Cave of the Living Dead 1964  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Akos Rathonyi
Cast: Adrian Hoven, Karin Field, Erika Remberg, Wolfgang Preiss, Emmerich Schrenk, John Kitzmiller, Carl Mohner, Vida Juvan, Stane Sever, Danilo Turk
Young women are dying, apparently of natural causes. Inspector Frank Dorin (Adrian Hoven) is suspicious and begins an investigation. The trail leads to an inn and then to the truth: a mad scientist is killing young women and turning them into vampires.
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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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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 Master Touch 1972  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Un Uomo Da Rispettare
Director: Michele Lupo
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Florinda Bolkan, Giuliano Gemma, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Bruno Corazzari, Vittorio Fanfoni, Wolfgang Preiss, Romano Puppo, John Bartha, Allen Stanley
Newly paroled safecracker Wallace (Kirk Douglas) joins up with a trapeze artist (Giuliano Gemma) in a plot to partake of $1 million through illegal means.
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Mill of the Stone Women 1960  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Horrible Mill Women
Horror of the Stone Women
Director: Giorgio Ferroni
Cast: Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, Herbert A.E. Bohme, Dany Carrel, Marco Guglielmi, Liana Orfei, Olga Solbelli
Set in 1912, young art student Hans (Pierre Brice) arrives in a Dutch town to research an old windmill owned by Professor Wahl (Herbert A.E. Bohme), who teaches art and sculpture. The windmill is decorated with moving sculptures of women in various death poses. Hans meets the professor's beautiful daughter, Elfi (Scilla Gabel), who, it appears, has a rare disease. It becomes apparent that there is a connection between Elfi's disease and the sculptures.
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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 Terror of Dr. Mabuse 1962 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Director: Werner Klingler
Cast: Gert Frobe, Senta Berger, Helmut Schmid, Charles Regnier, Wolfgang Preiss, Harald Juhnke, Leon Askin, Zeev Berlinsky, Ann Savo, Claus Tinney
This remake of Fritz Lang's 1933 film doesn't have the same impact as the original. Inspector Lohmann (Gert Frobe) investigates a series of unusual crimes. It appears that Dr. Mabuse (Wolfgang Preiss), while imprisoned in an insane asylum, hypnotizes a doctor to do his nasty deeds. Lohmann is captured and tortured–a bad predicament to be sure.
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The Train 1964  N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon, Wolfgang Preiss, Paul Bonifas, Albert Remy, Jacques Marin, Howard Vernon, Charles Millot, Richard Munch, Jean Bouchaud, Donald O'Brien, Jean-Pierre Zola
During World War II, Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) orders that art works at the Jeu de Paume Museum be moved to Nazi Germany. In an effort to save the priceless works of art, the head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) convinces railway official and member of the French Resistance Labiche (Burt Lancaster) to delay the train's departure until after the Allied Forces arrive. Using sabotage and deception, Labiche and his colleagues try to find a way to delay the train.
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Von Ryan's Express 1965  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carra, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni, Edward Mulhare, Wolfgang Preiss, James Brolin, John Van Dreelen, Adolfo Celi, John Leyton, Vito Scotti, Richard Bakalyan, Michael Goodliffe, Michael St. Clair
During World War II, United States Colonel Joseph Ryan leads a group of 600 British prisoners in an escape from an Italian POW camp. They use a German freight train as their vehicle to get out of Nazi-held territory, and drive the train on a suspenseful trek through Italy to Switzerland searching for a safe haven. Lots of great action.
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| 1. Cave of the Living Dead (1964)
2. The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse (1960)
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
3. Dr. Mabuse's Rays of Death (1964)
4. The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
5. The Master Touch (1972)
aka: Un Uomo Da Rispettare
6. Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
aka: The Horrible Mill Women
aka: Horror of the Stone Women
7. The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
aka: Phantom Fiend
8. Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963)
9. The Terror of Dr. Mabuse (1962)
aka: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
10. The Train (1964)
11. Von Ryan's Express (1965)
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