Crime of Passion 1957  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano, Robert Quarry, Stuart Whitman, Geraldine Wall, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross, Jay Adler
L.A. police detective Lt. Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden) and San Francisco columnist Kathy (Barbara Stanwyck) meet, fall in love, and marry. Now, Kathy quits her job and moves to Los Angeles to be a homemaker. She develops a fixation on Bill's career and will stop at nothing to assure his professional success. When problems develop with Bill's boss Inspector Pope (Raymond Burr), Kathy gets a gun and kills Pope. Will Bill be the one who puts the clues together and solves the murder?
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again 1972 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Fuest
Cast: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Hugh Griffith, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, Fiona Lewis, Peter Jeffrey, Milton Reid
The diabolical Doctor Phibes (Vincent Price) is back again–still trying new ways to bring his dead wife back to life. This time, he looks for an Egyptian drug that he believes holds the key to his quest.
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Evil Spirits 1991  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gary Graver
Cast: Karen Black, Michael Berryman, Arte Johnson, Virginia Mayo, Martine Beswick, Bert Remsen, Debra Lamb, Robert Quarry, Yvette Vickers, Joan Caulfield, Anthony Eisley, Hoke Howell
Boarding-house owner Ella Purdy (Karen Black) listens to the advice of her dead husband and kills off her tenants but keeps their monthly Social Security checks for herself.
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Haunting Fear 1991  R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: Brinke Stevens, Jan-Michael Vincent, Karen Black, Jay Richardson, Delia Sheppard, Michael Berryman, Robert Clark, Robert Quarry, Hoke Howell, Greta Carlson
Victoria (Brinke Stevens) suffers nightmares about being buried alive and seeks help from a therapist, Dr. Julia Harcourt (Karen Black). Meanwhile, Victoria's husband, Terry (Jay Richardson), is having an affair with his secretary, Lisa (Delia Sheppard), and is plotting Victoria's murder–a bad move because it will drive Victoria completely insane–running off, wielding a knife, and disappearing into the night.
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House of Bamboo 1955 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Brad Dexter, Sessue Hayakawa, Biff Elliot, Sandro Giglio, Harry Carey Jr., Robert Quarry, DeForest Kelley
In this remake of "The Street With No Name" (1948), the setting is changed to Japan. Robert Stack takes on the role of a down-on-his-luck ex-GI who arrives in Tokyo and goes undercover to join a well-organized syndicate in an effort to stop the burglaries and bring down its psychotic leader (Robert Ryan).
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A Kiss Before Dying 1956  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready, Robert Quarry, Howard Petrie, Bill Walker, Molly McCart, Marlene Felton, Robert Ivers
Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) is a college student who needs money and finds added stress when his girlfriend from a wealthy family, Dorothy (Joanne Woodward), tells him that she is pregnant. Bud's solution: kill Dorothy and make it look like a suicide. He accomplishes the murder and then meets Dorothy's sister Ellen (Virginia Leith) who is suspicious of her sister's death but doesn't know about her relationship with Bud. Ellen and Bud begin a romantic relationship, but when Ellen investigates circumstances behind Dorothy's death, Bud zeroes in on Ellen as his next victim. This film was remade in 1991.
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Madhouse 1974 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jim Clark
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, Natasha Pyne, Linda Hayden, Catherine Willmer, Jenny Lee Wright, Barry Dennen, Ellis Dayle
In the process of making a TV series, the star (Vincent Price) is in the middle of a series of murders of his crew and fellow actors. Archival footage of Boris Karloff adds to the effect.
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The Midnight Man 1974  R, 117 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Morgan Woodward, Harris Yulin, Robert Quarry, Joan Lorring, Lawrence Dobkin, Ed Lauter, Charles Tyner
Following a co-ed's slaying, a paroled ex-cop (Burt Lancaster) impersonates a college security guard and solves the case.
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The Phantom Empire 1986 R, 84 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Sybil Danning, Susan Stokey, Michelle Bauer, Tricia Brown, Ross Hagen, Russ Tamblyn, William Smith, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Quarry, Michael Sonye, Victoria Alexander
This low budget film finds our hero, Andrew (Jeffrey Combs), and his fellow adventurers looking for lost diamonds. But, instead, they find a new world headed by a queen (Sybil Danning) and chock full of monsters. A fun take-off on old sci-fi serials.
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Spirits 1992 R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: Erik Estrada, Carol Lynley, Robert Quarry, Brinke Stevens, Oliver Darrow, Kaitlin Hopkins, Kathrin Lautner, Sandra Margot, Michelle Bauer, Thomas Bentley
In an attempt to regain his standing with his Church, fallen priest Father Anthony Vicci (Erik Estrada) enters a spooky haunted house. Joining in on the adventure are ESP experts–Dr. Richard Wicks, Harry, Amy, and Beth (Robert Quarry, Oliver Darrow, Brinke Stevens, and Kathrin Lautner)–who want to investigate rumors of restless spirits haunting the house.
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 Winning 1969 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas, David Sheiner, Clu Gulager, Maxine Stuart, Karen Arthur, Robert Quarry, Ray Ballard
Capua (Paul Newman) puts winning above everything else and spends more time with his racing team than he does with his wife, Elora (Joanne Woodward). The racing scenes in this film are excellent and provide an exciting backdrop for Elora's brief affair.
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| 1. Crime of Passion (1957)
2. Cyclone (1987)
3. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
4. Evil Spirits (1991)
5. Haunting Fear (1991)
6. House of Bamboo (1955)
7. A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
8. Madhouse (1974)
9. The Midnight Man (1974)
10. The Phantom Empire (1986)
11. Spirits (1992)
12. Winning (1969)
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