In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in
Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
Prime Cut (1972)
Prime Cut (1972)
Fun crime picture has a Chicago enforcer (Lee Marvin) heading to Kansas City where an evil cattle baron (Gene Hackman) owes the big boys some money but he doesn't plan on cutting them in on his business. PRIME CUT is a film that not too many people know, which is pretty surprising when you consider how popular these type of crime films are. Not to mention the film is probably the only one in history to feature three Oscar winners as well as a man who appeared in PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Overall director Michael Ritchie does a very good job at keeping the picture running very smoothly and while the picture certainly has some flaws, it's still a highly entertaining and at times sleazy picture. One of the highlights come early on when Marvin and his men show up at a "cattle" auction only to discover that Hackman has a major business of selling off women. The women, all in cages like cattle, serve up quite the image. The film also manages to have some great violence, although none of it really goes over-the-top or gets too graphic. There's a terrific sequence during a fair as well as another in a sunflower field. I'm not going to ruin either sequences but they contain some nice suspense. Of course, one of the greatest aspects is the terrific cast. While each cast member has been better in other movies, there's no doubt that it's still very fun to see them all together. Marvin and Hackman really appear to be having fun in their roles and we also get Angel Tompkins in a brief role as the woman who was with both of them. Sissy Spacek appears in a pretty thankless role but it's still fun seeing her. Gregory Walcott, a veteran of Edward D. Wood, Jr., appears as one of the major bad guys. (IMDB Michael_Elliott) V&D
Assignment Terror (1970)
Assignment Terror (1970)
aka
Los monstruos del terror
The Man Who Came from Ummo
Dracula Versus Frankenstein
Operación terror
Dracula jagt Frankenstein
Monster Panic: Strange Tactics
Michael Rennie, in his last film role, plays an alien who comes to Earth when his planet is dying off. He hopes his group can start living on Earth but before that can happen he must bring back several monsters so that they can help kill off all the humans. You have to give it to a film that combines aliens, Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, the mummy and the werewolf in the form of Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy). (IMDB Michael_Elliott) V&D
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