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Dennis Hopper – Catchfire aka Backtrack (1990)
Quote:An artist (Foster) witnesses a Mafia hit and calls the police. At the police station she realizes that the Mafia has a man in the force, so she runs. Trailed by the police, who need her...
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D. Ross Lederman – The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
IMDB:A croupier is murdered in a Mexico City gambling casino and the Lone Wolf is suspected. Sharon Montgomery, wife of diamond merchant Charles Montgomery, becomes involved in a jewel heist, in which...
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Gianfranco Parolini – Cinque per l’inferno AKA Five Into Hell (1969)
John Garko is a fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German’s… FIVE FOR HELL (1969) ITALY Director – Gianfranco Parolini (Frank Kramer) “Gianni (John) Garko is a...
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John Woo – Hao xia aka Last Hurrah for Chivalry [+commentary] (1979)
Synopsis:The estate of the Kao family was attacked by Pai an enemy of the Kao family. The last member of the Kao family barely escapes with his life and seeks to avenge himself. His old teacher...
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John English – Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
Quote:Reviewing the serial it is still one of Republic’s best efforts, made at the peak of their creativity. Jim Harmon and Donald Glut have referred to “Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.” as “The Best of...
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Spencer Gordon Bennet – Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)
Plot summary forManhunt of Mystery IslandA young couple journeys to Mystery Island to rescue the girl’s father, who is being held prisoner by the evil Captain Mephisto, a pirate from 200 years ago who...
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Spencer Gordon Bennet – The Secret Code (1942)
IMDB:A police detective goes undercover and joins a gang of Nazi agents using explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort, whom he battles in disguise as The Black Commando....
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Eiichi Kudo – Sono go no jingi naki tatakai AKA Battles Without Honor and...
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different...
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Khavn – IDOL: Bida/Kontrabida AKA IDOL: Hero/Villain (2005)
Quote:One of the best films of 2005. — Paolo Bertolin In the extraordinary film “IDOL”, all aspirations are stunted and all beyonds are ludicrous. The brilliant farce that is “IDOL” is so profoundly...
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James W. Horne & Ray Taylor – The Spider’s Web (1938)
The Spider’s Web (1938) is a Columbia Pictures movie serial based on the pulp magazine character The Spider. The 15-chapter adventure (first episode was double length) was directed by serial and...
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James W. Horne – The Spider Returns (1941)
The Spider Returns (1941) is a Columbia movie serial based on the pulp magazine character The Spider. It was the fourteenth of the 57 serials released by Columbia and a sequel to its 1938 serial The...
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Spencer Gordon Bennet – The Masked Marvel (1943)
From the files of Jerry Blake:THE MASKED MARVEL. Republic, 12 Chapters, 1943. Starring William Forrest, Louise Currie, Johnny Arthur, Richard Clarke, Rod Bacon, Anthony Warde, David Bacon, Bill Healy,...
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Sadao Nakajima – Datsugoku Hiroshima satsujinshû AKA The Rapacious...
Sadao Nakajima had made his name with Toei’s particular brand of violent action movie, but by the early seventies, the classic yakuza flick was going out of fashion. Datsugoku Hiroshima Satsujinshu...
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Jimmy Wang Yu – Long hu dou AKA The Chinese Boxer AKA Hammer of God (1970)
Synopsis:Wang Yu takes the title role as a young kung fu student who prides himself on his skill and his upright standing. These skills are tested and defeated when a local rival enlists the help of a...
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Andy Sidaris – Picasso Trigger (1988)
Synopsis:Donna (Dona Sper) and her partner Tanya (Hope Marie Carlton) are two beautiful female secret agents sent to stop the international villain Picasso Trigger (John Aprea) in this action spy...
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Ford Beebe – Red Barry (1938)
Quote:“Red Barry” was the 40th sound-era serial produced by Universal Pictures (followed “Flaming Frontiers” and preceded “Scouts To the Rescue”), and was based in the Will Gould comic strip...
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George Sherman – New Frontier AKA Frontier Horizon (1939)
The state government plans to build a flood-control dam and condemns the property of the local farmers and ranchers, including The Three Mesquiteers. The state intends to compensate the land-owners...
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Wei Lo & Chia-Hsiang Wu – Tang shan da xiong AKA The Big Boss (1971)
Cheng is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at a ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing...
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Toshiya Fujita – Shinjuku outlaw: Buttobase AKA Shinjuku Outlaw: Step on the...
Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, is taken to a bar that Nao operates and there he meets his old love Emiko, now working as hostess, and accepts Nao’s appeal for help in finding drug thieves. After...
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Yimou Zhang – Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia AKA Curse of the Golden Flower...
A dying love between two powerful people leads to deceit, infidelity, and conspiracy in this epic-scale historical drama from director Zhang Yimou. During the latter days of the Tang dynasty, the...
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