The Adventures of Stella Star 1979  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Starcrash
Star Crash
Director: Luigi Cozzi
Cast: Caroline Munro, Marjoe Gortner, Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell, Robert Tessier, Nadia Cassini, Judd Hamilton, Hamilton Camp, Salvatore Baccaro
Smugglers Stella (Caroline Munro) and Akton (Marjoe Gortner) are pursued by the galactic police. After being caught and imprisoned, it isn't long before they are out and being brought in front of the Emperor (Christopher Plummer) who signs them up to find and destroy a Count's secret weapon AND find his missing son. No challenge is too big for our heroines in this low-budget rip-off of "Star Wars."
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Born Losers 1967  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tom Laughlin
Cast: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman Jr., Robert Tessier, Jane Russell, Jack Starrett, Paul Bruce, Robert Cleaves, Paul Prokop, Jeff Cooper, Stuart Lancaster, Anne Bellamy, Susan Foster, Janice Miller
Half White-half Native American Indian Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is a Vietnam veteran trained in martial arts who rescues young Vicki (Elizabeth James) from a terrifying ordeal with a gang of bikers. But, Billy Jack's actions cause the gang to retaliate against him, and the racist Southern California police cause Billy Jack many problems. Meanwhile, the bikers will stop at nothing to keep Vicki from testifying against them.
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Cry Blood, Apache 1970  R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Jody McCrea, Dan Kemp, Marie Gahva, Don Henley, Rick Nervick, Jack Starrett, Robert Tessier, Carolyn Stellar, Joel McCrea, Carroll Kemp, Dawn Lyn
An old prospector and gang member (Joel McCrea) tells the story in flashback of his (played by Joel's son Jody McCrea) and the gang's massacre of an Indian settlement. One survivor (Marie Gahva) is spared if she will lead them to a hidden gold mine, but the survivor's brother is out for revenge and picks off gang members, one-by-one.
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The Deep 1977 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller / Horror / Mystery
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Louis Gossett Jr., Eli Wallach, Dick Anthony Williams, Bob Minor, Robert Tessier, Earl Maynard, Teddy Tucker, Lee McClain, Peter Benchley, Peter Wallach, Colin Shaw
In this Peter Benchley story, David Sanders and Gail Berke (Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset) are enjoying a vacation in Bermuda. While scuba diving, they discover a wrecked World War II freighter and find a glass ampoule in the wreckage. When treasure hunter Romer Treece (Robert Shaw) explains that the ampoule contains morphine, they try to keep their "treasure" a secret, but Haitian drug lord Henri Cloche (Louis Gossett Jr.) has his own plans for the morphine.
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Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze 1975 G, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, William Lucking, Michael Miller, Eldon Quick, Darrell Zwerling, Paul Wexler, Carlos Rivas, Alberto Morin, Robert Tessier
Comic strip superhero Doc Savage (Ron Ely) from the 1930s along with his group of The Fabulous Five travel to the South American jungle to seek revenge against his father's murderers.
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Hard Times 1975  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Margaret Blye, Michael McGuire, Robert Tessier, Bruce Glover, Frank McRae, Felice Orlandi
During the Depression, Chaney (Charles Bronson) arrives in New Orleans and joins forces with gambler "Speed" (James Coburn). Speed becomes his manager, and Chaney becomes the under-dog boxer who ekes out a living for the two.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1977 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: James L. Conway
Cast: Steve Forrest, Ned Romero, Andrew Prine, Don Shanks, Michele Marsh, Jane Actman, Robert Tessier, Robert Easton, Whit Bissell, Dehl Berti, John Bishop, Coleman Creel
This is a good TV rendition of James Fenimore Cooper's novel as Hawkeye (Steve Forrest), along with the last two survivors of the Mohican tribe–Uncas and Chingachgook (Don Shanks and Ned Romero), escorts Army Major Duncan Heyward (Andrew Prine) and Cora and Alice Morgan (Michele Marsh and Jane Actman) through hostile territory during the French and Indian War.
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The Sword and the Sorcerer 1982 R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Albert Pyun
Cast: Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Richard Lynch, George Maharis, Simon MacCorkindale, Richard Moll, Robert Tessier, Nina Van Pallandt, Jeff Corey, Anna Bjorn, Joe Regalbuto
Although this movie has a plot that is difficult to discern and actors who are given weak dialogue, it is saved by the comedy of Lee Horsley. This adventure is all about an evil king and rebels who want to retake the kingdom.
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The Villain 1979 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Hal Needham
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ann - Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Lynde, Strother Martin, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam, Foster Brooks, Robert Tessier, Mel Tillis
In this very funny flick the bad guy, Cactus Jack (Kirk Douglas), just cannot manage to get the attention of Charming Jones (Ann-Margret) who has her sights set on Handsome Stranger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who is too innocent for his own good. Panned by many, this reviewer thinks this live-action roadrunner film is just what you need when you want to relax and have fun and a few laughs.
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| 1. The Adventures of Stella Star (1979)
aka: Starcrash
aka: Star Crash
2. Born Losers (1967)
3. Cry Blood, Apache (1970)
4. The Deep (1977)
5. Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
6. The Glory Stompers (1967)
7. Hard Times (1975)
8. The Last of the Mohicans (1977)
9. The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
10. The Villain (1979)
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