Actors and Sin 1952  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marsha Hunt, Dan O'Herlihy, Eddie Albert, Rudolph Anders, Alan Reed, Tracey Roberts, Jenny Hecht, Paul Guilfoyle, Ric Roman, Betty Field, Louis B. Mayor, Jack L. Warner, George Baxter, Ben Hecht
This film contains a two-part anthology. In "Actor's Blood," Shakespearean actor Maurice Tillayou (Edward G. Robinson) tries to control the career of his actress daughter, Marcia (Marsha Hunt). After Marcia commits suicide, Maurice makes her death look like murder. In "Woman of Sin," Hollywood agent Orlando Higgins (Eddie Albert) is shocked when he learns that his new screen-writer client, Millicent Egelhofer (Jenny Hecht), is actually a nine-year-old girl.
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Captain Scarface 1953  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Cast: Barton MacLane, Virginia Grey, Leif Erickson, Peter Coe, Rudolph Anders, Howard Wendell, Isabel Randolph, Paul Brinegar, Don Dillaway, Martin Garralaga, John Mylong, Frank Mills, Gregg Barton
As part of the plot to blow up the Panama Canal, an atomic scientist, Dr. Yeager (Rudolph Anders), is onboard a ship bound for South America. Enemy agents intend to force him to help detonate a bomb. The ship's Captain Scarface (Barton MacLane) may carry out the orders of the agents, but will the passengers allow the destruction to occur?
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Frankenstein - 1970 1958  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Howard W. Koch
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tom Duggan, Jana Lund, Don "Red" Barry, Charlotte Austin, Norbert Schiller, Rudolph Anders, Irwin Berke, Mike Lane, John Dennis, Franz Roehn, Joe Ploski, Otto Reichow, Jack Kenny
In this story, set in the future (1970), Victor III (Boris Karloff) is the disfigured grandson of Frankenstein who tries to create life in his own unique way–by employing nuclear power! Because he needs money to generate atomic energy, Victor allows a TV crew to shoot a documentary about his grandfather. When they arrive at his German castle, Victor collects rent from them and then uses the money to buy an atomic reactor, which he employs to kill off crewmembers for spare parts for his creature. But, just like in the case of his grandfather, tragedy ensues.
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Phantom from Space 1953  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Cast: Ted Cooper, Rudolph Anders, Noreen Nash, Harry Landers, James Seay, Jack Daly, Lela Nelson, Dick Sands, Michael Mark, Steve Clark, Harry Strang, Tom Bailey
An alien crash-lands in California and kills two people who are spooked by him. While being chased by the police, he takes off the spacesuit and guess what: the alien is invisible. But the creature has one fatal flaw that should prove useful to the authorities. Slow.
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The Pigeon That Took Rome 1962 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino, Salvatore Baccaloni, Brian Donlevy, Arthur Shields, Gary Collins, Marietto, Rudolph Anders
Based on a true story, this film is about Captain Paul MacDougall (Charlton Heston) who used carrier pigeons to send important messages about enemy plans to the Allies during World War II. Plenty of comedy as Heston romances local girl.
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The Snow Creature 1954  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Cast: Paul Langton, Leslie Denison, Teru Shimada, Rollin Moriyama, Robert Kino, Robert Hinton, Darlene Fields, George Douglas, Robert Bice, Rudolph Anders, William Phipps, Jack Daly
A snow creature has been captured in the Himalayas and is being shipped to the U.S. when a problem develops during the Customs inspection. The creature, which will kill anyone it comes near, escapes from the meat cooler that it is being shipped in and disappears into and under the L.A. city streets.
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Stamboul Quest 1934 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Myrna Loy, George Brent, Lionel Atwill, C. Henry Gordon, Mischa Auer, Douglass Dumbrille, Rudolph Anders, Robert Gleckler, Joe Sawyer, Christian Rub
Based on true-life experiences of World War I German spy Anna Maria Lessler (Myrna Loy), this is a pretty good film with an anti-war theme. The story was filmed in Italy as "Fraulein Doktor" with Suzy Kendall in the title role in 1969.
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Under Nevada Skies 1946  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Douglass Dumbrille, Leyland Hodgson, Tristram Coffin, Iron Eyes Cody, Bob Nolan, Rudolph Anders, LeRoy Mason
Roy Rogers is looking for the uranium deposits but thieves have stolen the needed map. Roy, Gabby Hayes, and his Indian pals go after the bad guys.
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| 1. Actors and Sin (1952)
2. Captain Scarface (1953)
3. Frankenstein - 1970 (1958)
4. Phantom from Space (1953)
5. The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
6. The Snow Creature (1954)
7. Stamboul Quest (1934)
8. Under Nevada Skies (1946)
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