Action Adventure Classics Including The Passage (1979) starring Anthony Quinn and James Mason, Cult Horror Favorites Including Edward L. Cahn's Curse of the Faceless Man (1958), War Dramas Ambush Bay (1966) starring Hugh O'Brian and Mickey Rooney and Beachhead (1954) starring Tony Curtis.

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The Passage (1979)

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Synopsis: During World War II, a brave Basque mountaineer (Anthony Quinn, Across 110th Street) tries to smuggle a French scientist, Prof John Bergson (James Mason, The Destructors) and his family over the dangerous Pyrenees Mountains to neutral Spain while being pursued by a group of Nazis, led by a relentless and brutal German SS officer (Malcolm McDowell, Figures in a Landscape). Directed by J. Lee Thompson, the director of the World War II masterpiece, The Guns of Navarone; made this tense thrilling wartime adventure of a family's desperate and perilous escape to freedom. The sterling cast includes Patricia Neal (Hud), Kay Lenz (White Line Fever), Michael Lonsdale (Moonraker), Robert Brown (Octopussy) and the great Christopher Lee (The Oblong Box). 

Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)

Synopsis: Entombed for eons and turned to stone... the Volcano Man of 2,000 years ago stalks the earth to claim his woman! A team of archeologists, led by Dr. Paul Mallon (Richard Anderson, TV's The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman) excavates a perfectly preserved faceless man of stone encased in lava from a site at ancient Pompeii. Mallon begins to piece together the history and identity of the stone figure, he uncovers the story of Quintillus Aurelius, an Etruscan gladiator-slave who was tortured and sentenced to death for daring to love a noblewoman, but the eruption of the Vesuvius Volcano destroyed the city and buried the jailed Quintilus Aurelius. But when dead bodies with smashed skulls begin to pile up, not only do the scientists believe that the faceless man is still alive, but bent to carrying out his final wish, rescuing his beloved - reincarnated as Tina Enright (Elaine Edwards, The Bat), Mallon's fiancée. Directed by cult-great Edward L. Cahn (Invisible Invaders).

Ambush Bay (1966)

Synopsis: General MacArthur doesn't know it, but he's headed for an ambush. Hugh O'Brian (Ten Little Indians), Mickey Rooney (The Secret Invasion) and James Mitchum (Trackdown) star in this top-notch WWII nail-biter that'll keep you on the edge of your seat with consistent excitement right until the explosive end. A marine patrol secretly lands on the Japanese-occupied island of Siarago. Their mission: to locate a Japanese-American girl with vital information concerning General MacArthur's pending Philippine invasion. What they uncover instead is a Japanese plot to detonate underwater mines as the US fleet enters the bay. Cut off from outside communication, these brave marines must find a way to prevent what could be the worst naval tragedy from ever happening.

Beachhead (1954) 

Synopsis: Screen icon Tony Curtis (The Vikings) blends hard-hitting toughness with humor as a Marine who must battle Japanese soldiers, private demons and fellow Marines in this gripping World War II saga. Bristling with suspense and rugged action, Beachhead is a classic war drama that delivers plenty of emotion-stirring heroics. Four Marines embark on a hazardous island mission to verify reports about a secret Japanese minefield. The intelligence comes from a French planter - who may or may not be an Allied spy - and his beautiful daughter. If their story is true, can the Marines outgun their enemies, make it through the treacherous jungle, and rendezvous with American forces in time to prevent disaster? Hollywood veteran Stuart Heisler (The Glass Key) direct this gripping war adventure featuring strong performances by Frank Lovejoy (The Hitch-Hiker), Mary Murphy (The Wild One), Edward Franz (Hatari!) and Skip Homeier (The Gunfighter).