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James Harvey Nicholson (September 14, 1916 – December 10, 1972) was an American film producer. He is best known as the co-founder, with Samuel Z. Arkoff, of American International Pictures.
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James H. Nicholson
Birth name James Harvey Nicholson
Nationality USA
Birth 14 september 1916
Death 10 december 1972 (at 56 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 14 september 1916
Death 10 december 1972 (at 56 years)
James Harvey Nicholson (September 14, 1916 – December 10, 1972) was an American film producer. He is best known as the co-founder, with Samuel Z. Arkoff, of American International Pictures.
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
, 1h33Directed by John Hough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films
Actors Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Kenneth Tobey, Lynn Borden
Roles Story
Rating65%
Two NASCAR hopefuls, driver Larry Rayder (Peter Fonda) and his mechanic Deke Sommers (Adam Roarke), successfully execute a supermarket heist to finance their jump into big-time auto racing. They extort $150,000 in cash from a supermarket manager (Roddy McDowall in an uncredited role) by holding his wife and daughter hostage.
, 1h22Directed by Mario Bava
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Comic science fiction
Themes Spy films, Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Vincent Price, Fabian Forte, Ciccio Ingrassia, Laura Antonelli, Frankie Avalon, Francesco Mulé
Roles Story
Rating40%
Price plays the titular mad scientist who is working with the Chinese government to use exploding female robots to disrupt a scheduled NATO war-game by blowing up the various generals involved in the exercise (one of whom looks exactly like Goldfoot, and whom Goldfoot later impersonates). Fabian is the hero who works to thwart the plot, when he isn't busy chasing women such as Laura Antonelli's character. The film ends with an extended frantic chase through the streets of Rome, and Goldfoot attempting to start World War III between Russia and the United States by dropping a nuclear bomb on Moscow.
, 1h28Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Spy, Comic science fiction
Themes Spy films, Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Fred Clark, Susan Hart, Jack Mullaney
Roles Story
Rating51%
Price plays the titular mad scientist who, with the questionable assistance of his resurrected flunky Mullaney, builds a gang of female robots who are then dispatched to seduce and rob wealthy men. (Goldfoot's name reflects his and his robots' choice in footwear.) Avalon and Hickman play the bumbling heroes who attempt to thwart Goldfoot's scheme. The film's climax is an extended chase through the streets of San Francisco.
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
, 1h33Directed by John Hough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films
Actors Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Kenneth Tobey, Lynn Borden
Roles Producer
Rating65%
Two NASCAR hopefuls, driver Larry Rayder (Peter Fonda) and his mechanic Deke Sommers (Adam Roarke), successfully execute a supermarket heist to finance their jump into big-time auto racing. They extort $150,000 in cash from a supermarket manager (Roddy McDowall in an uncredited role) by holding his wife and daughter hostage.
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
, 1h30Directed by John Hough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver, Peter Bowles
Roles Executive Producer
Rating66%
Physicist Lionel Barrett is enlisted by an eccentric millionaire, Mr. Deutsch, to make an investigation into "survival after death" in "the one place where it has yet to be refuted." This is the Belasco House, the "Mount Everest of haunted houses," originally owned by the notorious "Roaring Giant" Emeric Belasco, a six-foot-five perverted millionaire and supposed murderer, who disappeared soon after a massacre at his home. The house is believed to be haunted by numerous spirits, the victims of Belasco's twisted and sadistic desires.
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
, 1h28Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Political films, Road movies, Gangster films
Actors Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, John Carradine, Bernie Casey, Harry Northup
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59%
The story of Bertha Thompson (played by Barbara Hershey) and "Big" Bill Shelly (played by David Carradine), two train robbers and lovers who are caught up in the plight of railroad workers in the American South. When Bertha is implicated in the murder of a wealthy gambler, the pair become fugitives.
Blacula (1972)
, 1h33Directed by William Crain
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors William Horace Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Gordon Pinsent, Thalmus Rasulala, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56%
In 1780, Prince Mamuwalde (William H. Marshall), the ruler of the Abani African nation, seeks the help of Count Dracula (Charles Macaulay) in suppressing the slave trade. Dracula refuses to help, and transforms Mamuwalde into a vampire, whom he names Blacula and imprisons in a sealed coffin. Mamuwalde's wife, Luva (Vonetta McGee), is also imprisoned and dies in captivity. In 1972, the coffin has been purchased as part of an estate by two interior decorators, Bobby McCoy (Ted Harris) and Billy Schaffer (Rick Metzler) and shipped to Los Angeles. Bobby and Billy open the coffin and become Prince Mamuwalde's first victims. At the funeral home where Bobby McCoy's body is laid, Mamuwalde spies on mourning friends Tina Williams (Vonetta McGee), her sister Michelle (Denise Nicholas), and Michelle's boyfriend, Dr. Gordon Thomas (Thalmus Rasulala), a pathologist for the Los Angeles Police Department. Mamuwalde believes Tina is the reincarnation of his deceased wife, Luva. On close investigation of the corpse at the funeral home, Dr. Thomas notices oddities with Bobby McCoy's death that he later concludes to be consistent with vampire folklore.
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
, 1h31Directed by Curtis Harrington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about families, Children's films
Actors Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, Hugh Griffith, Rosalie Crutchley
Roles Executive Producer
Rating61%
Mrs. Forrest, in the eyes of the staff and children at an orphanage, is a sweet, kind-mannered and children-loving widow, who throws a lavish annual Christmas party at her mansion, Forrest Grange (known to the orphans as the "Gingerbread House") for ten of the best-mannered children at the orphanage. But secretly, she is a demented, sad and miserable woman who keeps the mummified remains of her daughter Katharine in a nursery room in the attic, singing lullabies to her and trying to contact her spirit with the assistance of (phony) psychic Mr. Benton. He fools Forrest into believing that the voice of Clarine, one of the servants, during the fake séances is that of Katharine.
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
, 1h29Directed by Robert Fuest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Jeffrey, Fiona Lewis, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62%
The film begins by recapping the events of the previous film, following Dr. Anton Phibes' murderous quest for vengeance against the doctors he blamed for the death of his wife, Victoria. Phibes eluded capture by placing himself in suspended animation in a sarcophagus he shares with the body of his wife, where he would lay in darkness until the moon had entered into proper alignment with the planets, which had not occurred in over two thousand years. Three years later, the conjunction occurs, and Phibes rises from his sarcophagus. Summoning his silent assistant Vulnavia (Valli Kemp, replacing Virginia North), Phibes prepares to take Victoria to Egypt; there, in a hidden tomb, flows the River of Life, promising resurrection for Victoria and eternal life for the two of them. Rising from his basement, Phibes is shocked to discover that his house has been demolished, and a safe containing a scroll of papyrus, showing the way to the River of Life, is now empty.
Slaughter (1972)
, 1h31Directed by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Stella Stevens, Erica Leerhsen, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell, Don Gordon, Marlene Clark
Roles Executive Producer
Rating58%
The plot centers around ex-Vietnam veteran and ex-Green Beret Captain, Slaughter (Jim Brown). The film begins with a couple being killed by a car bomb. It then is revealed that the man was the father of Slaughter, who subsequently is obsessed with avenging the murder. He learns that it was arranged by a Cleveland mafia gang, and starts to track down the mobster who was personally responsible, killing a mafia member in the process. The murderer, however, manages to escape.
Baron Blood (1972)
, 1h38Directed by Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava
Origin German
Genres Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti, Rada Rassimov, Umberto Raho, Luciano Pigozzi
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59%
Peter Kleist (Antonio Cantafore) is an American who arrives in Austria to take a break from his college studies and to look up his family's history. At the airport, he is greeted by his uncle, Karl Hummel (Massimo Girott), who invites him to stay at his house. Peter asks Karl about his great-grandfather, Baron Otto Von Kleist. Karl explains that the Baron's name still spreads fear among the local people for he was a notorious sadist who tortured and murdered over 100 of the villagers for which he earned the nickname "Baron Blood". Karl also tells Peter that the Baron's old castle and former residence is being remodeled into a hotel for tourists. Peter persuades his uncle to take him to the castle.
Frogs (1972)
, 1h31Directed by George McCowan
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Natural horror films, Reptile
Actors Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace, Lynn Borden
Roles Executive Producer
Rating44%
Wildlife photographer Pickett Smith (Sam Elliott) is taking photographs of the local flora and fauna as he canoes through a swamp surrounding an island upon which the affluent mansion estate of the wealthy and influential Crockett family is located. Also evident throughout the swamp are numerous indicators of pollution, which Pickett believes are connected to the pesticides the Crockett's use on their island plantation. After Clint (Adam Roarke) accidentally tips over Smith's canoe, he and his sister Karen (Joan Van Ark) escort Smith to the family mansion, where he meets the entire Crockett family. The grouchy, wheelchair-bound patriarch, Jason (Ray Milland), intends on spending the next day enjoying both the 4th of July and his own birthday celebrations uninterrupted. Due to the mutual dislike of the fauna around the mansion, Jason has sent a man named Grover to spray pesticide in order to get rid of the amphibians. Pickett later discovers Grover's corpse covered in snake bites in the swamp not far from the house. Despite this warning, Jason continues with his celebrations the next day.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
, 1h34Directed by Robert Fuest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Serial killer films, Zombie films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Comedy horror films
Actors Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Terry-Thomas, Peter Jeffrey, Virginia North, John Gilmore
Roles Executive Producer
Rating70%
Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price) was an expert in theology and music who was supposedly killed in a car crash in 1921, shortly after the death of his beloved wife, Victoria, during an operation. However, he survived the crash, horribly scarred by the accident and left unable to speak, forcing him to remake his face with prosthetics and use his knowledge of acoustics to regain his voice. Resurfacing in 1925, Phibes believes that his wife died a victim of incompetent doctors, and begins elaborate plans to kill them.
Bunny O'Hare (1971)
, 1h31Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, John Astin, Jay Robinson, Reva Rose
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56%
The title character, a widow whose savings have been depleted by her selfish, middle-aged children, Lulu and Ad, finds herself homeless when the bank forecloses on her mortgage. She becomes friendly with Bill Green, an aging itinerant salvaging the house's plumbing, who she soon discovers is really fugitive bank robber William Gruenwald. Hoping to recoup her losses from the bank that took her home, Bunny blackmails Bill into teaching her how to rob the institution in exchange for keeping his identity a secret. She wears a long blonde wig, over-sized hat, and sunglasses, while he dons a fake beard, leather vest, and bell-bottom pants, and the two pull off the caper and escape on a 250cc Triumph TRW Trophy motorcycle. Buoyed by their success, Bunny convinces Bill to join her in more heists, and the different modus operandi they use - setting free a canary to distract the guard, setting off smoke bombs - make it difficult for police lieutenant Horace Greeley and criminologist R.J. Hart to profile their suspects.
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
, 1h27Directed by Gordon Hessler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy, Lilli Palmer
Roles Executive Producer
Rating52%
The story revolves around an early 20th century theatre troupe in Paris specializing in gory, naturalistic horror plays in the fashion of the Grand Guignol. The director, Cesar Charron (Jason Robards), is presenting Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue". Cesar's wife, the actress Madeline (Christine Kaufmann), whose mother (Lilli Palmer) had been murdered by axe, is haunted by nightmares of an ax-wielding man. Then, suddenly, Rene Marot (Herbert Lom), a former lover of Madeline's mother thought long dead after being horribly disfigured on stage, mysteriously returns and begins murdering members and ex-members of the acting troupe, confounding the Paris police, who initially suspect Cesar.