Home Action

Quality Ratings: A: Top notch picture and sound, clean as a whistle. B: Strong image, some loss. C: Somewhat fuzzy picture; watchable and adequate for collectors. D: Many generations from source, hard to see; for fanatics only. Click on logo for terms and ordering info!


BLACK OAK CONSPIRACY (1977), stuntman Jesse Vint returns home to small-town Oklahoma to fight corrupt townsmen; solid rural drive-in action with lots of fistfights and car chases; with Karen Carlson, Albert Salmi, Seymour Cassell, Robert F. Lyons, Mary Wilcox; directed by Robert Kelljan; comes with old commercials and clips. (feature: 1:33, B)


BROTHERS IN ARMS (1989), decent DELIVERANCE-style survival tale set in the Rockies, with Jack Starrett (one of his last roles), Mitch Pileggi, Dedee Pfeiffer, Jay Richardson, Wally K. Berns; comes with trailers and clips. (feature: 1:34, B; in English with Spanish subs)


DARKER THAN AMBER (1970), drive-in demigod William Smith makes a kick-ass, menacing villain in this enticing mystery based on the Travis McGee novel by John D. MacDonald, with Rod Taylor, Suzy Kendall, Theodore Bikel, Ahna Capri, Robert Phillips, Jane Russell, James Booth, and many Florida exploitation veterans; this is the rare print with the UNCUT brutal fight scene; directed by Robert Clouse (ENTER THE DRAGON); with vintage commercials, trailers, and clips for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:32, C; in English with Dutch? subs)


THE DION BROTHERS (1974), Stacy Keach and Fred Forrest are both great as naive hillbilly brothers plotting an urban crime spree, with Margot Kidder, Clay Tanner, Barry Primus, Rich Romanus, Stafford Morgan, Robert Phillips; script pseudonomiously co-written by Terrence Malick, dir. by Jack Starrett (who cameos); aka THE GRAVY TRAIN; comes with lots of vintage commercials and trailers. (feature: 1:35, C; pic's OK but sound is warbly)


THE FLORIDA CONNECTION (1974), drug-smuggling in the Everglades, drive-in fun with airboat chases and shootouts; with buxom June Wilkinson, Bill Thurman (perfect as a greasy redneck), Houston Oiler Dan Pastorini, and that crazy guy from WHISKEY MOUNTAIN; from Robert J. Emery, director of LOVE COMMUNE/GHETTO FREAKS; with clips and trailers for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:45, C)


THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973), excellent, downbeat crime drama with Robert Mitchum as a small-time sad sack hoodlum who gets caught up with some Boston crooks; realistic and shot on location, a forgotten gem; with Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Joe Santos, and Alex Rocco, who actually ran with the Irish mob; note: this is an excellent quality but slightly cut TV print, the only one making the rounds; includes commercials, trailers, and clips. (feature: 1:38, B)


GANG WARS (1975), no-budget NYC African/Spanish/Chinese gang/kung-fu Forty-Deuce fodder, with War Hawk Tanzania (!?) as a martial arts master vs. a Chinese zombie demon after an amulet; cameo by Brother Theodore; with vintage commercials, trailers, and fun for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:21, A)


GOD'S BLOODY ACRE (1975), the Kerwin brothers present this sleazy backwoods drive-in actioner with Wayne Crawford/Scott Lawrence, Jennifer Stock, hicks, rape, violence, etc; with vintage commercials, trailers, and music clips for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:26, B)


HOLLYWOOD MAN (1976), awesome sorta low-budget version of THE STUNT MAN, with big William Smith as an actor/director trying to put together a sabotaged biker film; great cast: Mary Woronov, Don Stroud, John Alderman, Byron Mabe, Clay Tanner, Jennifer Billingsley, dir. by Jack Starrett. (1:29, C)


THE JAWS OF DEATH (1976), shark adventure from Florida legend William Grefé, starring Richard Jaeckel as a guy who protects sharks to the point of killing poachers and others; with Jenifer Bishop, Harold "Odd Job" Sakata, John Chandler, Luke Halpin. (1:25, A)


KILLERS THREE (1968), BONNIE AND CLYDE knockoff from Bruce Kessler and Dick Clark, who acts (!) in this one; Robert Walker (a bootlegger driver), wife Diane Varsi, and buddy Clark (quiet explosives expert) are on the run for murder through the North Carolina countryside (shot on location); with Merle Haggard in a small part, Bud Cardos, Norman Alden, Maureen Arthur, Bonnie Owens (singing), Beach Dickerson (RIP); soundtrack by Mike Curb and Harley Hatcher; disc comes with the original trailer (and others), music clips, and old commercials. (feature: 1:27, B)


MAD FOXES (1981), aka LOS VIOLADORES, Spanish/Swiss atrocity prod. by Erwin Dietrich, with Eric Falk (BARBED WIRE DOLLS); surely one the most idiotic movies you'll ever see, about a Stingray-driving stud and his wimpy kung fu buddies up against the sorriest Euro biker gang ever; with a head-shaking ending and opening theme by Krokus! Kill me now... (1:16, C; lbx, English with Dutch subs)


THE MAN IN THE BACK SEAT (1970), tense TV-movie thriller with David Janssen as a shooter on the lam who hires cabbie Yaphet Kotto to drive him to the border; with 1968 Playmate of the Year Victoria Vetri, Elish Cook Jr.; Dan Kemp, Stafford Morgan, and Clay Tanner; directed by Jack Starret; this print titled L.A. CAB, aka NIGHT CHASE, includes trailers and intermission clips. (feature: 1:26, C)


THE MITERA TARGET (1977), buddy TV pilot dir. by Jack Starrett, with Barry Primus, John Davidson, Anne Randall, Rich Lynch, Robert DoQui. (1:08, B)


NOWHERE TO HIDE (1977), TV pilot movie for an unmade series, with Lee Van Cleef as a U.S. Marshall; directed by Jack Starrett, w/ Tony Musante, Lelia Goldoni, Russell Johnson, Clay Tanner, Stafford Morgan, Blackie Dammett; comes with vintage commercials, clips, and trailers. (feature: 1:13, B)


PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS (1974), Andy Griffith is an asshole client who takes his ad agency pals (William Shatner, Robert Reed, and Marjoe Gortner!) on a dirtbike trip into Baja and trouble; archetypical 1970s TV-movie madness, and an all-time favorite, with Angie Dickenson; comes with commercials and trailers. (feature: 1:32, B)


PROJECT: KILL (1976), Phillipine action flick with Vic Diaz, Leslie Nielsen, Gary Lockwood, Nancy Kwan, Vic Silayan, dir. by William Girdler. (1:33, A)


SEVEN (1979), Andy Sidaris' follow-up to STACEY, and generally considered his best film; gov't agent William Smith hires seven assassins to rub out Hawaiian mobsters, with Ed Parker (Elvis' bodyguard!), Reggie Nalder, John Alderman, playmate Susan Lynn Kiger, Barbara Leigh (sister of Tanya Roberts and wife of Tim Leary), Christopher Joy, Terry Kiser, Guich Koock, Martin Kove, Art Metrano, Lenny Montana, Charlie Picerni. (1:41, C)


SMASHING THE CRIME SYNDICATE (1967/72), back in 1967 Al Adamson made a spy thriller called THE FAKERS; it was rereleased in '70 with new biker footage as HELL'S BLOODY DEVILS, then re-edited in 1972 into this version--and it's not half bad! Believe it or not Adamson did a decent job with this complex covert crime drama, and it features his ultimate exploitation cast of old-time Hollywood alkies and pot-smokin' drive-in hippies: Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Robert Dix, Vicki Volante, Anne Randall, Jack Starrett, Bill Bonner, Bambi Allen, Greydon Clark, Bud Cardos, Gary Kent, Kent Osborne, John Gabriel (from Niagara Falls), Kent Taylor, and Colonel friggin' Sanders in a speaking cameo! Partly shot by László Kovács and Gary Graver; very, very rare title. (1:34, B)


SPECIAL DELIVERY (1976), very cool little crime/heist film, with Bo Svenson doing what he can do recover stolen bank money from a mailbox, while some shady characters (and the police) test his ingenuity; great script and tight direction; with Cybill Shepherd (the same year as TAXI DRIVER), Tom Atkins, Buffalo's Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg himself), Gerrit Graham, Michael C. Gwynne, Jeff Goldblum (as a biker), John Quade, Kim Richards, and Robert Ito and Vic Tayback as mobsters; comes with classic commercials and obscure trailers. (feature: 1:38, A)


VILLAIN (1971), UK crime flick w/ Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport, Donald Sinden, Fiona Lewis; comes with vintage commercials and rare trailers. (feature: 1:33, C)


WHISKEY MOUNTAIN (1977), DELIVERANCE-style, Carolina-set, rural thriller with Miss Roberta Collins, John Chandler, and Pat Patterson; dir. by William Grefé; with vintage commercials, trailers, and cool clips for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:30, C)


WICKED, WICKED (1973), weird thriller presented entirely in split-screen, with David Bailey, luscious Tiffany Bolling, Randolph Roberts (Chuck, the disappearing older brother on Happy Days), Scott Brady, Edd Byrnes, Diane McBain, Roger Bowen. (1:31, C, lbx w/ Danish? subs)


Darker Than Amber

The Dion Brothers

Friends of Eddie Coyle

God's Bloody Acre

Jaws of Death

Seven

Smashing the Crime Syndicate

Villain

Wicked Wicked