Gordon Douglas – MRQE

Harlow (1965/I)

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Hollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the title role. One of two feature film biographies, both released in 1965 and both with the same title, about the ’30s platinum blonde movie star.

Way… Way Out

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple.

Santiago

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two American gun runners at odds with each other and looking to sell guns to the rebels during the Cuban War of Independence navigate a boat to Cuba. Along for the ride is a beautiful Cuban rebel in who both men are interested.

Sylvia

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham’s book.

Viva Knievel!

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adventure.

Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this sequel to “Slaughter,” former Green Beret Slaughter (Jim Brown) moves to Los Angeles hoping to start a new life after having taken out a mob syndicate in South America. He isn’t there long, however, before a hit man in a biplane tries to kill him at a swanky party. Realizing the syndicate is still alive under the leadership of criminal kingpin Duncan (Ed McMahon), Slaughter wants to skip town, but a well-meaning cop (Brock Peters) blackmails him into staying and fighting.

Barquero

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river–crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across river with most of the local populace–leaving Remy and his gang behind, desperately seeking a way across. A river-wide stand-off begins between the gang and the townspeople, both groups of which have left people on the wrong side of the river.

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A police detective’s investigation of a prostitute’s murder points to his best friend.

Skullduggery

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An expedition into the interior of Papua New Guinea comes across a tribe of ape-like people who may or may not be ancestors of early man.

Lady in Cement

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if there’s a connection. He sets about trying to locate the woman, and in no time finds himself mixed up with a beautiful party girl and a slippery racketeer.