A CIA team in Greece tries to capture a major drug dealer named Agathon. Based on the Cabot Cane novels of the 1960s by Alain Caillou whose books typically started with the “Assault on” in the title. This was the only one of his books that was made into a movie, financed from Greece and Australia. Assault on Agathon tells the story of a revolutionary from WW2, the mysterious Agathon who is committing terrorist acts in Greece and Albania. Nico Minardos stars as Cabot Cain, Western agent assigned to stop Agathon and locate a missing Interpol agent. Marianne Faithfull, the chanteuse also stars. Stunning Mediterranean photography adds to this fun spy thriller. It is interesting to note that a large part of the film takes place in Kosovo when times were peaceful in the seventies. Starring Nico Minardos, Nina van Pallandt, John Woodvine and Marianne Faithfull. This movie has a minor cult status with its bubble bath scene with Marianne Faithfull who is looking good in this 1976 movie.
A sinister town boss called Pat Barnes has exploited almost everyone in the town. If they don't succumb to his demands they normally end up dead. Barnes is finally brought down by Shanghai Joe and a smooth-talking snake-oil salesman. Starring Klaus Kinski, Cheen Lie, and Tommy Polgár. Kung Fu comes to the West, spaghetti style! For some reason, Klaus Kinski is in a number of spaghetti westerns. Look out Jackie Chan!
Renowned gunman Richard Martin is traveling on a train, held up by Billy Kane, a former student of Martin's. Kane spares Martin, but only after shooting his hands. Years later, Martin meets an escaped convict, wrongly convicted for the train robbery. Martin trains his new student and both men seek out Billy Kane. Starring Enrico Maria Salerno, Terry Jenkins, and María Martín. Revenge is sweet, especially in a spaghetti western.
Also known as One Silver Dollar. Giuliano Gemma plays a confederate soldier who returns from the war to fight one at home. Unbeknownst to him, his brother has become the infamous gunfighter "Black Jack" to defeat the local bullies. Gemma agrees to ambush and kill Black Jack, only to discover too late who the outlaw really is. With vengeance in his heart he turns on his employers, who then shoot him. Things get worse, or bad, or ugly, from there. Black Jack was one of the Grey Riders, I think. Starring Giuliano Gemma, Evelyn Stewart, Pierre Cressoy. Go ahead, microwave some spaghetti.
A Chinese immigrant named Chin How lands in a small Texas town inhabited by hard-nosed cowboys who don't take kindly to outsiders. The town folk soon realize that Chin is no ordinary drifter and he quickly gains a reputation for his unbeatable fighting skills. When word of Chin's skills spread to Stanley Spencer, the owner of the states largest cattle ranch, Chin lands a job working for Spencer as a fellow cowboy. Friend soon becomes foe when Chin realizes he is working for a cattle smuggler bent on brutalizing Mexican farmers and anyone else who stands in his way. Starring Chen Lee, Klaus Kinski, and Carla Romanelli. Kung Fu comes to the West, spaghetti style! For some reason, Klaus Kinski is in a number of spaghetti westerns.
Ended in prison for killing three men in self-defense while playing hopscotch, Ringo is freed to infiltrate the bandits led by Sancho who, after a bank robbery, barricaded themselves on Major Clyde's farm. Ringo, called Angel Face, asks for thirty percent of the loot for his business, then, when he arrives at the farm, he reveals everything in Sancho obtaining forty percent of the loot to bring him and his cronies to safety. Starring Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, and Lorella De Luca. I think that Ringo and Django were cousins, sort of.
A quartet of international crooks (Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello) are stranded in Italy whilst their steamer is being repaired. With them are an English couple, the Dannreuthers. The six are headed for Africa, presumably to sell vacuum cleaners but all is not as it seems. They are joined by others who apparently have similar designs. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lorre, and Gina Lollobrigida. A great 50s spy spoof!
This television movie is the combination of a number of Flash Gordon TV shows, made in West Germany, from the early 1950s. Diverging from the storyline of the comics, the series has Flash, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov in the year 3203. As agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation, the team travels the galaxy in their ship the Sky Flash, battling cosmic villains under the order of Commander Paul Richards. In this movie, Dr. Zarkoff's request to test his new anti-gravitation device on a remote planet is denied because of the mysterious deaths of a recent scientific expedition. Can Flash Gordon solve this mystery? Starring Steve Holland, Irene Chaplin, and Joseph Nash. Before the Millennium Falcon there was the Sky Flash! No, this is not the Flesh Gordon movie.
A reporter who has had an affair with the daughter of the U.S. President is sent to Hungary. There he is bitten by a werewolf, and then gets transferred back to Washington, where he gets a job as press assistant to the President. Then bodies start turning up as the werewolf strikes. Yikes! Sounds like the way things are going these days. Starring Dean Stockwell, Katalin Kallay, Henry Ferrentino and Michael Dunn.
An alien civilization, which is facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims. Starship troopers look out! Starring Antonio Sabato, Yanti Somer, and Malisa Longo. One of those Italian sci-fi movies from the late 70s in the wake of the first Star Wars movie.
Dr. Johnny Wu becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel—made-up of underworld leaders from around the world—become aware that he stumbled onto valuable information on a computer disk he possesses. Louie and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Kruskev use every bit of their cunning to trap Johnny and retrieve the disk. Starring Don Wilson, Bobbie Phillips, and Marcus Aurelius. Don "The Dragon" Wilson is considered the greatest kick-boxing champion in the sport's history.
In 1905, an English anthropologist has discovered a frozen monster in the frozen wastes of Manchuria which he believes may be the Missing Link. He brings the creature back to Europe aboard a trans-Siberian express, but during the trip the monster thaws out and starts to butcher the passengers one by one. Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Telly Savalas. This is not a train to be on! Is it a bigfoot or an alien?
Also known as Assignment Terror. Aliens from a dying world plot to conquer Earth by preying on man's superstitions. Bringing two dead scientists back to life, they use their knowledge to re-animate various monsters, including the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky, Frankenstein's monster, the mummy Tao-Tet, and the vampire Count de Meirhoff. Starring Michael Rennie of The Day the Earth Stood Still, Karin Dor, and Craig Hill. An Italian horror movie with all the monsters you could possibly want… wait, where are the Mole Men?
After civilization is wiped out by nuclear war, an adventurer leads a group of wanderers on a search for the fabled Mountain of Life. Along the way they encounter pygmy tribes, bands of savage outlaws and a tribe of Amazon women. Starring Michael James, Deborah Moore, and Ken Metcalfe. This is a little-seen Italian Mad Max-Road Warrior movie. Plenty of post-apocalyptic action and Amazon women!
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days. However, the "adult" fetus turns into a homicidal psycho and looks for a new formula to prevent her from aging further. Starring Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd. Looks like genetic experiments and cloning gone wild. Haven’t they learned anything? Maybe Rock Hudson’s last movie. You look it up.
A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo full of green pulsating eggs. Upon contact, the eggs explode spreading a green acid like substance that seeps into the skin and explodes. It is later discovered that the eggs are being manufactured in South America by a one-eyed Martian that grew from a tiny seed a former astronaut brought back from a expedition to Mars. Starring Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, and Marino Masé. One of those curious Italian Sci-Fi films that came out after the big success of STAR WARS. This one has one-eyed aliens being manufactured in South America. Yikes!
Logan Fallon was ten years old when his prosecutor father was marked for murder by a gangster he was prosecuting. Logan has this uncanny ability to sense danger before it happens, and he sensed the gangster's hitmen coming and survived their attack but the rest of his family was not so lucky. Logan chose not to tell the investigator who killed his family cause he wants to get them himself. He is taken in by his Uncle Jake who's an ex Army Ranger and a martial arts expert, he teaches Logan martial arts and gets him into the Rangers so that he could prepare himself to go after the people who killed his family. Starring Eddie Cibrian, Chuck Norris, and Joe Spano. Never mess with a guy whose middle name is “Lone Wolf.”
Beautiful wildlife photographer Terry and her brother Art go to Venezuela for a photo shoot. They hire Jim Pendrake to guide them through the jungle. However, the trio run afoul of evil local hunter Caribe who ultimately wants to feed them to piranhas. Starring William Smith, Peter Brown, and Ahna Capri. One of those “Bummer Trips to South America” kind of movies from the early 1970s. Peter Brown is famous from the LAWMAN television series of the 1960s (1958–1962).
Hercules fights to free the people of Babylon from an evil sorceress. This is because the Babylonians capture Asparia the queen of the Hellenes, and, unaware of her true identity, take her to Babylon as a common slave. She sends word of her capture to Hercules and soon a false rumor that the hero is on his way spreads through the city. Meanwhile, King Phaleg of Assyria convinces Hercules to help him fight the Babylonians, but the two-faced king is conspiring to get his hands on the beautiful Asparia. Starring Peter Lupus, Helga Liné, and Mario Petri.
Tony is the new kid at school. He befriend gang leader Young, whose top rival is Chan. Tony is also dating Chan's sister, Lily. When Young and Tony are hired as personal security, they head to a private party run by a drug dealer. When Young steals the money from the dealer, two hitmen arrive and torture his gang. Young must fight them off but also face the wrath of Chan. Tony must help his new friend before it's too late. Starring Jun Chong, Phillip Rhee, and James Lew. Seems like LA is getting worser and worser… where is Bruce Lee when you need him?
