Dark Eyes of London 1961  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Dead Eyes of London
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche, Klaus Kinski, Ady Berber, Eddi Arent, Wolfgang Lukschy, Anneli Sauli, Bobby Todd, Franz Schafheitlin
In this remake of crime writer Edgar Wallace's suspense story, Scotland Yard Inspector Larry Holt (Joachim Fuchsberger) investigates the murders of recently insured men, whose deaths appear to be linked to a gang of blind men led by an evil monster. This time around, Klaus Kinski takes on the Bela Lugosi role as the satanic leader.
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 A Fistful of Dollars 1964  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Western
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Mario Brega, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Jose Calvo, Wolfgang Lukschy, Joseph Egger, Sieghardt Rupp, Antonio Prieto, Margarita Lozano, Daniel Martin, Benito Stefanelli, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambrell, Harry Dean Stanton
A drifter gunman "Joe" (Clint Eastwood) comes into a Mexican border town of San Miguel, which is in the midst of turmoil set off by two families who are fighting. "Joe" makes friends with bar owner Silvanito (Jose Calvo) and ends up earning cash for killing off the feuding family members. As he plays one family against the other, "Joe" stays awhile and leaves a more peaceful town. The film spawned two sequels: "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
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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 / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
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, Ruth Wilbert, Hans Nielsen, Gert Wiedenhofen, Anneliese Wurtz, Sigurd Lohde
Dr. Mabuse's spirit (Wolfgang Preiss) takes over the body of a renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Pohland (Walter Rilla), 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. Now, Major Bill Tern (Peter van Eyck) is on his trail.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 1962 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Valley of Fear
Director: Terence Fisher, Frank Winterstein
Cast: Christopher Lee, Senta Berger, Hans Sohnker, Hans Nielsen, Ivan Desny, Leon Askin, Thorley Walters, Wolfgang Lukschy, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Bernard La Jarrige, Bruno W. Pantel, Heinrich Gies, Linda Sini, Roland Armontel, Danielle Argence
In one of the more unusual depictions of the storied sleuth, this German-made film shows the villainous Moriarty (Hans Sohnker) as respected in both the community and by Scotland Yard. But when a necklace is stolen from Cleopatra's tomb, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Christopher Lee and Thorley Walters) are hot on Moriarty's trail.
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| 1. Dark Eyes of London (1961)
aka: The Dead Eyes of London
2. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
3. Frozen Alive (1964)
4. Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963)
5. Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
aka: Valley of Fear
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