During the decade of the 1950's, the United States made 154 original Science Fiction Motion Pictures. The American film industry dominated the Science Fiction genre, but although Italy never made one Science Fiction film during the 1950's. They had domination in another genre through the 1960's, "Peplum (Sword and Sandal)" historical dramas.
The closest country to the United States in 1950 Science Fiction movie output was the United Kingdom. At the end of the decade, the U.K. had made 14 original Science Fiction Features, and 4 others with the United States.
The U.K. was followed by Japan, with 5 pure Science Fiction films and 5 Daikaiju (Giant Monster) entries. The remaining 1950's Science Fiction movie output can be divided into 5 Soviet Union features, 2 from Mexico and, 1 each, from Austria, China, Czechoslovakia, and West Germany.
A small look at the United States dominance during the decade. Can be found in my article, "Invaders from Mars, Except When They Came from Venus, or Planet X", at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2015/07/invaders-from-mars-except-when-they.html
This dominance was also reflected in 1950 American Science Fiction Television shows. Illustrated in my article, "Boldly Going Before Kirk and Spock: 1950's TV Science Fiction", found at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2015/12/boldly-going-before-kirk-and-spock.html
I mentioned that the Soviet Union made five features during the 1950's. The "Soviet Block" had their own twists on Fantasy and went toward Scientific Realism in their Science Fiction movies. As compared to the United States and the U.K..
My reader may find my article, "Five Influential Soviet Block Science Fiction and Fantasy Motion Pictures", of interest:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2016/02/a-look-at-five-of-my-favorite-1960s.html
However, in the decade of the 1960's, the United States Science Fiction output was reduced to 77 Films, exactly half of the 1950's. While, the rest of the World made a total of 110 features. Which included 37 by the United Kingdom, doubling their 1950's output, and the first Italian productions.
However, Italy's attempt at Science Fiction features would be overshadowed, Worldwide, by three other Italian motion picture genres.
The main genre was the Italian Peplum (Sword and Sandal) features that started in the Silent Movie Era, but would obtain dominance in the 1960's. The same decade Italy attempted, with 14 motion pictures, to enter the Science Fiction market. Just as the United States had attempted Italian Peplum during the 1950's.
The American studios copied Italy's Peplum style with four, big budgeted, all-star features. These were, 1951's, "Quo Vadis", starring Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov. 1956's, "Helen of Troy", with an International Cast including Italy's Rossana Podesta, England's Sir Cedric Hardwicke and France's Jacques Sernas. That same year was, "Alexander the Great", starring Richard Burton, Frederick March and featuring both Peter Cushing and Stanley Baker. While in1959, Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida were "Solomon and Sheba".
Between "Quo Vadus" and "Helen of Troy", Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti, produced an Italian, 1954, Peplum epic, based upon Homer's "The Odyssey". There production was entitled "Ulisse (Ulysses)". The motion picture starred, the dubbed into Italian, American actor, Kirk Douglas in the title role, Mexican-American actor, Anthony Quinn, and Italian actresses, Silvana Mangano and Rossana Podesta.
However, the Worldwide Peplum craze would start with the English language dub of 1958's, "Le fatiche di Eccole (The Labors of Hercules)". Which starred Ed Wood alumnus, American body builder, Steve Reeves as "Hercules".
For those interested in the history of Peplum motion pictures. You can find my article, "PEPLUM: A Look at the Sword and Sandal Motion Pictures from the 1950's and 1960's" at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2021/02/peplum-look-at-sword-and-sandal-motion.html
As I mentioned, there were two other Italian film genres that also overshadowed Italian Science Fiction films in country and out during the 1960's.
The first included two Italian Masters of Horror, Mario Bava and Dario Argento. Their films, such as 1960's, "La maschera del demonio (The Mask of Satan)". known in the United States as "Black Sunday", and 1963's, "l tre volti della paura (The Three Faces of Fear)", known in the United States as "Black Sabbath", influenced film makers Worldwide.
By the mid-1960's, other Italian film makers, like Sergio Leone, decided to make American Westerns. Such as the Internationally successful "Per un pugno di dollari (For a Fistful of Dollars) in 1964. Which was really a copy not of an American Western, but Akira Kurosawa's, 1961 Samurai feature, "Yojimbo", set in the American West.
What became known as the "Spaghetti Western", was in actuality just another part of the Euro-Western craze.
My article, "American Western's European Style" is found at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2015/01/american-westerns-european-style.html
Italy's first step into the world of Science Fiction motion pictures might be closer to 1981's "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Then the pure Science Fiction, of say, even the United Kingdom's, 1953, "Four Sided Triangle", but the picture is classified by Film Historians as Science Fiction.
It was a co-production with West Germany and France of a remake of a German Weimar Republic Silent Motion Picture. In 1919-1920, there was an Eight-Chapter Mystery-Science Fiction serial based upon a novel by German writer Karl Figdor. The silent film took Figdor's novels title: "Die Herrin der Welt (Mistress of the World)". Karl Figdor was also one of the five screenplay writers. The original production would come to the United States on March 12, 1922.
The Italian, West German and French Remake:
DIE HERRIN DER WELT (THE MISTRESS OF THE WORLD) was released April 14, 1960 in West Germany
LES MYSTERES D'ANGKOR (THE MYSTERIES OF ANGKOR) released in France on October 12, 1960
IL MISTERIO DE TRE CONTINENT (THE MYSTERY OF THE THREE CONTINENTS) released in Italy, date unknown
Italy wasn't really involved in the filming. Other than suppling funding and some Italian actors. The remake was mainly a West German production with a primarily West German crew. The only Italian location was Naples for one sequence. France did the same, but with Nice provided for a location shot.
The now, Two-Part story, runs three-hours, and was Directed by William Dieterle. Dieterle started in the German Cinema as an actor in 1913 and Directed his first motion picture in 1923. With the rise of Hitler, Dieterle left Germany for the United States and Directed motion pictures until the Second World War ended and then returned to Germany and its film industry. While in the United States, William Dieterle Directed Paul Muni in both, 1936's, "The Story of Louis Pasteur", and 1937's. "The Life of Emile Zola". In 1939 it was Charles Laughton in Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". In the motion picture that introduced Maureen O'Hara and Edmund O'Brien.
However, Dieterle walked off the production of "The Mistress of the Word" and his Switzerland born cinematographer, Richard Angst, finished the film shoot.
Martha Hyer portrayed "Karin Johanson". American Hyer proceeded this picture with the 1960 Edna Ferber story, "Ice Palace", co-starring Richard Burton and Robert Ryan. She would follow this picture with 1960's, "Desire in the Dust", co-starring Raymond Burr and Joan Bennett.
Above is the only still I could locate from the production. Below are some of the other actors and indicates the varied nationalities of the cast.
Carlos Thompson portrayed "Peter Lundstrom". Thompson was an Argentinian actor.
Micheline Presle portrayed "Mrs. Latour". Presle is a French actress.
Gino Cervi portrayed "Professor Lundstrom" Cervi was an Italian actor.
Wolfgang Preiss portrayed "Dr. Henrik Brandes". Preiss was a German actor.
Sabu portrayed "Dr. Lin-Chor". Sabu was an actor originally from India, but worked in classic 1940 American features such as 1940's, "The Thief of Bagdad" and 1942's, "The Jungle Book".
Valery Inkijinoff portrayed "Priester". Inkijinoff was a Russian born actor.
The following paragraph comes from a review of the motion picture and describes the story line.
Above, is "Professor Levin" coming out of his atomic powered machine. Which he must use the injected formula to become the killer. The feature is somewhat like a modern day "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", but mixed with a touch of "Jack the Ripper". Eventually, "Professor Levin's" ultra-ego will kill "Jeanette" and "Pierre Mornet" and the police will capture "Levin".
The picture would come to the United States as "Assignment Outer Space" on December 13, 1961.
The motion picture was Directed by Antony Daises, one of those name choices that would have been laughed at in the United States. The Director was actually Antonio Margheriti and for his next 56 motion pictures. Margheriti decided he was British and his name became Anthony Dawson.
The screenplay writer was Ennio De Concini. Who would use the Russian sounding name of, Vassilji Petrov, for the films on-screen credits and his future work.
Rik Van Nutter, as Rik Von Nutter, portrayed "IZ-41" in the Italian language version and "Ray Peterson" in the English language dub. The sound of his name aside, Van Nutter was born in Pomona, California, just outside of Los Angeles and mentioned in George Pal's 1953, "War of the Worlds". For the twenty-year-period between 1959 and 1979, Van Nutter, appeared only fifteen times. He is best remembered for portraying "Felix Leiter" in 1965's, "Thunderball", opposite Sean Connery's "James Bond".
Left to right, David Montressor, Gaby Fairnon and Alan Dijon as "Y16" in the Italian language version and "Archie" in the English language dub.
The year is 2116, and the "Interplanetary Chronicle of New York" reporter, "Ray Peterson", is given an assignment. He is to write a story about the "Infra-red radiation flux in Galaxy M-12". "Peterson" leaves Earth on spaceship "Bravo Zulu 88" and arrives an Earth space station.
The now, Two-Part story, runs three-hours, and was Directed by William Dieterle. Dieterle started in the German Cinema as an actor in 1913 and Directed his first motion picture in 1923. With the rise of Hitler, Dieterle left Germany for the United States and Directed motion pictures until the Second World War ended and then returned to Germany and its film industry. While in the United States, William Dieterle Directed Paul Muni in both, 1936's, "The Story of Louis Pasteur", and 1937's. "The Life of Emile Zola". In 1939 it was Charles Laughton in Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". In the motion picture that introduced Maureen O'Hara and Edmund O'Brien.
However, Dieterle walked off the production of "The Mistress of the Word" and his Switzerland born cinematographer, Richard Angst, finished the film shoot.
Martha Hyer portrayed "Karin Johanson". American Hyer proceeded this picture with the 1960 Edna Ferber story, "Ice Palace", co-starring Richard Burton and Robert Ryan. She would follow this picture with 1960's, "Desire in the Dust", co-starring Raymond Burr and Joan Bennett.
Above is the only still I could locate from the production. Below are some of the other actors and indicates the varied nationalities of the cast.
Carlos Thompson portrayed "Peter Lundstrom". Thompson was an Argentinian actor.
Micheline Presle portrayed "Mrs. Latour". Presle is a French actress.
Gino Cervi portrayed "Professor Lundstrom" Cervi was an Italian actor.
Wolfgang Preiss portrayed "Dr. Henrik Brandes". Preiss was a German actor.
Sabu portrayed "Dr. Lin-Chor". Sabu was an actor originally from India, but worked in classic 1940 American features such as 1940's, "The Thief of Bagdad" and 1942's, "The Jungle Book".
Valery Inkijinoff portrayed "Priester". Inkijinoff was a Russian born actor.
The following paragraph comes from a review of the motion picture and describes the story line.
While working on a fusion experiment, Swedish scientist Professor Johanson unintentionally causes an electromagnetic pulse that triggers blackouts all over Europe. Realizing the potential for this as a weapon, he is kidnapped by the gang belonging to Madam Latour, who is intent on getting the professor to reveal exactly how he caused the incident. An international group of cops and intelligence agents set out to track down the man and the dangerous information in his head, lead by Peter Lundström (Thompson), along with the professor’s daughter, Karin, a journey that will take them from Sweden to the South of France and on to Thailand.
The entire review can be found at:
http://filmblitz.org/mistress-of-the-world-1960/
The next motion picture was completely made in Italy. It was a hybrid of Italian Science Fiction and Italian Horror and was very good for the year.
SEDDOK, L'EREDE DI SATANA (SEDDOK THE HEIR OF SATAN) released in Italy on August 19, 1960
The motion picture would come to the United States dubbed into English as:
ATOM AGE VAMPIRE released May 29, 1963
ATOM AGE VAMPIRE released May 29, 1963
The feature was Directed by Aton Giulio Majano, a major Italian television mini-series Director. These included a six episode production of Charlotte Bronte's classic, "Jane Eyre" and an eight episode version of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield". Both with Italian casts.
Majano co-wrote the screenplay with Alberto Bevilacqua. Bevilacqua worked with Dario Argento on "Black Sabbath" and Mario Brava on "Planet of the Vampires".
Alberto Lupo portrayed "Professor Alberto Levin". Lupo's first on-screen role was one of "Penelope's suitors", in 1954's, "Ulisse (Ulysses)". The actor was in several Peplum movies including, 1959's, "Herod the Great", the Steve Reeves, 1959, "The Giant of Marathon" and 1960's, "The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete".
Susanne Loret portrayed "Jeanette Moreneau". Loret only made seven feature films and her second was the Italian Comedy Horror entry, "Uncle Was a Vampire", starring Christopher Lee in one of his Foreign films.
Sergio Fantoni portrayed "Pierre Mornet". Fantoni had been acting since 1949 and was known to American audiences for the Steve Reeves, Peplum features, 1959's, "Hercules Unchained" and the same years "Giant of Marathon", In 1960, the actor portrayed "Haman", in the Italian and American Biblical epic, "Esther and the King". In 1965, Sergio Fantoni portrayed "Captain Oriani", in Frank Sinatra's "Von Ryan's Express".
Franca Parisi portrayed "Monique Riviere". Parisi was in several television mini-series and some of the more Historical Peplum features. Such as 1962's, "Caesar and the Pirates", and 1963's, "The Ten
Gladiators", using the American name of Margaret Taylor.
Italy played name games in all four genres, Peplum, Horror, Science Fiction and Westerns, to make the European audiences believe the cast had American actors and Directors. Although, at times, these name choices really wouldn't have worked in the United States.
Gladiators", using the American name of Margaret Taylor.
Italy played name games in all four genres, Peplum, Horror, Science Fiction and Westerns, to make the European audiences believe the cast had American actors and Directors. Although, at times, these name choices really wouldn't have worked in the United States.
When a stripper named "Jeanette Moreneau", has her face disfigured in a car accident during an argument with her boyfriend, "Pierre Mornet". She attempts suicide, but "Professor Levin" happens to see her and takes "Jeanette" to his home and laboratory. At first he treats "Jeanette" conventionally and that seems to work, but overtime it starts to fail.
"Levin" has obsessively fallen in love with "Jeanette" and decides to use a formula he perfected while working, after the Second World War, in Hiroshima. However, it requires obtaining the glands of young woman, but "Professor Levin" isn't the sadistic killer he would need to be to perform such acts. So, he injects himself with another of his formula's and becomes the character of the Italian title. There is no "Dracula-like-vampire" in this picture, but a Scientifically created monstrous looking killer that is named by the Japanese dock workers on the Italian coast by "Professor Levin's" home.
Above, is "Professor Levin" coming out of his atomic powered machine. Which he must use the injected formula to become the killer. The feature is somewhat like a modern day "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", but mixed with a touch of "Jack the Ripper". Eventually, "Professor Levin's" ultra-ego will kill "Jeanette" and "Pierre Mornet" and the police will capture "Levin".
Six days after "Seddok, L'Di Satana" premiered, was the first true Italian Science Fiction motion picture.
Note:
The film's title is in English to give the Italian audience the idea this was an American made feature film.
SPACE MEN released in Italy August 25, 1960.
SPACE MEN released in Italy August 25, 1960.
The picture would come to the United States as "Assignment Outer Space" on December 13, 1961.
The motion picture was Directed by Antony Daises, one of those name choices that would have been laughed at in the United States. The Director was actually Antonio Margheriti and for his next 56 motion pictures. Margheriti decided he was British and his name became Anthony Dawson.
The screenplay writer was Ennio De Concini. Who would use the Russian sounding name of, Vassilji Petrov, for the films on-screen credits and his future work.
Rik Van Nutter, as Rik Von Nutter, portrayed "IZ-41" in the Italian language version and "Ray Peterson" in the English language dub. The sound of his name aside, Van Nutter was born in Pomona, California, just outside of Los Angeles and mentioned in George Pal's 1953, "War of the Worlds". For the twenty-year-period between 1959 and 1979, Van Nutter, appeared only fifteen times. He is best remembered for portraying "Felix Leiter" in 1965's, "Thunderball", opposite Sean Connery's "James Bond".
Gabriella Farinon as Gaby Farinon portrayed "Y13" in the Italian language version and "Lucy" in the English language dub . Italian actress Farinon was in French Director Roger Vadim's classic Lesbian Vampire picture, 1960's, "Blood and Roses". This was the second of her thirteen motion pictures.
David Montresor portrayed "George the Commander" in both languages. Actually he was Kent, England, born, David Edward Montressor. This was the first of his six motion pictures.
Left to right, David Montressor, Gaby Fairnon and Alan Dijon as "Y16" in the Italian language version and "Archie" in the English language dub.
The year is 2116, and the "Interplanetary Chronicle of New York" reporter, "Ray Peterson", is given an assignment. He is to write a story about the "Infra-red radiation flux in Galaxy M-12". "Peterson" leaves Earth on spaceship "Bravo Zulu 88" and arrives an Earth space station.
In the best traditions of 1950's American Science Fiction. "Ray Peterson" runs afoul of "George", the space station commander, falls for the station's botanist and navigator, "Lucy". Who is torn between "Ray" and "George" and all are faced with "Spaceship Alpha Two" heading toward the Earth. Something happened to the crew and the deserted "Alpha Two" is out of control with its "Photon Generators" radiating enough heat to destroy the planet. Can they stop it in time, of course!
Director Antonio Margheriti based all his models of designs by Rocket Scientist Werner von Braun.
IL PLANETA DEGLI UOMINI SPENTI (THE PLANET OF EXTINCT MEN) released in Italy October 30, 1961
BATTLE OF THE WORLDS released in the United States in March 1963
Bill Carter portrayed "Commander Bob Cole". British actor Carter has a total of seven films to his credit. The first in 1943, a two year break, and three more, a fifteen year break, and two more, another two year break, and his final feature.
Umberto Orsini portrayed "Dr. Fred Steele". Orisini's second on-screen appearance was in Director Federico Fellini's classic, 1960, "La Dolce Vita", and in 1969, the actor was in Director Luchino Visconte's, "The Damned". Over Orsini's career, in both Italian cinema and television, he appeared in 91 different roles.
Above, Umberto Orsini and Jacqueline Derval as "Cathy Cole". Derval had a total of four film credits and this was her last. Another of her features was with American actor Alan Ladd. A Peplum entry from 1961, "Orazi e Curiazi", that came to the United States, dubbed into English, in 1964, as "Duel of the Champions".
Maya Brent portrayed "Eve Barnett". This was her only motion picture and like Derval, I could not locate anything more on her.
"Dr. Fred Steele" and "Eve Barnett" have been working together on a romantic island at an astronomical station. His transfer has been approved and the two look forward to leaving and getting married. However, a rogue planet, dubbed "The Outsider", is heading toward the Earth and scientists are predicting it will impact and destroy our planet. However, "Professor Benson", who lives in a greenhouse by the main astronomical station with his dog, "Gideon", thinks otherwise. The Professor believes "The Outsider" will come close, but by-pass the Earth.
Director Antonio Margheriti based all his models of designs by Rocket Scientist Werner von Braun.
IL PLANETA DEGLI UOMINI SPENTI (THE PLANET OF EXTINCT MEN) released in Italy October 30, 1961
BATTLE OF THE WORLDS released in the United States in March 1963
This is another Science Fiction film Directed by Antonio Margheriti as Anthony Dawson. The story and screenplay were by Ennio De Concini as Vassilij Petrov.
Claude Rains portrayed "Professor
Benson". He was also 1933's, "The Invisible
Man", Directed by James Whale, "Prince
John" in the 1939 Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland "Robin
Hood", "Sir John Talbot", in 1941's, "The
Wolfman", "Captain Louis Renault" in 1942's, "Casablanca", starring
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and in 1943, "The Phantom of
the Opera".
Bill Carter portrayed "Commander Bob Cole". British actor Carter has a total of seven films to his credit. The first in 1943, a two year break, and three more, a fifteen year break, and two more, another two year break, and his final feature.
Umberto Orsini portrayed "Dr. Fred Steele". Orisini's second on-screen appearance was in Director Federico Fellini's classic, 1960, "La Dolce Vita", and in 1969, the actor was in Director Luchino Visconte's, "The Damned". Over Orsini's career, in both Italian cinema and television, he appeared in 91 different roles.
Above, Umberto Orsini and Jacqueline Derval as "Cathy Cole". Derval had a total of four film credits and this was her last. Another of her features was with American actor Alan Ladd. A Peplum entry from 1961, "Orazi e Curiazi", that came to the United States, dubbed into English, in 1964, as "Duel of the Champions".
Maya Brent portrayed "Eve Barnett". This was her only motion picture and like Derval, I could not locate anything more on her.
"Dr. Fred Steele" and "Eve Barnett" have been working together on a romantic island at an astronomical station. His transfer has been approved and the two look forward to leaving and getting married. However, a rogue planet, dubbed "The Outsider", is heading toward the Earth and scientists are predicting it will impact and destroy our planet. However, "Professor Benson", who lives in a greenhouse by the main astronomical station with his dog, "Gideon", thinks otherwise. The Professor believes "The Outsider" will come close, but by-pass the Earth.
Meanwhile, the Mars base encounters "The Outsider" and "Captain Bob Cole" and his wife "Cathy" leave for Earth to help in the effort to stop the planet. When "The Outsider" passes the Earth, at a distance of 95,000 miles, the skeptical Earth scientists are now elated that "Professor Benson" was proven correct. "Benson" observes that the rogue planet hasn't passed the Earth, but stopped and is now in orbit around the Earth. "Benson" concludes that "The Outsider" is some type of giant space craft controlled by Intelligence Life and advises Earth's Governing Council to destroy the planet.
Instead, they again ignore his advise and send a spacecraft to investigate. The Earth ship is destroyed by alien disc-shaped flying saucers.
"The Outsider" now starts moving toward the Earth, resulting in hurricanes, and other high velocity weather. One of the disc's crashes near "Professor Benson's" location and he investigates.
"Benson" discovers that the flying saucers are computer controlled and theorizes that "The Outsider" is the control point. He now joins a mission to the planet to destroy the control mechanism and the inhabitants.
Above, Maya Brent with Renzo Palmer as "Barrington".
Maria Pia Luzi portrayed "Marina Ferri". Among her twenty-features films is a very good West German spy thriller dubbed into English as 1963's, "Stop Train 349". Which starred America actor Jose Ferrer and British actor Sean Flynn, Errol's son.
Jany Clair portrayed "Audrey Bradbury". Among her work is the very good, 1960, "The Night They Killed Rasputin". Along with the Gordon Scott, Peplum entry, 1963's, "Conquest of Mycene", and the Alan Steele, actually, Sergio Ciani, Peplum, 1964, "Hercules Against the Moon Men".
Above, artist "Audrey" shows "Bronco" her sketch of him.
"Robert Landersen" is part of an expedition to a newly discovered planet. After he returns to Earth, "Robert's" airplane suddenly crashes and he is killed.
Richard Matheson, 1956's. "The Incredible Shrinking Man" both the original novel and screenplay, 1960's "House of Usher", 1961's, "Master of the World" and 1973's, "The Legend of Hell House".
Matheson had written a 1954 story entitled "I Am Legend" and American Producer Robert L. Lippert, 1950's, "Rocketship X-M", 1951's, "The Lost Continent", 1955's, "The Quartermass X-periment" and 1958's, "The Fly", obtained the rights to the work.
For those of my readers who are interested, my articles;
"Richard Matheson: The Screenplays and Treatments" may be found at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2015/01/richard-matheson-screenplays-and.html
"RICHARD MATHESON: His Short Story 'I Am Legend' On Film X 3" is available for reading at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2020/05/richard-matheson-his-novel-i-am-legend.html
Two actions by Robert L. Lippert caused friction between the producer and Richard Matheson.
The first, was that Fritz Lang wasn't hired to Direct. Which Lippert had promised Matheson to get him to write a screenplay. Instead, Lippert had hired Sidney Salkow. A low "B" film Director that had worked with the producer and was working mostly on television programs since 1954.
The second, was to move the entire production to Italy with Italian actors and crew member to keep the cost very low. Two Italian writers rewrote parts of the screenplay. This would be Furio M. Monetti's only movie and Ubaldo Ragona's third out of four. As a result, Richard Matheson's removed his name from the production and is credited as Logan Swanson instead.
"The Outsider" now starts moving toward the Earth, resulting in hurricanes, and other high velocity weather. One of the disc's crashes near "Professor Benson's" location and he investigates.
"Benson" discovers that the flying saucers are computer controlled and theorizes that "The Outsider" is the control point. He now joins a mission to the planet to destroy the control mechanism and the inhabitants.
Above, Maya Brent with Renzo Palmer as "Barrington".
What they discover is a dead planet with dead humanoids. Apparently, the giant computer system has been controlling everything, because the humanoids appear to have been dead for decades.The plan is to use Atomic Warheads to destroy the planet, but "Professor Benson" refuses to leave as he insists that life without scientific knowledge is not worth living for. The spaceship leaves, the warheads are launched, "The Outsider" with "Professor Benson" is destroyed.
The movie fades out after showing "Professor Benson's" dog, "Gideon", looking out of a window waiting his return.
The movie fades out after showing "Professor Benson's" dog, "Gideon", looking out of a window waiting his return.
The next film out of Italy was an Italian and French co-production.
I PIANETI CONTRO DI NOI (THE PLANETS AGAINST US) released in Italy on February 14, 1962
Above, another Italian filmmaker trick with the original Italian poster, giving the the impression the motion pictures was from the United States. However, when the film was dubbed into English and first came to the United States in 1965. It was entitled "The Planets Around Us".
The picture was Directed and co-written by Romano Ferrara. As a Director, Ferrara would also use the American names, Roy Freemont and Mike Williams. Ferrara only Directed four films, but wrote six.
Michael Lemoine portrayed "Bronco and his double, Robert Landersen". Lemoine was a French Actor, Writer and Director. He appeared in fifty-three motion pictures, wrote seventeen screenplays and Directed twenty-six feature films.
I PIANETI CONTRO DI NOI (THE PLANETS AGAINST US) released in Italy on February 14, 1962
Above, another Italian filmmaker trick with the original Italian poster, giving the the impression the motion pictures was from the United States. However, when the film was dubbed into English and first came to the United States in 1965. It was entitled "The Planets Around Us".
The picture was Directed and co-written by Romano Ferrara. As a Director, Ferrara would also use the American names, Roy Freemont and Mike Williams. Ferrara only Directed four films, but wrote six.
Michael Lemoine portrayed "Bronco and his double, Robert Landersen". Lemoine was a French Actor, Writer and Director. He appeared in fifty-three motion pictures, wrote seventeen screenplays and Directed twenty-six feature films.
Above Lemoine as "Robert Landersen", the son of a famous scientist . Below, after he is killed, he returns as "Bronco" with that great "Elvis" (?) hair style.
Maria Pia Luzi portrayed "Marina Ferri". Among her twenty-features films is a very good West German spy thriller dubbed into English as 1963's, "Stop Train 349". Which starred America actor Jose Ferrer and British actor Sean Flynn, Errol's son.
Jany Clair portrayed "Audrey Bradbury". Among her work is the very good, 1960, "The Night They Killed Rasputin". Along with the Gordon Scott, Peplum entry, 1963's, "Conquest of Mycene", and the Alan Steele, actually, Sergio Ciani, Peplum, 1964, "Hercules Against the Moon Men".
Above, artist "Audrey" shows "Bronco" her sketch of him.
However, "Robert" calling himself "Bronco", is now showing up all over the World at the same time. He meets "Audrey Bradbury", who wants the good looking "Bronco" in her bed. An honest mistake as she discovers.
The story line is a little complex and when it was translated into English. The story became confusing. "Bronco" is discovered, after he agrees to be X-Rayed, to be a robot the aliens have molded from "Robert".
There are many "Bronco" robots around the World, but they all have the same mission to the Earth. Can you say 1951's "The Day the Earth Stood Still"? The bottom line is the Earth has to stop their nuclear weapons and war in general. Otherwise, "The Planets Against Us". will take appropriate action.
Italian Science Fiction Film makers skipped 1963, but in 1964, turned to an American novelist and screenplay writer for Roger Corman. The movie would be an Italy and United States co-production.
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH released in the United States on May 6, 1964 and in Italy on August 19, 1964
There are many "Bronco" robots around the World, but they all have the same mission to the Earth. Can you say 1951's "The Day the Earth Stood Still"? The bottom line is the Earth has to stop their nuclear weapons and war in general. Otherwise, "The Planets Against Us". will take appropriate action.
Italian Science Fiction Film makers skipped 1963, but in 1964, turned to an American novelist and screenplay writer for Roger Corman. The movie would be an Italy and United States co-production.
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH released in the United States on May 6, 1964 and in Italy on August 19, 1964
Matheson had written a 1954 story entitled "I Am Legend" and American Producer Robert L. Lippert, 1950's, "Rocketship X-M", 1951's, "The Lost Continent", 1955's, "The Quartermass X-periment" and 1958's, "The Fly", obtained the rights to the work.
For those of my readers who are interested, my articles;
"Richard Matheson: The Screenplays and Treatments" may be found at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2015/01/richard-matheson-screenplays-and.html
"RICHARD MATHESON: His Short Story 'I Am Legend' On Film X 3" is available for reading at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2020/05/richard-matheson-his-novel-i-am-legend.html
Two actions by Robert L. Lippert caused friction between the producer and Richard Matheson.
The first, was that Fritz Lang wasn't hired to Direct. Which Lippert had promised Matheson to get him to write a screenplay. Instead, Lippert had hired Sidney Salkow. A low "B" film Director that had worked with the producer and was working mostly on television programs since 1954.
The second, was to move the entire production to Italy with Italian actors and crew member to keep the cost very low. Two Italian writers rewrote parts of the screenplay. This would be Furio M. Monetti's only movie and Ubaldo Ragona's third out of four. As a result, Richard Matheson's removed his name from the production and is credited as Logan Swanson instead.
Vincent Price portrayed "Dr. Robert Morgan". This film was after 1963's, "The Comedy of Terror", co-starring Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff from a Matheson screenplay and before 1964's. Roger Corman Directed, "The Masque of the Red Death", co-starring Hazel Court.
Franca Bettola portrayed "Ruth Collins". Prior to this release, Bettola appeared in the Peplum features, 1962's, "Attack of the Normans", starring American actor Cameron Mitchell, and 1963's, "The Lion of St. Mark", starring American Strongman, Gordon Scott. She would follow this film with 1964's, "Sandokan to the Rescue", starring American actors, Ray Danton and Guy Madison.
Emma Danielli portrayed "Virginia Morgan". Danielli worked very little in feature films. Before this picture, her last film work was back in 1961, with the Peplum films, "The Corsican Brothers", based upon the Alexander Dumas novel, and the pirate feature, "Guns of the Black Witch", starring American actor Don Megowan. Who played the land version of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" in the 1956, "Creature Walks Among Us" and "Colonel Travis" in Walt Disney's 1955, "Davy Crockett at the Alamo".
Giacomo-Rossi Stuart portrayed "Ben Cortman". In 1962, Rossi-Stuart portrayed "Ishmael" in American Director, Robert Aldrich's, Biblical Peplum feature, made in Italy, "The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah", starring British actor Stewart Granger as "Lot". In 1963 the actor was in the Peplum adventure, "Zorro and the Three Musketeers", portraying "Athos",
The story takes place in 1968, after a plague has turned every human into a vampiric creature of the night. The only human left on Earth is "Dr. Robert Morgan". Who wanders through the city during the day and hides, during the night, in his fortified house.
During the daylight hours, "Morgan" repeats the same routine. He marks off the date on his calendar, gathers his weapons, and goes out hunting vampires. He then burns the bodies to prevent them from coming back to life at night.
During the daylight hours, "Morgan" repeats the same routine. He marks off the date on his calendar, gathers his weapons, and goes out hunting vampires. He then burns the bodies to prevent them from coming back to life at night.
In a flashback, the audience sees "Robert" and his co-worker, "Ben Cortman's" families having a party together.
Next, the audience learns that back in 1965, "Robert's" wife, "Virginia" and daughter "Kathy", played by Christi Courtland, became plague victims. However, against the authorities orders of taking their bodies to a public burning site. "Morgan" buried them. However, "Virginia" came back as a vampire. "Robert Morgan" was forced to destroy his wife with a wooden stake through her heart.
In another flashback, "Robert" is working at a scientific laboratory with "Ben". They're trying to find a cure for the plague and "Morgan" considers the possibility that he may have become immune to the plague. As a result of being bitten by a vampire bat in Panama before the plaque began. "Robert Morgan" believes the bat was carrying a very diluted form of the plague virus.
"Robert Morgan" is falling deeper into depression and finds a dog. He brings it home, but it also dies and comes back to life. "Morgan" drives a wooden stake into it and buries the dog.
At night his house is surrounded by the living dead, led by "Robert Morgan's" best friend, "Ben Cortman".
In another flashback, "Robert" is working at a scientific laboratory with "Ben". They're trying to find a cure for the plague and "Morgan" considers the possibility that he may have become immune to the plague. As a result of being bitten by a vampire bat in Panama before the plaque began. "Robert Morgan" believes the bat was carrying a very diluted form of the plague virus.
"Robert Morgan" is falling deeper into depression and finds a dog. He brings it home, but it also dies and comes back to life. "Morgan" drives a wooden stake into it and buries the dog.
At night his house is surrounded by the living dead, led by "Robert Morgan's" best friend, "Ben Cortman".
One day "Robert" sees a girl walking around in the daylight, but seeing him she starts to run away. He catches up to her and talking, learns she is "Ruth Collins". The two go to his home for protection, but there seems to be something odd about "Ruth". This will lead to the discovery that she is a plague victim, but part of a group who have developed a vaccine that stops the vampire transformation and allows them to live a seemingly normal life.
While "Ruth" sleeps, "Robert" performs a transfusion on her with his own blood. When she awakes, he explains what he did, and they discover she is completely cured of the plague.
However, before they can relate this to her people, they attack "Robert's" home and he is forced to flee. To them, he is a remembrance of what they were before the plague struck and must be killed. In the end, "The Last Man on Earth", is killed in a church, before he could save them.
The initial story was "One Night of 21 Hours", by Italian novelist, short story writer and essayist, Renato Pestriniero.
The initial story outline and screenplay was by American Ib Melchior. Among Melchior's work are 1959's, "Gigantis, the Fire Monster", the English language version of 1955's, "Godzilla's Counter Attack". Along with 1959's, "Angry Red Planet", 1961's, "Reptilicus", 1962's, "Journey to the 7th Planet" and both 1964's, "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" and "The Time Travelers". During World War 2, Ib Melchior was one of the original "Monument Men".
While "Ruth" sleeps, "Robert" performs a transfusion on her with his own blood. When she awakes, he explains what he did, and they discover she is completely cured of the plague.
However, before they can relate this to her people, they attack "Robert's" home and he is forced to flee. To them, he is a remembrance of what they were before the plague struck and must be killed. In the end, "The Last Man on Earth", is killed in a church, before he could save them.
Then came an Italian, Spanish and American co-production. The Sets Designed and executed by Giorgio Giovannini would influence Swiss Artist H.R. Giger's work. Fourteen years after this motion picture, Giger's drawings would inspire British Director Ridley Scott.
TERRORE NELLO SPAZIO (TEROR IN SPACE) released in Italy on September 15, 1965
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES released in the United States on October 17, 1965
TERROR EN EL SPACIO released April 18, 1966
The motion picture was filmed in Italy and financed by the Italian company Italian International Film and two Spanish movie companies, Castilla Cooperativa and Cinematografica. Along with American International Pictures, in the United States, for the distribution rights outside of Europe.
The initial story was "One Night of 21 Hours", by Italian novelist, short story writer and essayist, Renato Pestriniero.
The initial story outline and screenplay was by American Ib Melchior. Among Melchior's work are 1959's, "Gigantis, the Fire Monster", the English language version of 1955's, "Godzilla's Counter Attack". Along with 1959's, "Angry Red Planet", 1961's, "Reptilicus", 1962's, "Journey to the 7th Planet" and both 1964's, "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" and "The Time Travelers". During World War 2, Ib Melchior was one of the original "Monument Men".
My article, "Ib Melchior: Office of Strategic Service to the Angry Red Planet", will be found at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2016/06/ib-mechior-from-world-war-2-office-of.html
However, Melchior was only one of seven screenplay writers. Working with him on the English languish dub was Louis M. Heyward. Among Heyward's work was the 1953 children's television series, "Winky-Dink and You", 1964's, "Pajama Party", 1965's, "Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" and 1966's, "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini".
There were four Italian screenplay writers plus the Film's Director. The Italian writers were, Alberto Bevilacqua, who co-wrote with Dario Argento, 1963's, "Black Sabbath". The other writers were Rafael J. Salvia, Antonio Roman and Callistro Cosulich.
That final screenplay writer and the motion picture's Director was Mario Bava.
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However, Melchior was only one of seven screenplay writers. Working with him on the English languish dub was Louis M. Heyward. Among Heyward's work was the 1953 children's television series, "Winky-Dink and You", 1964's, "Pajama Party", 1965's, "Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" and 1966's, "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini".
There were four Italian screenplay writers plus the Film's Director. The Italian writers were, Alberto Bevilacqua, who co-wrote with Dario Argento, 1963's, "Black Sabbath". The other writers were Rafael J. Salvia, Antonio Roman and Callistro Cosulich.
That final screenplay writer and the motion picture's Director was Mario Bava.
Bava started out as a Cinematographer in 1939 and ended that part of his career in 1977, having worked upon 77 motion pictures. Mario Bava's Special Effects work started in 1946 and went into 1977, having worked upon 35 motion pictures in the capacity. As a Screenplay writer, he wrote, or co-wrote 20 screenplays ending in 1975. Then, there was Directing, starting in 1946 and, after 39 feature films, ended in 1979.
My article, "Dario Argento and Mario Bava: Two Italian Masters" is available for reading at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2015/07/dario-argento-and-mario-bava-two.html
Barry Sullivan portrayed "Captain Mark Markary". Americana actor Sullivan started on-screen in 1936. He was known as a "Second Division Actor", which translates into a very solid and dependable non-leading man. He is probably best known for portraying 5th billed, "Fred Amiel", in the Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon and Dick Powell, 1952, "The Bad and the Beautiful". The controversial Vincent Minnelli Directed picture exposing the steamier side of the Hollywood Studio System with recognizable characters. On television, Barry Sullivan starred as "Pat Garrett" in the 1960 through 1962 Western series, "The Tall Man". After which, he primarily guest starred on many television programs into 1987.
Norma Bengell portrayed "Sanya". Argentinian actress, singer, film director and screenplay writer, Norman Almeida Pinto Guimaraes d'Area Bengell, started her acting career in 1959. During the 1960's she appeared in many Italian feature films. In 1967, she appeared in Director Sergio Corbucci's Spaghetti Western, "The Hellbenders", starring American actor Joseph Cotton, Right before this feature, Bengell was in the Peplum film, 1965's, "Captain from Toledo", and followed "Planet of the Vampires", with an appearance on the forgotten American television series, 1966's, "T.H.E. Cat".
Angel Aranda portrayed "Wes Wescant". Spanish actor Angel Perez Aranda started his acting career in 1955. Among his films was the Steve Reeves', 1959, Peplum entry, "The Last Days of Pompeii", American actor Rory Calhoun's 1961 Peplum, "The Colossus of Rhodes", and the Spaghetti Western, 1967's, "The Hellbenders".
Evi Marandi portrayed "Tiona". Greek actress Eyh Maranih began her acting career in 1959. Among her work is the Alan Ladd and Franca Bettoia, 1961 Peplum, "Duel of the Champions", a role as a "Receptionist" in the filmed in Rome, James Darren and Cindy Carol, 1963, "Gidget Goes to Rome", and the 1964, Spaghetti Western, "Three Dollars of Lead', billed as Evy Marandi.
My article, "Dario Argento and Mario Bava: Two Italian Masters" is available for reading at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2015/07/dario-argento-and-mario-bava-two.html
Barry Sullivan portrayed "Captain Mark Markary". Americana actor Sullivan started on-screen in 1936. He was known as a "Second Division Actor", which translates into a very solid and dependable non-leading man. He is probably best known for portraying 5th billed, "Fred Amiel", in the Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon and Dick Powell, 1952, "The Bad and the Beautiful". The controversial Vincent Minnelli Directed picture exposing the steamier side of the Hollywood Studio System with recognizable characters. On television, Barry Sullivan starred as "Pat Garrett" in the 1960 through 1962 Western series, "The Tall Man". After which, he primarily guest starred on many television programs into 1987.
Norma Bengell portrayed "Sanya". Argentinian actress, singer, film director and screenplay writer, Norman Almeida Pinto Guimaraes d'Area Bengell, started her acting career in 1959. During the 1960's she appeared in many Italian feature films. In 1967, she appeared in Director Sergio Corbucci's Spaghetti Western, "The Hellbenders", starring American actor Joseph Cotton, Right before this feature, Bengell was in the Peplum film, 1965's, "Captain from Toledo", and followed "Planet of the Vampires", with an appearance on the forgotten American television series, 1966's, "T.H.E. Cat".
Angel Aranda portrayed "Wes Wescant". Spanish actor Angel Perez Aranda started his acting career in 1955. Among his films was the Steve Reeves', 1959, Peplum entry, "The Last Days of Pompeii", American actor Rory Calhoun's 1961 Peplum, "The Colossus of Rhodes", and the Spaghetti Western, 1967's, "The Hellbenders".
Evi Marandi portrayed "Tiona". Greek actress Eyh Maranih began her acting career in 1959. Among her work is the Alan Ladd and Franca Bettoia, 1961 Peplum, "Duel of the Champions", a role as a "Receptionist" in the filmed in Rome, James Darren and Cindy Carol, 1963, "Gidget Goes to Rome", and the 1964, Spaghetti Western, "Three Dollars of Lead', billed as Evy Marandi.
Two Interplanetary Space Craft, the "Argos" and "Galliott", traveling together, receive a long message signal coming from "Aura", an unexplored planet. They are able to translate the first part and it appears to be a "Distress Signal", but unfortunately, later, when the complete message is decoded. It is actually a warning to stay away from "Aura".
Both ships attempt to land on "Aura's" fog covered surface, but on decent. The crew of the "Galliott" become possessed by an unknown force and attempt to kill each other. Resulting in the "Galliott" crashing onto "Aura's" surface. While, on board the "Argos", "Captain Markary" is able to withstand the same force as his crew starts to go mad and attack each other. "Markary" lands the "Argos" with some damage and the force seems to leave his crew upon landing.
"Captain Markary" and some of his crew go in search of the wreckage of the "Galliott". They find all the crew dead and bury the crew members. Another space craft of enormous proportions is seen in the distance and some of the crew go to investigate and enter it. They find the remains of giant aliens and determine that the distress message appears to have orginated on that space craft .
Later, as the crew of the "Argos" are resting and a small guard has been set. The bodies of the dead crew of the "Galliott" come to life and head for the "Argos". This will lead to some disappearances and killings of the "Argos" crew.
"Captain Markary" begins a log of what has happened so far. He records his belief that they will not escape death, before repairs are completed. What will be discovered is that another space craft had met the same fate as the "Galliott" and "Argos" long before the giant ship also crashed on "Aura". That first ship contained invisible beings that needed bodies to escape the planet and are the real source of the original distress message. Designed as a lure to passing space craft and the giant spacemen added the warning not to land to it. Additionally, the giants were not compatible to the "Aurians", as the invisible beings call themselves, but the crews of the "Galliott" and "Argos" are perfect hosts.
To finish repairs on the "Argos", the crew must retrieve the "Meteor Rejector" from the "Galliott".
"Captain Markary" and "Wes" are able to seal off the "Argos" from the possessed bodies and the ship takes off. After which, "Markary" and "Sanya" reveal themselves to be possessed by the "Aurians" and want "Wes" to join them,
"Wes" refuses and while destroying the "Meteor Rejector" accidently electrocutes himself. Now, "Markary" and "Sanya" are faced with a decision as they cannot safely make it home. The two decide to change course and take their fellow "Aurians" to a nearby planet called "Earth"!
In 1978, Dan O'Bannon took elements from "Terrore nello spazio" and a 1958 Science Fiction film, "It, the Terror from Beyond Space" and wrote the screenplay for 1979's, "Alien". He also admitted to lifting elements from 1951's, "The Thing from Another World" and the warning to stay away from the planet, from 1956's, "Forbidden Planet".
To finish repairs on the "Argos", the crew must retrieve the "Meteor Rejector" from the "Galliott".
The living crew of the "Argos" has been reduced to "Markary", "Sanya", "Dr. Karan", played by Fernando Villena, "Tiona" and "Wes". However, the possessed crew members attack and both "Karan" and "Tiona" will be killed.
"Wes" refuses and while destroying the "Meteor Rejector" accidently electrocutes himself. Now, "Markary" and "Sanya" are faced with a decision as they cannot safely make it home. The two decide to change course and take their fellow "Aurians" to a nearby planet called "Earth"!
In 1978, Dan O'Bannon took elements from "Terrore nello spazio" and a 1958 Science Fiction film, "It, the Terror from Beyond Space" and wrote the screenplay for 1979's, "Alien". He also admitted to lifting elements from 1951's, "The Thing from Another World" and the warning to stay away from the planet, from 1956's, "Forbidden Planet".
LA DECIMA VITTIMA (THE 10TH VICTIM) released in Italy on December 2, 1965. It would come to the United States in both the Italian and English language version only 18 days later, on December 20, 1965.
The uncredited Executive Producer was showman Joseph E. Levine. It was Levine that gave the Americanized version of Japan's Toho Studio's, 1954, "Gojira", the tag line "King of the Monsters" for 1956's, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters". It was Joseph E. Levine who took an obscure Peplum film and, in 1958, turned San Francisco Body Builder Steve Reeves into an International Star as "Hercules". Levine was also the uncredited Executive Producer of the Cult Christmas movie, "Santa Claus Conquerors the Martians". In 1964, he Produced the Harold Robbins novel "The Carpetbaggers", the thinly disguised story of Howard Hughes, starring an unknown George Peppard. In 1966, Levine took one of the sections of the same novel and made "Nevada Smith". starring Steve McQueen.
The credited Producer was Carlo Ponti. Just prior to this picture, Ponti produced Director Carl Foreman's all-star World War 2 picture, "The Victors". After this feature, Ponti Produced for his wife, Sophia Loren, the 1965 Italian Comedy, "Lady L", co-starring Paul Newman and David Niven.
The credited Producer was Carlo Ponti. Just prior to this picture, Ponti produced Director Carl Foreman's all-star World War 2 picture, "The Victors". After this feature, Ponti Produced for his wife, Sophia Loren, the 1965 Italian Comedy, "Lady L", co-starring Paul Newman and David Niven.
Marcello Mastrolanni portrayed "Marcello Poletti". Mastrolanni became an International Star with Director Federico Fellini's, 1963, "8 1/2", Director Vittorio De Sica's, 1963. "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", co-starring Sophia Loren, De Sica's, 1964, "Marriage Italian Style", with Loren, and Director Mario Monicelli's, 1965, "Casanova 70", co-starring Virna Lisi.
Ursula Andress portrayed "Caroline Meredith". Andress had just been seen in Director Woody Allen's, 1965, "What's New Pussycat", starring Peter O'Toole and Peter Sellers. Right after this picture, Ursula Andress would be seen in 1966's, "The Blue Max", co-starring George Peppard and James Mason.
Elsa Martinelli portrayed "Olga". Italian actress Martinelli's third motion picture had been the Kirk Douglas 1955, "The Indian Fighter", playing Native American "Onahti". She came to the United States to shoot the film in Bend, Oregon. Then it was back to her native Italy, or France, until American Director Howard Hawks', 1962, "Hatari!", co-starring with John Wayne, Red Buttons, and Hardy Kruger.
In a future, wars are avoided, by giving people with violent tendencies a chance to appear in "The Big Hunt" and become famous and wealthy. This is a television show broadcast around the world.
The kicker is, that you are to play ten rounds, five rounds as a "Hunter" and five rounds as the "Victim". This is "Caroline Meredith's" 10th Round and she's a "Hunter". This is "Marcello Poletti's" 7th round and he's "Meredith's" victim. Adding to "Marcello's" problems, is that he's spent all his previous winnings on his mistress, "Olga", or alimony for his wife "Lidia", played by Luce Bonifassy.
What happens is a cat and mouse game, but whose the cat and whose the mouse? "Marcello" attempts to get "Caroline" eaten by crocodile in front of the television cameras, but that fails. "Caroline" shoots "Marcello" in front of television cameras, but he loaded her gun with blanks.
The kicker is, that you are to play ten rounds, five rounds as a "Hunter" and five rounds as the "Victim". This is "Caroline Meredith's" 10th Round and she's a "Hunter". This is "Marcello Poletti's" 7th round and he's "Meredith's" victim. Adding to "Marcello's" problems, is that he's spent all his previous winnings on his mistress, "Olga", or alimony for his wife "Lidia", played by Luce Bonifassy.
What happens is a cat and mouse game, but whose the cat and whose the mouse? "Marcello" attempts to get "Caroline" eaten by crocodile in front of the television cameras, but that fails. "Caroline" shoots "Marcello" in front of television cameras, but he loaded her gun with blanks.
As the story progresses, the two opponents start to fall in love with each other. They now have to figure out how to end "The Big Hunt" without getting killed? On an empty passenger plane, the two decide to get married, but the pilot comes into the cabin and aims a gun at them. However, it shoots out flowers as the movie ends.
Then came a series of 1950's style American Invaders from Space films.
I CRIMALI DELLA GALASSIA ( CRIMINALS OF THE GALAXY) released in Italy on July 10, 1966
WILD, WILD PLANET released in the United States on August 9, 1967
Tony Russel as Tony Russell, portrayed "Commander Mike Halstead". American actor Russel became a regular in Italian motion pictures during the 1960's. However, in 1957 and 1959, as Tony Russo, he appeared on three episodes of the Walt Disney television series "Zorro". In 1964, he starred in the Peplum entry, "The Revolt of the Seven", and provided a English language voice in "Hercules Against the Moon Men". In 1965, Russel was in the Italian production, "Oath of Zorro", as the title character.
Massimo Serato portrayed "Mr. Nurmi". Massimo started acting in 1938 and worked in the Italian film industry through the Second World War. In 1961 he co-starred with American Cornel Wilde in the Peplum entry, "Constantine and the Cross". The same year he was in the Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren, "El Cid", started appearing on American television and in 1963, was in the cast of "55 Days at Peking", starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven.
Above, Tony Russell and Massimo Serato.
Lisa Gastoni as Jane Fate, portrayed "Lieutenant Connie Gomez". Gastoni started, in 1954, in on-screen acting in British movies. and some American and British television series. Among her Italian Peplum films, in 1964, were, Messalina vs the Son of Hercules", "The Three Avengers" and "Three Swords for Rome". Immediately, before this picture was the 1966, Italian Crime Drama, "Wake Up and Die".
Above left to right, Franco Nero, Tony Russel and Lisa Gastoni
Franco Nero portrayed "Lieutenant Jake Jacowitz". Nero was the original "Django" in the 1966 Spaghetti Western of that title. In 2012, he portrayed "Amerigo Vessepi" in Director Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained". In 1967, he portrayed "Lancelot" in the big budgeted musical "Camelot", starring Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave, and in 1990, he was after Bruce Willis in "Die Hard 2".
This is really a futuristic "B" Detective story set in Outer Space. In 2015, "Commander Mike Halstead" of "Space Station Gamma One" of the "United Democracies Space Command" is given the assignment to investigate mad scientist "Dr. Numi". Who is kidnapping leading scientists and world leaders to use in his miniaturization experiments, In the end "Numi" is killed and the scientists and world leaders rescued.
I DIAFANOIDI VENGONO DA MARTE (THE DIAPHANOIDS COME FROM MARS)" released in Italy on July 21, 1966
Franco Nero portrayed "Lieutenant Jake Jacowitz". Nero was the original "Django" in the 1966 Spaghetti Western of that title. In 2012, he portrayed "Amerigo Vessepi" in Director Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained". In 1967, he portrayed "Lancelot" in the big budgeted musical "Camelot", starring Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave, and in 1990, he was after Bruce Willis in "Die Hard 2".
This is really a futuristic "B" Detective story set in Outer Space. In 2015, "Commander Mike Halstead" of "Space Station Gamma One" of the "United Democracies Space Command" is given the assignment to investigate mad scientist "Dr. Numi". Who is kidnapping leading scientists and world leaders to use in his miniaturization experiments, In the end "Numi" is killed and the scientists and world leaders rescued.
I DIAFANOIDI VENGONO DA MARTE (THE DIAPHANOIDS COME FROM MARS)" released in Italy on July 21, 1966
WAR OF THE PLANETS is the United States title, but I could not locate release date
This is the second picture in the "Gamma One" series from Director Antonio Margheriti and the writing team of Reiner and Moretti. The feature brought back Tony Russel, Lisa Gastoni and Franco Nero in their roles from the previous film.
This time they're green light looking aliens from Mars that either possess, or kill humans. It's up to "Commander Halstead" and his crew to stop them.
IL PIANETA ERRANTE (THE WANDERING PLANET) released in Italy July 29, 1966
WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS released in the United States on April 7, 1971
This was the third film in the series from Margheriti, Reiner and Moretti, but with a cast change.
Giacomo-Rossi Stuart as Jack Stuart, portrayed "Commander Rod Jackson".
Ombretta Colli as Amber Collins, portrayed "Lieutenant Terry Sanchez".
IL PIANETA ERRANTE (THE WANDERING PLANET) released in Italy July 29, 1966
WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS released in the United States on April 7, 1971
This was the third film in the series from Margheriti, Reiner and Moretti, but with a cast change.
Giacomo-Rossi Stuart as Jack Stuart, portrayed "Commander Rod Jackson".
Ombretta Colli as Amber Collins, portrayed "Lieutenant Terry Sanchez".
Above, Giacomo-Rossi Stuart and Ombretta Colli
A rogue planet is causing earthquakes and it is up to the "Gamma One" crew to investigate and stop the planet, before it destroys the Earth.
The three films, so far, from Antonio Margheriti, or Anthony Dawson, if you prefer, had a higher quality than the next entry from another Italian film maker. This feature actually lifted footage from two Toho Japanese films,1962's, "Yosei Gorasu (Ominous Star Gorath)" aka: "Gorath", and 1965's, "Kaiju Daisenso (The Giant Monster War)" aka: "Invasion of the Astro-Monster".
2+5 MISSIONE HYDRA released in Italy on October 2, 1966
2+5 MISSIONE HYDRA released in Italy on October 2, 1966
The picture was Directed by Pietro Francisci. Among Francisci's other motion picture were the 1954, "Atitla", starring Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren, and both Steve Reeves features, 1958's, "Hercules" and 1959's, "Hercules Unchained".
Francisci and Fernando Paolo Girolami wrote the screenplay. This was Girolami's only screenplay. His other credit was a "Additional Crew" on the 1961 Peplum, "Atlas Against the Cyclops".
Leonora Ruffo as Eleonora Ruffo portrayed "Kaena". Among her features were the 1960 Peplum, "Goliath and the Dragon", starring American Mark Forest, and the 1961 Peplum from Mario Bava, "Hercules in the Haunted World", featuring British actor Christopher Lee.
Francisci and Fernando Paolo Girolami wrote the screenplay. This was Girolami's only screenplay. His other credit was a "Additional Crew" on the 1961 Peplum, "Atlas Against the Cyclops".
Leonora Ruffo as Eleonora Ruffo portrayed "Kaena". Among her features were the 1960 Peplum, "Goliath and the Dragon", starring American Mark Forest, and the 1961 Peplum from Mario Bava, "Hercules in the Haunted World", featuring British actor Christopher Lee.
Mario Novelli using the American sounding name of Anthony Freeman portrayed "Ingegner Paolo Bardi". Among Novelli's Peplum entries, all in 1964, are, "Seven Slaves Against Rome", "The Revenge of Spartacus", "The Invincible Brothers Maciste" and "Three Swords Against Rome".
Aliens kidnap Earth Humans and take them into space and the human's mutiny. End of plot.
In October 1977, the movie came to the United States dubbed into English with a change in dialogue as "Star Pilot".
In October 1977, the movie came to the United States dubbed into English with a change in dialogue as "Star Pilot".
The title was chosen because the original "Star Wars" had just opened. That change in dialogue included the following references to the television program "Star Trek". You heard, "Star Fleet Command", "Warp Speed" and "Impulse Drive" among other lines.
LA MORTE VIENE DAI PIANETA AYTIN (DEATH COMES FROM THE PLANET AYTIN) released in Italy on January 18, 1967
SNOW DEVILS released in the United States on June 28, 2012 on television
He was joined by Bill Finger. the 1966 "Batman" television series, the animated 1966, "New Adventures of Superman", the Mexican made, 1968, "Batwoman", based upon Bob Kane's character, and several other DC animated series.
Charles Sinclair was another writer who worked on television's "Batman", and 1968's, "The Green Slime". The last screenplay writer was Aubrey Wisberg. Among the British writer's screenplays are, 1951's, "The Man from Planet X", 1953's, "The Neanderthal Man" and the Tab Hunter, 1954 film, "Return to Treasure Island".
Giacomo-Rossi Stuart and Ombretta Colli were back in their characters.
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4....3....2...1...MORTE (4....3....2...1....DEATH) released in Italy on August 4, 1967
MISSION STARDUST released in the United States November 1968
MISSION STARDUST released in the United States November 1968
This is a co-production of Italy, West Germany, Spain and the Principality of Monaco. That was co-ruled by American actress turned Princess Grace Kelly.
The motion picture was Directed by Italian Primo Zeglio. Some of Zeglio's Peplum motion pictures are. 1960's, "Morgan the Pirate", starring Steve Reeves, 1962's, "Seven Seas to Calais", starring Australian Rod Taylor, and 1963's, "Slave Queen of Babylon".
The screenplay was based upon the first science fiction novel in a German series about "Perry Rhodan". The first 48 novels were also published in France, but the screenplay by Primo Zeglio and Sergio Kurt Vogelmann was very basic compared to the novels by German author, Clark Darlton.
The motion picture was Directed by Italian Primo Zeglio. Some of Zeglio's Peplum motion pictures are. 1960's, "Morgan the Pirate", starring Steve Reeves, 1962's, "Seven Seas to Calais", starring Australian Rod Taylor, and 1963's, "Slave Queen of Babylon".
The screenplay was based upon the first science fiction novel in a German series about "Perry Rhodan". The first 48 novels were also published in France, but the screenplay by Primo Zeglio and Sergio Kurt Vogelmann was very basic compared to the novels by German author, Clark Darlton.
Lang Jefferies portrayed "Major Perry Rhodan". From 1958 through 1960, Jefferies co-starred with "B" Western actor Jim Davis on the American television series "Rescue 8". He followed the series with 1962's, "Don't Knock the Twist" with Chubby Checker and going nowhere in the States, moved to Italy and 1962's Peplum, "Alone Against Rome".
Essy Persson portrayed "Thora". Swedish actress Persson only made 17 feature films that included the controversial, 1968, Swiss teenage sexual awakening story about two girls at a boarding school, "Therese and Isabelle". Persson also played Vincent Price's wife in the 1970 British Horror film, "Cry of the Banshsee".
Louis Davilia portrayed "Captain Mike Bull". Argentine actor Davilia started out in Spanish Crime and Spy Dramas, as "Agent 077", can you say a "James Bond" rips-off series of films? Then it was several Spanish television mini-series and in a 1971, a Spanish "Robin Hood" movie. In 1975, it was the Spanish Horror movie, "The Mummy's Revenge"
Above, Luis Davilia is on the right and Lang Jefferies is on the left.
Note:
In the novels "Perry Rhodan" marries alien "Thora" and she becomes the mother of his first son.
While, "Reginald Bull", is a friend of "Perry's" and is impulsive and known to use a swear word, or two.
A group of Astronauts are sent to the Moon to rescue an Alien Woman who is seeking help from the Earth to save her race. A group of Bandit Robots are out to get the her and a traitor within "Rhodan's" crew.
While, "Reginald Bull", is a friend of "Perry's" and is impulsive and known to use a swear word, or two.
A group of Astronauts are sent to the Moon to rescue an Alien Woman who is seeking help from the Earth to save her race. A group of Bandit Robots are out to get the her and a traitor within "Rhodan's" crew.
Next up was the last Italian Science Fiction film of the Decade. The picture was a co-produced with France. The screenplay was based upon a French comic series by Jean-Claude Forest and reflected the Psychedelic Trips of the late 1960's, because of the concepts of the picture's Director. Although the major funding came from an Italian Producer and the Director was French. The dialogue was in English and would be subtitled in both Italy and France when released.
BARBARELLA was released First in the United States on October 18, 1968.
BARBARELLA was released in Italy on October 18, 1968
BARBARELLA was released in France on October 25, 1968
The motion picture was Produced primarily by Italian Dino De Laurentiis and Co-Produced, without on-screen credit, by French Producer Henri Michaud.
The motion picture was Directed by French Director Roger Vadim. Besides being an excellent film director, Vadim was known for his actress wives. They included in order, Brigette Bardot, Annette Stroyberg, Jane Fonda, Catherine Schneider and Marie-Christine Barrault. In between Roger Vadim was also known for his "Partner", Catherine Deneuve.
My article about Roger Vadim, Brigette Bardot "And God Created Women", Annette Stroyberg, the Lesibian vampire tale "Blood and Roses", and Jane Fonda "Barbarella", entited, "Roger Vadim: Three Wives and Three Movies" will be read at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2016/08/rodger-vadim-three-wives-and-three.html
The initial screenplay was written by American Terry Southern, 1964's, "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", 1965's, "The Cincinnati Kid", starring Steve McQueen, Ann-Margaret and Edgar G. Robinson, and he would write the screenplay for 1969's, "Easy Rider", starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and featured Jack Nicholson.
Roger Vadim also received on-screen credit for his reworking of the screenplay. There were an additional seven contributing writers without on-screen credit.
Initially, De Laurentiis wanted Italian actress Virna Lisi for the lead, but she wasn't available. He next went to Brigette Bardot, but she didn't want to do another sexual character. De Laurentiis went to Carlo Ponti's wife, Sophia Loren, but she was pregnant. Roger Vadim suggested his wife, Jane Fonda.
Jane Fonda portrayed "Barbarella". Fonda had just appeared with her brother Peter in the Vadim segment of 1968's,"Histories extraodinaires (Extraordinary Histories)", released in an edited English language version as 1969's, "Spirits of the Dead". The other two segments were Directed by Italian's, Federico Fellini and Louis Malle. All three segments were based upon Edgar Allan Poe tales. Fonda would follow this picture with the very depressing, but outstanding 1969, "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" from Director Sydney Pollack.
Jane Fonda was very controversial during the Viet Nam Era and so was "The Duke". For those of my readers interested in that story. You can find it in my article, "Jane Fonda and John Wayne: Two Sides of the Vietnam Coin":
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2016/11/jane-fonda-and-john-wayne-two-sides-of.html
John Philip Law portrayed "Pygar". American Law had just starred in another Dino De Laurentiis production, 1968's, "Danger: Diabolik". The previous year he co-starred with Lee Van Cleef in the Spaghetti Western, "Death Rides A Horse", in 1971, Law was the "Red Baron" in Director Roger Corman's "Von Richthofen and Brown" and in 1973, he had the title role in Stop Motion Animator Ray Harryhausen's "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad".
My article, "John Philip Law: The Films" is available at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2018/07/john-phillip-law-films.html
Anita Pallenberg portrayed "The Black Queen of Sogo" aka: "The Great Tyrant". The Italian actress was known more for being the romantic partner of the "Rolling Stone's Founder", Brian Jones and then the romantic partner of Keith Richard. Along with rumors, that still remain, of a brief affair with Mick Jagger. Then her 18 on-screen roles.
Milo O'Shea portrayed "Concierge/Durand-Durand". Turning to 1978 British New Wave. O'Shea's character was the source for the band name "Durand Durand". However, O'Shea, the actor, had just been seen in Italian Director Franco Zeffirelli's English language production of William Shakespeare's 1968. "Romeo and Juliet".
David Hemmings portrayed "Dildano". In 1967 he joined Franco Nero in the musical "Camelot" as "Mordred". In 1968 he was in the cast of Director Tony Richardson's attack on British morality in "The Charge of the Light Brigade".
Marcel Marceau portrayed "Professor Ping". The Internationally known French Pantomime Artist had appeared in 1966 on the American Comedy television program, "The Red Skelton Hour", and in 1969. Marcel Marceau appeared on another American Comedy television program, "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" and pantomimed the trademarked "Sock It To Me!".
The motion picture was Directed by French Director Roger Vadim. Besides being an excellent film director, Vadim was known for his actress wives. They included in order, Brigette Bardot, Annette Stroyberg, Jane Fonda, Catherine Schneider and Marie-Christine Barrault. In between Roger Vadim was also known for his "Partner", Catherine Deneuve.
My article about Roger Vadim, Brigette Bardot "And God Created Women", Annette Stroyberg, the Lesibian vampire tale "Blood and Roses", and Jane Fonda "Barbarella", entited, "Roger Vadim: Three Wives and Three Movies" will be read at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2016/08/rodger-vadim-three-wives-and-three.html
The initial screenplay was written by American Terry Southern, 1964's, "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", 1965's, "The Cincinnati Kid", starring Steve McQueen, Ann-Margaret and Edgar G. Robinson, and he would write the screenplay for 1969's, "Easy Rider", starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and featured Jack Nicholson.
Roger Vadim also received on-screen credit for his reworking of the screenplay. There were an additional seven contributing writers without on-screen credit.
Initially, De Laurentiis wanted Italian actress Virna Lisi for the lead, but she wasn't available. He next went to Brigette Bardot, but she didn't want to do another sexual character. De Laurentiis went to Carlo Ponti's wife, Sophia Loren, but she was pregnant. Roger Vadim suggested his wife, Jane Fonda.
Jane Fonda portrayed "Barbarella". Fonda had just appeared with her brother Peter in the Vadim segment of 1968's,"Histories extraodinaires (Extraordinary Histories)", released in an edited English language version as 1969's, "Spirits of the Dead". The other two segments were Directed by Italian's, Federico Fellini and Louis Malle. All three segments were based upon Edgar Allan Poe tales. Fonda would follow this picture with the very depressing, but outstanding 1969, "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" from Director Sydney Pollack.
Jane Fonda was very controversial during the Viet Nam Era and so was "The Duke". For those of my readers interested in that story. You can find it in my article, "Jane Fonda and John Wayne: Two Sides of the Vietnam Coin":
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2016/11/jane-fonda-and-john-wayne-two-sides-of.html
John Philip Law portrayed "Pygar". American Law had just starred in another Dino De Laurentiis production, 1968's, "Danger: Diabolik". The previous year he co-starred with Lee Van Cleef in the Spaghetti Western, "Death Rides A Horse", in 1971, Law was the "Red Baron" in Director Roger Corman's "Von Richthofen and Brown" and in 1973, he had the title role in Stop Motion Animator Ray Harryhausen's "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad".
My article, "John Philip Law: The Films" is available at:
http://www.bewaretheblog.com/2018/07/john-phillip-law-films.html
Anita Pallenberg portrayed "The Black Queen of Sogo" aka: "The Great Tyrant". The Italian actress was known more for being the romantic partner of the "Rolling Stone's Founder", Brian Jones and then the romantic partner of Keith Richard. Along with rumors, that still remain, of a brief affair with Mick Jagger. Then her 18 on-screen roles.
Milo O'Shea portrayed "Concierge/Durand-Durand". Turning to 1978 British New Wave. O'Shea's character was the source for the band name "Durand Durand". However, O'Shea, the actor, had just been seen in Italian Director Franco Zeffirelli's English language production of William Shakespeare's 1968. "Romeo and Juliet".
David Hemmings portrayed "Dildano". In 1967 he joined Franco Nero in the musical "Camelot" as "Mordred". In 1968 he was in the cast of Director Tony Richardson's attack on British morality in "The Charge of the Light Brigade".
Marcel Marceau portrayed "Professor Ping". The Internationally known French Pantomime Artist had appeared in 1966 on the American Comedy television program, "The Red Skelton Hour", and in 1969. Marcel Marceau appeared on another American Comedy television program, "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" and pantomimed the trademarked "Sock It To Me!".
Claude Dauphin portrayed "The President of Earth". 1n 1966, French actor Dauphin had appeared in both the French made World War 2 feature, "Is Paris Burning?", and Director John Frankenheimer's "Grand Prix", starring James Gardner and Eva Marie Saint. In 1967, the actor was in the Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney Comedy Drama, "Two for the Road".
The opening credits has the title song being played behind a strip-tease by Jane Fonda from her spacesuit:
It's a wonder
Wonder woman
You're so wild
And wonderful
'Cause it seems whenever
We're together
The planets all stand still
Barbarella, psychedelia
There's a kind of cockleshell about you
(Barbarella, ba-Barbarella)
Dazzle me with rainbow colors
Fade away the duller shade of living
Get me up high (High)
Teach me to fly (Fly)
Electrify (Electrify)
My life, with starry light
Above the stratosphere
Bring your dearness near
'Til the dawn comes tumbling down
(Don't make a sound)
Every word we need comes
From the skies
Can't you read my eyes
Saying "love"?
It's a wonder
Wonder woman
You're so wild
And wonderful
'Cause it seems whenever
We're together
The planets all stand still
Barbarella, psychedelia
There's a kind of cockleshell about you
(Barbarella, ba-Barbarella)
Dazzle me with rainbow colors
Fade away the duller shade of living
Get me up high (High)
Teach me to fly (Fly)
Electrify (Electrify)
My life, with starry light
Above the stratosphere
Bring your dearness near
'Til the dawn comes tumbling down
(Don't make a sound)
Every word we need comes
From the skies
Can't you read my eyes
Saying "love"?
"Barbarella" is given an assigned from "The Present of Earth" to find the great scientist "Dr. Durand-Durand". Who disappeared in a trip to the "Tau Ceti" planetary system, located 12 light years from our solar system.
"Dr. Durand Durand" has invented the laser powered super weapon called the "Positronic Ray". Our heroine crash lands on the 16th planet of the "Tau Ceti" system. She's knocked unconscious and awakes to two young girls that bring her into an abandoned space craft and play with "Barbarella". By having walking dolls with razor sharp teeth attack her.
"Dr. Durand Durand" has invented the laser powered super weapon called the "Positronic Ray". Our heroine crash lands on the 16th planet of the "Tau Ceti" system. She's knocked unconscious and awakes to two young girls that bring her into an abandoned space craft and play with "Barbarella". By having walking dolls with razor sharp teeth attack her.
"Barbarella" is rescued by "Mark Hand the Catchman", played by Ugo Tognazzi. His job is to patrol the ice and round up errant children. This will lead to "Barbarella's" first experience with physical sexual contact and not sexual stimulation by taking a pill while touching hands, as is now done on Earth. "Barbaella" discovers she enjoys the old fashion way of sex.
"Barbarella" now leaves the 16th planet and this time crashes into a labyrinth inhabited by the outcasts of the city of "Sogo". She is rescued by the Blind Angel "Pygar" who has lost the will to fly. "Pygar" takes "Barbarella" to meet "Dr. Ping" who can repair her space ship.
While "Dr. Ping" is determining what he needs to fix "Barbarella's" spaceship. She is able to give "Pygar" back the will to fly through physical sex.
The Blind Angel now flies the Earth girl to the city of "Sogo".
Upon arriving "Barbarella" and "Pygar" are captured by the "Black Queen of Sogo" and her "Concierge".
"Durand-Durand" captures "Barbarella" after "Dildano" leaves to get the resistance to attack the city. "Durand-Durand" now locks "Barbarella" with the "Black Queen" in the "Chamber of Dreams".
The "Concierge" explains that "Sogo" is built over the "Matmos". Pure evil energy in liquid form powered by the evil thoughts of the cities people. He puts "Barbarella" into a sex machine that is played like a large organ to sexually torture her.
The "Concierge" takes "Barbarella" to the highest point of Ecstasy the machine can create and she overloads it instead. After which she discovers he is "Durand-Durand". He places "Barbarella" in a cage, but she's rescued by the leader of the underground, "Dildano". Who wants to have sex the new way by pills, but she wants to do it the old way. In the end, "Barbarella" agrees to use the pills "Dildano" has and she overloads him.
The "Concierge" takes "Barbarella" to the highest point of Ecstasy the machine can create and she overloads it instead. After which she discovers he is "Durand-Durand". He places "Barbarella" in a cage, but she's rescued by the leader of the underground, "Dildano". Who wants to have sex the new way by pills, but she wants to do it the old way. In the end, "Barbarella" agrees to use the pills "Dildano" has and she overloads him.
The "Black Queen" informs "Barbarella", that, if two people are locked in the "Chamber of Dreams" together, the "Matmos" will devour them. "Dildano's" resistance attacks the city as "Durand-Durand" seizes complete control.
"The Great Tyrant", or "Black Queen", if you prefer, states that is "Barbarella's" innocence protecting the two against the "Matmos". As the "Matmos" started to move around the "Chamber of Dreams", "Pygar" arrives and flies both of them to safety.
"The Great Tyrant", or "Black Queen", if you prefer, states that is "Barbarella's" innocence protecting the two against the "Matmos". As the "Matmos" started to move around the "Chamber of Dreams", "Pygar" arrives and flies both of them to safety.
When "Barbarella" asks "Pygar" why he saved the "Black Queen" after what she did to him?
He replies:
An Angel Has No Memory
During the 1960's, Italy's output of Spaghetti Westerns was 279 motion pictures. Italy's output of Horror movies was 38, but Peplum totaled, during the decade, between 400 and 500.
Which depended upon the source and the definition of what should be included. As some lists included Italian "Pirate Movies", such as Steve Reeves' 1960, "Morgan the Pirate" and the same years "I pirati della costa (Pirates of the Coast)", starring American Lex Barker. Then there were American films shot in Italy, or Spain. Such as Stanley Kubrick's 1960, "Spartacus", shot in Spain and North Hollywood, California, or from Producer Samuel Bronston, 1961's "El Cid" and 1964's, "The Fall of the Roman Empire".
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