SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST (1960)
Richard Greene,
Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Niall MacGinnis, Sarah Branch.
An injured
traveller, shot by the Sheriff of Nottingham's men, is taken
care of by Robin Hood and his outlaw band in Sherwood Forest, but despite
their help he dies, the words "danger at Bawtry" on his lips. It is the
prelude to another exciting adventure for Robin and his Merrie Men, as
they uncover a plot by the scheming Sheriff and the traitorous Earl of
Newark to seize Bawtry Castle from King Richard's Chancellor, who is also
the Archbishop of Canterbury.
PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER (1962)
Kerwin Mathews, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi, Oliver Reed, Glenn Corbett, Andrew Keir.
While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standish is captured by
pirates led by Capt. LaRoche who force him to lead them back to his home
village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there.
THE CRIMSON BLADE(1963) aka The Scarlet Blade in the UK
Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley, June Thorburn.
Swashbuckling historical romance between a couple on opposing sides of
Cromwell's fight for power during the 17th-century English Civil War.
An unlikely romance blossoms between two people from opposing camps - one
from the Roundheads, the other from the Cavaliers. Colonel Judd, a villainous
anti-royalist loyal to Cromwell, is bewildered by his daughter Clare’s
Royalist sympathies. Judd’s right-hand man Captain Sylvester is an
enforcer for Cromwell’s parliamentarians and also June's boyfriend.
Much to the consternation of Judd and Sylvester, Clare falls for
Edward Beverley aka The Scarlet Blade, a dashing Robin Hood figure
leading the Royalist rebels.
THE DEVIL-SHIP PIRATES (1964)
Christopher Lee, Barry Warren, Andrew Keir, John Cairney, Michael Ripper, Suzan Farmer.
Pirates from a vessel from the defeated Spanish Armada terrorize
citizens on the English coast. All goes well until the villagers realize
the Spaniards have been defeated and revolt.
SHE (1965)
Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing,
John Richardson, Christopher Lee.
In the wake of World War I,
Major Holly, his valet Job and colleague Vincey head off for
some relaxation in Palestine. There, Vincey meets and falls for
the mysterious Ayesha who gives him a map and suggests
that he follows the route marked on it. The men are enthusiastic
about the possibility of discovering a lost civilisation and, after
an arduous journey, arrive at the Mountains of the Moon where the
immortal Ayesha bathes in a mystical fire and that she believes Vincey
to be the reincarnation of her long dead lover.
ONE MILLION YEARS BC (1966)
Racquel Welch, John Richardson, Martine Beswick.
In prehistoric times, Tumak, disavowed son of the leader of the rock
people, is cast out from his tribe during a power struggle. Wandering
alone and lost in the wilderness, he battles all sorts of strange
creatures before being rescued by Loana from the fair-haired Shell tribe.
After upsetting the leader of the Shells, he is again cast out and,
accompanied by Loana, heads back to his own tribe to get revenge
on his scheming brother.
THE VIKING QUEEN (1966)
Don Murray,
Carita, Donald Houston, Andrew Keir.
Salina,
a faithful Briton, assumes reign over her father's kingdom hoping
to carry on his wishes to maintain a peaceful kingdom. When the
Romans become tyrannical she leads her tribe in a sweeping attack
against them.
PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1967) aka SLAVE GIRLS in the UK.
Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Michael Latimore.
Big game hunter stumbles upon a lost world deep in the African jungles and
throws in his lot with a tribe of fair-haired women who are being oppressed by the dark-haired
warrior women of the evil Kari. The dark-haired tribe regard men as
inferiors and Marchant is soon fighting off the attentions of Kari...
A CHALLENGE FOR ROBIN HOOD (1967)
Barry Ingham, James Hayter, Gay hamilton, Peter Blythe.
This fantasy set in 12th century England. Robin de Courtenay flees to
Sherwood Forest when he is framed for the murder of his cousin. With the
help of Friar Tuck and a motley band of rebels he plots against the real
murderer.
VENGEANCE OF SHE (1968)
Olinka Berova, John Richardson, Edward Judd.
Carol is picked up by a truck
driver thinking he's going to get lucky. He gets killed. Carol finds her way to the coast where she boards
a boat. Lucky for her, the boat is going the direction she's forced to
travel by the voices in her head that call her "Ayesha." The boat is
owned by a playboy, his wife, and a psychiatrist.
Carol and friends find themselves on the way to Cuma, a
lost city governed by an immortal king who has been led to believe that
Carol is the reincarnation of his long dead queen Ayesha by an ambitious
Magi who wants the secret of immortality for himself.
THE LOST CONTINENT (1968)
Eric Porter, Hildegard Kneff, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley.
A group of
passengers and crew on board a chartered cargo ship find themselves
stranded when the explosives the ship is carrying detonates. They
are cast adrift in a spooky part of the Sargasso Sea where they are
beset by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and a tribe of bloodthirsty
Spanish conquistadors.
WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH (1970)
Victoria Vetri, Robin Hawdon, Patrick Allen, Imogen Hassall.
A huge
chunk of space debris breaks away from the Sun and winds up in Earth
orbit as the Moon. The priests of a prehistoric tribe believe that
Sanna is to blame for this cosmic cataclysm and decide to sacrifice
her. She flees her people, the priests in hot pursuit, and she teams
up with caveman Tara and tames a couple of dinosaurs before a tidal
wave, caused by the new gravitational pull exerted by the moon,
threatens devastating climate changes...
CREATURES THE WORLD FORGOT (1971)
Julie Ege, Tony Bonner, Robert John, Marcia Fox.
Back at
the dawn of prehistory. After most of his tribe is killed by a volcanic
eruption, the fierce Mali asserts leadership over the survivors and
takes them on an arduous trek across a desert region to find a new land.
They are welcomed by a tribe of more advanced blonde-haired people and
Mali takes a mate from them, who gives birth to two twin boys - the
peaceful and intelligent, fair-headed Toomak and the cruel, dark-haired
Rool. As the two grow up they compete for the role of tribal leader and
the beautiful Nala.
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