Peter Coe Movies

In this exciting adventure, the residents of a remote California community grow tired of having their lives disrupted by growing groups of rowdy oilworkers who have no respect for law and order. In desperation they hire a Vietnam veteran to clean up the town. The ex-fighter brings in a band of other vets and does just that. Unfortunately, the veterans then begin controlling the town until the leader's brother and his friends manage to oust him and restore peace to the sleepy little town. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

General Zek (Titos Vandis) conspires with munitions manufacturer Ismir Najiid (Sandor Szabo) to kill Middle Eastern potentate King Said (Joe E. Tata) with a truckload of nitroglycerin. The conspirators then plan to place the blame for the assassination on a neighboring country, thereby sparking a war that will enable Zek to assume command of both nations. To preserve the balance of power, the IMF must steal the highly volatile nitro, save the King, and discredit Zek. Mark Lenard, best known as Spock's father on Star Trek, makes his second Mission: Impossible appearance as Aristo Skora. Originally telecast on March 23, 1969, "Nitro" was written by Laurence Heath. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Communist agent Stephan Gomalk (Michael Strong) intends to take control of the small European democracy ruled by his "friend", President Beyron Rurich (Pernell Roberts). Caught in the middle is archaeologist William Bennett (Aaron Fletcher), who stumbled onto Gomalk's scheme, suffered a heart attack, and has been placed under maximum security by the villain's henchmen. The IMF agents have only 24 hours to rescue Bennett and squelch Gomalk's plans--and this will require a convincingly staged assassination attempt. Written by John O'Dea and Arthur Rowe, "Operation 'Heart'" first aired October 22, 1967. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the first episode of a two-part story, Dr. Gregory Holman (George Voskovec), a cryptographer from an Iron Curtain country, has come to the US as part of a touring chess tournament. Just after the FBI receives word that Holman is planning to defect, the man is reported killed in a nightclub fire. By the time that Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) determines that Holman is still alive and in hiding, the situation has been complicated by a cagey double agent (John Van Dreelen) and a treacherous diplomat (Paul Lukas) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Arthur Hiller directed this exciting World War II drama starring Rock Hudson as Major Donald Craig of the British North African Army. In 1942, Craig is captured by the Vichy French, rescued by Palestinian Jews, and taken to the headquarters of Col. John Harker (Nigel Green). Harker explains that since Craig is an expert on the desert, he has been recruited to mount a suicidal raid upon the fuel bunkers at Rommel's key source of supplies at Tobruk. In order to get to Tobruk, a band of Palestinian Jews, commanded by Captain Kurt Bergman (George Peppard), will pose as German soldiers escorting a group of British prisoners. Making their way across the Libyan desert, the band endures a series of close calls until two Nazis spies are captured. When the spies suddenly escape, Harker and Craig realize someone in their group is a traitor. But by this point they have reached their destination and have to table the problem of the traitor as they battle the Germans around the fuel depot at Tobruk. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Wounded in combat, Saunders (Vic Morrow) awakens to find himself dressed in a German uniform. In order not to give himself away to the Germans surrounding him, Saunders pretends to have been rendered speechless by shell-shock. In his laborious efforts to make his way back to the American lines, Saunders has some memorable encounters with the "enemy", among them a big-hearted German sergeant (Bert Freed) and an embittered German doctor (Ivan Triesault). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Based on the novel by Irving Wallace, The Prize takes place in Stockholm, where several laureates gather to accept their Nobel Prizes. At first, the film concentrates on iconoclastic novelist Paul Newman, but he is temporarily shunted to the background when physics expert Edward G. Robinson is kidnaped and replaced by his wicked twin brother. The real Robinson is to be spirited behind the Iron Curtain, while the "fake" Robinson is to disrupt the awards ceremony with an anti-American tirade. Newman gets wind of the plot, and with the help of Swedish foreign office functionary Elke Sommer, he endeavors to rescue the real Robinson and expose the phony-who has yet another trick up his sleeve before the film is over. We'll go along with the fantastic plot convolutions of The Prize, provided we don't have to swallow the premise of another man's voice emanating from that familiar Eddie Robinson mug. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The six Genna brothers have figured out a clever method to make and distribute illegal whiskey right under the noses of Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) and the Untouchables. The Gennas smuggle illegal immigrants into Chicago's Little Italy district, then force them to manufacture whiskey in their homes, lest they be turned over to the immigration authorities. Though Al Capone has warned gang boss Mike Genna (Marc Lawrence) never to put his trust in "greenhorns", the plan works beautifully--until a careless gang member makes the mistake of killing the daughter of immigrant bootlegger Carlo Giovanni (Frank Puglia). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Directed by old Superman-hand Lee Sholem, Louisiana Hussy is one of the better "swamp trash" B flicks of the 1960s. Nan Peterson stars as Nina Duprez, an alluring Cajun beauty who leaves disaster in her wake wherever she goes. In the course of the film's 66 minutes, she destroys several families, breaks up quite a few marriages, and drives at least one unfortunate young girl to suicide. Nina is finally trapped in one of her own webs of sexual intrigue. Featured in the cast is Betty Lynn, who'd have better luck as a Southern belle when she played Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cole Porter's Gay Paree musical about the introduction in Montmartre in 1896 of the notorious Can-Can dance, is brought to the screen, filtered through a Rat Pack sensibility. Shirley MacLaine stars as Simone Pistache, the perky and vivacious owner of a Parisian cafe, who, aided by her swingin' boyfriend Francois Dumais (Frank Sinatra), is trying to keep her establishment from being closed down by the Paris authorities because of Simone's insistence on treating her patrons to the Can-Can, the salacious dance outlawed by French law. Maurice Chevalier is a kindly French judge who graciously looked the other way, but another hard-nosed judge, Philippe Forrestier (Louis Jordan), turns up the heat on Simone to close her cafe. That is, until Simone turns up the heat on him, and Phillippe falls hard for Simone. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Mr. and Mrs. Avery (Carol Hill and James Gavin) have been threatened with death by Mexican outlaw Manuel Garcia (Peter Coe). Asked to protect the Averys, Paladin (Richard Boone) discovers that they have adopted Garcia's son--and he wants the boy back at any cost. In the climax, the fate of everyone concerned is determined by the child's tormented biological mother Nita (Carol Thurston). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this South Seas adventure, a sea captain teams up with lovely island princess help her vanquish the brutal smugglers who are forcing her people to dive for pearls. There are French colonialists on the island and a judge is there to ensure justice. Unfortunately, he is crooked, and after the smugglers are captured he gives them a choice: they can help him retrieve a sunken treasure or they can go to prison. They choose the former, but afterward, they double-cross the judge. Fortunately, the sea captain is still around to see that justice is served. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Dana Andrews plays Cavalry deserter Brett Halliday in the compact Universal western Smoke Signal. Cavalry captain Harper (William Talman) is determined to bring Halliday to justice, but first he must lead his men and a handful of Indian-massacre survivors to safety through hostile, uncharted territory. Halliday's sympathies are with the Indians, whom he believes have resorted to violence only because of the cruelty of certain white officers. Piper Laurie co-stars as Laura Evans, the romantic bone of contention between Halliday and Lt. Wayne Ford (Rex Reason). Though the plotline of Smoke Signal is pedestrian, the film's action highlights are well-worth the price of admission. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide