Tag Archives: 1960s

The Revenge Of Hercules (1960)

“O, God of Vengeance! For you I descended to Hades and fought Cerberus! I even deserted my ill-fated land. But if peace is still denied me, I must seek revenge!”   [Original title: La Vendetta di Ercole] Director:  Vittorio Cottafavi … Continue reading

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713 Prosit Posadku (1962)

    [Translated title: 713 Requests Permission To Land] Director:  Grigori Nikulin Starring:  Vladimir Chestnokov, Otar Koberidze, Lev Kruglyy, Lyudmila Abramova, Nikolai Korn, Yefim Kopelyan, Vladimir Vysotsky, Lyudmila Shagalova, Nonna Ten, Aleksandr Barushnoy, Joseph Konopatsky Screenplay:  Alexey Leontyev and Andrei … Continue reading

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The Crowded Sky (1960)

“Control centre can protect you if you stick to your flight plan; one change, and you stand a good chance to hit—or be hit. It’s a crowded sky…”   Director:  Joseph Pevney Starring: Dana Andrews, John Kerr, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, … Continue reading

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The Last Voyage (1960)

“I’ve never lost a ship and I’m not losing this one! I’ll bring her back afloat without the loss of another life. The Claridon is not going to sink!”   Director:  Andrew L. Stone Starring:  Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, George … Continue reading

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The Reptile (1966)

“That vile thing underneath that blanket is my daughter, Anna! Oh, not the Anna you know; not that lovely girl, but a hideous parody of herself, a loathsome thing…!”   Director:  John Gilling Starring:  Ray Barrett, Noel Willman, Jacqueline Pearce, … Continue reading

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The Snake Woman (1961)

“Life is such a miraculous, delicate thing. What if this poison were to upset the balance? – and instead of a normal, healthy child, ours were to be born a—a—“   [Also known as: Terror Of The Snake Woman] Director:  … Continue reading

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Kwaidan (1964)

“I want to talk of the past and the present and the future with you…”   [Also known as: Kaidan] Director:  Kobayashi Masaki Starring:  Mikuni Rentarō, Aratama Michiyo, Watanabe Misako, Nakadai Tatsuya, Kishi Keiko, Mochizuki Yûko, Nakamura Katsuo, Tanba Tetsurō, … Continue reading

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The Green Slime (1968)

“These creatures could be developing in any part of the station where a drop of this substance can reach any kind of energy!”   Director:  Fukasaku Kinji Starring:  Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel, Luciana Paluzzi, Bud Widom, Ted Gunther, Robert Dunham, … Continue reading

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Project X (1968)

“We were waiting for you, Hagan. You’re a living, breathing bomb of death—set to go off in fourteen days…”   Director:  William Castle Starring:  Henry Jones, Christopher George, Harold Gould, Phillip Pine, Monte Markham, Lee Delano, Ivan Bonar, Robert Cleaves, … Continue reading

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War Of The Insects (1968)

“Insect behaviour has been abnormal all over the world. The damage they’re causing is spreading. Planes everywhere are flying into swarms and crashing. Genocide. The annihilation of mankind…”   [Original title: Konchû Daisensô (Insect War)] [aka Genocide] Director: Nihonmatsu Kazui Starring: Sonoi … Continue reading

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