Friday, June 6, 2014

MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE / American International Pictures - 1971

It's Freakin' Friday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. We gots a bit of a mess with this $700,000 AIP production, it has Herbert Lom in a Phantomesque role and they reused the TROG monkey suit, to boot! It also stars Jason Robards, Lilli Palmer and Michael Dunn.

Eegah!! sent over a soundclip from this flick for our earjoyment, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button next to the smelly old phantom mask, NOW, Rufus The Gnat! Here's a taste of... MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE!

I'm in a weird mood today and this movie doesn't help, so, I'm going to go off the tracks and make a joke out of every still, just for the Hell and Fun of it all!..

Excuse me! Can I please have your attention?!.. Did anyone lose this?.... Anyone?!

Lookit, I know this is your first time and all, but, no, you don't put coins in any slot!

Wow, that was some good shit, better burn some incense!

Hi, we're lost and my friend here is famished... Could you please direct us to the nearest restaurant?

I don't know how you's done it, but, I know you's done it!

Mummy, can I borrow three hundred dollars?..

Wait! Am I in the right movie?!.. Isn't this TERROR IS A MAN?!.. NO?!!.... Crap, I'm outta here!

No, don't stare!.. She gets all weird if she thinks you're noticing her recent weight loss!..

Mummy, Tommy took my mask and won't give it back!!

I'LL KILL YOU!!!..

Him: Oh God, please, don't let her find me!!

Her: That son of a bitch is dead meat, he ruined all my underwear!!..

Yeah, sorry about the bars, but, gotta go relieve the old weasel, now!

Gorgo makes a surprise appearance!

This is the very last time I ever order oatmeal here again!

Make an appointment to be here tomorrow at 5:13 pm PST to see what Eegah!! is up to!..

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

7 UOMINI D'ORO - Armando Trovajoli - "Seven Golden Men" (1965)

Someone in our Research Department failed their job miserably and I was led to believe that tonight's feature was another secret agent flick with a '7' in the title, but in reality it is just a bank heist movie, but I'll say this, at least it's a good one! The employee who provided the false information won't be seeing any daylight for quite some time, but on a positive note, the Iron Maiden was just his size!

Nevertheless, "Sette Uomini D'Oro" is an interesting movie and it has a lot of those kind of special features in it that make these kind of movies so great!

Here's just a sample of some of cool high-tech gadgetry used in this caper! That's the man in charge of calling all the shots! He's known as the Professor because he's so damn smart! Right here, he's monitoring what the other six golden men are up to!

The Professor has an intricate plan that involves his men posing as city workers, going underground through some water where they come up under a Swiss Bank that is the gold depository for the whole country! Believe it or not, it was illegal in Switzerland to film a bank robbery, so the Director had to fudge on the script to be able to get this footage shot! Now that's Gonzo film making!

If I just picked out certain stills like this with no explanation, you might just think this was a Science Fiction film!

The seven golden men are named Albert, Adolph, Aldo, August, Anthony, Alfonso, and Alfred! None of their characters are too fully developed because these guys are on a mission, and they don't have a lot of time to stand around chattering mindlessly!

Actually, the Professor is the one named Albert, and he's played by Philippe Leroy, a bit of an overachiever himself! With 183 credits to his name, Philippe has been on the big screen and the tube constantly from 1960 until just a couple of years ago!

The Professor continues to monitor the whole operation on his sophisticated video equipment!

Four of the A's are guiding a giant drilling machine positioned directly beneath the gold depository!

 And the walls come tumbling down! The music for "Uomini D'Oro" was composed by Maestro Armando Trovajoli who also wrote the scores for "Hercules and the Captive Women," "Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules," Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory," and "Hercules in the Haunted World," among his total of 218 credits! Here's a just a taste of what the Maestro can serve up during a chase scene!

During a tense moment, there's an impromptu security inspection before the robbery is complete!

The golden men are forced to hold their facade in place from below!

Everything is obviously secure, so the big vault door closes back up!

The Professor's plan is meticulous, and the gold men clean up after themselves like nothing ever happened! "7 Golden Men" has a runtime of 95 minutes, and it takes them almost an hour to get  from the opening credits to here! Two thirds of the film is the execution of the robbery itself!

The female lead and the eye candy in "7 Golden Men" is the Libyan born, and ravishing Rossana Podestà as Giorgia, the Professor's main squeeze! Rossana also starred in the sequel made the following year, "Seven Golden Men Strike Again!" Rossana just passed away this past December at the age of 79!

Just like the dinosaurs, it's kind of sad to know that grandiose cars like this will never ever be produced again!

The flatbed truck carrying the stolen gold disguised as brass uncontrollable plows into a news stand!

There's a mad and greedy scramble to snag some free gold, and even the kids get involved!

Giorgia double crosses the Professor, but he takes her back, the Professor double crosses the other six guys, and they lose all the gold, but they forgive him, and before the movie is over, they're already working on a new heist together!

Monday, June 2, 2014

HOLD THAT GHOST / Universal Pictures - 1941

It's time for some Abbott and Costello with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. The story's about two service station attendants who become the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. When they go to claim their fortune, they become stranded in a haunted house along with three other travelling partners.

Eegah!! sent over a little soundclip with the theme and then Ted Lewis doing one of his songs, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there by the floating candle, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula! Here's our audio offering for... HOLD THAT GHOST!

Blogger is still goofy and some of the photos are tinted sepia again, so solly Chollie...

Ted Lewis does one of his famous tunes with his dancing shadow, as heard in the soundclip.

It wouldn't be an Abbott (Chuck) and Costello (Ferdie) flick if there wasn't some of this stuff happening, Ferdie's driving of course. It always flips my lid a bit when I see these shots of cars without their dashboard!

Before he dies, gangster Sidney 'Moose' Matson hands his last will and testament to Ferdie.

Here are Ferdie and fellow traveller, Camille, played by comedian Joan Davis, meeting for the first time in front of the taxi!

Young Richard Carlson plays travelling companion Doctor Jackson and good old Shemp Howard plays, what else, the Soda Jerk!

Since the taxi driver drove away and left them stranded on a stormy night, Ferdie and Camille have a little fun in Chuck and Ferdie's new place. Evelyn Ankers plays the fifth member of the group, Norma, and, the doctor's love interest.

The room changes and Ferdie starts to lay down on a gambling table instead of the bed!

What do you think happens when Ferdie tries to tell Chuck about the strange things going on?

Nice shot of Camille being followed by a 'ghost' as she descends the stairs...

Here's the famous moving candles routine they reused in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN.

Ferdie finds Moose Matson's fortune in, you got it, a moose's head!!

Then, the place is crawling with all the other people trying to find the loot!!

I threw this lobby card in at the end because it's, like... WTF?!!

Check in on Wednesday when Eegah!! will offer up something wild 'n' weird for us!

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