Blacula 1972  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Crain
Cast: William Marshall, Denise Nicholas, Vonetta McGee, Thalmus Rasulala, Charles Macauley, Gordon Pinsent, Elisha Cook Jr., Emily Yancy, Lance Taylor Sr., Ted Harris, Rick Metzler, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Logan Field, Ketty Lester, Eric Brotherson
Manuwalde (William Marshall), an African prince who was bitten by Count Dracula (Charles Macauley) in 1780, rises from the dead as vampire Blacula in 1972. He finds Tina (Vonetta McGee), who is his wife Tuva reincarnated, and, after awhile, they fall in love. Meanwhile, Blacula creates havoc in Los Angeles while Tina's friend Dr. Gordon Thomas (Thalmus Rasulala), with help from Michelle (Denise Nicholas), figures out the vampire connection and is on Blacula's trail.
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The Boston Strangler 1968   N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Sally Kellerman, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, William Marshall, George Voskovec, Leora Dana, Carolyn Conwell, Jeanne Cooper, Austin Willis, Lara Lindsay
For more than two years, from 1962 to 1964, Boston women seemed to be at the mercy of a psychopathic killer. He began strangling and raping elderly women and then switched to younger women–a total of 13 victims–by the end of his reign of terror. Boston Police Department detective John S. Bottomly (Henry Fonda) directs the investigation, and it is not until one victim, Diane Cluny (Sally Kellerman), survives her attack and reports that she bit her attacker's hand that the clues fit together and lead to the capture of serial killer Albert DeSalvo (Tony Curtis). 1 User Review
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Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Susan Hayward, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Jay Robinson, Barry Jones, William Marshall, Charles Evans, Harry Cording, George Eldredge, Julie Newmar, Woody Strode
In this sequel to "The Robe," the slave Demetrius (Victor Mature) has possession of Christ's robe. Demetrius tries to hide the robe, but the emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson) sends his Praetorian guards to find it because he believes that the owner will be given eternal life. Demetrius ends up in the Coliseum where the highlight of this film is the action sequences of the gladiators.
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Hello God 1951  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Marshall
Cast: Errol Flynn, Sherry Jackson, William Marshall, Joseph Mazzuca, Armando Formica
The film is of interest only because Flynn made it (in Italy) (1) in order to get out of his contract with Warner Bros. and (2) as a favor to his friend William Marshall. It also was controversial due to its pacifist nature, which was not in the public interest at that time. In fact, after Flynn made a new contract with Warners, he attempted to steal the negative. It was seldom shown–and then only in Europe. Flynn plays an unknown soldier who tells the stories of four soldiers killed during World War II and their feelings as they approach heaven.
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Lydia Bailey 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, William Marshall, Luis Van Rooten, Robert Evans, Juanita Moore, Charles Korvin, Will Wright, Gladys Holland, Roy E. Glenn Sr.
An American lawyer, Albion Hamlin (Dale Robertson), visits Haiti during a native uprising against French dominion. His quest is to find heiress Lydia Bailey (Anne Francis) and remove her from harm's way.
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The Phantom Planet 1961  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: William Marshall
Cast: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Dolores Faith, Francis X. Bushman, Richard Weber, Al Jarvis, Dick Haynes, Mel Curtis, Richard Kiel
An astronaut, Captain Frank Chapman (Dean Fredericks), is sent to discover the cause of two missing missions when problems cause a forced landing on an asteroid. When he breathes the atmosphere, he shrinks to six inches and finds that the asteroid is populated by like-sized people. He helps defeat the terrible monsters out to feast on them, and then, again breathing oxygen, he is able to fly away.
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Scream, Blacula, Scream 1973 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Bob Kelljan
Cast: William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier, Michael Conrad, Richard Lawson, Lynne Moody, Janee Michelle, Barbara Rhoades, Bernie Hamilton, Arnold Williams
William Marshall is back as Prince Manuwalde in this sequel to "Blacula." The prince is revived by the son of the now-dead voodoo high priestess, but Manuwalde, unhappy with being a vampire, sets out to find a way to end his "life" once and for all. Maybe the voodoo princess (Pam Grier) can help.
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Something of Value 1957 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Sidney Poitier, Walter Fitzgerald, Frederick O'Neal, Juano Hernandez, William Marshall, Robert Beatty, Michael Pate, Ivan Dixon, Ken Renard, Samadu Jackson, Wilton Graff, Angela Cartwright
Based on Robert Ruark's novel, this is the story of childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier) and Peter McKenzie (Rock Hudson) who, despite one being Black and the other White, had grown up like brothers in British East Africa. Now, as adults, their relationship is shattered when Peter sides with British colonialism, and Kimani joins the brutal Mau-Maus in their uprising in Kenya.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 27 (Episodes 53&54) 1968 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: John Meredyth Lucas, Vincent McEveety
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, William Marshall, Morgan Woodward, Roy Jenson
Two episodes from the second season are presented on this DVD. "The Ultimate Computer" (aired 3/8/1968, stardate 4729.4)-Dr. Daystrom has come up with a sophisticated computer and is allowed to test it out on the Enterprise. It does a remarkable job of running the ship without human intervention–until it actually attacks Federation ships during war games. It's going to be tough to wrest control back from the computer before the Enterprise is destroyed by friendly forces. "The Omega Glory" (aired 3/1/1968, stardate unknown)-A boarding party from the Enterprise checks out a starship that has no life on board. The Enterprise personnel contract a lethal virus, which, presumably, was responsible for killing the starship crew. It is observed that the nearby planet, Omega IV, has a natural immunity from the virus, but upon being beamed down, the landing party finds the captain of the starship has taken sides in internal politics and fighting–a Federation no-no.
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Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion 1967 G, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Witney
Cast: Ron Ely, Ulla Stromstedt, William Marshall, Manuel Padilla Jr., Sam Jaffe, Lloyd Haynes, Jason Evers, Harry Lauter, Charles Wood, Nichelle Nichols
Taken from a two-part TV series, this was not very good TV fare and is not any better as video fare.
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Zigzag 1970   PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: False Witness
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Steve Ihnat, William Marshall, Joe Maross, Dana Elcar, Walter Brooke, Anita O'Day, Joan Tompkins
Dying of a brain tumor, Paul Cameron (George Kennedy) frames himself for a murder so that his family will get the reward money. After he collapses at the trial, laser surgery on his tumor is performed and he is cured. Now Paul must find the real murderer in order to clear himself.
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| 1. Blacula (1972)
2. The Boston Strangler (1968)
3. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
4. Hello God (1951)
5. Lydia Bailey (1952)
6. The Phantom Planet (1961)
7. Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973)
8. Something of Value (1957)
9. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 27 (Episodes 53&54) (1968)
10. Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967)
11. Zigzag (1970)
aka: False Witness
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