The 1974 movie Gold (not to be confused with the later Matthew McConaughey film of the same title) was one of two action movies Roger Moore made with director Peter Hunt in the 70s, in between James Bond assignments. (The other being Shout At The Devil). Its a terrific story, if one can get beyond…
Horror Express
Horror Express is one of my favourite 1970s horror movies. This Spanish-British co-production stars both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as friendly rivals (plus Telly Savalas as a Cossack) and is set in 1906 aboard the Trans-Siberian express train. An alien monster who can move between bodies by possessing its host is on the loose….
The Heroes of Telemark
This 1965 WWII “men on a mission” film is based on the real-life exploits of a small team of Norwegian saboteurs, who were tasked with preventing the Nazis from manufacturing ‘heavy water’, essential for production of an atomic bomb. Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris offer strong chins and a miso-mash of accents as the leads….
Magnum Force
Magnum Force was the second (and narrowly second best) of the Dirty Harry movies. Clint Eastwood is on great form as Harry, this time facing down vigilante motorcycle cops who (spoiler alert) turn out to be led by his own uptight boss (Hal Holbrook). A young David Soul plays one of the cops, pre Starsky…