Product Description
ACTION MAN: Sophisticated crook (Robert Stack) talks ex-crook and now respectable business man (Jean Gabin) into one last caper! This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action and kidnap the wife of Gabin. Stack, in order to make things right and bring the couple back together makes the ultimate sacrifice! RT 100 min. Color 1967 BIG GAME (aka: Control Factor): A top scientist seeks out and hires t… More >>
Action Man Collection: Action Man, Peking Blonde, The Big Game, The Day of the Wolves
VCI Entertainment presents “ACTION MAN COLLECTION” — (1967, 1972 & 1973) (370 min) — (Dolby digitally remastered) — Check the Editorial Reviews for Product Description on this Amazon page for details.
ACTION MAN (aka: Le soleil des voyous) (1967) (101 min/Color) — Jean Delannoy (Director) – Jean Gabin, Robert Stack & Margaret Lee
With actor Jean Gabin, the greatest french actor ever and Robert Stack (aka: Elliot Ness) well known around the world, this was not as good as it gets.
THE DAY OF THE WOLVES (1973) (92 min/Color) — Ferde Grofé Jr.– (Director/Screenwriter) – Richard Egan, Martha Hyer, Rick Jason & Jan Murray
So, if you’re a fan of caper and heist films, this is the one for you.
THE BIG GAME (aka: Control Factor) (1972) (95 min/Color) — Robert Day (Director/Screenwriter) – Stephen Boyd, France Nuyen, Ray Milland, Cameron Mitchell, Brendon Boone & Michael Kirner
Cast members Michael Kirner and Cameron Mitchell have a great chemistry in this film, and that alone is enough reason to check it out!
PEKING BLONDE (aka: La blonde de Pékin) (1967) (82 min/Color) — Nicolas Gessner (Director) – Mireille Darc, Giorgia Moll, Claudio Brook & Edward G. Robinson
A spoof on some of the Bond films and others, although the film was meant to be on the serious side.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
TRAILERS:
1. BURY ME DEAD (1947) — Cathy O’Donnell, June Lockhart & Hugh Beaumont
2. THE LIMPING MAN (1953) — Lloyd Bridges, Moira Lister & Alan Wheatley
Total Time: 370 mins on DVD ~ VCI Home Video 8572 ~ (1/26/2010)
Rating: 3 / 5