Aldo Ray Movies

Country singer Rachel Foster (Linda Haynes) stumbles across the scene of a mass murder in this routine horror feature. She is arrested and charged with the murders and placed in prison. Psychiatric sessions are run by the sadistic and misogynist Dr. Kline (Geoffrey Lewis). His idea of mental health is to erase the patient's personalities and completely replace them with new ones through brainwashing. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

When a group of Nazi doctors plot world dominance by replacing global leaders with brainwashed clones, it's up to a lone U.N. employee to save the planet. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

In this actioner, bounty hunter Sam Kellough, who is also an ex-cop, and an ex-ballplayer, is out to earn the $20,000 reward for the capture of Victor Hale, a psychotic killer wanted for beating a prison guard to death with a "riot glove." The villain is not as horrible as he seems. When the fugitive is not beating victims to a pulp, he is seen playing his guitar to impoverished children. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Despite bearing the earmarks of a cheap slasher outing, this quirky little thriller emerges a surprisingly original murder mystery with some well-executed twists. May Britt (formerly Mrs. Sammy Davis Jr.) plays a seemingly innocent farm girl (with more than a few toys rolling loose in the attic) convinced that her slovenly uncle (played by a delightfully grumpy Cameron Mitchell) is the man responsible for the grisly scissor-murders of several local girls. The validity of her suspicion has little bearing on the story's outcome, however, as the plot takes a rather unexpected turn halfway through. This seedy but fun horror film is buoyed by Britt's enjoyably loony performance coupled with the cranky antics of Mitchell and the town's drunken sheriff, Aldo Ray. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

The Haunted, a supernatural thriller concerning demonic possession, witchcraft and mysterious deaths, was produced, written and directed by Michael DeBaetano and filmed in Arizona. An average thriller, the film contains some good moments and a veteran cast including Aldo Ray and Virginia Mayo. Michelle (Mayo) believes that she is possessed by the ghost of an Indian woman who was accused of witchcraft, banished from her tribe and left to die alone in the desert in the 1890's. Virginia is being used as a pawn in this tale of revenge from beyond the grave. The Haunted was also released as The Glass Cage, which should not be confused with the haunting, unique Spanish horror film of the same name. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide

In this thriller, an innocent man is wrongfully committed to an asylum for the criminally insane. While there he learns how to tap into his psychic powers and to affect the lives of others via astral projection. These skills come in mighty handy after he is released and he heads out for revenge against those who framed him. This movie was originally filmed as The Kirlian Force. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In this film based on a novel by Charles Williams, an inspector puzzling over a series of murders begins to realize that the victims are only a procession of aliases for a man involved in a multi-million dollar bond theft. The inspector (Alex Sheafe) must also deal with greedy mobsters. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide

Schlockmeister supreme Al Adamson taps the martial-arts market in The Dynamite Brothers. The unrelated "siblings" of the title are played by Alan Tang and Timothy Brown. One is a Hong Kong immigrant with kung-fu savvy, the other a street-smart Los Angeles homeboy. They join forces to squelch the criminal activities of a Chinatown mobster (James Hong). Aldo Ray is the requisite "faded celebrity" in this Adamson outing. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This early '70s effort from veteran exploitation director Greydon Clark attempts to create a more socially conscious variation on the blaxploitation genre, but devotes most of its time to thrills of the most lurid variety. The story begins with Jim (director and co-writer Clark), a liberal-minded white Vietnam vet witnessing the death of a black soldier. He returns home and attempts to deliver the fallen soldier's posthumous Purple Heart to the soldier's family. In the process, he angers Makimba(Tom) (Tom Johnigarn), an angry militant who was the soldier's brother. Jim and Makimba's paths continue to cross as the two deal with their problems: Jim struggles to decide whether he should settle down with the prim and proper Nancy (Jacqueline Cole) or live with the free-spirited Bobbie, and Makimba develops an ever-growing anger towards white society as he is hounded by racist white cops, Lt. Stans (Aldo Ray) and Sgt. Berry (Jock Mahoney). Tom is finally driven over the brink and takes action, resulting in a tragedy that changes both men's lives forever. Despite the serious nature of the story line, the film that resulted is an exploitative affair that takes every opportunity to titillate the audience with plenty of sex and violence. As a result, its attempts at social consciousness went ignored, but its salacious moments went over well with the drive-in crowd. Director Greydon Clark later revisited the blaxploitation genre with the even more exploitative Black Shampoo. ~ Donald Guarisco, All Movie Guide

The shadow of the recent Attica uprising looms large over the October 3, 1972 Bonanza episode "Riot!" While on a tour of the Nevada State Prison, Ben Cartwright and several other prominent men are taken hostage by rioting prisoners. Though some of the inmates hope to escape, most of the others simply want to expose the brutal conditions in the prison-conditions that the corrupt wardens are determined will never be made public. The supporting cast includes Gregory Walcott as Will Cooper, Marco St. John as Plank, Aldo Ray as Heiser, Barney Philips as Calhoun, and Denver Pyle as the head warden. Also on hand is Tim Matheson, making the first of several Bonanza appearances as reformed convict Griff King. Riot! was written by Robert Pirosh. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Pig (Harold Sakata) is an international crime lord who has commissioned the creation of a lethal "freeze bomb," which he plans on auctioning off to the highest bidder. Dr. Mason (T.E. Forman) is appalled; he intended his climate control device to be used to eliminate droughts. He sabotages the operation, destroying his files and condensing all the data into a microdot which he implants in the forehead of his assistant, Felicia (Terry Moore). When Mason turns up dead and Felicia is kidnapped, it's up to karate-kicking detective John Ash (Jim Kelly) to investigate. With his partner, Li (Myron Bruce Lee), Ash infiltrates the Pig's cathouse hideout and finds the girl, though the sadistic villain has already cut the microdot out of her skin and escaped to the mountains via ski lift. While Li cleans up some police corruption they've discovered in the Pig's organization, Ash pursues his quarry until he can exact justice with lethal martial artistry and an airplane crash. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide

When a young resident of a peaceful Mexican village is brutally raped to death, the evidence points to one of three strangers in town, all of whom are Mexican-hating Anglo-Americans. The father of the dead girl hates all whites and is eager to lynch all three to make sure they get the culprit, but the sheriff, even though he too is not fond of the gringos either, fights to see that real justice prevails. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide