(1960) Noëlle Adam, Christian Marquand, Paul Guers.  Marquand plays a drifter with a huge gambling debt to pay.  To square things with his lenders he’s sent off on a dangerous journey.  Sadly, his sweetheart thinks he has deserted her and marries another!  After hearing of this he does the logical thing and joins the foreign legion...

(1958) Bill Cord, Don Durant, Lisa Montell, Jeanne Gerson.  This AIP drive-in quickie is about a couple of brothers who are stranded on an island populated by pearl-diving women.  To their horror, they discover that one of the regular practices is to sacrifice young maidens to a great stone god.  In the mix there’s also a hidden cache of valuable pearls...

(1964) Lex Barker, Ralf Walter, Marie Versini, Rik Battaglia, Directed by Robert Siodmak.  An infamous bandit kidnaps Lex’s friend.  Later, the same villainous cad burns down a farmhouse and carries off a farmer’s daughter.  Lex and his partner put their lives in danger as they join in the pursuit...

SHOOTOUT AT BIG SAG (1962) Walter Brennan, Don Robinson, Luana Patten, Leif Erickson, Les Tremayne.  An engaging action-western drama.  Brennan is the pawn of his bossy wife, who wants a range war with Erickson.  It doesn’t help that Walter’s daughter and Leif’s son have fallen in love. Tremayne, is great as the sleazy saloon owner hired to “seal the deal” in favor of Walter’s family... 

SLAVE GIRLS OF SHEBA (1961) José Suárez, Linda Cristal, Cristina Gaioni, Hélène Chanel, Walter Barnes.  Much of this action thriller deals with the Saracen pirates of "Black Eagle" who attack Christian strongholds along the coast of Spain.  Things get very tense though when they stop off in Sheba to re-up their supplies, and also pick up a bevy of female slaves...

(1959) J Radovan Lukavský, Jirí Vala, Jirina Svorcová, Stanislav Remunda.  Being that this is a communist film from Czechoslovakia, it’s quite well done and genuinely exciting at times—a little grim, too, in places.  The story concerns the Czech border guards of the late 1940s and their constant challenges in keeping the smuggler and refugee problem in check (pun intended)...

(1959, Upgraded 12/16/21) Eddie Constantine, Richard Attenborough, Eva Bartok, Pier Angeli, John Gregson, Jean Anderson. Forget Alphaville, this IS the best Constantine film. Eddie's a tough sailor who's being flown back to the mainland for trial. Also on board is the sleazy snake who turned him in, played to the hilt by Attenborough. The plane is filled with many colorful characters: stuffy socialites, sexy playgirls, etc. During the flight, a fire erupts...

(1935) Paul Kelly, Marguerite Churchill, Russell Hardie, Walter Fenner. After cracking up during a race, Kelly seeks another line of work. He and Hardie soon open up a garage, only to be squeezed by

(1936) John “Dusty” King, Jean Rogers, Hooper Atchley, Stanley Blystone., Al Bridge, Noah Beery, Lon Chaney.  This is the action-packed feature version of the Universal 13-chapter serial, Ace Drummond, directed by Ford Beebe. The nice thing about condensations like this is you get all the best stuff...

(1948) George Reeves, Ralph Byrd, Greg McLure, Michael Whalen, Denise Darcel. Old pals Reeves and Byrd are lumberjacks up in the wilds of Wisconsin. In an amazing coincidence, it turns out that both

(1965) Lex Barker, Gerard Barray, Rik Battaglia, Michele Girardon, Alessandra Panaro, Theresa Lorca.   What a surprise this film turned out to be!   It's a great, sprawling action epic with a climax much in the Indiana Jones vien.  Barker plays an American diplomat in the service of Benito Juarez during the Mexican civil war.  There are multiple avenues of intrigue throughout the film and the action is plentiful featuring pitched gun battles, indian raids, duels, betrayals, fistfights, etc...