Kelly Jordan (Robert Lowery) and Andy Melton (Robert Kent) are former AAF fliers operating a cargo service over the South American mountain ranges in order to get enough money to return to Texas and buy a commercial line. Andy is killed when his overloaded plane crashes and explodes. Kelly meets Laurey Roberts (Ann Savage), who gets him to take her to the mining-camp operation as a cook, as she is running away from her ex-husband, Tom Hammond (Douglas Fowley), who has just been released from prison.Read More »
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Sam Newfield – Jungle Flight (1947)
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Buntarô Futagawa – Orochi AKA Serpent (1925)
1921-1930ActionBuntarô FutagawaJapanSilentThis is the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and and follows the plots of his enemies.Read More »
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Irfan Atasoy – Yedi Belalilar (1970)
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Seijun Suzuki – Blood-Red Water In The Channel (1961)
Seijun Suzuki1961-1970ActionAsianJapanNikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki’s growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of “real coast guard action stories” was the perfect vehicle for Koji Wada. Whatever negative press he had received for Tokyo Knights was quickly forgotten.
He became the new “teen star.” And Suzuki: “the director to watch.”Read More »
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Enzo G. Castellari – I nuovi barbari AKA The New Barbarians AKA Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Enzo G. Castellari1981-1990ActionItalySci-FiTwo mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.Read More »
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Hiromichi Horikawa – Sogeki AKA Sun Above, Death Below (1968)
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Tôru Kawashima – Chi-n-pi-ra (1984)
Tôru Kawashima1981-1990ActionAsianJapanBased on the script by the late Shoji Kaneko, director Toru Kawashima turned it into a buddy movie that has quite the cult following in Japan. The two already collaborated on the, in my opinion, excellent Ryuji a year earlier and shortly before Kaneko’s death.Read More »
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James W. Horne – The Iron Claw (1941)
James W. Horne1941-1950ActionMysteryUSAA fabulous fortune is at stake! The Iron Claw is hot on the trail! He lurks in the dark! He strikes in the back! Murder! Intrigue! Horror! Destruction! Brother against brother! Friend against friend! Who is this man who holds them all at bay? Who is this man who laughs at the law and the underworld alike?
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David Berlatsky – The Farmer (1977)
1971-1980ActionCultDavid BerlatskyUSAKyle Martin returns as a silver star hero, but realizes running a one man farm is not profitable, and the bank wants to foreclose, despite returning as a hero. Then a gambler Johnny has a car accident near his farm, in which Kyle saves his life, in which Johnny offers him 1,5000 dollars, which still isn’t enough to save the farm. Then when Johnny past-post on a horse race for over $50,000, angering local mobster Passini as he and his three henchmen kills Johnny’s bodyguard and then blinds Johnny’s eyes with acid to “make a example out of him”, Johnny asks his girl Betty to ask Kyle to kill Prassini and his men one by one for $50,000, the money he needs to save his farm, which sets the path for revenge.Read More »