Don Leonard Movies
- 1970
Former Miss Norway Julie Ege stars in this low-budget variation on One Million Years B.C., playing a scantily-clad cave girl who becomes the object of a fierce battle between the contenders for the throne of the tribe's recently-deceased chieftain. The last of the prehistoric adventure films from England's Hammer Studios, this cheap potboiler discards the usual stop-motion or oversized-iguana dinosaurs -- a concept which may be more (pre)historically accurate but is clearly nothing more than a budgetary consideration for the producers. What's left plotwise is little more than the entire grunting, slobbering male cast trying to get into sexy Ege's sabertooth-skin skivvies and brutalizing each other for the privilege (though most of the sex and violence was excised by the distributors to secure a PG rating). The vibrant cinematography is a plus, but there is very little action, and Ege is no Raquel Welch. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Julie Ege, Tony Bonner, (more)
- 1968
In this uneven color drama, a shipping magnate and his son are devastated by the death of another son. The surviving boy tries to be like the deceased one, but the grieving father resents this insinuation. Later the young man begins working on the docks. There he falls in love with a young woman suffering from leukemia. The trouble begins when the man discovers that the woman's father, a first-mate, was behind his brother's death. The boy tells his father and the two reconcile. They then go to confront the killer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gert Van Den Bergh, Joe Stewardson, (more)
- 1965
In this adventure set in the Kimberley diamond mines of South Africa around 1910, two American sharpsters make a living cheating the hapless miners at cards. The two end up winning a nonproductive mine during a bet. They decide to help the impoverished former owner pay his debts, but when the evil bar owner raises the water rates, the three find themselves busted. To scare up some cash, the Yankees stage a musical show. They succeed but then lose it all betting on a prizefight. Eventually, the mine starts producing a tremendous amount of diamonds, but by that time, the Yankees have had enough and leave the mine to its original owner and head for greener pastures. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jim Reeves, Madeleine Usher, (more)
