THE AIP CINERAMA 1
(1954-1959)
Female
Jungle An off-duty cop is framed
for the murder of a blonde actress. As he investigates, he interviews a
columnist who was going with the actress, a caricaturist who drew the
victim, the caricaturist's wife and the caricaturist's lover, all the while
slowly putting the pieces of the deadly puzzle together. Starring Burt
Kaiser, Kathleen Crowley, John Carradine, Lawrence Tierney, Jayne
Mansfield. Written by Burt Kaiser, Bruno VeSota; Directed by VeSota. 1954.
Contains original theatrical trailer.
Apache
Woman A government agent is sent to a western town to
investigate attacks that the townspeople say are being committed by
rampaging Apaches. Starring Joan Taylor, Lloyd Bridges, Lance Fuller,
Morgan Jones, Dick Miller. Written by Lou Rusoff; Directed by Roger
Corman. 1955.
Outlaw
Treasure An Army scout is assigned to investigate a series of
gold-shipment hijackings involving the Jesse James gang. Starring Johnny
Carpenter, Adele Jergens, Glenn Langan, Harry Lauter. Written by Johnny
Carpenter; Directed by Oliver Drake. 1955.
Girls
in Prison 21-year-old Anne Carson, convicted as an accomplice to
a bank robbery, finds herself in prison with three unpleasant cellmates:
tough Jenny, unbalanced Dorothy, and deceptive, latent lesbian Melanee.
Starring Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Adele Jergens, Helen Gilbert, Lance
Fuller, Phyllis Coates. Written by Lou Rusoff; Directed by Edward L. Cahn.
1956.
Gunslinger
After her husband is gunned down, Rose Hood takes his place as sheriff of a
small Western town. Starring Beverly Garland, John Ireland, Allison Hayes,
Jonathan Haze, William Schallert, Dick Miller. Written by Charles B.
Griffith, Mark Hanna; Directed by Roger Corman. 1956.
IT
CONQUERED THE WORLD A monstrous representative of the doomed Venusian
race is guided to Earth by disgruntled scientist Tom Anderson, who divulges
which humans should be targeted for mind- control devices. Anderson's old
friend, fellow scientist Paul Nelson, manages to persuade the paranoid
scientist that he's been wrong to ally himself with an alien bent on world
domination, especially after it causes the deaths of both of their wives.
Starring Peter Graves, Beverly Garland, Lee Van Cleef, Sally Fraser, Russ
Bender, Dick Miller. Written by Charles B. Griffith, Lou Rusoff; Directed
by Roger Corman. 1956.
Contains original theatrical trailer.
Runaway
Daughters Three teenage girls--one
spoiled, one abandoned and one drunk--leave their dismal home lives, steal a
car and head to L.A., where they encounter pregnancy, rape, and fatality.
Starring Marla English, Gloria Castillo, Mary Ellen Kay, Lance Fuller, Frank
Gorshin. Written by Lou Rusoff; Directed by Edward L. Cahn. 1956.
Shake,
Rattle & Rock! Concerned about juvenile delinquency, a group of
parents try to ban rock 'n' roll; it's up to the local DJ and a hipster to
defend the music in a televised trial. Starring Mike Connors, Lisa Gaye,
Sterling Holloway, Douglass Dumbrille. Written by Lou Rusoff; Directed by
Edward L. Cahn. 1956.
THE
AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN Accidentally exposed
to a plutonium bomb blast, Lt. Col. Glenn Manning begins to grow in size,
eventually reaching 50 feet tall. With his freakish size comes insanity, and
he wreaks havoc upon Las Vegas. Starring Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William
Hudson, Larry Thor. Written by Bert I. Gordon, Mark Hanna, George Worthing
Yates; Directed by Gordon. 1957.
CAT
GIRL A young woman inherits a family curse that turns her into a
murderous feline when she is angered. Starring Barbara Shelley, Robert
Ayres, Kay Callard, Ernest Milton. Written by Lou Rusoff; Directed by Alfred
Shaughnessy. 1957.
Dragstrip
Girl Louise Blake loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer, but
her parents don't share her enthusiasm. Starring Fay Spain, Steven Terrell,
John Ashley, Tommy Ivo, Frank Gorshin. Written by Lou Rusoff; Directed by
Edward L. Cahn. 1957.
Flesh
and the Spur Matt Random is murdered by an escaped convict, who
then takes his gun. Matt's twin Luke swears vengeance and sets out to
retrieve the gun--and kill the man wearing it. Starring John Agar, Marla
English, Mike Connors, Raymond Hatton, Joyce Meadows. Written by Charles B.
Griffith, Mark Hanna, Edward L. Cahn, Lou Rusoff; Directed by Cahn. 1957.
INVASION
OF THE SAUCER MEN Aliens with hypodermic hands land in a flying saucer
and inject alcohol into teenage bystanders so that no one will believe their
stories of invasion. Starring Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank
Gorshin, Raymond Hatton. Based on the story "The Cosmic Flame" by Paul W.
Fairman. Written by Robert J. Gurney Jr., Al Martin; Directed by Edward L.
Cahn. 1957.
I
WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN Professor Frankenstein, a university
lecturer with an alligator pit under his house, steals body parts of dead
athletes from the wreckage of a crashed airplane. He builds a hunky male
monster with a hideously disfigured face, which then goes on a campus
killing spree. Starring Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary
Conway. Written by Herman Cohen, Aben Kandel; Directed by Herbert L.
Strock. 1957.
I
Was a Teenage Werewolf An aggressive, hypersensitive youth
consents to medical assistance to ease his temperament. Instead, the doctor
turns him into a murderous werewolf. Starring Michael Landon, Yvonne Lime,
Whit Bissell, Tony Marshall, Guy Williams. Written by Herman Cohen, Aben
Kandel; Directed by Gene Fowler Jr. 1957.
Contains original theatrical trailer.
Motorcycle
Gang
A troublemaker returns to town, only to find his old tearaway pals have
joined a supervised motorcycle club. Friction erupts between him and the new
leader about this goody-goody setup, and about the charms of a young gang
moll.
Starring
Steven Terrell,
Anne Neyland,
John Ashley,
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer,
Russ Bender.
Written
by
Lou Rusoff;
Directed
by
Edward L. Cahn.
1957.
Naked
Africa
(aka Mondo Africana)
Although supposedly a 'serious' documentary on the Xhosa tribe of
Cape Nguni, the filmmakers went out of their way to shoot safari hunts,
manhood initiation ceremonies, hot coal walkers, frenzied religious
ceremonies, piercing of bodies and so on.
Narrated by
Quentin Reynolds.
Written by Cedric Worth;
Directed by
Ray Phoenix.
1957.
Reform
School Girl A young man steals a car and ends up involved in a
hit-and-run accident. He then frames his girlfriend for the crime, which
gets her sent to reform school. Starring Gloria Castillo, Ross Ford, Edward
Byrnes, Ralph Reed, Yvette Vickers, Luana Anders, Sally Kellerman. Written
& Directed by Edward Bernds. 1957.
Rock
All Night Cloud Nine, the local
teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the
kids hostage. The bartender realizes it's up to him to save the day.
Starring Dick Miller, Abby Dalton, Robin Morse, Richard H. Cutting, Bruno
VeSota, Mel Welles, Barboura Morris, Russell Johnson, Ed Nelson. Written by
Charles B. Griffith; Directed by Roger Corman. 1957.
ROCK
AROUND THE WORLD (aka The
Tommy Steele Story) The early life and rise to fame of British
rocker Tommy Steele, the anti-Elvis. Starring Tommy Steele, Nancy Whiskey,
Patrick Westwood, Peter Lewiston. Written by Norman Hudis; Directed by
Gerard Bryant. 1957.
Sorority
Girl A poor-little-rich-girl feels alienated by her mother and
enacts a string of revenge on her fellow pupils at a girls' boarding
school. Starring Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, June Kenney.
Written by Leo Lieberman, Ed Waters; Directed by Roger Corman. 1957.
The
Undead Two psychic researchers procure the services of a lady of
the night and send her back in time under hypnosis. She finds herself in a
past life as a medieval woman about to be beheaded as a witch. Starring
Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val Dufour, Mel Welles, Billy
Barty, Dick Miller. Written by Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna; Directed by
Roger Corman. 1957.
VOODOO
WOMAN Deep in the jungle, a mad scientist is using the natives’ voodoo
for his experiments to create an indestructible being. When a party of gold
seekers stumbles upon his village, the scientist realizes that the
expedition’s evil leader is the perfect subject for his work. Starring Tom
Conway, Marla English, Mike Connors, Mary Ellen Kay. Written by Russ
Bender, V.I. Voss; Directed by Edward L. Cahn. 1957.
ADVENTURES
IN INDOCHINA Four friends get more than they bargained for when a
beautiful woman offers them a large sum to accompany her on an excursion
into the Vietnamese jungle. Starring Jean Gaven, Dominique Wilms,
Jean-Pierre Kérien, Reinhard Kolldehoff. Written by Charles Brabant;
Directed by Jean Bastia. 1958.
The
Bonnie Parker Story In the 1930s, a sharpie waitress teams up
with a brainless petty thief on a legendary southwestern crime spree.
Starring Dorothy Provine, Jack Hogan, Richard Bakalyan, Joe Turkel. Written
by Stanley Shpetner; Directed by William Witney. 1958.
THE
BRAIN EATERS Creatures from the bowels of the earth attach themselves
to the necks of several civic leaders in Riverdale, Illinois as prelude to
an all-out invasion. Starring Ed Nelson, Alan Frost, Cornelius Keefe, Joanna
Lee. Based on the novel "The Puppet Masters" by Robert A. Heinlein. Written
by Gordon Urquhart; Directed by Bruno VeSota. 1958.
The
Cool and the Crazy Big Eddie, the local pusher, gets a group of
high school kids stuck on marijuana. Hold-ups follow as they try to service
their habit. Starring Scott Marlowe, Richard Bakalyan, Gigi Perreau, Dick
Jones. Written by Richard C. Sarafian; Directed by William Witney. 1958.
Dragstrip
Riot Rick Martin promises his
loving mom that he won't get into fights anymore--certainly not like the one
that put him in jail. But Rick can't seem to stay out of trouble, especially
when a bunch of motorcycle punks begin harassing his drag-racing pals.
Starring Yvonne Lime, Gary Clarke, Fay Wray, Bob Turnbull, Connie Stevens.
Written by George Hodgins; O'Dale Ireland, V.J. Rheims; Directed by David
Bradley. 1958.
Hell
Squad In Tunisia during WWII, five
American soldiers lost in the desert must endure the elements while trying
to elude the Nazis. Starring Wally Campo, Brandon Carroll, Fred Gavlin,
Gregg Stewart. Written & Directed by Burt Topper. 1958.
Hot
Rod Gang John Abernathy III joins a rock band for money to enter
his car in a drag race. Starring John Ashley, Jody Fair, Steve Drexel,
Scott Peters, Dub Taylor, Russ Bender, Gene Vincent. Written by Lou Rusoff;
Directed by Lew Landers. 1958.
Jet
Attack
Shot down behind enemy lines in North Korea, jet jockeys Tom, Bill and
Chick link up with Russian nurse Tanya. She insists that she's on their
side, and that she wants to help a captured atomic scientist escape the
clutches of the Communists. Bill and Chick don't buy her story, but Tom is
more flexible. After numerous narrow escapes, the survivors of the ordeal
streak back to South Korea in a hijacked MiG jet. Starring John Agar,
Audrey Totter, Gregory Walcott, James Dobson. Written by Orville H.
Hampton, Mark Hanna; Directed by Edward L. Cahn. 1958.
Machine-Gun
Kelly Small-time thief George Kelly is turned into a legend by his
tough-as-nails moll. "Machine Gun" robs a chain of banks and finally turns
his ambitions to kidnapping -- hounded all the way by a compulsive fear of
death. Starring Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam, Richard
Devon. Written by R. Wright Campbell; Directed by Roger Corman. 1958.
Contains original theatrical trailer.
OPERATION
ABDUCTION The Secret Service abducts a rocket scientist to better
protect him against gangsters acting as Chinese agents. Starring Franck
Villard, Danielle Godet, Dalida, Yves Brainville. Written by Jean Kerchner,
Jean Stelli; Directed by Stelli. 1958.
THE
PIRATE OF THE BLACK HAWK In the mid-15th century, Duke Manfred, evil
ruler of the Duchy of Montefore in France, leads a band of pirates who rape,
murder and pillage coastal villages. When the pirates kill the former ruler
of Montefore, his daughter seeks help from Captain Richard of the Black
Hawk. Starring Gérard Landry, Mijanou Bardot, Andrea Aureli, Pina Bottin.
Written by Engo Alfonsi, Mario Caiano, Sergio Grieco, Guido Lurli; Directed
by Grieco. 1958.
Submarine
Seahawk During World War II, the crew of the U.S. Navy sub
Seahawk nearly mutinies when their new commander refuses to allow them
to sink the Japanese warships that prowl the South Pacific. Starring John
Bentley, Paul Maxwell, Steve Mitchell, Henry McCann, Brett Halsey. Written
by Orville H. Hampton, Lou Rusoff; Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. 1958.
Suicide
Battalion Maj. Matt McCormack leads
a battalion on a suicide mission in the Philippines during WWII. Their
mission: to destroy valuable American documents, left behind when the area
was taken over by the Japanese. Starring Mike Connors, John Ashley, Jewell
Lain, Russ Bender. Written by Lou Rusoff; Directed by Edward L. Cahn.
1958.
Terror
from the Year 5000 On a remote island near Florida, scientist
Howard Erling uses an elaborate time-travel device to trade various
artifacts with denizens of the Past and Future. A woman from the future, the
mutated victim of atomic radiation, slips through the time portal with a
mission to repopulate the post-apocalyptic world of 5000 A.D. Starring Ward
Costello, Joyce Holden, Frederic Downs, John Stratton. Based on the story
"Bottle Baby" by Henry Slesar. Written & Directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr.
1958.
ATTACK
OF THE MOORS While on a mission from Charlemagne, Roland, Count of
Besancon becomes caught in a web of intrigue by traitors at the Spanish
court. Starring Chelo Alonso, Rik Battaglia, Luisella Boni, Franco
Fantasia. Written by Vittorio Calvino; Directed by Mario Costa. 1959.
Daddy-O
Phil Sandifer, a part-time truck driver and singer, meets up with the
sketchy Frank Wooster who offers him a job singing in his new nightclub.
When Phil discovers that his new job also includes drug running, he must
fight to save his friends and himself. Starring Dick Contino, Sandra Giles,
Bruno VeSota, Gloria Victor. Written by David Moessinger; Directed by Lou
Place. 1959.
Diary
of a High School Bride A
17-year-old girl marries a much older medical student, only to upset her
parents and drive her former boyfriend berserk with jealousy. Starring
Anita Sands, Ron Foster, Chris Robinson, Joan Connors. Written by Jan &
Mark Lowell, Burt Topper; Directed by Topper. 1959.
Journey
to the Lost City At the behest of the local Maharajah, an
architect travels to the remote city of Eschnapur to oversee construction.
He meets and falls in love with the beautiful temple-dancer Seta, but she
turns out to be the Maharajah's fiancee. Starring Debra Paget, Paul
Christian, Walter Reyer, Claus Holm, Luciana Paluzzi. Based on the novel by
Thea von Harbou. Written by von Harbou, Fritz Lang, Werner Jörg Lüddecke;
Directed by Lang. 1959.
Operation
Dames During the Korean War, U.S. troops go in search of a USO
troupe caught behind enemy lines. Starring Alice Allyn, Ed Craig, Don
Devlin, Cindy Girard, Eve Meyer. Written by Edward J. Lakso; Directed by
Louis Clyde Stoumen. 1959.
Paratroop
Command
An
incompetent man tries to prove himself by joining the paratroopers during
World War II, but he accidentally kills one of the men from his troop in the
heat of battle. Facing the scorn of his outfit, he sets out to redeem
himself by performing a heroic deed. Starring
Richard Bakalyan,
Ken Lynch,
Jack Hogan,
Jimmy Murphy.
Written by Stan Shpetner;
Directed by
William Witney.
1959.
Roadracers
The father of a race car driver blames him for a death on the
track, disowns him, and sponsors a rival racer. Starring Joel Lawrence,
Marian Collier, Skip Ward, Sally Fraser. Written by Stanley Kallis, Edward
J. Lakso; Directed by Arthur Swerdloff. 1959.
SIGN
OF THE GLADIATOR Zenobia, Queen of
Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops...only to fall in
love with a Roman officer. Starring Anita Ekberg, Georges Marchal, Folco
Lulli, Chelo Alonso. Written by Francesco Thellung, Francesco De Feo,
Sergio Leone, Giuseppe Mangione, Guido Brignone; Directed by Michelangelo
Antonioni, Guido Brignone, Vittorio Musy Glori. 1959.
Tank
Commandos The US Army employs the aid of a child when looking
for a secret German bridge.
Starring Wally Campo, Maggie Lawrence, Robert
Barron, Donato Farretta. Written & Directed by Burt Topper. 1959.
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