Mel Novak

Mel Novak

Born: June 16, 1950
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Born in Pittsburgh to Serbian parents as Milan Mrdjenovich (Serbian: Милан Мрђеновић, Milan Mrđenović), Novak made his film debut in 1974, appearing in two blaxploitation films.

Movies for Mel Novak...

Betrayal
Title: Betrayal
Character: Sally Boy Tovar
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: Movie
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Mega Ape
Title: Mega Ape
Character: Mayor Huey
Released: October 13, 2023
Type: Movie
A genetically mutated ape escapes from a top secret facility and wreaks havoc in Hollywood.
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When It Rings
Title: When It Rings
Character: Hank Lancaster
Released: October 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Years after the tragic death of his sister, Zach returns to his childhood home. There he finds an old toy phone he used to "talk" to his dead sister, setting off a series of terrifying events, making him question what, and who, is real.
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The Beast Beneath
Title: The Beast Beneath
Character: Mayor Reid
Released: August 29, 2023
Type: Movie
A record Earthquake rocks a small, resort town after a 2000 year old prehistoric blood thirsty beast is unleashed to feast on the local community. It’s up to Aaron and his brilliant scientist sister to crack the case and put a stop to the mayhem before time runs out, all while the cunning  town Mayor George Reid tries to cover up the monster’s bloody tracks.
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Big Freakin' Snake
Title: Big Freakin' Snake
Character: Commissioner Lewis
Released: June 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Something is causing the rattlesnakes in Southern California to mutate to enormous sizes, and it’s up to Dr. Kaye to stop their growth before they destroy Los Angeles.
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Hell of the Screaming Undead
Title: Hell of the Screaming Undead
Character: Governor Patrick Adams
Released: May 30, 2023
Type: Movie
1988: After an accident at a research lab, the population of Los Angeles is mutating into ferocious zombies eager to feed on the living. Two women take refuge in a museum but fall right into the hands of a pair of homicidal ex-convicts, who kidnap and torment the women as the undead hoard grows larger and stronger.
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Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors
Title: Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 2023
Type: Movie
Take a front row seat as we sit down to chat with some of the creators and stars of the best and most beloved exploitation and grindhouse films of the 1970s and 80s. Featuring interviews with John Dugan (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Craig Reed (The Re-Animator), John Russo (Night of the Living Dead), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Carl Crew (Blood Diner), and many more independent horror veterans.
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The Creeps 2
Title: The Creeps 2
Character: Dr. Challis
Released: January 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Six more jolting tales of terror are sure to creep you out, featuring even more Monsters and Madmen!
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Space Sharks
Title: Space Sharks
Character: Steve Owens
Released: December 31, 2022
Type: Movie
Plot unknown
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Arachnado 2: Flaming Spiders
Title: Arachnado 2: Flaming Spiders
Character: Lieutenant Gallagher
Released: December 29, 2022
Type: Movie
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, the Arachnado has returned, this time as a "Firenado" with Flaming Spiders. It's up to a renegade Sergeant Preston and the Janitor from the original film to overthrow the corrupt Lieutenant Gallagher and put the fire out.
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Ash and Bone
Title: Ash and Bone
Character: Bartender Louie
Released: October 4, 2022
Type: Movie
The film follows a rebellious teen named Cassie Vanderbilt, whose wild streak escalates as her caring father Lucas decides to take her and his new wife Sarah out of the city for some bonding and quality time together. But after Cassie crosses the infamous McKinley family, it becomes clear that sometimes danger lies hidden in the weeds, ready to strike at any moment.
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5 To Die
Title: 5 To Die
Character: Paul McCoy
Released: September 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Adrian McCoy - a washed up TV Investigator, decides to retire after one last job. He takes a three man crew, a camera and a script. Once they arrive at the location they find far more than what they initially bargained for.
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Realm of Shadows
Title: Realm of Shadows
Character: Bishop Lucian
Released: August 30, 2022
Type: Movie
Enter a world of mystery, possession and shadows in an anthology of short horror themed tales woven into a full length feature presentation.
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The Last American Horror Show: Volume II
Title: The Last American Horror Show: Volume II
Character: Moses
Released: March 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Double the tales and double the fright! "Killer" Callahan sits on death row when a trustee offers some escapism through disturbing stories.
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The Paradise Motel
Title: The Paradise Motel
Character: Raymond Taylor
Released: February 19, 2022
Type: Movie
A battered wife on the run searching for paradise finds that paradise isn't always. Nothing is as it seems.
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Quakeasaurus
Title: Quakeasaurus
Character: Roy Rollin
Released: January 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Plot Unknown
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Doll Killer 2
Title: Doll Killer 2
Character: Dr. Krueger
Released: October 2, 2021
Type: Movie
15 years after the original events, Doll Restoration artist Stephanie is followed by Charlie Crandall to her new home in Southern California for a final game of cat and mouse.
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Ebola Rex
Title: Ebola Rex
Character: General Davis
Released: June 8, 2021
Type: Movie
A captive Tyrannosaurus Rex is injected with the Ebola Virus by a crazed protester and escapes a lab to wreak havoc in Southern California. It's up to an fearless General and a obsessed, renegade Soldier to stop it.
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Apex Predators
Title: Apex Predators
Character: Robert Clouse Williamson
Released: May 11, 2021
Type: Movie
The bodies of beach goers begin washing ashore during the grand opening of a new resort with dire results.
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Ebola Rex Versus Murder Hornets
Title: Ebola Rex Versus Murder Hornets
Character: Lieutenant Gallagher
Released: March 2, 2021
Type: Movie
The diseased Dinosaur battles to the death with the Murder Hornets during a zombie outbreak that is hit by several "firenados" containing flaming spiders.
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Zombi VIII: Urban Decay
Title: Zombi VIII: Urban Decay
Character: Governor Hadley
Released: February 26, 2021
Type: Movie
When the body of a dead scientist, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere of a grimy urban wasteland.
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Rattlers 2
Title: Rattlers 2
Character: Commissioner Lewis
Released: January 8, 2021
Type: Movie
A series of fatal rattlesnake attacks in the California desert re-opens an investigation that began 45 years ago.
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Arachnado
Title: Arachnado
Character: Lieutenant Gallagher
Released: November 25, 2020
Type: Movie
When a freak cyclone swamps Los Angeles, millions of poisonous spiders terrorize the city. .
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Tales for the Campfire 3
Title: Tales for the Campfire 3
Character: Dr. Challis 'The Bitter Half'
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: Movie
A group of friends Gather 'round the Campfire one last time for five all new tales of terror.
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Eternal Code
Title: Eternal Code
Character: Mr. Pomeroy
Released: September 6, 2019
Type: Movie
A researcher's family is kidnapped after she leads efforts to withdraw her company from a collaboration. With everything on the line, only her teenage daughter can save the family with help from a suicidal veteran and a prostitute.
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Enter the Samurai: The Making of Samurai Cop 2
Title: Enter the Samurai: The Making of Samurai Cop 2
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 2019
Type: Movie
Enter the Samurai is a documentary film which follows the making of the feature film "Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance". It follows the film crew and artists as they deal with clashes of generations, taste and approach to sanity while attempting to complete production of the film.
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RoboWoman
Title: RoboWoman
Character: Dr. Michaels
Released: April 11, 2019
Type: Movie
On her last day at a temp agency, Vivica Stevens is attacked, beaten and left for dead by a co-worker and his friends. Through the use of futuristic “cybernetic” upgrades, she tracks down her assailants to execute bloody revenge.
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Tales of Frankenstein
Title: Tales of Frankenstein
Character: Dr. Mortality
Released: October 19, 2018
Type: Movie
An anthology featuring four tales inspired by the Frankenstein legend.
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Syndicate Smasher
Title: Syndicate Smasher
Character: Milan
Released: July 15, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of mercenaries hired as contract killers are hunted down by the Mafia, the Yakuza, the Russian Mob, and the Tongs all at once.
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An Hour To Kill
Title: An Hour To Kill
Character: Mr. Kinski
Released: June 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Two assassins-for-hire have an hour to kill (so to speak) before their next hit. To help pass the time, they entertain themselves by regaling horror stories to one another. With bizarre titles such as "Valkyrie's Bunker" "Assacre" and "Hog Hunters" - which hit-man's story will be deemed most disturbing when all is said and done?
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Nemesis 5: The New Model
Title: Nemesis 5: The New Model
Character: Red Army Hammerhead Leader
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
It is the year 2077 and terrorist organization known as The Red Army Hammerheads now dominate the Earth. The fate of humanity now rests in the hands of The New Model, Ari Frost. Trained under the wing of Alex Rain, she must form an army of Cyborg Humans to take down the regime and regain control. After all, 86.5% is still considered human.
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Toxic Tutu
Title: Toxic Tutu
Character: Self
Released: October 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Follow Mark Torgl star of 1984's The Toxic Avenger who played "Melvin The Mopboy" and transforms into Toxie, as he attends the Monster Convention circuit for the first time. Discover the convention world through Torgl's eyes, and learn a deep dark secret that has kept Torgl in hiding for 30 years.
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Steve McQueen: American Icon
Title: Steve McQueen: American Icon
Character: Self
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Christian documentary on the life of Steve McQueen.
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Holy Terror
Title: Holy Terror
Character: Father Murphy
Released: April 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Believing their deceased son isn't at peace, Molly and Tom ask a medium to make contact. But after they invite a vengeful demon to cross over, the couple must enlist the help of a disgraced priest to attempt a dangerous exorcism.
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Check Point
Title: Check Point
Character: The Reverend
Released: March 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Port City North Carolina: During a routine camp out, a local vagrant discovers plans for an invasion in America. When he tries to notify the local Sheriff about his discovery, the Sheriff dismisses his claims and has him locked up for loitering. When the Sheriff notices odd interactions with other towns folk he begins to look into the vagrants' claim of a sleeper cell living amongst the locals within this small town. After evidence of a beheading is exposed, others begin to fear that the insurgents attack on hometown USA. Questions and tempers begin to rise. Why this little beach community with it's Norman Rockwell way of life? A town where everyone knows one another... or so they thought. When the truth is blind and justice seems lost, It will take an army of five unlikely heroes banding together to infiltrate the insurgents and foil their invasion plans.
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Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance
Title: Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance
Character: Cutter
Released: October 9, 2015
Type: Movie
25 years later after the events of Samurai Cop (1991), Detective Frank Washington is forced to team up with his long estranged partner Joe Marshall to solve a series of assassinations being committed by a secret group of female vigilante killers.
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Drifter TKD
Title: Drifter TKD
Character: Thomas Tyler
Released: May 31, 2008
Type: Movie
Jesse Tyler, a martial arts enthusiast who lives in Los Angeles, California, and enjoys success in local karate competitions, faces turmoil in his life as a young business executive. The only child in a wealthy family, he has always been pressured to succeed in every aspect of his life.
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GiAnts
Title: GiAnts
Character: Jonathan Caine
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Immensely successful Professor Jonathan Caine has come out with a new book about his favorite subject, ants. He is known and respected all over the world but to his beautiful daughter, radio personality, Audrey Caine, he is an absentee parent. Nevertheless, Caine tries to heal the break between him and his daughter only to be called away to give another lecture on ants to a secretive multi-national corporation, Niles Industries, hidden in the Colorado wilderness. Meanwhile, his daughter, Audrey, is worried more than she’d like to admit. But when a giant ant escapes so does Caine. The giant ant sends out a sonic signal that travels across the four corners of the world and suddenly giant ants are appearing everywhere!
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Big Guns
Title: Big Guns
Character: Larry Armstrong
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
The fun-loving, easy-going, 60- to 75-year-old Senior Softball team "Kids At Heart" suddenly decide to go for their secret dream -- win the World Series (BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!) Renaming themselves "Big Guns", they get serious and play hard, maybe a little too hard. Our sweet guys suddenly disappear! The joking stops! Madcap disasters strike the team! Illegal bats and booze, ringers and wild women bring out the worst in them! Finally even wise old guys think twice as they rediscover that love and their friendships are more important than winning.
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Vampire Assassin
Title: Vampire Assassin
Character: Gustoff Slovak
Released: August 9, 2005
Type: Movie
Martial artist Ron Hall stars in this dark vampire thriller reminiscent of BLADE. Ambitious cop Derek (Hall) is dogged by a phobia that is unfortunate in his line of work. Having witnessed his father's murder as a young child, he is deathly afraid of blood, but when he takes the law into his own hands to catch underworld counterfeiter Gustoff Slovak, he is forced to face his fear. The operation blows up in his face, resulting in a massacre that leaves Derek the only one of his team to survive. Derek reaches the shocking conclusion that Slovak is actually a vampire, and joins forces with the last in a long line of vampire hunters, Master Kao, who agrees to train Derek in his ancient art. However, in order to combat Slovak--whose past intersects with Derek's own in disturbing ways--Derek must become that which he hates the most: a vampire.
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SWAT: Warhead One
Title: SWAT: Warhead One
Character: Dick Danvers
Released: February 24, 2004
Type: Movie
When a powerful nuclear weapon mysteriously disappears, putting in risk all Los Angeles' population, only a SWAT team is prepared to fight against the terrorists leaded by the cruel Peter Chiang, one of the most dangerous men of the planet.
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Power Elite
Title: Power Elite
Character: President Jonathan Caine
Released: April 5, 2002
Type: Movie
The President of the United States, Jonathan Caine, prepares to sign a treaty banning chemical weapons. This signature, hoped for many years, is eagerly awaited. However, this gesture for peace does not delight everyone. An unknown terrorist organization appears suddenly. These criminals want to sabotage the treaty. As a warning, they strike a great blow by removing the right arm of Caine and destroying Air Force One, the plane reserved for the President.
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Moonbase
Title: Moonbase
Character: Guard
Released: December 6, 1997
Type: Movie
The most dangerous criminals in the universe escape from the Off-World Penitentiary and stow away to the quiet Moonbase Waste Disposal Plant. Hidden beneath the lunar surface lies an arsenal of nuclear warheads- the inmates' passport home to earth. Moonbase Commander John Russell launches a desperate fight to save his crew from a force capable of laying waste to an entire planet.
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Pocket Ninjas
Title: Pocket Ninjas
Character: Mr. Kaufman
Released: March 25, 1997
Type: Movie
Somewhere in New Jersey, a group of masked rollerblading children "save the universe" by training to fight the evil Cobra Khan through a series of action-packed montages. Along the way they hypothesize some slapstick hijinks in a balloon factory, and save the day through a hypothetical Sonic Virtual Reality battle. A real treat!
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Future War
Title: Future War
Character: Otis - SWAT Team
Released: January 28, 1997
Type: Movie
A runaway human slave from Earth's future escapes to the present day.
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Dear God
Title: Dear God
Character: Sidewalk Minister
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.
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Direct Hit
Title: Direct Hit
Character: Kovar
Released: December 14, 1994
Type: Movie
After informing his CIA handlers that his next hit will be his last, John Hatch discovers that his target isn't a criminal at all. Refusing to take the woman out, Hatch instead takes it upon himself to protect her and expose the web of corruption at work.
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Exit to Eden
Title: Exit to Eden
Character: Walker's Henchman
Released: October 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation on an S&M island, he is followed by Omar; Omar's partner, Nina; and police officers Fred and Sheila. Unaware of the number of people chasing him, Elliot enjoys his stay at the resort, and finds himself falling in love with head dominatrix Lisa.
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Expert Weapon
Title: Expert Weapon
Character: Milier
Released: March 25, 1993
Type: Movie
While on death row for killing a policeman, small-time criminal Adam (Ian Jacklin) is sprung from his cell and asked to join a covert government organization that will shape him into a killing machine. He is trained by the group's ruthless leader Janson (Sam J. Jones), and is aided by the group's martial arts master Miller (Mel Novak)) and the group's weapons freak expert Magnet (Joe Estevez). Together they turn out Adam code named the 'Expert Weapon'. But when Adam decides to leave his life of crime, he learns that leaving the group is his real death sentence.
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Capital Punishment
Title: Capital Punishment
Character: Mason Dover
Released: December 21, 1991
Type: Movie
Project K.I.C.K was a drug given to cattle to make them grow quicker, if the meat is eaten from these cattle it has horrible side effects. James is a martial artist hired by the DEA to find to a dealer his former Master who is trying to start selling the drug in an American. But little does James know not is what it seems.
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Street Wars
Title: Street Wars
Character: Jesse Amos
Released: April 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A young man takes over as the head of a crack dealing outfit after his brother, the gang's leader, is murdered.
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Family Reunion
Title: Family Reunion
Character: Tom Andrews
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Tom Andrews, his wife Kathy, their two children & Tom's Father Henry are all driving to a town called Silversprings on Christmas Eve to visit relatives. On the way, they decide to stop at a ghost town called Sutterville which by a strange coincidence Tom has had nightmares about every year around Christmas for his whole life. Tom's father is wary & begs them not to go; however Tom's car develops a mind of it's own & takes them there only to break down so that they can't leave. Meanwhile a man arrested for vagrancy by local police is identified as Clarence McCoughlin who supposedly died in Sutterville 40 years ago, not to mention he seems to have some sort of demonic power. As the Andrews family explore the town a feeling of unease starts to takeover, Clarence escapes jail & heads back to Sutterville for a sinister family reunion...
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Sword of Heaven
Title: Sword of Heaven
Character: Major Dirk St. Jones
Released: December 6, 1985
Type: Movie
A Japanese policeman in Los Angeles uses an ancient magic sword to battle killers and an extortion ring.
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Force of Darkness
Title: Force of Darkness
Character: Conrad
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A spree killer in 1980s San Francisco, suffering from a multiple personality disorder, is actually possessed by a demonic force which drives him to kill.
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An Eye for an Eye
Title: An Eye for an Eye
Character: Tony Montoya
Released: August 14, 1981
Type: Movie
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
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Force: Five
Title: Force: Five
Character: The Assassin
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A martial-arts expert leads a team of fellow martial artists to rescue a senator's daughter from an island ruled by the evil leader of a fanatical religious cult.
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Lovely But Deadly
Title: Lovely But Deadly
Character: Warren Lang
Released: June 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.
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Tom Horn
Title: Tom Horn
Character: Corbett's Bodyguard
Released: March 28, 1980
Type: Movie
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.
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A Force of One
Title: A Force of One
Character: The Announcer
Released: June 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
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Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Title: Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Character: Mendoza
Released: February 26, 1979
Type: Movie
An American intelligence agent travels to pre-Islamic Revolution Iran to try to thwart a power-mad European baron from using a stolen cruise missile to destroy an unspecific target in that country.
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Cat in the Cage
Title: Cat in the Cage
Character: Ralph Desmond
Released: August 2, 1978
Type: Movie
A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse, who is secretly plotting with her lover
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Game of Death
Title: Game of Death
Character: Stick
Released: March 23, 1978
Type: Movie
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
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The Ultimate Warrior
Title: The Ultimate Warrior
Character: Lippert
Released: October 2, 1975
Type: Movie
Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
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Virginia Hill
Title: Virginia Hill
Character: Stick
Released: November 19, 1974
Type: Movie
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.
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Truck Turner
Title: Truck Turner
Character: Doctor
Released: June 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.
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Black Belt Jones
Title: Black Belt Jones
Character: Blue Eyes
Released: January 28, 1974
Type: Movie
Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops ,played by Scatman Crothers. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.
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The Love-Ins
Title: The Love-Ins
Character: Intern Smith
Released: July 26, 1967
Type: Movie
A college professor falls in with the counterculture crowd in San Francisco after resigning from his position in solidarity with two expelled hippie students.
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RoboWoman 2
Title: RoboWoman 2
Character: Dr. Michaels
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Vivica teams up with two female colleges to clean up the streets once and for all, with the help of her new cybernetic upgrades.
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Ghosthouse
Title: Ghosthouse
Character: Mel
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Based on the 1988 cult-classic by Director Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferox, Spasmo), this 2018 remake follows a group of college kids who trace the origins of a mysterious television ...  »