Quarry, Robert

Winning

Paul Newman plays a racecar driver, Frank Capua, who steps out of his professional and personal isolation long enough to marry a single mother, Elora (Joanne Woodward). The two have a brief but happy life together with Elora's 13-year-old son, Charley (Richard Thomas), but it comes to an end when Frank goes back on the racing circuit and Elora assuages her loneliness in the arms of her husband's chief rival, Luther (Robert Wagner). Frank checks out, and Charley travels across the country to find him and effect a reconciliation. A touching movie (with some good racing footage) by director James Goldstone, Winning is about the real pain of people who have become used to a certain way of safe, arm's-length living, and who have to learn to get beyond it to find redemption in love and faith. Good performances by Newman, Woodward, and Thomas, who makes a terrific impression in one of his earliest roles. --Tom Keogh

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 28-DEC-2004
Media Type: DVD

Count Yorga, Vampire/The Return of Count Yorga

Count Yorga Vampire"Energetic scary and funny" (Blockbuster Entertainment Guide) this bloodsucking thriller stars Robert Quarry as a modern-day vampire who terrorizes the City of Angels. With plenty of sharp-fanged villains bosomy victims and an eerie castle just minutes from the closest freeway exit this bone-chilling horror story is one you can really sink your teeth into!The Return of Count YorgaRobert Quarry reprises his role as the "exceptionally dapper vampire" (The Hollywood Reporter) in this heart-stopping thriller with a surprise climax that will "scare you right out of your seat" (Entertainment Weekly)! On his return Yorga moves next door to an orphanage where he can teethe on toddlers and prey on their teachers all while shopping for a bride with whom he can share eternal damnation!System Requirements: Running Time 190 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR UPC: 027616910882 Manufacturer No: 1006947

A Kiss Before Dying

Robert Wagner gambled with his clean-cut image to play the ruthless, conniving killer in this unrelenting thriller co-starring Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward and Mary Astor. Based onthe novel by suspense master Ira Levin ( Deathtrap ), A Kiss Before Dying is riveting, sure-fire entertainment you can't miss! Wagner is Bud Corliss, a darkly handsome college boy so obsessedwith wealth that he'll do anything to get it. When his rich girlfriend Dorothy (Woodward) gets pregnant and is threatened with disinheritance, Bud stages her suicide, sending her plummeting from the roof of a high-rise. It's the perfect crime until Dorothy's sister Ellen (Leith) begins to unravel Bud's deadly scheme.

Crime of Passion

(Headline): She d do anything for him to get ahead anything!Barbara Stanwyck soars in a rafter-rattling portrayal of a homicidal housewife (The New York Times) in this exciting taut (Motion Picture Daily) thriller about wanting it all and stopping at nothing to get it. A most unusual story for its time Crime of Passion delivers nail-biting suspense shocking plot twists and a 1950s anti-heroine you won t soon forget!Advice columnist Kathy Ferguson (Stanwyck) abandons her successful career when she marries police detective Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden). But her new role as a 1950s suburban homemaker quickly stifles her spirit and she transfers her thwarted ambition to her husband s career scheming to push Bill up the ladder by any means necessary even murder!Barbara Stanwyck soars in a rafter-rattling portrayal of a homicidal housewife (The New York Times) in this gripping film noir classic.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE UPC: 027616899538 Manufacturer No: 1005692

Dr. Phibes Rises Again!

The title says it all--the abominable Dr. Phibes is back and as ruthless as ever. No longer content with merely avenging his wife's death, Phibes is now bent on her resurrection. Phibes and his mute assistant, Vulnavia, set off for Egypt, meting out bizarrely elaborate deaths--everything from clockwork snakes to a particularly severe exfoliation treatment--to all who stand in their way. This time Phibes has two competitors to race against, the trusty Inspector Trout and the renowned archaeologist Biederbeck, who has his own reasons for chasing Phibes. Like its predecessor, Dr. Phibes Rises Again adds dark wit and imaginative art direction to the mix. Vincent Price is once again in high form, playing his organ with swooping arms and adding dry comic touches with a delicately cocked eyebrow. A worthy successor to the classic original. --Ali Davis

Count Yorga, Vampire

The Dracula legend gets a suavely competent makeover in this 1970 bloodsucker, bringing vampirism to present-day Los Angeles with a harem of semi-clad females and the sharp casting of Robert Quarry in the title role. The film's original title (The Loves of Count Iorga, Vampire) is perhaps more fitting, since it's really about how Quarry--posing as a Bulgarian psychic medium--seduces his female clients into neck-bitten submission. The victims' abandoned boyfriends (including Michael Murphy, who costarred in M*A*S*H the same year) recruit a vampire-hunting doctor (Roger Perry) to track Yorga down (with wooden stakes made from a broomstick, no less), and the body count rises predictably. Dry performances and tepid dialogue don't help much, but the then-modern setting and intelligent plotting make Count Yorga worthy of its 1971 sequel. It's not as stylish as Christopher Lee's Hammer films, but it's certainly not anemic. --Jeff Shannon

Phantom Empire

A group of scientists searching for the lost city of R'lyla face terror when they become unwilling dinner guests at a cannibal feast. But bad turns to worse when they face Zal, the amazon ruler, in her bedroom. Director Fred Olen Ray assembles a seasone

Evil Spirits

A dark comedy thriller that manages to skillfully blend humor and mystery into one incredible entertainment film from its thrilling beginning to the shocking climax! The superb all-star cast is a unique collection of characters who find themselves with on

Cyclone

Teenage Exorcist