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HAMMERHEAD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 2, 2021
HAMMERHEAD (1968) is another of the many James Bond-like spy/adventure films made in the Sixties. This one stars Vince Edwards as Charles Hood, an American who works as a Special Branch operative for England. Hood is tasked to infiltrate the organization of a shady character named Hammerh read more
LISBON
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 27, 2021
LISBON is a 1956 feature made by Republic Pictures, and filmed in Portugal. I bought the Kino DVD of it for a very low price from Edward R. Hamilton Booksellers, mainly because it stars two of my favorites, Claude Rains and Maureen O'Hara. An American smuggler based in Lisbon named Robert read more
CHALLENGE THE DEVIL On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 26, 2021
Perhaps the strangest entry in Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE Blu-ray box set is CHALLENGE THE DEVIL, a 1963 Italian film so obscure that most Lee fans have never heard of it, let alone seen it. The movie is a bizarre concoction, with a first act that has something to do with read more
THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF DR. SADISM On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 21, 2021
One would think that from the title, and the disc cover (above), THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF DR. SADISM is a grisly example of torture porn or a long-lost Jess Franco movie. It's neither--it's actually a dark fairy tale, set far in the past in a European neverland. The film is part of Severin's exe read more
COMMANDOS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 20, 2021
COMMANDOS is a 1968 Italian-German co-production dealing with a secret mission in North Africa before the Operation Torch landings in late 1942 during WWII. The movie stars Lee Van Cleef, who at this time was at the height of his popularity as a Euro movie action star, and Jack Kelly, best kno read more
THE WOMAN ONE LONGS FOR On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 14, 2021
Kino Lorber continues its exemplary series of home video releases of rare German films with this Blu-ray of the 1929 silent THE WOMAN ONE LONGS FOR. This movie is notable for being an example of Marlene Dietrich in a starring role before THE BLUE ANGEL. Many assume that Dietrich had a neg read more
NOBODY"S BABY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 13, 2021
In March I wrote a blog post on a film called KELLY THE SECOND, which was a full-length feature produced by Hal Roach. NOBODY'S BABY, a 1937 movie made after KELLY THE SECOND, was also produced by Roach and released by MGM. This one has Patsy Kelly and Lyda Roberti, who were paired up for two read more
CASTLE OF THE LIVING DEAD On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 12, 2021
Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE Blu-ray box set features the first authorized home video release of the 1964 film CASTLE OF THE LIVING DEAD. The movie was filmed in Italy, but the main creative forces behind it, producer Paul Maslansky and writer/director Warren Kiefer, were America read more
THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 5, 2021
Christopher Lee is a legend of English Gothic cinema--but he's also a legend of Euro Gothic cinema, which is made abundantly clear in this new fantastic Blu-ray set from Severin. THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION collects five rare and somewhat obscure films that were made in co read more
TIMESLIP (AKA THE ATOMIC MAN)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 31, 2021
TIMESLIP is a 1955 British science-fiction film known as THE ATOMIC MAN in the U.S. There's not much sci-fi here--the movie is more a tale of Cold War industrial espionage. A man is dragged out of the Thames, with a bullet in his back. Doctors save the man, but for seven and a half second read more
NIGHT OF THE EAGLES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 23, 2021
A Jess Franco movie starring Christopher Lee is one thing. But....a Jess Franco movie starring Christopher Lee--and Mark Hamill?? And one where Hamill plays a Wehrmacht officer during WWII?? The movie is NIGHT OF THE EAGLES, an extremely obscure (and extremely low budget) European production f read more
WILD GEESE II On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 22, 2021
Made in a decade known for outlandish, cheesy action flicks, WILD GEESE II (1985) is a rather straightforward adventure/espionage tale that might have been more entertaining if it had been cheesier. In 1982, a large news network hires mercenary John Haddad (Scott Glenn) to spring Rudolf H read more
DARK PLACES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 17, 2021
Until recently, I had only seen this 1973 film once--on a "CBS Late Night at the Movies" broadcast, probably sometime in the 1980s. I didn't remember much about it, other than I was disappointed with Christopher Lee's small role. My latest viewing of DARK PLACES didn't improve my judgement of read more
ARIZONA
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 14, 2021
ARIZONA is a 1940 Western, produced by Columbia, and starring one of my favorites, Jean Arthur. During the Civil War era, a tough, independent-minded woman named Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur) starts a freight company in the growing community of Tucson. Phoebe is an ambitious woman who goes a read more
THE PASSAGE (1979)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 11, 2021
THE PASSAGE is another one of those 1970s international productions that have a action-war element to the storyline and a star-studded cast. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson, who had made two excellent WWII films--ICE COLD IN ALEX and THE GUNS OF NAVARONE. THE PASSAGE is a far cry from those read more
HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 6, 2021
The best film in the 3-disc "Carole Lombard Collection II" Blu-ray set from Kino is HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE, a 1935 romantic comedy co-starring Fred MacMurray and directed by Mitchell Leisen. Carole Lombard plays Regi Allen, a manicurist at a ritzy hotel. Regi is unhappy with her life and read more
WIVES UNDER SUSPICION
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 2, 2021
In February I wrote a blog post on Kino's Blu-ray of James Whale's THE KISS BEFORE THE MIRROR. That 1933 film was remade by Whale, and Universal, in 1938 under the title WIVES UNDER SUSPICION, which I saw for the first time last night. THE KISS BEFORE THE MIRROR is a tale about a defense read more
LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 1, 2021
The next film I will be examining from Kino's new "Carole Lombard Collection II" Blu-ray set is LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST, a 1936 romantic comedy that is not one of the actress's better movies. LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST was made at Universal, and it was directed by Walter Lang, who would soon mar read more
THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 26, 2021
Kino has released the "Carol Lombard Collection II", a Blu-ray set containing three of the great lady's films. As in the first set, released last summer, each movie gets its own disc case. I have to start off by saying that all three films in this second collection have been released on h read more
THE HIGH COMMAND
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 25, 2021
One great thing about having a Roku device is all the free movie channels one has access to from it. I've found plenty of obscure, rare films on these channels--titles that I think are far more interesting than the brand-name stuff on HBO Max or Netflix. I recently discovered THE HIGH COM read more