Blood Alley

Blood Alley VHS cover art. Movie starring John Wayne, Lauren Bacall. With Paul Fix, Joy Kim, Berry Kroeger, Mike Mazurki, Anita Ekberg. Directed by William A. Wellman, John Wayne. 1955.

Blood Alley on VHS. Starring John Wayne, Lauren Bacall. With Paul Fix, Joy Kim, Berry Kroeger, Mike Mazurki, Anita Ekberg. Directed by William A. Wellman, John Wayne. 1955.

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The Place — Chiku Shan, China!
The Time — Almost Too Late!
The Only Way Out — Blood Alley!

At his career prime John “Duke” Wayne stars as Tom Wilder. Big-hearted, iron-fisted and patriotic, Wilder braves dangerous waters and pursuing Red Chinese forces as he steers a boatload of Chinese refugees along the 300-mile waterway called Blood Alley to freedom’s shores. Joining Wayne is Lauren Bacall, who could burn holes in hearts with what Hollywood called “The Look”. For the first time ever, she plays a rough outdoor role, one she described as requiring “no tea drinking with the pinky uplifted”.

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Dark City

Dark City VHS cover art. Movie starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly. With William Hurt, Richard O'Brien. Directed by Alex Proyas. 1998.

Dark City on VHS. Starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly. With William Hurt, Richard O’Brien. Directed by Alex Proyas. 1998.

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They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night one of us went off.

When John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell, Dangerous Beauty) awakens in a strange hotel room, he finds that he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. The problem is he can’t remember a thing. Pursued by the police and haunted by the Strangers, mysterious beings who possess the ability to stop time and alter reality, he seeks to unravel the twisted riddle of his identity. But in a city where reality is the ultimate illusion, discovering the truth could be fatal.

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The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters VHS cover art. Movie starring Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner. With Keith David, Will Patton, Yaphet Kotto. From a Robert A. Heinlein novel. Directed by Stuart Orme. 1994.

The Puppet Masters on VHS. Starring Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner. With Keith David, Will Patton, Yaphet Kotto. From a Robert A. Heinlein novel. Directed by Stuart Orme. 1994.

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Donald Sutherland leads a team of top-level government agents who make a chilling discovery: extraterrestrial beings have landed and are quickly taking control of the residents of a small midwestern town — manipulating their bodies and minds like puppets! Forced with an escalating crisis as the creatures multiply and spread, the team must somehow eliminate the seemingly unstoppable aliens.

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Robot Jox

Robot Jox VHS cover art. Movie starring Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo. With Robert Sampson, Jeffrey Combs, Ian Patrick Williams. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1990.

Robot Jox on VHS. Starring Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo. With Robert Sampson, Jeffrey Combs, Ian Patrick Williams. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1990.

From the box:

Two Men! Two Machines! Too Wild!

Robot Jox. The massive killing machines of the future. Driven from the inside by the world’s greatest warriors, these incredible robot gladiators use their awesome size and computer weapons to fight each other… to the death.

Achilles is our country’s mightiest fighter. Now he faces the three most dangerous challenges of his life. He must attempt to crush his undefeated rival, the powerful Alexander, and try to uncover a traitor who is leaking top secret information to the enemy. But his greatest battle will be against his teammate Athena, a woman warrior bred to fight, who will stop at nothing to take his place.

Climb in the cockpit of a giant killer robot and take on the enemy in the war of the future. It’s a clash of metal and minds for guts and glory… and the winner takes all.

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Fist of Honor

Fist of Honor VHS cover art. Movie starring Joey House, Sam Jones, Abe Vigoda, Harry Guardino, Bubba Smith. Directed by Richard Pepin. 1993.

Fist of Honor on VHS. Starring Joey House, Sam Jones, Abe Vigoda, Harry Guardino, Bubba Smith. Directed by Richard Pepin. 1993.

From the box:

Revenge Has No Loyalty

Beautiful Top International model Joey House and “bad cop” Bubba Smith (highly successful “Police Academy” series) are involved in an all-out, hard-hitting family feud. The war begins when two rival Godfathers, Harry Guardino and Abe Vigoda, vie to take control of the city, and a hot-tempered family member breaks the Truce of Honor, killing two relatives of the opposing family.

As a young boxer Sam Jones gets caught in the middle of this double and sometimes triple-cross, he must seek revenge for his fiancee’s death and settle the score.

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