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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Moment of Danger [a.k.a. Malaga] (1960)

















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Crime drama with a dash of romance begins with a tense opening, a jewel theft is carried out almost without a word of dialog. One of the thieves, Trevor Howard an expert locksmith plagues by a stint in prison, has been coerced into helping the master thief Peter pull off the heist. Now that success is at hand, Peter double-crosses Trevor and dumps his lover Dorothy Dandridge and takes off for Spain with the loot.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976)















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Dyanne Thorne returns as Ilsa, now more vicious and brutal than ever! As the harem keeper for a depraved sheik, Ilsa and her lethal lesbian guards (Marilyn Joi and Tanya Boyd) run the most sadistic slavery ring in the Middle East. But when an American diplomat threatens to expose the perverse secrets of Ilsa's domain, she ignites a holy war of sexual violence and savage revolt! The second film in the notorious ILSA series, HAREM KEEPER is as equally shocking and controversial as its reviled predecessor.

Monday, January 9, 2017

Impango (1982)
















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When a wealthy business man's wife is abducted by three thugs looking for a R20'000 ransom fee, the man will have to play a very clever game if he hopes to ever see his wife again. But in the end, his wife proves to be a resourceful and resilient woman, saving her husband's life in return when it seems he may just be killed for his bravery. The leader of the thugs is sent to prison, but with only one of his men dead, it's anyone's guess where his other henchman has disappeared to.

The Law of Nature (1917) [Lost Film]

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Lincoln Motion picture Company. A beautiful eastern society girl is the governess of the children of a wealthy cattleman whom she eventually marries. The lure of bright lights, dances and cabarets prove irresistible for her, so she, with her husband and children, returns east. The humiliation she suffers because of the crudeness of her rancher husband in society and the persistent attentions of a former admirer lead to innumerable complications which result in her husband and children returning to the west. Cast aside, alone, deserted, homeless, ill, she finally realizes her folly and the inevitable consequences of the violation of 'Nature's Law'; she returns west to her husband and children. The regeneration complete, she succumbs to the will of God.