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Ken Metcalfe is a Actor and Scriptwriter
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Ken Metcalfe is an actor who has acted in over 44 movies. Many of his films have been set in the Philippines.
He is also a writer who has written for the following films, Dynamite Wong and TNT Jackson 1974, Bamboo Gods And Iron Men 1974, T.N.T. Jackson 1975, Firecracker aka The Naked Fist and Warriors of the Apocalypse. He has also been involved in casting for Apocalypse Now and Hamburger Hill .
He is also a writer who has written for the following films, Dynamite Wong and TNT Jackson 1974, Bamboo Gods And Iron Men 1974, T.N.T. Jackson 1975, Firecracker aka The Naked Fist and Warriors of the Apocalypse. He has also been involved in casting for Apocalypse Now and Hamburger Hill .
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Whiteforce (1988)
, 1h26Directed by Eddie Romero
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Sam J. Jones, Raoul Aragon, Jaime Fabregas, Vic Díaz, Ken Metcalfe, Mike Monty
Rating50%
P.O.W. The Escape (1986)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors David Carradine, Mako Iwamatsu, Steve James, Ken Metcalfe, Pen Medina, James Gaines
Roles Gen. Weaver
Rating49%
Colonel Cooper (David Carradine) is a U.S. Airborne commando who comes to Vietnam with a special mission to liberate imprisoned American soldiers. He gets caught in a North Vietnamese POW camp where there are other airbornes as well as regular soldiers. Action is set at the end of the war and he, as the highest-ranking officer in the POW camp, is to be sent to Hanoi and prosecuted by the North Vietnamese. Camp commander Vinh (Mako Iwamatsu) gets an order to send him to court but instead of obeying it, he offers Cooper a deal - he will help him get to the American sector and then Cooper, in return, would help him immigrate to the USA, where Vinh has family.
Desire (1982)
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin Philippines
Actors John Saxon, Judith Chapman, Tetchie Agbayani, Ken Metcalfe, Charito Solis, Mark Gil
Roles Phil Seaver
Enter the Ninja (1981)
, 1h41Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Franco Nero, Susan George, Sho Kosugi, Christopher George, Will Hare, Derek Webster
Roles Elliot
Rating52%
After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan as a Ninja, an Angolan Bush War veteran by the name of Cole (Franco Nero) visits his war buddy Frank Landers (Alex Courtney) and his newlywed wife Mary Ann Landers (Susan George), who are the owners of a large piece of farming land in the Philippines. Cole soon finds that the Landers are being repeatedly harassed by a CEO named Charles Venarius (Christopher George) in order to get them to sell their property because, unbeknownst to them, a large oil deposit is located beneath their land. After beginning to thwart Venarius' hired henchmen's attempts to bully and coerce the Landers into the selling of their property to Venarius, Cole eventually finds himself facing an old rival from the days of his training – Hasegawa (Sho Kosugi), who was hired by Venarius as an assassin to eliminate Cole. In the midst of these events, an affair occurs between Cole and Mary one evening.
Up from the Depths (1979)
, 1h15Directed by Charles B. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Sam Bottoms, Virgil Frye, R. Lee Ermey, Ken Metcalfe
Rating33%
The staff and vacationers at a first-class resort on the island of Maui are beginning to mysteriously disappear. A biologist believes that an underwater earthquake has caused a giant and very hungry dormant prehistoric fish to be released from his slumber. Voraciously the fish helps himself to a tourist buffet. Now it's open season for the local fishermen to find the creature and kill it.
Sudden Death (1977)
, 1h29Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Robert Conrad, Don Stroud, John Ashley, Felton Perry, Vic Díaz, Bill Raymond
Rating55%
When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death.
Ebony, Ivory & Jade (1976)
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Colleen Camp, Rosanne Katon, Jun Aristorenas, Leo Martinez, Ken Metcalfe, Max Alvarado
Rating46%
The Muthers (1976)
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy, Ken Metcalfe
Rating49%
Une bande de femmes pirates va sauver secrètement la soeur de leur leader dans un camp de prisonniers sur une plantation de café.
Cover Girl Models (1975)
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Lindsay Bloom, Mary Woronov, Vic Díaz, Tony Ferrer, Joonee Gamboa, Ken Metcalfe
Rating44%
Three fashion models travel from Los Angeles to Hong Kong for a shoot. Barbara accidentally comes in possession of some microfilm and is chased by secret service agents. Claire tries to get a role in a film. Mandy tries to make it as a model and falls for their photographer.
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men (1974)
, 1h36Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors James Iglehart, Shirley Washington, Ken Metcalfe, Chiquito, Eddie García, Marissa Delgado
Rating47%
James Iglehart plays African-American prize fighter Cal Jefferson who is on a honeymoon holiday in Hong Kong with his new wife played by Shirley Washington. Cal comes across a drowning Chinese man whom he jumps in the sea to save. This now revived and very grateful mute man turns out to be someone they cannot get rid of. They finally get rid of him or so it seems. They purchase an item in Hong Kong which becomes the center of a gang's attention. The gang led by Kenneth Metcalfe will stop at nothing to retrieve the item. They leave Hong Kong for Manila, the Philippines and find themselves being attacked with the mute Chinese man coming to their assistance.
TNT Jackson (1974)
, 1h8Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Chiquito, Stan Shaw, Max Alvarado, Ken Metcalfe, Leo Martinez, Joonee Gamboa
Roles Sid
Rating47%
The film is about Diana Jackson (aka TNT), who learns her brother is missing. She suspects a powerful gangster and his friends are behind the disappearance. Determined to get at the truth, she goes to Hong Kong, and along with a friend named Joe, wages war on the criminal gang she's out to nail.
Savage! (1973)
, 1h21Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors James Iglehart, Carol Speed, Vic Díaz, Eddie Gutierrez, Ken Metcalfe
Rating52%
Une aventure à petit budget avec l'ancienne star de baseball James Iglehart dans le rôle de Savage, qui est kidnappé par des rebelles sud-américains. Après un certain temps, il voit leur position et est rejoint par une équipe de commandos féminins dans la lutte contre les responsables du gouvernement répressif.
Fly Me (1973)
, 1h11Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Lenore Kasdorf, Richard Young, Naomi Stevens, Dick Miller, Ken Metcalfe, Vic Díaz
Roles Donald
Rating47%
Three young flight attendants fly from Los Angeles, California to Hong Kong. Toby's mother has followed her on the plane and Toby tries to lose her so she can romance a doctor, David. Andrea's lover Donald has gone missing. Shelley is smuggling drugs and is kidnapped by a white slave ring.
Twilight People (1972)
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors John Ashley, Pam Grier, Pat Woodell, Jan Merlin, Eddie García, Ken Metcalfe
Rating41%
While diving, Matt Farrell (Ashley) is kidnapped by Neva Gordon (Pat Woodell) and Steinman (Jan Merlin) and taken to an island where Neva's father Dr. Gordon (Charles Macauly) is experimenting, trying to make a "Super Race" by combining humans and animals. His creations are Ayesa the panther-woman (Grier), Kuzma the antelope-man (Ken Metcalfe), Darmo the bat-man (Tony Gonsalvez), Primo the ape-man (Kim Ramos), Lupa the wolf-woman (Mona Morena) and Doro the boar-man (who is shot down by Steinman while trying to flee early in the film). Dr. Gordon wants Farrell to be one of his upcoming experiments but Neva begins to doubt her fathers' work after a botched experiment on another test subject, Juan Pereira (Eddie Garcia). She decides to help Farrell and the animal people escape. As Steinman and his men hunt them down, Ayesa turns completely savage and is killed. A fierce gun-battle begins, and Farrell kills Steinman. Most of the other animal people are also killed, except Darmo, who is now able to fly and returns to the compound to attack Steinman's men. Dr. Gordon tries to escape, but is confronted and killed by the tree-woman who used to be his wife. At the end, Farrell and Neva watch as Darmo flies off.
The Woman Hunt (1972)
, 1h21Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Sid Haig, Ken Metcalfe, Eddie García, Alona Alegre
Rating46%
Some mercenaries Tony (John Ashley), Silas (Sid Haig) and Karp (Ken Metcalf) have been kidnapping women and taking them to an island where a wealthy man named Spyros (Eddie Garcia) assembles a group to hunt the women. Tony begins to question what he is doing and helps McGee (Pat Woodell), Billie (Charlene Jones) and Lori (Laurie Rose) escape. Karp and Silas have a falling out and Karp kills Silas. Spyros' head of security, Magda (Lisa Todd) goes after the escapees but is killed in a trap. Billie and Lori are killed during the hunt and Tony kills Spyros. He and McGee escape to safety.