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Dead Eye Dick (1997)

Actors: Kelly Macdonald (actress), Stephen McCole (actor), Nicola Black (director), Kenneth Bryans (actor), James Hamilton (editor), Paul Gallagher (writer), Perry Costello (miscellaneous crew), David Muir (producer), Michael Caballero (actor), Nigel Hayes (composer), Lars Sandberg (composer), Steven Hannah (actor),

Plot: Unable to accept that she doesn't want to see him anymore, Joe threatens to shoot himself in the head at his ex-lover's apartment door, but is not expecting her to then attack him. He drops his gun, which is picked up by a neighbour, Dick, who fancies himself a bit of a he-man; not wanting to give up this golden opportunity, he contemplates intervening and killing Joe, but settles for closing his door and waving the gun around in his flat. With his first suicide attempt thwarted, Joe drags Wendy up onto the roof, and menaces her with a nail-gun, while the alerted police try to talk him out of it. Backed into a corner, he ends up being pushed over the edge by Wendy, and is heading for the safety of an air-cushion...

Keywords: character-name-in-title, independent-film, suicide, unrequited-love
Genres: Short, Thriller,

Parole (1982)

Actors: Jay Acovone (actor), Ellen Barkin (actress), George Fenton (composer), James Naughton (actor), Richard Jenkins (actor), Tom Kemp (actor), Beryl Vertue (producer), Brent Jennings (actor), Michael Tuchner (director), Stephen Mendillo (actor), Charles Miller (miscellaneous crew), Patricia Wettig (actress), Bill Blunden (editor), Peter Siragusa (actor), Ted Ross (actor),

Plot: High school dropout Jimmy McCusick goes to prison for robbery; after suffering a gang-rape and then drawing the attention of a hardened life-term convict, he is put in protective confinement. Upon being paroled he finds himself unable to hold onto either his girlfriend or his job. Parole officer Andy Driscoll must find a way to keep Jimmy from sliding back into crime.

Keywords: boston-massachusetts, gang-rape, parole, parole-officer, prison
Genres: Drama,

Scorpio (1973)

Actors: Pamela Carlton (miscellaneous crew), Alain Delon (actor), Michael Winner (editor), Shane Rimmer (actor), James Sikking (actor), Michael Winner (director), Walter Mirisch (producer), Jerry Fielding (composer), Morgan Farley (actor), John Colicos (actor), Burt Lancaster (actor), Vladek Sheybal (actor), Bill Nagy (actor), Paul Scofield (actor), Earl Cameron (actor),

Plot: Cross is an old hand at the CIA, in charge of assassinating high-ranking foreign personalities who are an obstacle to the policies of the USA. He often teams up with Frenchman Jean Laurier, alias "Scorpio", a gifted free-lance operative. One day, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross -- and leaves him no choice but to obey. Scorpio is cold-blooded and very systematic; however, as a veteran agent, Cross knows many tricks. He can also rely upon a network of unusual personal contacts, some dating back to the troubled years preceding WWII. A lethal game of hide-and-seek is programmed, but what are the true motives of every single player?

Keywords: animal-shelter, assassin, assassination, blood, blood-spatter, boxing-gym, cat, chase, cia, cold-war
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: When Scorpio wants you... there is no place to hide!

Quotes:

Cross: There's a room just down the hall from McLeod's office where grown men play a game. It's a bit like Monopoly, only more people get hurt. There's no good and no bad. The object is not to win, but not to lose - and the only rule is to stay in the game.

Cross: You're beautiful Jean, but sometimes you have the bad breath of priests.

Black employee in toilet: Joy, baby. A C-note? My mother's dead, so who do l have to kill?

Cross: Toasting himself and Zharckov "Here's to dinosaurs".

Jean 'Scorpio' Laurier: [speaking of his cats] They were bred to be degenerate.

Texas, addio (1966)

Actors: Ferdinando Baldi (director), Julio Parra (miscellaneous crew), Mario Novelli (actor), Luigi Pistilli (actor), Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia (actor), José Suárez (actor), Elisa Montés (actress), Ferdinando Baldi (writer), Ferdinando Baldi (writer), Remo De Angelis (actor), Sergio Montanari (editor), Livio Lorenzon (actor), Franco Nero (actor), Alberto Dell'Acqua (actor), Antonio Moreno (actor),

Plot: The tough gun-man Burt Sullivan (Franco Nero) leaves his job as a town sheriff to go to Mexico to find the man, Cisco, who killed his father many years ago. He and his younger brother arrive in a small town where everybody is afraid of Cisco who has become the local landowner. But there is a secret. It turns out that Cisco is the father of Burt's younger brother and Cisco are craving for respect from his "son". Burt Sullivan joins forces with the local townspeople to stop and bring Cisco back to his punishment in Texas

Keywords: ambush, beating, brawl, brother-brother-relationship, death-of-father, dollar, drinking, ends-with-a-ride-into-the-sunset, falling-from-height, father-son-relationship
Genres: Action, Western,

Detective Story (1963)

Actors: Rolf Schimpf (actor), Hans Christian Blech (actor), Karl John (actor), Harry Wüstenhagen (actor), Heinz Bennent (actor), Gernot Duda (actor), Konrad Georg (actor), Heidelinde Weis (actress), Hans W. Hamacher (actor), Rose Renée Roth (actress), Ruth Drexel (actress), Konrad Wagner (actor), Theo Mezger (director), Heinrich Trimbur (actor), Robert Rathke (actor),

Genres: Crime, Drama,

Quatermass 2 (1957)

Actors: John Stuart (actor), Michael Ripper (actor), John Rae (actor), Edwin Richfield (actor), John Longden (actor), Brian Donlevy (actor), Michael Balfour (actor), Bryan Forbes (actor), George Merritt (actor), Charles Lloyd Pack (actor), Percy Herbert (actor), Alastair Hunter (actor), Sid James (actor), Marianne Stone (actress), Lloyd Lamble (actor),

Plot: Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for Moon colonisation his project to colonize the Moon, is intrigued by the mysterious traces that have been showing up on his radar - meteorites crashing down?. Following them to the place where they should be landing he finds a destroyed village, a mysterious factory too close to his designs for the Moon colony for comfort, and some strange, aerodynamic objects containing a mysterious, ammonia-based gas that infects one of his assistants. Officially, the factory is producing synthetic food; but despite the veil of secrecy surrounding it Quatermass succeeds in finding out it harbours aliens with deadly designs on the Earth... Second in Hammer Films' trio of screen versions for Nigel Kneale's classic 1950s BBC serials, with the same director and star as 1955's "The Quatermass Experiment".

Keywords: alien-invasion, alien-possession, character-name-in-title, conspiracy, factory, government-installation, london-england, meteor, monster, numbered-sequel
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror across the earth!

Soho Incident (1956)

Actors: Joss Ambler (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Martin Benson (actor), Vernon Sewell (director), Peter Burton (actor), Lee Patterson (actor), M.J. Frankovich (producer), Bernard Fox (actor), Peter Hammond (actor), Robert Arden (actor), Robert Westerby (writer), Rona Anderson (actress), Faith Domergue (actress), Robert Sharples (composer), George Maynard (producer),

Plot: A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang - but things don't turn out the way he planned.

Keywords: based-on-novel
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Taglines: SHE'LL ENSNARE YOU WITH HER KISSES...ENTRAP YOU IN HER CRIMES! (original print ad - all caps) IF BELLA LIKES YOU...YOU'RE IN, ...in for a lot of trouble!

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

Actors: Kenneth Tobey (actor), William Bryant (actor), Jerome Thoms (editor), Donald Curtis (actor), Roy Engel (actor), Ian Keith (actor), Harry Lauter (actor), Mischa Bakaleinikoff (composer), Sam Hayes (actor), Sam Katzman (producer), Robert Gordon (director), William Woodson (actor), Tol Avery (actor), George Worthing Yates (writer), George Worthing Yates (writer),

Plot: After an encounter at sea with an unknown underwater creature, a naval commander works with two scientists to identify it. The creature they are dealing with is a giant, radioactive octopus that has left its normal feeding grounds in search of new sources of replenishment. As the creature attacks San Francisco, the Navy tries to trap it at the Golden Gate Bridge but it manages to enter the Bay area leading to a final confrontation with a submarine.

Keywords: 1950s, atomic-submarine, b-movie, bare-chested-male, bridge-collapse, creature-feature, female-scientist, flamethrower, geiger-counter, giant-monster
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS! (original print ad - all caps) Havoc! Chaos! Destruction! Can IT Be Stopped? Out of primordial depths to destroy the world!

Quotes:

[first lines]::Narrator: From her beginnings on a Navy drawing board, through the months of secret field experiments out on the Western desert, then through the desperate search for new metals with the properties she needed, she was designed to be the nation's greatest weapon of the seas - the atom-powered submarine. Her engines were to be a miracle of speed and power, her sides strong enough to withstand any blow, her armament and fire power of greater force than the worst enemy she might encounter. The mind of man had thought of everything - except that which was beyond his comprehension!::[fade to black, fade in on stormy waters and scroll main titles]

[last lines]::Cmdr. Pete Mathews: Well, I guess that's it. The sub's been ordered on patrol. We'll be on sea duty for a few months. We'll be seeing you, John.::Prof. John Carter: Soon, I hope.::Cmdr. Pete Mathews: Will I be seeing you, Leslie?::Prof. Lesleyl Joyce: Do you mean when I get back from Cairo?::Cmdr. Pete Mathews: I mean, women can change, move away, get married, have families.::Prof. Lesleyl Joyce: Well, there is that possibility; but, uh, A - there isn't time for that to happen to me; B - I can be reached at the school; and C - how would you like to collaborate with me on a book, "How To Catch A Sea Beast"?::[takes Pete's chin, draws herself to him, and kisses him on the lips]::Cmdr. Pete Mathews: Say, doctor, you were right about this new breed of women!::["The End" title appears beneath trio as he starts this line, and music increases volume accordingly, partially drowning him out. Fade to black as line finishes]

Cmdr. Pete Mathews: The next time I cruise in these waters I'm going to have torpedoes with warheads on them.

Cmdr. Pete Mathews: This is a submarine, doctor; it can go under water, it can go under boats. Now, you better run below if you don't wanna get wet.

The Spider Returns (1941)

Actors: Stanley Blystone (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Stephen Chase (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Joseph W. Girard (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Harry Harvey (actor), Warren Hull (actor), Warren Hull (actor), Warren Hull (actor), Tom London (actor), George Magrill (actor),

Plot: Columbia's 14th serial (between "White Eagle" and "The Iron Claw") and the second serial based upon the character in the pulp magazine from Popular Publications "The Spider Magazine." Some sources, evidently based on their knowledge that L. Ron Hubbard and Norvell Page wrote stories for that magazine, have incorrectly credited them as being writers of this serial. The only serial that L. Ron Hubbard wrote was 1938's "The Secret of Treasure Island" filmed by Columbia, and the only connection Page has is that he wrote stories about the character in the magazine. Chapter One, "The Stolen Plans", has a gang of saboteurs, led by The Gargoyle, a mysterious and powerful agent for an unnamed country, playing havoc with National Defense projects. Socialite Richard Wentworth (Warren Hull), alias the Spider, returns to continue his crusade against the underworld. Wentworth calls a meeting of the nation's biggest business men, but the Gargoyle's men disrupt it with a tear-gas bomb. Chasing after them, Wentworth is taken prisoner and placed aboard an airplane. The pilot sets it afire and bails out, with Wentworth unconscious in the plunging-to-earth airplane as the first episode ends. Knox Manning asking if this is the end is easily answered by those who knew this was a 15 chapter serial, and that neither The Spider (in chapter two) nor Blinky McQuade (in chapter four) had yet made an entrance. The quest by Wentworth/Spider/McQuade to learn the identity of the Gargoyle isn't helped any by the fact that he is one of the businessmen in attendance at every meeting Wentworth calls to discuss his future plans. Based on pure fun, this is one of the, to use a relative term, best of the James W. Horne-directed serials, but the absence of James Craven foaming at the mouth and screaming at the henchmen - "Idiots! Idiots! I'm surrounded by idiots!" - is sorely missed.

Keywords: 1940s, abduction, action-hero, airplane, airplane-crash, airport, alias, ambush, apartment, archive-footage
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery,
Taglines: Based upon "The Spider" Magazine Stories (original poster) THE FAMOUS CRIME SMASHER OF "THE SPIDER" MAGAZINE WARS ON SECRET FOREIGN AGENTS! (original poster - all caps) A thrill-filled Chapter-Play that rips the mask off sabotage plots! (original poster) Fantastic adventure! Miraculous escapes! Breathless suspense! (original title card - chapter 8) WARRING ON THE NATION'S SECRET ENEMIES! (original 3-sheet poster - all caps) SMASHING A GIGANTIC SABOTAGE PLOT (original 6-sheet poster - all caps) SPINNING HIS WEB OF CUNNING TO TRAP FIFTH COLUMNISTS...in the most timely of all chapter-plays! (original poster) SMASHING A GIGANTIC SABOTAGE PLOT...From the thrill-filled pages of "The Spider" magazine roars a sensational Chapter-Play! (original window-card) The heart-pounding Chapter Play (chapter 10 original card) The suspense-crammed Chapter Play (chapter 15 original card)

Brewster's Millions (1935)

Actors: Sydney Fairbrother (actress), Dennis Hoey (actor), Paul Gangelin (writer), Clifford Grey (writer), David Lean (editor), Anthony Holles (actor), Herbert Wilcox (producer), Miles Malleson (actor), Amy Veness (actress), Wally Patch (actor), Laurence Hanray (actor), Jack Buchanan (actor), Sebastian Shaw (actor), Lili Damita (actress), Fred Emney (actor),

Plot: Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in 60 days to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.

Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, apostrophe-in-title, based-on-adaptation, based-on-novel, based-on-play, brewster's-millions, character-name-in-title, inheritance, inheritance-challenge, mayor
Genres: Comedy, Musical,