Stathis Giallelis Movies

The story of a popular Greek hero Allessandro Panagulis (Stathis Giallelis) is the focus of this informative, feature-length version of a four-hour series. Panagulis tries to assassinate Prime Minister Papadopoulos in 1968, but is caught, tortured over an extended period of time, and then sentenced to death. Eventually, the Greek military junta decides not to carry out the death sentence because of a world-wide outcry for amnesty. That decision leaves Panagulis to suffer inhuman conditions in prison and to fail in several escape attempts. After five years have gone by, thanks to the efforts of family, friends, and the international community, including Oriana Fallaci (the Italian journalist who became his companion), Panagulis is released from prison. But his saga and his destiny do not end there, not by any means. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

An international collection of second-string actors grace the cast of this bargain-basement Sergio Leone knock off. Terence Stamp stars as Azul, the son of evil Mexican bandit Ortega (Ricardo Montalban). Although Azul is a mean, low-down, varmint like Ortega's three other sons, there is a slight glimmer of goodness in his soul since he is adopted. He proves it when he kills one of his brothers who was attempting to rape beautiful Texan maid Joanne (Joanna Pettet). Renouncing his adopted family and claiming a new moniker by the name of Blue, he helps Joanne and her father on their farm, and soon Blue and Joanne are in love. Remorseful at the loss of Blue, Ortega tracks him down to regain his love. Instead, Blue rejects him, and Ortega, humiliated and disgraced by his son's rejection, gathers together an army in order to return to wreak revenge upon the Texans. Now Blue must organize the Texans into a fighting force to face the bandit army of his father. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

This drama, set in a Buenos Aires hotel, centers upon a fascist who goes into hiding after his organization's activities are banned by the government. Within the hotel he finds a group of Spanish exiles and actors. He begins eavesdropping after he overhears them planning to assassinate a visiting dictator. He doesn't know they are only rehearsing and so immediately runs to the cops with the information. Eventually, the police figure out what happened, but this does not stop them from closing down the performers' theater. When the actors discover that it was the fascist that ratted upon them, they toss him out of the hotel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide