Victor Israel Movies

Not so many Spanish films originate in Cataluna and feature dialogue in Catalan. This thriller follows the story of David (Feodor Atkine), a Barcelona man who lives just at the edge of poverty, in a violent and crime-ridden neighborhood. Despite that, he enjoys his lively city existence. Between his job repairing neon signs on top of high-rise buildings, and his hobby of videotaping the everyday lives of the people around him, he stays busy and cheerful. Intrigued by the blandishments of Lynda (Assumpta Serna), a lovely female radio reporter, he accepts an assignment from her to take a mysterious package to be picked up at a seaside hotel. As he waits for someone to pick it up, he is shot. Though he survives, he loses the use of one of his arms, and only with incredible effort is able to retain his arduous job. Despite his previous experience, when the lady reporter returns to him with yet another adventure on offer, he listens to her and accepts it. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

In this woeful "zombie" film, an accident occurs in a scientific lab in Papua-New Guinea sending out a dangerous chemical in a cloud of green smoke and turning the technicians and locals into ghouls ravenous for human flesh. An Italian news reporter (Margit Evelyn Newton) and her crew land on the island in search of the story, quickly followed by a search-and-destroy mission of soldiers. From that point onward, highly unreal dialogue ("something eating you?") would classify the movie as a cult-camp favorite. When the mismatched or unmatched sequences in the film are combined with ugly color and moronic dialogue, it is difficult to tell whether the living-dead or brain-dead dominate the film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

What Changed Charley Farthing stars Doug McClure as a wayfaring sailor stopping over in Havana. In the tradition of The African Queen, the sailor becomes a reluctant hero when he is hired to give safe passage out of Cuba to a young woman (Hayley Mills) and her father (Lionel Jeffries). This involves stealing a boat, ducking the authorities, and avoiding bullets. David Pursall and Jack Seddon adapted the screenplay from a novel by Mark Hebdon. What Changed Charley Farthing has been run repeatedly on American television under its alternate title The Bananas Boat. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

An Irish journalist (Lynn Redgrave) will do anything she can to support a peasant revolution in Mexico. The rogues played by Franco Nero and Eli Wallach will do almost anything for money, but they will also do a lot for a charming lady: particularly when she has saved one of them from certain death in front of a prison firing squad. After arranging Wallach's prison escape, the trio heads for Mexico, where incredible things happen. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

This unwieldy Spanish drama tells the story of what happens in a conservative country region, sometime in the past, when the new director of a home for mentally deranged women attempts to bring more modern and humane methods to the management and treatment of his charges. The staff and the neighboring villagers and officials resist his changes, considering them no better than witchcraft. He has some success with his patients but cannot make headway with those who hired him. When he leads his charges through the village as a form of protest march, his days in charge are over. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Based on a novel by Louis L'Amour, this comedic western tells of a thieving man who tries to get his hands on two million dollars of government cash while trying to avoid his friend--who happens to be a lawman. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide

This uneven and hastily produced film suffers from many technical difficulties and is plagued by meaningless improvisation. Some attempt is made by the director to talk of some of the social problems in Brazil, but this entry qualifies as one itself. A narrator tells tales of the poverty stricken, and the filmmaker's many attempts at symbolism are confusing and pretentious. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

This is an English-dubbed version of the Spanish and Italian-made 1967crime action feature, also released with the name The Narco Men. It stars Tom Tryon, who shortly after this period left acting completely and went on to become a quite successful novelist. Harry Bell (Tryon) is an Interpol agent who has been framed and sent to prison. On his release, he finds work with a gangster who is desperate to recover some stolen heroin. If he fails to find the drugs, he will be killed. Along the way, Harry seeks to find the woman who framed him. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

In this western, the town of Glory prepares to stage its annual Founder's Day showdown on Main Street. The guest gunslingers this year are two notorious gunmen. Unfortunately, the festivities are halted when a drifter rides to town claiming that he has killed one of the gunmen. The town fathers then persuade him to take the deceased's place and his name. Just before the battle, the drifter takes of to a different town where he meets another stranger, the other gunman though the drifter doesn't know it. They become friends and agree that Glory is too lawless for its own good. They vow to clean it up. When they get there, they learn that they were supposed to fight each other. They decide to fake the whole thing. Later they run the wicked men behind the gruesome tradition right out of town and peace ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Two star-crossed lovers promise that they will be united after death in this drama. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide