The Blood of Fu Manchu 1968  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Kiss and Kill
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Gotz George, Howard Marion-Crawford, Tsai Chin, Maria Rohm, Shirley Eaton, Frances Khan, Ricardo Palacios, Loni von Friedl, Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui, Isaura de Oliviera
In his quest to take over the world, the dastardly, diabolical, crazed Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) concocts a lipstick that contains a powerful poison–lethal only to men. His plan: have beautiful women wear the lipstick and kiss important men who are a hindrance to his goal. One of the intended victims is Detective Denis Nayland-Smith (Richard Greene), Fu Manchu's arch-nemesis. With help, our detective hero tracks down and saves the world while also finding an antidote for the poison.
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Eight on the Lam 1967  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Shirley Eaton, Jill St. John, Stacey Maxwell, Kevin Brody, Debi Storm, Peter Leeds
Even the zany talent of Jonathan Winters could not save this film about the father of seven, Henry Dimsdale (Bob Hope), and his problems when he is charged with embezzlement and fights to save his good name.
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Further Up the Creek 1958  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Val Guest
Cast: David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton, Thora Hird, Lionel Jeffries, Lionel Murton, Sam Kydd, David Lodge, Ian Whittaker, Esma Cannon, John Warren, Eric Pohlmann, Tom Gill, Max Day, Jack Le White
In this sequel, Lt. Fairweather (David Tomlinson) still commands the HMS Aristotle, which has now been sold to a foreign country, Algerrocco, in the Mediterranean. The crew will be delivering the frigate to Algerrocco, and Bosun Dibble (Frankie Howerd) sees this as a chance to make money by selling tickets to passengers for a Mediterranean cruise. This is a move that is definitely in violation of regulations, Fairweather has no idea of what Dibble has planned for his ship–and the fun begins.
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 Goldfinger 1964  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Harold Sakata, Gert Frobe, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallett, Bernard Lee, Martin Benson, Lois Maxwell, Bill Nagy, Cec Linder, Austin Willis, Michael Mellinger, Peter Cranwell, Nadja Regin
In one of the best of the James Bond movies, Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) is planning to detonate a small nuclear device inside Fort Knox. The purpose is to infest the gold with radiation, thus increasing the value of Goldfinger's gold and making him the world's wealthiest man. James Bond, Agent 007 (Sean Connery) gets involved and, in the process, woos Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) who happens to be aiding Goldfinger in his plot. Never fear, by story's end, Agent 007 saves the day.
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The Naked Truth 1957  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Your Past Is Showing
Director: Mario Zampi
Cast: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Miles Malleson, Joan Sims, Kenneth Griffith, Moultrie Kelsall, Wally Patch, Georgina Cookson, Bill Edwards, David Lodge, John Stuart
Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price) edits a tabloid newspaper through which he blackmails British celebrities to prevent him from printing stories about them. With their backs to the wall, several of the celebrities (Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, and Shirley Eaton) plot to kill Nigel. The celebrities attempt poisoning, bombing, and even a drowning–all of which are met with amusing complications.
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Ten Little Indians 1965 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians
Director: George Pollock
Cast: Hugh O'Brian, Fabian, Shirley Eaton, Leo Genn, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Daliah Lavi, Dennis Price, Marianne Hoppe, Mario Adorf
This version of Agatha Christie's novel at least keeps the author's ending. Guests are invited to an Austrian castle, and after the host announces that each guest has caused the death of an innocent person, the guests begin being killed–one-by-one.
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What a Carve Up! 1961 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
aka: No Place Like Homicide
Director: Pat Jackson
Cast: Kenneth Connor, Sid James, Shirley Eaton, Donald Pleasence, Dennis Price, Michael Gough, Valerie Taylor, Michael Gwynn, Esma Cannon, Philip O'Flynn, Timothy Bateson, Frederick Piper
Members of the Broughton family gather together in an eerie mansion for the reading of Uncle Gabriel's (Philip O'Flynn) will. Several of the family end up murdered, and it turns out that the murderer is Uncle Gabriel who faked his death to get even with the rest of his family.
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| 1. Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
2. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
aka: Kiss and Kill
3. Eight on the Lam (1967)
4. Further Up the Creek (1958)
5. Goldfinger (1964)
6. The Naked Truth (1957)
aka: Your Past Is Showing
7. Ten Little Indians (1965)
aka: And Then There Were None
aka: Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians
8. What a Carve Up! (1961)
aka: No Place Like Homicide
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