Adventures of Tartu 1943  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Tartu
Sabotage Agent
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns, Phyllis Morris, Martin Miller, Anthony Eustrel, Percy Walsh, Frederich Richter, John Penrose, Mabel Terry-Lewis, David Ward, Hubert Leslie
In this World War II saga, British officer Capt. Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) is assigned the spy mission of sabotaging a Nazi-run poison gas factory in Czechoslovakia. He uses the alias "Tartu" and gets a job in the factory as an assembly line foreman where dangers await. Based on a true story.
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Candlelight in Algiers 1944 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George King
Cast: James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Walter Rilla, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Pamela Stirling, Lea Seidl, Leslie Bradley, Meinhart Maur, Harold Berens, Hella Kurty, Michael Morel, Richard George, Paul Bonifas, Bart Norman
Fact and fiction combine in this World War II political espionage film that involves plans for a meeting of Allied leaders along the Algerian coast. British agent Alex Thurston (James Mason) is assigned to job of recovering a film showing the exact location of where Eisnehower's top aide, Gen. Mark Clark (Bart Norman), and other important Allies are planning to meet. While Thurston searches for the film in Algiers, Nazi agent Dr. Muller (Walter Rilla) trails him. But it is Thurston who–with help from American sculptress Susan Foster (Carla Lehmann) and her French friend Yvette (Pamela Stirling)–finds the film, alerts Allied officers, and saves the day.
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The Devil Came from Akasava 1971  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Fred Williams, Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Horst Tappert, Ewa Stromberg, Siegfried Schurenberg, Walter Rilla, Blandine Ebinger, Howard Vernon, Jesus Franco
Interpol agent Rex Forrester (Fred Williams) has gone undercover on a case, as has Jane (Soledad Miranda), a Secret Service agent. They meet, fall in love, and join forces to retrieve a mineral, discovered by Rex's uncle, that turns metals into gold and also can turn people into zombies. Miranda's last film.
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Frozen Alive 1964  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Drama
Director: Bernard Knowles
Cast: Mark Stevens, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Joachim Hansen, Delphi Lawrence, Walter Rilla, Helmut Weiss, John Longden, Albert Bessler, Sigurd Lohde, Wolfgang Gunther
After the breakup with his unfaithful wife, Dr. Frank Overton (Mark Stevens) collaborates with his new girlfriend, Dr. Helen Wieland (Marianne Koch), on his experiments of freezing human bodies. He uses himself as the person to be frozen, and while in that state, police arrive on the scene to arrest him for the murder of his ex-wife. But Helen can prove that he was in no condition to murder anyone. Yuk.
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Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse 1963  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
Director: Paul May
Cast: Peter van Eyck, Sabine Bethmann, Dieter Borsche, Werner Peters, Klaus Kinski, Wolfgang Preiss, Walter Rilla, Agnes Windeck, Albrecht Schoenhals, Wolfgang Lukschy
Dr. Mabuse's spirit takes over the body of a renowned psychiatrist, thus starting another reign of terror–including stealing a device that can control peoples' minds. His goal: overthrow the government of England (He wasn't having too much luck in Germany.) as a springboard to bigger things.
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Shadow of the Eagle 1950 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese, Greta Gynt, Binnie Barnes, Charles Goldner, Hugh French, Walter Rilla, Dennis Vance, William Tubbs
Catherine the Great (Binnie Barnes) orders Count Orloff (Richard Greene) to Venice where he is to kidnap her rival, Princess Elizabeth Tarakanova (Valentina Cortese), and bring her back to Russia. While on his assignment, Orloff finds and then falls in love with Elizabeth. Catherine discovers that they are lovers, and complications ensue. Elizabeth's execution is how Catherine chooses to solve the problem–but Orloff has another solution that includes escape and sanctuary.
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Victim Five 1964 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Code 7, Victim 5
Director: Robert Lynn
Cast: Lex Barker, Ronald Fraser, Ann Smyrner, Veronique Vendell, Walter Rilla, Dietmar Schonherr, Percy Sieff, Gustel Gundelach, Gert Van den Bergh, Howard Davis
While investigating a murder in South Africa, Private Investigator Steve Martin (Lex Barker) uncovers a group of Nazi POWs still living in the area.
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| 1. Adventures of Tartu (1943)
aka: Tartu
aka: Sabotage Agent
2. Candlelight in Algiers (1944)
3. Death Drums Along the River (1963)
aka: Sanders
aka: Sanders of the River
4. The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
5. Dr. Mabuse's Rays of Death (1964)
6. Frozen Alive (1964)
7. Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963)
8. Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
9. Victim Five (1964)
aka: Code 7, Victim 5
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