Blonde Savage 1947  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Action
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: Leif Erickson, Gale Sherwood, Veda Ann Borg, Douglass Dumbrille, Frank Jenks, Matt Willis, Ernest Whitman, Cay Forrester, John Dehner, Art Foster, Alex Frazer, James Logan, Eve Whitney, Harry Strang
After a diamond mine owner, Mark Harper (Douglass Dumbrille), hires Steve (Leif Erickson) and Hoppy (Frank Jenks) to scout an area in the jungle, they find a tribe led by blonde princess Meelah (Gale Sherwood). It turns out that Meelah's parents had been killed by Harper, and now Steve–who has fallen in love with Meelah–helps Meelah prove Harper's guilt.
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The Day of the Triffids 1962  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis
Cast: Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Mervyn Johns, Ewan Roberts, Alison Leggett, Janina Faye, Geoffrey Matthews, Gilgi Hauser
A meteor shower blinds all who look at it, but Bill Masen (Howard Keel) is spared. The shower also brought alien spores that quickly took hold on Earth, growing into huge, fast-spreading, carnivorous plants, and the blind people are easy targets. Bill searches for others who still have sight in order to save the Earth. Meanwhile, a couple (Janette Scott and Kieron Moore) works in a lighthouse on a scientific solution.
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Hollow Triumph 1948  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Scar
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks, John Qualen, Mabel Paige, Herbert Rudley, Charles Arnt, George Chandler, Paul E. Burns, Charles Trowbridge, Ann Staunton
Ex-medical student and now living a life of crime, John Muller (Paul Heinreid) is lucky to get away from a bungled robbery during which his henchmen were caught. Now the victim's gang is after John, so when he finds out that a psychiatrist is an exact lookalike–except for a scar on the doctor's cheek–John cuts his cheek to match, kills the psychiatrist, and takes his identity. But that is just the beginning of his problems, not counting the problem of having cut the wrong cheek. Good film noir.
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Lake Placid Serenade 1944 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: Roy Rogers, Vera Ralston, John Litel, Walter Catlett, Robert Livingston, Stephanie Bachelor, Eugene Pallette, Barbara Jo Allen, William Frawley, Ruth Terry, Lloyd Corrigan, Stephanie Bachelor
A foreign ice skater attending an ice carnival is stranded in the U.S. when war breaks out. Love ensues when she meets her uncle's young partner. Many old standards are sung.
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Revenge of the Zombies 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele, Mantan Moreland, Veda Ann Borg, Barry Macollum, Mauritz Hugo, James Baskett, Sybil Lewis, Franklyn Farnum, Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Dr. von Alterman (John Carradine) works in his Louisiana mansion creating zombies to become soldiers in the Nazi Army. When the doctor's wife, Lila (Veda Ann Borg), dies under mysterious circumstances, she is also turned into a zombie for the cause. But his plan is foiled when Lila's brother Scott (Mauritz Hugo), heroine Jen (Gale Storm), and undercover FBI Agent Larry (Robert Lowry) arrive on the scene and are aided by Zombie Lila who seems to have a will of her own.
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Stronghold 1951  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott, Arturo de Cordova, Rita Macedo, Alfonso Bedoya, Yadin Jiminez, Fanny Schiller, Carlos Muzquiz, Gustavo Rojo, Irene Ajay, Gilberto Gonzalez, Yadin Jiminez, Rock Galbin, Felipe de Alba, Alfonso Bedoya
After Mary Stevens (Veronica Lake) leaves her Southern plantation and travels to the family's Mexican silver mine, she finds herself in the middle of the Mexican Revolution when she is kidnapped by bandit leader Don Pedro Alvarez (Arturo de Cordova) who wants money from the silver mine to finance his efforts in the war.
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Waterfront 1944 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, Maris Wrixon, Edwin Maxwell, Terry Frost, John Bleifer, Marten Lamont, Olga Fabian, Claire Rochelle, Billy Nelson, Gene Roth
Supposed optometrist Carl Decker (J. Carrol Naish) is, in reality, the head of the local Nazi espionage ring working from the San Francisco docks. His power lies in what is written in his little black book, forcing local German-Americans to support his cause. When his assistant, Victor (John Carradine), challenges Carl for the leadership, the U.S. has a chance to be saved. Another shot of motivation for the U.S. citizenry during World War II.
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| 1. Blonde Savage (1947)
2. The Day of the Triffids (1962)
3. Hollow Triumph (1948)
aka: The Scar
4. Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
5. Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
6. Stronghold (1951)
7. Waterfront (1944)
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