An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is his. Meanwhile the gunfighter has decided that the drifter should marry his daughter after being with her previously. The two get into a series of brawls and shoot-outs until they arrive in the town and find the boy's inheritance -which turns out not to be as useless as it first appears. Starring Bud Spencer, Jack Palance, and Renato Cestiè. A good comedy-spaghetti western, sort of a side-movie to the Trinity Westerns.
General Ramirez is fighting for the revolution of Mexico against European domination. He hires Hallelujah, a mysterious gunfighter, take down European emperor Maximilian by seizing a purse of jewels intended to be used for the purchase of weapons. This is no easy assignment as he must fight off bandits, secret agents, a fake sister, a so-called Russian prince and other scoundrels! Also known as Guns for Dollars. Starring George Hilton, Charles Southwood, and Agata Flori. George Hilton is a look-alike for Clint Eastwood. A great comedy-western!
Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hoards of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of towns folk in a remote hotel in rural Arizona. Yowks! Starring William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, and Woody Strode. A great look at the Sedona area in the 1970s starring Captain Kirk from Star Trek!
Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword. Staring John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, and Douglas Gudbye. You will never want to go to a drive-in again! Warning: The red stuff on your hot dog may not be ketchup!
Just before World War I, two adventurers are hired to bring back a hijacked train from Mexico. While this was a TV movie, it's pretty much as good as many theatrical Westerns of the late 60s and early 70s. The two stars, Taylor and Cole, have great chemistry and the tone is snappy with a distinctive story and a couple of unexpected twists. Luscious Luciana Paluzzi is on hand (playing a role in one of the surprises) along with Tisha Sterling and Melodie Johnson in the female department. Starring Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, and Fernando Lamas. A great turn of the century Western!
Dave Harmon is a United States Marshall, who has been sent by the governor to the territory of Yuma. It seems that the law is not welcomed there; every marshall that's been sent has been chased out. Staring Clint Walker as Dave Harmon.
Creepy little movie concerning a highborn Louisiana family with a dark secret. After a local girl is found mutilated in a nearby bayou, local sheriff (Janssen) must use all his detective skills to solve the crime. His investigation leads him to an old flame (Rush) and her aristocratic brother (Dillman) who are both keen for the culprit to be caught, but for different reasons. Everyone's a suspect including the local medical examiner, who can't seem to determine the cause of death, while the paranormal activity leads to more mysterious victims. Starring David Janssen, Barbara Rush, and Bradford Dillman. One of the best werewolf movies of the 1970s!
Some fishermen are attacked in the Louisiana swamps. When the word gets out of a mysterious bigfoot-type creature, two college researchers come to the small town to study and hopefully discover what the beast is. Their research from some farmers help the two men to learn that the creature may be a very angry and murderous swamp ape—or bigfoot. Starring Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, and Dennis Fimple. One of the great bigfoot/swamp ape movies of the 70s! Boggy Creek look out!
Fast-talking Jasper B. Hawks drives through a forest with his sidekick, Elmer Briggs, while pilot Joi Landis flies a single engine small aircraft over the same area. Joi's engine conks out, so she parachutes to safety. On the ground, she encounters a Bigfoot that emerges from the woods and attacks her. Laconic biker Rick, rolls into the woods with his girlfriend, Chris, who stumbles onto a Bigfoot burial ground, and then is also attacked by a Bigfoot. Rick seeks help elsewhere, but only Jasper B. Hawks believes his story, offering aid only because he plans to capture a Bigfoot for later freak show exhibition. Meanwhile, Peggy is captured and tied up next to Joi. Jasper, Elmer, and Rick trek through the woods until they reach the Bigfoot lair. The creatures, it turns out, who have been guarding the women are just the children of a 12-foot tall male Bigfoot. He shows up and fights a big bear. Can Rick save the women before it is too late? With John Carradine, Chris Mitchum, Joi Lansing, Doodles Weaver, and Lindsay Crosby. The original Bigfoot movie!
Animal tracker Ivan Marx opens by mentioning the film is the culmination of 10 years of research. He says that the Eskimos called the creature "bushman," the Colville Indians "Sasquatch," and the Hoopa "Om-mah," but is most commonly known as Bigfoot. A notorious movie on Bigfoot from the 70s that has to be seen to be believed!
Former 1968 Winter Olympics gold medal ski champion Gar Seberg (Bo Svenson) and his wife Ellen, a television presenter (Yvette Mimieux), return to his home, a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies where the faded star seeks a job using his skiing skills. As the Sebergs arrive, the town's annual winter carnival is spoiled by the disappearances of a series of vacationers, later revealed to have been brutally killed by an unknown animal. There are eyewitness accounts that the culprit is a Yeti, Bigfoot or Sasquatch, which are met with ridicule. The owner of the ski resort (Sylvia Sidney) declares that there is no such being, because she doesn't want to lose her business, and she arranges for her grandson Tony (Robert Logan) to keep the disappearances a secret. The local sheriff (Clint Walker) spreads the story that there is a lone savage bear on the loose. Tony gives Gar a job with the ski resort and confides in him about the monster. Gar's first job is to stalk and kill it. Gar keeps an open mind due to his wife's former work on a documentary about Sasquatch sightings, but is reluctant to kill it, feeling that it would be murder. He changes his mind when he sees the remains of the first victim and the monster comes to town and not only panics the population but kills the mother of the Snow Carnival Queen. A great retro-bigfoot movie made for television from the 70s!
