36 Hours 1965  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: George Seaton
Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Werner Peters, Alan Napier, Celia Lovsky, John Banner, Ed Gilbert, Sig Ruman, Russell Thorson, Oscar Beregi Jr., Karl Held, Martin Kosleck, Marjorie Bennett, Henry Rowland
During World War II, U.S. Army Intelligence Major Jefferson Pike (James Garner) is captured by the Germans shortly before D-Day. In an effort to get information about an Allied invasion, Pike's captors drug him to convince him that the war is long over and that he has suffered from amnesia for the last six years. Pike is also told that he has a wife, but Anna (Eva Marie Saint) is not really married to him. She took this assignment to get away from abuse in her concentration camp. Pike catches on to the ploy, and the game of cat-and-mouse ensues between Pike and the Nazi doctor, Major Walter Gerber (Rod Taylor), who is pumping him for information.
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 Battle of the Bulge 1965 N/R, 167 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, George Montgomery, Ty Hardin, Pier Angeli, Barbara Werle, Hans Christian Blech, Werner Peters, James MacArthur, Steve Rowland
In this very important battle of World War II, Hitler has ordered a fast attack to re-take French territory, but the plan fails leaving Germany with no chance of winning the war. Events are shown from the perspectives of American intelligence officer, Lt. Col Kiley (Henry Fonda), as well as that of German Panzer Commander Col. Hessler (Robert Shaw).
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 1970 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Phantom of Terror
Point of Terror
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mario Adorf, Umberto Raho, Renato Romano, Giuseppe Castellano, Pino Patti, Werner Peters
After witnessing a murder attempt in Rome, American tourist Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante) investigates, and his actions put him and girlfriend Julia (Suzy Kendall) in jeopardy when the serial killer Sam spotted begins to stalk them.
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The Counterfeit Traitor 1962  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Seaton
Cast: William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith, Ernst Schroder, Eva Dahlbeck, Werner Peters, Klaus Kinski, Stefan Schnabel, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Phil Brown
Oil importer Eric Erickson (William Holden) is recruited in Stockholm as a spy for the Allies against the Nazis during World War II.
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The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Nico Pepe, Rolf Mobius, Howard Vernon
When visitors turn up dead at Berlin's Hotel Luxor, police suspect that the murderer believes he is the reincarnation of master criminal Dr. Mabuse. Although this film represents Fritz Lang's final effort as a director, five "Dr. Mabuse" sequels followed this very popular film.
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Dog Eat Dog 1964  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: When Strangers Meet
Director: Richard E. Cunha, Gustav Gavrin, Ray Nazarro, Albert Zugsmith
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Cameron Mitchell, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Isa Miranda, Ivor Salter, Siegfried Lowitz, Aldo Camarda, Dodie Heath, Ines Taddio, Werner Peters, Pinkas Braun
Thieves–Darlene (Jane Mansfield), Lylle (Cameron Mitchell), and Dolph (Ivor Salter)–steal a money shipment worth one million dollars but end up on an island in a hotel where the manager, Livio Morelli (Aldo Camarda), figures out what is going on and devises his own plot to get the money for himself. But, Livio is not the only one with plans to obtain the money, and murders are committed in unique ways in and around the hotel.
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A Fine Madness 1966 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Sean Connery, Jean Seberg, Joanne Woodward, Patrick O'Neal, Colleen Dewhurst, Clive Revill, Werner Peters, John Fiedler, Kay Medford, Jackie Coogan
Samson Shillito (Sean Connery) is a non-conformist poet whose wife, Rhoda (Joanne Woodward), talks him into visiting Dr. West (Patrick O'Neal) for psychiatric treatment to get his life back on track. After bedding down with West's wife (Jean Seberg), the good doctor seeks retaliation through a lobotomy for his patient.
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I Deal in Danger 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Walter Grauman
Cast: Robert Goulet, Christine Carere, Donald Harron, Horst Frank, Werner Peters, Eva Pflug, Christiane Schmidtmer, John Van Dreelen, Hans Reiser, Margit Saad, Peter Capell, Osman Ragheb, John Alderson, Dieter Eppler, Manfred Andrae
Three episodes from the TV show "Blue Light" make up this film in which Robert Goulet stars as American secret agent David March who convinces the Nazis that he is a traitor in order to get access to an underground weapons factory and blow it up. In the midst of his spy work, David still has time for romance with a German scientist (Eva Pflug) and a French singer (Christine Carere).
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The Invisible Dr. Mabuse 1962 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Siegfried Lowitz, Wolfgang Preiss, Rudolf Fernau, Kurd Pieritz, Hans Schwarz, Walo Luond, Werner Peters
The nefarious Dr. Mabuse (Wolfgang Preiss) is out to obtain "Operation X," a potion that makes a person invisible, so he can rule the world. U.S. FBI agent Joe Como (Lex Barker) is brought in to stop the doctor.
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The Return of Dr. Mabuse 1961 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: Phantom Fiend
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Gert Frobe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi, Wolfgang Preiss, Fausto Tozzi, Werner Peters, Rudolf Forster, Rudolf Fernau, Joachim Mock, Laura Solari
The diabolical Dr. Mabuse (Wolfgang Preiss) is back in this first of several non-Fritz Lang directed Dr. Mabuse films. Thought dead, Mabuse returns to sabotage a nuclear plant. Inspector Lohmann (Gert Frobe), with the help of U.S. agent Joe Como (Lex Barker), is again on the trail as Mabuse's zombie-like henchmen leave a trail of murders.
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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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The Secret War of Harry Frigg 1968 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Tom Bosley, Andrew Duggan, John Williams, Vito Scotti, James Gregory, Charles Gray, Fabrizio Mioni, Werner Peters, Jacques Roux, Johnny Haymer, Norman Fell, Buck Henry, Horst Ebersberg
In this comedy, set during World War II, five Allied generals (Tom Bosley, Andrew Duggan, Charles D. Gray, John Williams), and Jacques Roux) have been captured. Lowly Army private Harry Frigg (Paul Newman) is promoted to the rank of Major General and given orders to rescue them–a task that is not exactly within Frigg's abilities.
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| 1. 36 Hours (1965)
2. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
3. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
aka: Phantom of Terror
aka: Point of Terror
4. The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
5. The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse (1960)
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
6. Dog Eat Dog (1964)
aka: When Strangers Meet
7. A Fine Madness (1966)
8. I Deal in Danger (1966)
9. The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
10. The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
aka: Phantom Fiend
11. Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963)
12. The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
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