, Florence Lee, Hank Mann, Jean Harlow, Al Ernest Garcia, T.S. Alexander, Henry Bergman, Eddie McAuliffe, Granville Redman, Willie Keeler, Robert Parrish, Robert Graves, Tom Dempsey
This highly entertaining film is classic Charlie Chaplin fare. The plot involves the Little Tramp's love for a blind, flower girl (Virginia Cherrill). The story involves a comedy of mistaken identities in which an eccentric millionaire (Harry Myers) only recognizes the Little Tramp when he has been drinking. After a night of drinking, the millionaire gives the Little Tramp $1,000 for the flower girl's rent. After a few misadventures involving burglars in the millionaire's home, the Little Tramp gives the flower girl the money to pay for her rent and an eye operation. The operation is performed, and, later, the Little Tramp sees her through her window and shyly smiles. She goes outside and gives him money and a flower. She recognizes him as her benefactor and all ends happily when she tells him, "I can see."
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Cry Danger 1951 N/R, 79 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad, Regis Toomey, Jean Porter, Jay Adler, Joan Banks, Renny McEvoy, Lou Lubin
Rocky (Dick Powell) gets out of prison after serving five years for a robbery he didn't commit. Now it's time to get those responsible. Pretty good first film for Director Parrish.
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The Destructors 1974 PG, 89 min. Genre: Drama aka: The Marseille Contract
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, James Mason, Maureen Kerwin, Marcel Bozzuffi, Maurice Ronet, Catherine Rouvel, Andre Oumansky, Alexandra Stewart, Vernon Dobtcheff
A United States drug agent (Anthony Quinn) is assigned the job of crushing an international drug dealer (James Mason) and combs Paris for his whereabouts.
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Doppelganger 1969 G, 97 min. Genre: Sci-Fi aka: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark, Lynn Loring, Loni von Friedl, Herbert Lom, George Sewell, Vladek Sheybal, Ed Bishop, George Mikell, Franco De Rosa, Philip Madoc
This unusual sci-fi film is entertaining. A new planet is found by a British agency headed by Jason Webb (Patrick Wymark) in the 21st Century. The reason that it had not been found earlier is that it is in an orbit identical to Earth's, but directly opposite Earth on the other side of the Sun. British astrophysicist John Kane (Ian Hendry) and American astronaut Colonel Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes) set off on an expedition to investigate the phenomenon with interesting results.
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Fire Down Below 1957 N/R, 115 min. Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Herbert Lom, Bonar Colleano, Bernard Lee, Eric Pohlmann, Edric Connor, Peter Illing, Anthony Newley
Smugglers Tony (Jack Lemmon) and Felix (Robert Mitchum) are plying their trade while sailing on a ship in the West Indies when Tony becomes enamored with gorgeous fellow traveler, Irena (Rita Hayworth). Felix also decides to vie for her attentions, and problems ensue.
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Lucy Gallant 1955 N/R, 104 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter, William Demarest, Wallace Ford, Edith Head, Tom Helmore, Gloria Talbott, Mary Field
After being dumped by her bridegroom, Lucy Gallant (Jane Wyman) proves she is more successful in business than in love. But, millionaire Casey Cole (Charlton Heston) is determined to prove that her personal life can be happy, too. 1 User Review
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| | eve smith 02/10/2007 | | Great movie, must see |
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The Mob 1951 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Otto Hulett, Neville Brand, Matt Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Marley, Walter Klavun, Ralph Dumke
Johnny Damico (Broderick Crawford) is a cop who infiltrates a racketeering ring that has been intimidating dockyard workers.
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The Purple Plain 1954 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Bernard Lee, Maurice Denham, Brenda De Banzie, Lyndon Brook, Anthony Bushell, Jack McNaughton, Peter Arne, Dorothy Alison
After crashing his plane in Burma, a World War II Royal Air Force pilot (Gregory Peck) has time to contemplate how he lost confidence in himself as a wartime pilot and ended up in his predicament.
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Saddle the Wind 1958 N/R, 84 min. Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish, John Sturges Cast: Robert Taylor, Julie London, John Cassavetes, Donald Crisp, Charles McGraw, Royal Dano, Richard Erdman, Douglas Spencer, Ray Teal, Jay Adler, Stanley Adams, Irene Tedrow, Lars Henderson, Henry Wills, Kelo Henderson
Ex-gunslinger Steve Sinclair (Robert Taylor) is engaged to Joan (Julie London) and wants to live quietly as a farmer. Then, along comes his younger brother, Tony (John Cassavetes), who not only demonstrates intense sibling rivalry but also is proud of his abilities with a gun. His temper results in a killing, leading to further tragedy. Good acting and writing (by Rod Serling), along with a fine musical score by Elmer Bernstein, make this an enjoyable tale.
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The San Francisco Story 1952 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Blackmer, Richard Erdman, Florence Bates, Onslow Stevens, John Raven, O.Z. Whitehead, Ralph Dumke, Lane Chandler, Robert Foulk, Trevor Bardette, John Doucette, Peter Virgo, Frank Hagney
San Francisco, during California's Gold Rush, is the setting for this story about a wealthy miner, Rick Nelson (Joel McCrea), and newspaper editor Jim Martin (Onslow Stevens) who try to oust crooked politician Andrew Cain (Sidney Blackmer) from control of the city. In the process, Nelson flirts with Martin's girlfriend Adelaide (Yvonne De Carlo) who falls in love with him, which seems to make him more determined to establish law and order.
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A Town Called Hell 1971 R, 95 min. Genre: Western aka: A Town Called Bastard
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens, Martin Landau, Telly Savalas, Fernando Rey, Michael Craig, Al Lettieri, Dudley Sutton, Aldo Sambrell, Paloma Cela
Robert Shaw takes on the role of the town priest in this confusing Western story about a town under the control of the diabolical Dan Carlos (Telly Savalas). This is a violent movie.
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The Wonderful Country 1959 N/R, 96 min. Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Pedro Armendariz, Jack Oakie, Albert Dekker, Charles McGraw, John Banner, Jay Novello, Victor Manuel Mendoza
Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum) is 1/2 Irish-American and 1/2 Mexican. As a gunrunner for Governor Castro (Pedro Armendariz), he meets and falls for Ellen Colton (Julie London)–the wife of a cavalry officer (Gary Merrill).
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| 1. The Bobo (1967)
2. Casino Royale (1967)
3. City Lights (1931)
4. Cry Danger (1951)
5. The Destructors (1974) aka: The Marseille Contract
6. Doppelganger (1969) aka: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
7. Duffy (1968)
8. Fire Down Below (1957)
9. Lucy Gallant (1955)
10. The Mob (1951)
11. The Purple Plain (1954)
12. Saddle the Wind (1958)
13. The San Francisco Story (1952)
14. A Town Called Hell (1971) aka: A Town Called Bastard
15. The Wonderful Country (1959)
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