Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
1) Angel baby
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"They're packing them in at the tent revival today. The young woman called Jenny Angel is preaching--and performing miracles of healing on the blind and the lame. Angel baby takes viewers inside the evangelistic tent with its story of godly aspirations and human frailties. Salome Jens plays Jenny, who becomes a popular preacher on the tent revival circuit after being cured of muteness at a revival--and becomes an innocent target of a moneyman eager...
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Criterion collection volume 704
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A sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.
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"Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock Corridor has had far-reaching influence."--Container....
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Set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Tong wars of the 1800s, women are sold as slaves by an evil drug lord named Ling Tang. DeQuincey is hired to find a woman who has escaped the slave trade and bring her back. As he hides out in Chinatown he discovers the wonders of the opium trade and the drug's hallucinogenic effects. "Filled with absurd dialogue, Asian stereotypes and A-typical Zugsmith exploitation touches, the film is a classic of the...
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"Nancy Archer is a wealthy woman who is fresh from the loony bin and ticked off. Her husband has been putting the moves on Honey Parker and scheming about the day when Nancy's fortune will be theirs. That day will never come, especially not since Nancy has an alien encounter that zaps her metabolism into overdrive. Soon, Nancy's size matches her rage."
9) Cabaret
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Liza Minnelli stars in this musical extravaganza set in a Berlin cabaret in 1931, where the rising tide of Nazism has direct effects on the lives of several individuals.
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Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a race for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people
11) Billy Budd
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An innocent, naive British Naval seaman is accused and tried of murdering the sadistic master-at-arms.
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The walking dead: Boris Karloff is resurrected anew in the eerie tale of a man framed for murder. Sent to the chair ... and seeking revenge after being brought back to life by science.
Frankenstein 1970: Dr. Frankenstein allows a film crew access to shoot a horror flick at his family castle ... and now having what he needs for his monstrous experiments -- fresh young body parts ready for harvesting!
14) The first Texan
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Traces the exploits of the man who would be president of the Texas Republic, Sam Houston. Portrays his early reluctance to join the Texas cause, his interactions with familiar historical figures including Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson, and his victory over the forces of General Santa Ana at the Battle of San Jacinto.
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Frank Flannegan, an American playboy infamous for his scandalous affairs is smitten by Arlane, the beautiful, innocent daughter of the worldly detective, hired by a man who believes that Frank is carrying on with his wife. Frank turns out to be no match for Arlane and they stumble through one of the funniest seductions.
16) The naked kiss
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Criterion collection volume 18
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An ex-prostitute moves to a small town to start her life over, but her past soon follows.
18) The big circus
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"Flamboyant circus owner "Hank Whiting "is in trouble. His enterprise is in need of a cash injection from the bank who only agree to a loan on the condition their employee "Randy Sherman " goes along to keep an eye on proceedings. When he engages a high powered PR woman, tension develops between the outsiders and the circus hard core. That is not the end of it however--there is sabotage to contend with, rain washes away much of the season, and a fatality...