Harry Alan Towers — Playwright (22)
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The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
The Face of Fu Manchu
director: Don Sharp actor: Christopher Lee / Nigel Green …
other title: Fu Manciù A.S.3: Operazione Tigre / Dr. Fu Manchu's hemmelighed …
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.
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Code 7, Victim 5 (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Victim Five
director: Robert Lynn actor: Lex Barker / Ann Smyrner …
other title: I 4 volti della vendetta / Die Verdammten der blauen Berge …
The first victim is the butler of South African millionaire Wexler, who hires hard-hitting private eye Steve Martin for protection. Once at Wexler’s palatial Cape Town estate, Martin meets the patriarch’s family, close associates – and possible suspects. When it’s discovered that the key to the killing may lie in an old war photograph, Martin sets out on a mission to unravel the identities of the men in the picture before they become target two through VICTIM 5.
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The Lost World (1992) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Lost World
director: Timothy Bond actor: John Rhys-Davies / David Warner …
other title: Die verlorene Welt / El mundo perdido …
Unfazed by ridicule from fellow scientists, professor Challenger (John Rhys-Davies) leads an expedition to investigate rumored sightings of prehistoric life still thriving in the unexplored African jungle. He's joined by a thrill-seeking journalist, his archrival and a beautiful adventurer on a perilous trek through mysterious and uncharted territory, filled with danger and deception. David Warner, Eric McCormack and Tamara Gorski co-star.
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Black Arrow (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Black Arrow
director: John Hough actor: Oliver Reed / Georgia Slowe …
other title: La Flèche Noire / La Flecha Negra …
In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knight finds his family dead. He joins the outlaws led by the Black Arrow (Stephan Chase) to seek justice. The noble Black Arrow foils Sir Brackley's (Oliver Reed) plan to kill one ward (Benedict Taylor) and marry the other. This is a classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson turned into film by Disney pictures.
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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
director: Don Sharp actor: Burl Ives / Troy Donahue …
other title: Quei fantastici pazzi volanti / Disse fantastiske flyvende fjolser …
Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...
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Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996) IMDb TMDB
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
director: Douglas Jackson actor: Michael Caine / Jason Connery …
other title: Intrigo a San Pietroburgo / Midnat i Skt. Petersborg …
Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov, ex-CIA agent Craig, and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky. They take on the job of finding 1000 grams of weapons-grade plutonium stolen from the Russian government, though they do not know the identity of their client.
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99 Women (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Der heiße Tod
director: Jesús Franco actor: Maria Schell / Herbert Lom …
other title: 99 donne / 99 kvinder …
Female prisoners endure the horrors of drug abuse, prostitution and rampant sadism at an island prison. When an escape attempt goes awry, the fugitives discover that escaping can be as dangerous as remaining in the prison.
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Christina (1984) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Christina y la reconversión sexual
director: Francisco Lara Polop actor: Jewel Shepard / Ian Sera …
other title: Christina y la reconversión sexual
Christina Von Belle, a wealthy heiress, is kidnapped by a lesbian terrorist group and held for ransom. She escapes the lesbian terrorists only to fall into the clutches of a gang of gourmet chefs who want a piece of the ransom themselves.
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Warrior Queen (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Warrior Queen
director: Chuck Vincent actor: Sybil Danning / Donald Pleasence …
other title: La reina guerrera
In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, meantime secretly helping the slaves to escape. Eventually her life is also in jeopardy, and as the volcano erupts she and the slaves attempt to escape while being chased by the military.
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Outlaw of Gor (1988) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Outlaw of Gor
director: John "Bud" Cardos actor: Urbano Barberini / Rebecca Ferratti …
other title: Ritorno a Gor / Gor 2 - Der Geächtete von Gor …
An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny.
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The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Castle of Fu Manchu
director: Jesús Franco actor: Christopher Lee / Richard Greene …
other title: Il castello di Fu Manchu / O Castelo de Fu Manchu …
The evil mastermind Fu Manchu plots his latest scheme to basically freeze over the Earth's oceans with his diabolical new device. Opposing him is his arch-nemesis, Interpol's very British Nayland Smith.
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City of Fear (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB
City of Fear
director: Peter Bezencenet actor: Paul Maxwell / Terry Moore …
other title: Scharfe Küsse für Mike Foster / Ciudad del terror …
A Canadian reporter gets mixed up in Cold-War politics, romance and espionage in Eastern Europe.