1. Marco Polo (1962)
Starring:
Directed By:
Christian-Jaque
Actor, director, and producer Mel Ferrer started his career in the entertainment industry as a teenager in Summer Stock theatre in the 1930s. He made his Broadway debut at the age of 21, playing the role of a chorus dancer in two unsuccessful musicals titled ‘You Never Know’ and ‘Everywhere I Roam’. He suffered a bout of polio due to which he had to take up the job of DJ, and later wrote a novel titled ‘Tito’s Hat’ which was published in 1940.
Columbia Pictures gave him contract as a director and was credited with films like ‘They Live in Fear’ (1944) and ‘Ten Cents a Dance’ (1945). He got back to acting and appeared in super hits like ‘The Fall of the Roman Empire’ (1964) and ‘Second Breath’ (1966). His movies ‘The Night Visitor’ (1971) and ‘Brannigan’ (1975) did not do too well. Ferrer received positive reviews for his performance as Fritz Gerlich in the television serial ‘Wonder Woman’ (1977 – 1978). He also appeared in popular serials like ‘Marcus Welby, M.D.’ (1974) and ‘Murder She Write’ (1985 – 1989).
Reggie meets Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday and decides to divorce her husband Charles. Upon returning to Paris, she finds her apartment stripped bare and learns that Charles has been murdered while trying to leave Paris. She later learns about his sordid past and with Peter by her tries to sort things out. But why is Peter changing his name constantly?
The Longest Day is a epic war film, which revolves around the events of the famous D-day, told from both the perspectives of the Allied Forces as well as the Germans.
A blind woman is terrorized by a group of thugs while they search for a doll in her apartment which contains a fortune in smuggled heroin.
Scaramouche is an action adventure romantic drama film which takes us to France during the late 18th Century. It tells the story of a man named Andre, whose friend is killed by a master swordsman, and therefore he swears revenge. However, he is forced to go into hiding, and meanwhile he also has to train himself and learn how to handle a sword.
This crime drama thriller film tells the story of a young journalist who feels that there is a conspiracy behind what seems like a simple suicide of a politician. Despite his employer's objections, he continues to investigate and learns about an American multinational company intent on taking over several French industries. He learns that this corporation is behind the conspiracy, and tries to find enough evidence to expose them.
Originally known as Le Diable et les Dix Commandements, this French language comedy film consists of seven short episodes, each of which shows the consequence of breaking any of the Ten Commandments, while the Devil in the form of a snake chimes in.
A wealthy classical pianist is accused of bigamy during her wedding ceremony, leading to temporary cancellation of the event. Undeterred, she along with her fiancé starts an investigation, meeting the man to whom she is supposed to be married and while they are there, a gunshot is fired in the backroom, resulting in her being held guilty of his murder.
In this US-Swedish psychological thriller film, a man, Salem is imprisoned in an asylum for the criminally insane for a couple of years after being convicted for a murder. Determined to get revenge from those who were responsible for his wrongful conviction and subsequent confinement in the mental institution, he breaks out of the asylum and plots a series of murder.
War and Peace is a romantic war drama film which revolves around the lives of few members of the Russian aristocracy, just few years before Napoleon’s invasion. After his friend passes away, Count Pierre Bezukhov receives a significant inheritance, and decides to get married. As for his friend, Prince Andrei Bolonsky, his wife dies of childbirth. Shortly after, he falls in love with another woman named Natasha, but is soon called to war.
During the World War II, the fiancée of a Nazi officer helps an American soldier to escape. However, a bomb destroys her home shortly after, killing her father and turning her homeless.
Adapted from Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 novel Carmilla, the movie is about Carmilla who secretly loves her cousin Leopoldo, but he is preparing to get married to Georgia. Carmilla is also captivated by the stories of her vampire ancestors, one of whom was not destroyed. Soon, she is possessed by an evil spirit and begins a murderous spree.
Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius decides that his loyal and trustworthy General Livius should be the one to succeed him. However, before he could announce this, the friends of his son Commodus, poisons him, so that they can secure their political futures. Commodus becomes the new leader, but he turns out to be quite corrupt, arrogant and ineffectual. Livius accepts him as the ruler, but changes his mind, after he threatens to kill Aurelius’s daughter.
This action adventure film tells the story of Emilio di Roccabruna, who is on a revenge mission against Duke Van Guld, who had killed his father and his brothers, as well as stolen his family’s properties.
Luis Bello used to be a star bullfighter, but his life takes a turn after he suffers an injury in the ring, which makes him filled with fear and doubt. However, his manager Raul refuses to give up, and pushes him to overcome his fears. However, things get complicated after Luis falls for Raul’s girlfriend.
When three deadly accidents occur within 24 hours, Katie Lewis and her second husband Ben starts to feel that these accidents are actually the work of a mysterious killer, because at every crime scene, the letter W is scrawled over the injured person. Upon realizing that they are the actual targets, they try to avoid getting killed, while at the same time, trying to find out who is behind these crimes.
Paris- When It Sizzles is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young assistant of a Hollywood screenwriter, who tries to come up with a way to help him overcome his writer’s block.
Vendetta is a crime drama film which takes us to 1825, to a French village named Pietranera, and revolves around a maiden named Colomba who insists that her brother avenges the murder of their father by the powerful Barracini family. Despite being an army man, her brother Orso is not into violence, revenge and bloodshed, and he decides not to go for revenge. He is more interested in courting Lydia Nevil, a beautiful English aristocrat who is vacationing with her father Col. Sir Thomas Nevil.
El Greco is a biographical drama film which revolves around the life of El Greco, a Greek artist who had lived in the 16th century. The film portrays his journey to find love and freedom.
Two parallel narratives can be seen in the movie, also known as La ragazza dal pigiama giallo. The first tells the story of retired inspector, Thomson, investigating the murder of a girl whose severely burned body is found on a Sydney beach. The second tells the story of Dutch girl Glenda who is cheating on her Italian partner.
Brannigan is an action comedy crime film which tells the story of Jim Brannigan, a Chicago Police Lieutenant, who is sent to the UK, to bring back an American mobster, who is being held for extradition. However, the mobster’s hired guns are waiting for Brannigan, preparing an ambush.
A pianist who loses his hands in a plane crash undergoes a transplant surgery arranged by his fiancée. He receives the hands of an executed criminal. However, the hands have the same murderous tendencies of the previous owner.
Aurelio Morelli is a well-known author, but he is unhappy because although his books are well-received by critics, they are not read much by the public. Meanwhile, due to their depraved moral sense, he develops a hatred for the youths of his society, and eventually murders a call girl. The only person suspecting him is a journalist and instead of informing the police, he asks Aurelio to write about his murder.
Giancarlo and Ernesto are two brothers who have crossed illegally from Italy into France. They are trying to evade the police, as Giancarlo had killed a man in order to protect a woman. Eventually, they decide to get work as grape pickers and are hired by a man named Louis Morel. However, things get complicated when Ernesto falls for Louis’s wife.
Eaten Alive is a horror film which tells the story of a woman named Sheila, whose sister goes missing in the jungles of New Guinea. She teams up with Mark, a mercenary, to track her down, but their road is filled with several perils. It soon seems that her sister Diana has joined the cult of a man named Jonas, who abuses his followers physically and sexually. Mark, Sheila and Diana eventually manage to escape from Jonas, and they make their way into the jungle, but things get even uglier when they find themselves among cannibals.
Every Day is a Holiday is a musical comedy drama film which tells the story of a group of teenagers who take up jobs at a holiday camp for the summer. They eventually decide to enter a TV talent contest.
Disguised as an Air Force colonel, a Soviet spy creeps in the U.S Embassy in Beirut to murder a Russian defector, who is taking refuge at the embassy.
Angered by tourists on a tropical island, an African island god turns himself into a giant alligator. He begins to stalk and attack them one by one.
The Fifth Floor is a thriller film which tells the story of Kelly McIntyre, a disco dancer, who is sane, but is mistakenly put in the mental asylum, after she overdoses on drugs. She finds herself alone with no help, and even her boyfriend refuses to help her out of the place.
During 11th century, Viking Prince Thorvald embarks on a sea-voyage to search for his missing father, King Eurich, who had gone on an expedition. With friend Ragnar and mystic Death Dreamer, Thorvald sails to the New World where he finds that local tribesmen have held the King captive. Winnetta, a native beauty, helps the prince as he fights to free his father.
