Rare Cult Cinema

I don't have this set yet but here is a synopsis from the internet for those interested
AFRICAN SAFARI
1968 - Color - 98 min - G
A true story, this is an engrossing, intriguing look at the exciting and sometimes hair-raising adventures of animal collector Ron Shanin, as he travels through Central and East Africa.
STARRING: Ron Shanin NARRATED by Michael Rye

ALMOST HOLLYWOOD
1994 - Color - 100 min - Not Rated
A "slice-of-life" of the movie business, this satire blends drama, comedy, sensuality and suspense as it illustrates the ups and downs of showbiz through the lives of a few "wanna-be" movers and shakers of the Hollywood film industry.
STARRING: India Allen, Charles Rossman

DEATHROW GAMESHOW
1987 - Color - 83 min - R
The pretentious host of a gameshow, in which the contestants are actual death row inmates, finds his life in danger when a mafia hit-man seeks revenge for the game show death of his "family" member.
STARRING: John McCafferty, Debra Lamb

INDIAN PAINT
1965 - Color - 91 min - G
A heart-warming story about an Indian boy who raises a wild colt, and in the course oftheir many perilous adventures the boy and the colt become separated from the tribe. Months pass before they return to the home campfires, forcing the boy to learn valuable lessons of survival, love and life.
STARRING: Johnny Crawford, Jay Silverheels

THE KIDNAPPING OF THE PRESIDENT
1980 - Color - 114 min - R
Based on the novel by Charles Templeton, a secret service chief (Shatner) leads a game of cat and mouse when a gang of third-world terrorists kidnap the President in this taut, political story about corruption and deceit in the nation's capital.
STARRING: William Shatner, Ava Gardner, Hal Holbrook, Van Johnson

LIAR'S MOON
1982 - Color - 106 min - PG
Against the wishes of both families, a poor boy and a wealthy banker's daughter elope, only to discover that their immaturity and incompatibility may be the downfall of their relationship.
STARRING: Matt Dillon, Cindy Fisher, Hoyt Axton, Yvonne De Carlo

MY MOM'S A WEREWOLF
1989 - Color - 90 min - PG
A lonely housewife is left vulnerable to the amorous advances of a mysterious pet shop owner. His wolfish interests result in a series of hairy misadventures.
STARRING: Susan Blakely, John Saxon, Marcia Wallace

ROAD TO NASHVILLE
1967 - Color - 88 min - Not Rated
The biggest country music jamboree ever filmed, this musical adventure is the story of a Hollywood production company shooting a country music film in Nashville. Though an inept assistant is left to hire the talent, mistakes are survived and a show featuring 60 great stars singing 38 smash hits is produced!
STARRING: Marty Robinson, Johnny Cash, Kitty Wells, Waylon Jennings

SANTEE
1973 - Color - 93 min - PG
A bold, powerful, yet decidedly off-beat story about a dedicated bounty hunter - half lawman, half desperado - whose main mission in life centers on tracking down outlaws with high prices on their heads.
STARRING: Glenn Ford, Dana Wynter

SECRET FILE: HOLLYWOOD
1962 - Color/B&W - 85 min - Not Rated
A former detective accepts a job as a photographer for a scandal magazine Secret File: Hollywood and finds himself in the middle of a blackmail scheme, a suicide investigation and a frantic fight to stave off a murder...his!
STARRING: Robert Clarke, Maralou Gray

THE SPECIALIST
1975 - Color - 93 min - R
A beautiful woman, whose distinct talent is seducing men, is planted on a jury by a wealthy, old-fashioned, influential man to help him intimidate the opposing attorney and beat the prosecution.
STARRING: Adam West

THE YOUNG GRADUATES
1971 - Color - 75 min - PG
Reflecting the humor and problems of the "love generation", this is the story of highschool graduates, who are eager to grow up and experience life, find themselves involved in adventures they'd rather live without.
STARRING: Tom Stewart, Patricia Wymer, Bruno Kirby

Crown International Pictures is primarily known for low budget flicks, grindhouse cinema, biker films, exploitation films, and B-movie drive in fare. This collection is a showcase of what CIP was all about,

This 12 film collection has a little bit of every type of B fare that you would see in a drive from the 60's thru the 90's. some star vehicles and some with unknowns. What makes this collection entertaining is its a mish-mash of everything.

Three of the best (and my favorites) on this collection are the Kidnapping of the President, Deathrow Gameshow and Road to Nashville. President has an all star cast (Hal Holbrook, William Shatner, Ava Gardner and Van Johnson) in a cat and mouse poltical thriller. Gameshow is a satire in a similar vein to The Running Man [Blu-ray]. Nashville is an all star country concert with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.

There are other stars in this best of Drive-in Noir like Susan (Rich Man, Poor Man: The Complete Collection) Blakely, Adam West, Glenn Ford, and the Rifleman's Johnny Crawford.

There is a genre for anyone is this collection..so get it
Bennet Pomerantz
Audioworld

This set does offer decent variety of genres, as has been said here. However, the transfer of THE YOUNG GRADUATES only "unsqueezes" to widescreen on some TVs. For example, it looked fine on my widescreen high-def TV monitor, but wouldn't unsqueeze on my other TV, an older Sony Trinitron model. So, a word of caution: if you want to see the film letterboxed, you'll probably need a newer TV or monitor.

The previous release of THE YOUNG GRADUATES didn't suffer from that inconsistency. The widescreen 1:78-1 image played fine on all TVs. However, that release was somewhat hard to find, available only via mail order. It went out of print fairly quickly. That release was a box set entitled DRIVE-IN CULT CLASSICS VOL. 4, from the defunct BCI label.

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