Faith Domergue Movies

A filmmaker and his crew get more than they bargained for in this low-budget haunted house film directed by Paul Harrison. Director Eric Hartman (John Ireland) chooses the old Beal mansion for the setting to his latest horror outing, taking little heed of the house's eerie past. As shooting commences, Hartman demands his leading lady, Gayle (Faith Domergue), recite passages from the Tibetan Book of the Dead. However, by doing so, the tormented spirits of the Beal family that had been trapped in the mansion are set free and begin restaging the grisly deaths that met the doomed family several years ago. As various crew members turn up dead, the remaining filmmakers desperately attempt to escape the house's evil spirits, while also trying to piece together the secrets of the house. ~ Rovi

The Man with the Icy Eyes could be Antonio Sabato, Victor Buono or Keenan Wynn. We're pretty sure it isn't either Faith Domergue or Barbara Bouchet. This Italian melodrama weaves in elements of social commentary-at least in the English-dubbed version. A senator is murdered, and a young Mexican is accused of the crime. He didn't do it, but racial tensions run high in his community, and it looks like he'll be found guilty. We won't reveal any more, but we will wonder aloud why none of the above-mentioned actors ever listed Man With the Icy Eyes on his or her resume. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A wealthy shipbuilding family falls apart in the wake of labor unrest and economic crisis. Lorenzo (Mathieu Carriere) is the son who returns home from college and falls in love with his mother, hates his father even more, and makes love to an older family friend Roberta (Joan Collins). After being rejected when he tries to join the student protest movement, he is seduced by the homosexual Crusich (Massimo Serato). As the dockworkers picket, one man (Frank Wolff) commits suicide by diving into an empty holding tank. The family sinks into further disarray as the labor strike continues and the family fortune is depleted. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Rooney (Don Gordon) is the career card shark who is set up by Del Isolla (Massimo Serato) for a big loss in this fast-paced gambling story. Traveling on a luxury liner, an international group of gamblers conspire to turn the tables on each other. Rooney wants to win but is more than satisfied to take Candace (Suzi Kendall) as the beautiful consolation prize. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Robert Duvall guest stars as Peter Halsman, a German medic who is captured while Hanley (Rick Jason) and his squad prepare to knock out an enemy observation post. Though Saunders (Vic Morrow) strenuously objects, Halsman is forced to accompany the men while they carry out their mission. As the situation intensifies, Halsman finds himself in conflict with his medical ethics--especially when he must weigh the lives of his captors against those of his fellow Germans. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Unique among Bonanza episodes, "The Companeros" does not feature any of the series' top-billed stars, but instead focuses exclusively on Ben Cartwright's nephew Will, played by Guy Williams. Guest-star Frank Silvera is cast as freedom fighter Mateo Ibara, who hopes to enlist his old friend Will's support in helping Benito Juarez assume the presidency of Mexico. Despite his fondness for Ibara and his wife Carla (Faith Domergue), Will finds himself questioning Mateo's true motives. Anthony Carbone, a familiar face in many an American-International movie epic, is here seen as Vincente. First telecast on April 19, 1964, "The Companeros" was written by Ken Pettus. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Middle-aged sculptor John Kenyon (John Larkin) falls hopelessly in love with his young model Theba (Marianna Hill), demonstrating his ardor by making a "goddess" statue of her. Unfortunately, Theba's Medusa-like mother Cleo (Faith Domergue) would rather than she marry someone her own age--and more specifically, someone with more money. Inevitably, Cleo is murdered, and Kenyon is spotted apparently disposing of the body. Among those scrutinized by Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) in his efforts to save Kenyon from the gas chamber is one George Spangler, played by future Oscar winner George Kennedy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

After fifteen long, hard years on the job, Sheriff John Dobbs (Paul Richards) prepares to retire. Unfortunately, news of Dobbs' imminent retirement has attracted several gunmen, all of whom are intent upon settling old scores with the aging lawman. After receiving a $10 retainer from an anonymous source, Paladin (Richard Boone) rides in to offer assistance to Dobbs--who turns Paladin down flat, stubbornly determined to uphold his fast-draw reputation no matter what tragedy may befall him. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Accompanied by her tempestuous cousin Concepcion (Faith Domergue), Lola Bronson (Lisa Gaye) breezes into LA from Argentina to finalize her divorce from her husband, aircraft designer Jeff Bronson (Lisa Gaye). But when she suspects Bill Ryder (played by singer Guy Mitchell) of deliberately sabotaging Jeff's business, Lola rises to her ex-husband's defense and tries to extract a confession from Ryder--at gunpoint. Ultimately, Perry Mason must defend both of the battling Bronsons on a charge of murdering Ryder. This is the final episode of Perry Mason's fourth season. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this suspenseful, convoluted crime drama, the wife of a wrongly-condemned murderer begins looking for the real killer. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Based on a story by prolific if uninspired sci-fi writer Charles Eric Maine, The Atomic Man stars Peter Arne in the title role. Fished out of the Thames with a bullet in his back, Arne is discovered to be highly radioactive. He turns out to be a missing atomic scientist, whose exposure to radioactive substances, coupled with his brush with death, has endowed him with remarkable prognostic powers (the script explains that he's living 7 1/2 seconds into the future!) With the help of snoopy reporter Gene Nelson, Arne exposes a plot hatched by evil tungsten magnate Vic Perry. Atomic Man was released in Great Britain as Timeslip. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

For reasons that defy logic, the excellent This Island Earth was held up for ridicule as an allegedly bad movie in the film version of TV's Mystery Science Theater. If not the best science-fiction film of the 1950s, Earth is certainly one of the most intelligent and elaborate. The story begins when the image of Exeter (Jeff Morrow), a huge-domed scientific genius from the planet Metaluna, appears on an experimental 3D television screen. Exeter invites several noted scientists from around the world to work on a top-secret project at Exeter's earthly mansion. Among those accepting the invitation are Cal Meacham (Rex Reason) and his ex-fiancee Ruth Adams (Faith Domergue). Soon, Cal and Ruth learn Exeter's true motives; to use the Earth's atomic knowhow in building a defense shield to protect Metaluna against the enemy planet Zahgon. Eventually, Exeter boards his high-tech flying saucer and whisks Cal and Ruth off to his dying planet, where, among other perils, they are menaced by a hideous mutant. Based on a novel by Raymond F. Jones, This Island Earth is one of those rare 1950s speculative films that holds up as well today as it did when first released, despite the comparative quaintness of the special effects and high-tech paraphernalia. Incidentally, the climactic Metalunan scenes were directed by Universal's resident sci-fi specialist, Jack Arnold. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Six GIs stationed in Asia secretly photograph the arcane rituals of a group of cobra worshippers. At the climax of the ceremony, the cult members turn themselves into snakes. The high priestess catches the soldiers spying and throws a curse upon them. This off-beat horror film follows what happens to the men after that. Soon after they return to the US, the vengeful priestess follows them and people begin to die from snake venom poisoning, adding credence to the strange tale told by a surviving GI to the police, who become less skeptical as more evidence is unearthed. More trouble follows when the serpentine goddess falls for the ex-soldier's roomie. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi