Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman 1958  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon, George Douglas, Ken Terrell, Otto Waldis, Eileen Stevens, Michael Ross, Frank Chase, Thomas E. Jackson, Dick Tate
Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes) finds the way to avenge her unfaithful husband, Harry (William Hudson), when–after her encounter with an alien–she grows to enormous proportions. This film has become an entertaining cult film.
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Attack of the Giant Leeches 1959 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: The Giant Leeches
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast: Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard, Michael Emmet, Bruno VeSota, Gene Roth, Tyler McVey, Dan White, George Cisar, Guy Buccola, Joseph Hamilton, Ross Sturlin
Giant leeches are living in the swamp, and there is good reason to believe they are responsible for the disappearance of four people, especially when a dying moonshiner, Lem Sawyer (George Cisar), is found with sucker wounds. Game Warden Steve Benton (Ken Clark) and his girlfriend Nan's (Jan Shepard) father, Doc Greyson (Tyler McVey), investigate and learn that leeches are living in caves beneath the swamp. Will dynamite rid the area of those monster leeches?
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Evil Spirits 1991  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gary Graver
Cast: Karen Black, Michael Berryman, Arte Johnson, Virginia Mayo, Martine Beswick, Bert Remsen, Debra Lamb, Robert Quarry, Yvette Vickers, Joan Caulfield, Anthony Eisley, Hoke Howell
Boarding-house owner Ella Purdy (Karen Black) listens to the advice of her dead husband and kills off her tenants but keeps their monthly Social Security checks for herself.
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Hud 1963   N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon DeWilde, Whit Bissell, John Ashley, Val Avery, Crahan Denton, Yvette Vickers, Curt Conway, George Petrie, Pitt Herbert, Sheldon Allman, Carl Low, Robert Hinkle
Cattle rancher Hud (Paul Newman) wants profits in oil and tries to talk his father (Melvyn Douglas) into turning the ranch into an oil field. Alma (Patricia Neal) watches as Hud tries to coerce his father and tries to ward him off when Hud drunkenly propositions her. Neal won the Best Actress Oscar, and Douglas won for Best Supporting Actor. The film also won for Cinematography and received for other nominations, including Best Actor and Director.
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I, Mobster 1958  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Steve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert Strauss, Celia Lovsky, Lili St. Cyr, John Brinkley, Yvette Vickers, Grant Withers, Wally Cassell, Frank Gerstle
A gangster boss, Joe Sante (Steve Cochran), is investigated by the U.S. Senate where he relates the story of his rise from small-time hood to giant of the underworld.
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Short Cut to Hell 1957  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cagney
Cast: Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, William Bishop, Jacques Aubuchon, Yvette Vickers, Murvyn Vye, Roscoe Ates, Peter Baldwin, Milton Frome, Sarah Selby, Richard Hale, Douglas Evans, Mike Mahoney, Max Power, Dennis McMullen
This screen adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun for Sale" is about a hit man who searches for the man who hired him. This is a remake of 1942's "This Gun for Hire."
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What's the Matter with Helen? 1971 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Agnes Moorehead, Michael MacLiammoir, Timothy Carey, Helene Winston, Peggy Rea, Harry Stanton, Yvette Vickers
Set in the 1930s, Adelle (Debbie Reynolds) and Helen (Shelley Winters) relocate in Hollywood after their sons are involved in murder. They do NOT find peace and serenity in their new surroundings.
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| 1. Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1958)
2. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
aka: The Giant Leeches
3. Evil Spirits (1991)
4. Hud (1963)
5. I, Mobster (1958)
6. Short Cut to Hell (1957)
7. What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
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