Action Classics: 50 Movie Pack
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- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsJohn BarrymoreConrad VeidtMarceline DayFrançois Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsRichard ArlenWendy BarrieNils AstherGerman spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the U.S. government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed.
- DirectorPaul GuilfoyleStarsBarton MacLaneVirginia GreyLeif EricksonA man desperate to leave South America books passage on a freighter, and learns that the captain has made plans to force a scientist to participate in a mission of destruction.
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsConrad VeidtAnnabellaRaymond MasseyCardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist (Veidt) provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots.
- DirectorCharles GuggenheimJohn StixStarsSteve McQueenCrahan DentonDavid ClarkeA gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions.
- DirectorEdward D. Wood Jr.StarsLyle TalbotDolores FullerHerbert RawlinsonVic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon father into fixing up his face so he can evade the cops.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsRobert LoweryPhyllis BrooksCharles ArntJoe Beck leaves Central America so that he can return to Texas and collect a large inheritance, but he picks a dangerous ship on which to travel.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsTim McCoyJoan WoodburyKarl HackettA miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.
- DirectorEdward A. KullWilbur McGaughStarsBruce BennettUla HoltFrank BakerThis is an edited version of the 1935 serial "The New Adventures of Tarzan."
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsDouglas FairbanksWilliam FarnumEarle BrowneAfter making a bet, Steve strands himself on uninhabited island.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsLew AyresTeresa WrightVictor JoryA badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.
- DirectorBernard CarrStarsLarry OlsenEilene JanssenPeter MilesA group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsRalph ByrdCarol HughesJack MulhallGang of criminals hijacks a clipper ship with two girls on their way to the U.S.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsVictor McLaglenWilliam GarganPaul KellyAdults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.
- DirectorTerry O. MorseStarsBoris KarloffMargaret LindsayBruce LesterAlthough the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeJean WallaceBrian AherneLancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls in love with Queen Guinevere.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsCharles BronsonJames MasonLiv UllmannWith his wife and daughter being held hostage, a seasoned ex-military man is involved in a shady smuggling operation to save his family.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsGlenn MorrisEleanor HolmGeorge BarbierEleanor and her parents are hunting big game, accompanied by her wimpish fiance. Ben Alleu Bey wants to add her to his 100-woman harem. Tarzan wants her too.
- DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsJames CraigBarbara PaytonGuy MadisonTwo old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsMickey RooneyWanda HendrixRobert PrestonA young man travels to Mexico in search of his brother, who has become involved with a dangerous gang.
- DirectorCharles F. HaasSandy HowardH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsGordon ScottEve BrentRickie SorensenAfter dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsLeslie NielsenGary LockwoodNancy KwanA former government assassin flees a mind-control program in the Philippines, pursued by his ex-partner, the local police and Asian gangsters.
- DirectorRobert D. WebbStarsRobert WagnerTerry MooreGilbert RolandFierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.
- DirectorClarence BrownMaurice TourneurStarsWallace BeeryBarbara BedfordAlan RoscoeIn the midst of the French and Indian War, the eldest daughter of a British officer develops an attraction towards an Indian ally who is the last living warrior of his tribe, the Mohicans.
- DirectorIvan HallStarsVic MorrowPeter van DisselGaby GetzA professional assassin has a vendetta against his former employer for their betrayal and his subsequent imprisonment.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBarton MacLaneGlenda FarrellPaul HurstJoaquin Shannon arrives home from a cruise on his fishing boat. His first mate, Charles Nelson, is to marry Shannon's sister the next day. Nelson gets drunk and Shannon finds him near the unconscious body of a man that he, Shannon, had been fighting with previously. The man dies and Shannon takes the blame and goes to prison. There he gets into trouble instigated by "Big Red" Kincaid and is denied a parole. He stops a prison break and get a parole. Not able to get work, he takes a job with a former convict on a fishing boat. Kincaid, who has shot a guard and escaped and vowing vengeance on Shannon, shows up.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsMario AdorfHenry SilvaWoody StrodeA Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsJack PalanceAl CliverHarry BaerTwo small-time hoodlums plot to get even with a treacherous boss who is intent on monopolizing all criminal activity within Rome.
- DirectorRolf OlsenLee PayantStarsRaimund HarmstorfAmadeus AugustGianni MacchiaWhen terrorists rob a bank all hell is let loose.
- DirectorMark G. GilhuisStarsRaymond ElmendorfPamela BakerNavarre PerryHarry is unable to hold a job due to his mental illness and lives in an abandoned Hollywood hotel haunted by friendly ghosts of the long dead staff. The lines of his mental illness and reality become extremely blurred as some of his strangest events are indeed witnessed by others. As Harry becomes more frustrated by not being able to distinguish fact from delusion he turns to violence.
- DirectorBethel BuckalewStarsRalph MeekerIda LupinoLloyd NolanTeenagers plot the robbery of an armored car.
- DirectorDaniel VanceStarsSteve SandorRockne TarkingtonRichard X. SlatteryA decorated Vietnam War vet returns home to his small southwestern town, only to find carnies and bikers are stepping all over it, prompting him to take action.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsDolores Del RíoJoel McCreaJohn HallidayA native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.
- DirectorGeorge MelfordStarsRose HobartCharles BickfordGeorges RenaventWoman treks through jungle to find her missing husband.
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsMichael O'SheaSusan HaywardOsa MassenEpisodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).
- DirectorJohn IrelandEdward SampsonStarsJohn IrelandDorothy MaloneBruce CarlisleA trucker framed for murder breaks out of jail, takes a young woman hostage, and enters her sports car in cross-border road race hoping to get to Mexico before the police catch him.
- DirectorElmer CliftonStarsKermit MaynardHobart BosworthFuzzy KnightA Royal Canadian Mountie is assigned to bring in a criminal called "The Raven." The problem is that no one has ever seen him.
- DirectorGianfranco BaldanelloMenahem GolanStarsFabio TestiJanet AgrenAssi DayanThis feature was shot in the midst of some of Europe's most stunning scenery. The story focuses on the efforts of an espionage agent, played by Italian heartthrob Fabio Testi, to secure a uranium shipment that has been targeted by an enemy power.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsDavid JanssenSenta BergerJohn IrelandA former U.S.Justice Department official is hired as a security consultant for a Zurich based Swiss bank when five of its clients are blackmailed.
- DirectorChristopher LeitchStarsTelly SavalasDanny De La PazEddie AlbertUS Border Patrol agent Frank Cooper is keeping a fine balance between doing his duty and empathizing with illegal Mexican border jumpers in 1970s California.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsRobert CummingsRichard BasehartRichard HartRobespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsWilliam LundiganPeggie CastleArmando SilvestreA romantic triangle leads to complications on an archaeological expedition in Southern Mexico.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsGeorge RaftMarie WindsorAkim TamiroffAfter escorting an Emir's daughter to her father's stronghold, French Foreign Legion Captain Gerard's unit joins an isolated Moroccan outpost facing imminent attack by rebel Bedouin tribes.
- DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsScott BradyRichard RoberK.T. StevensTwo narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at New York Harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsSusan HaywardRobert PrestonPedro ArmendárizIn Tulsa, after a rancher dies during a feud with a major oil company, his daughter, driven by revenge, starts digging for oil herself.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsMark StevensAngela LansburyPatric KnowlesDuring the War of 1812, the U.S. tasks Captain James Marshall to sail through the British blockade and bring back a French loan in gold but the secret leaks out and many greedy hands, including the mutinous crew's, are after the gold.
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsBurgess MeredithMargoEduardo CiannelliImmigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the gangster Trock Estrella.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGene TierneyBruce CabotGeorge SandersIn 1941, a mysterious Somaliland woman helps the British against the Germans.
- DirectorDewitt LeeStarsBroderick CrawfordRachel RomenGordon JumpAn unseen mastermind has abducted the only son of a wealthy widower. Using the most sophisticated electronic devices available, the kidnapper manages to elude the police - and coerce the widower to pay his million dollar ransom.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsKen ClarkHorst FrankJeanne ValérieGerman commandos are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara Desert and tasked with getting to Casablanca to assassinate Allied leaders.