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  • Stanley Donen – Arabesque (1966)

    1961-1970ActionAdventureStanley DonenUSA

    Synopsis:
    Professor David Pollock is an expert in ancient Arabic hieroglyphics. A Middle Eastern Prime Minister convinces Pollock to infiltrate the organization of a man named Beshraavi, who is involved in a plot against the Prime Minister. The nature of the plot is believed to be found in a hieroglyphic code. Beshraavi’s mistress, Yasmin Azir is a beautiful mystery who becomes intertwined in the plot. Pollock needs her help, but she repeatedly double crosses him in one escapade after another, he can’t decide on who she is working for. Ultimately working together, Pollock and Yasmin decipher the message and set out to stop an assassination of the Prime Minister.Read More »

  • John Guillermin – The Blue Max (1966)

    1961-1970ActionJohn GuillerminUnited KingdomWar

    Synopsis:
    Lt. Bruno Stachel (George Peppard), a brash German World War I fighter pilot, is driven to shoot down 20 enemy planes, thus garnering him the Blue Max, a coveted medal. His superior, Count von Klugermann (James Mason), is aware that Bruno will stop at nothing to receive the honor, and admires his tenacity. The count’s nephew, Willi (Jeremy Kemp), is Bruno’s main competition for the prize, but Bruno is determined to eliminate his adversary and secure the honor for himself.Read More »

  • Richard Brooks – The Professionals (1966)

    USA1961-1970ActionRichard BrooksWestern

    Synopsis:
    Four soldiers of fortune are hired by a wealthy rancher to rescue his beautiful young wife who has been kidnapped by a villainous Mexican bandit. When they finally find her, after fighting their way across deserts and mountains, they discover she is not being held against her will. This causes friction within the band as to whether they should honor their agreement.Read More »

  • René Cardona Jr. & René Cardona – El tesoro de Moctezuma AKA Moctezuma’s Treasure (1968)

    1961-1970ActionAdventureMexicoRené CardonaRené Cardona Jr.

    The Hong Kong-based international criminal organization from Operación 67 is still in business, but they have a new plan: through research done by a renegade archeologist, the secret location of Emperor Moctezuma’s hidden treasure has been uncovered. However, the map is on the base of a small stone carving of the “plumed coyote,” located in a Mexico City museum; furthermore, the key to deciphering the map is on microfilm that was secreted in Ruth Taylor’s emerald ring, which she gave to Jorge Rubio before she died, at the end of the first film.Read More »

  • Jonathan Demme – Fighting Mad (1976)

    1971-1980ActionExploitationJonathan DemmeUSA
    Fighting Mad (1976)

    An Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments.Read More »

  • René Cardona – La mujer murcielago AKA Batwoman (1968)

    1961-1970ActionCultMexicoRené Cardona

    Batwoman is called to investigate a whacked out scientist that is capturing wrestlers and using their spinal fluid to create a Gill Man.Read More »

  • Anysay Keola – At the Horizon (2011)

    2011-2020ActionAnysay KeolaLaosThriller

    AT THE HORIZON is about two different worlds colliding: the wealthy influential people on the one hand and the poor and honest on the other hand. Sin, a wealthy boy had been spoiled by his parents and has never realized the importance of self-dependence and how to become a responsible man. The boy lives his life relying on his parents wealth and power,making him even more arrogant and pompous. Lud, a mute middle-aged man came from a rural area to be a motorcycle mechanic in Vientiane. His wife worked as a market woman and they had a six-year-old daughter. Though Luds life was simple, his family was warm and loving. One day Lud unexpectedly faces the greatest loss of his life caused by Sin.Read More »

  • Peter Collinson – The Italian Job (1969)

    1961-1970ActionCrimePeter CollinsonUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    Charlie is just out of the prison when he learns about his friends’ failed attempt at carrying out a heist in Italy. Now with the Mafia close on his heels, he intends to carry out the job himself.Read More »

  • Akira Kurosawa – Sugata Sanshirô AKA Judo Saga (1943)

    1941-1950ActionAdventureAkira KurosawaJapan

    Synopsis:
    Sanshiro Sugata (Susumu Fujita) wants to learn jujitsu. But after he witnesses the power of judo firsthand, he abandons his jujitsu training to study with judo master Shogoro Yano (Denjirô Ôkôchi). Under Yano, Sanshiro learns the combative elements of the art, and he also masters satori — the quiet, meditative aspects of judo style. With both in hand, he fights for the respect of his former teacher and for the love of his teacher’s daughter, Sayo (Yukiko Todoriki).Read More »

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