Duke Howard Movies
After watching her partner get murdered, a policewoman packs it in and hits the road. She ends up near the Mexican border, where she is unjustly picked up with several other women and charged with white slavery. She must fight to protect herself from physical and sexual assault behind bars. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Melanie Coll, William Kulzer, (more)
In this exploitational slice-n-dicer masquerading as a police thriller, a college coed can do nothing while all her friends are being murdered by mysterious man wielding a meat cleaver. In true exploitational style, most of the women are killed in various states of undress and are not even assigned character names other than things like "Girl Stabbed in the Kitchen." A zealous cop begins investigating the case to stop the bloody butcher of bosomy babes. Look closely and you will see that the serial killer is played by a young Kevin Costner. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- William Kulzer, Elizabeth Trosper, (more)
- 1966
Dean Martin reprises his role as Matt Helm, famed secret agent who is part James Bond and part Rat Packer, in Murderer's Row. The film concerns the nefarious plan of arch-villain Julian Wall (Karl Malden) to take over the world by kidnapping Dr. Norman Solaris (Richard Eastham), who has invented a "helio-beam" -- a device that can harness the rays of the sun to destroy the earth. To insure his plans go smoothly, Wall has eliminated most of the ICE (Intelligence and Counter-Espionage) agents. But luckily for the world, super-agent Matt Helm, having escaped from being boiled to death in his own swimming pool, is hot on Wall's trail. Traveling to the Riviera, Helm meets Solaris's mod daughter Suzie (Ann-Margret) and they team up to rescue her father. Helm poses as a gunman on the run and Wall hires him. Wall becomes suspicious when Helm saves Suzie's life after she is threatened by one of Wall's goons, but Matt and Suzie escape from Wall and make their way to his island fortress, where they must find Solaris and disarm the "helio-beam" before Wall destroys Washington, D.C. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, (more)
- 1961
During a drinking contest, college fraternity members Alan (Burt Brinckerhoff) and Mark (Duke Howard) pass out cold. The duo's frat brothers decide to play a cruel prank on the snoozing Alan, making it appear that Mark has died and that Alan has killed him. The joke backfires when the panicky Alan attempts to dispose of the "body." This episode features two former members of the fabled "Second City" comedy troupe, Severn Darden and Barbara Harris (Harris would ultimately star in Alfred Hitchcock's final theatrical feature, Family Plot). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1961
A rape victim goes through inner turmoil in the days following her suffering the brutal assault. Mary Ann (Carroll Baker) leaves her middle class New York home to wander the mean streets of Manhattan. She is isolated and lonely in spite of being surrounded by people. A kindly garage mechanic befriends the troubled woman on the brink of self destruction - but soon
Mary Ann must ask herself if she can really trust him. Musical score provided by American legend Aaron Copeland. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Mary Ann must ask herself if she can really trust him. Musical score provided by American legend Aaron Copeland. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, (more)
