Action Movies

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
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101

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
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97

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture…

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Destiny’s Son (1962)

Destiny’s Son (1962)

Destiny’s Son (1962)
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71

In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret….

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Tarzan Goes to India (1962)

Tarzan Goes to India (1962)

Tarzan Goes to India (1962)
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88

Summoned by an Indian princess, Tarzan travels to India where hundreds of wild elephants are in danger. A company is building a hydroelectric dam and the contractors have only a…

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Genre: Action, Adventure
Teenage Yakuza (1962)

Teenage Yakuza (1962)

Teenage Yakuza (1962)
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71

A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.

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Genre: Action, Crime
Hatari! (1962)

Hatari! (1962)

Hatari! (1962)
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157

A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

Big Red (1962)

Big Red (1962)

Big Red (1962)
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89

Wealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile Fornet (Émile Genest), handler of Haggin’s hunting dogs, and Émile’s wife Therese (Janette Bertrand), Haggin’s cook…

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Escape from Zahrain (1962)

Escape from Zahrain (1962)

Escape from Zahrain (1962)
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93

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the…

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
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87

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

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The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
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96

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town’s smaller gang is brewing.

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The Magic Sword (1962)

The Magic Sword (1962)

The Magic Sword (1962)
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80

The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.

Merrill’s Marauders (1962)

Merrill’s Marauders (1962)

Merrill’s Marauders (1962)
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98

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka “Merrill’s Marauders”, behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Cartouche (1962)

Cartouche (1962)

Cartouche (1962)
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114

In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot’s gang, but their ways are too ‘unethical’ for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name…

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Sanjuro (1962)

Sanjuro (1962)

Sanjuro (1962)
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96

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed “Sanjuro.” In this companion piece and sequel to “Yojimbo,” jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic…

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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
This Is Not a Test (1962)

This Is Not a Test (1962)

This Is Not a Test (1962)
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73

Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have…

X-15 (1961)

X-15 (1961)

X-15 (1961)
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107

X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Santo vs. Infernal Men (1961)

Santo vs. Infernal Men (1961)

Santo vs. Infernal Men (1961)
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74

Agent Joaquin recalls his latest mission while lying wounded in an ambulance: Joaquin has infiltrated into a band of smugglers. When the villains learn the truth about him, they kidnap…

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The Comancheros (1961)

The Comancheros (1961)

The Comancheros (1961)
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105

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves…

Genre: Action, Western
El Cid (1961)

El Cid (1961)

El Cid (1961)
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187

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (“El Cid” to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving…

Pirates of Tortuga (1961)

Pirates of Tortuga (1961)

Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
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97

After a lengthy voyage, Capt. Bart docks his ship in a London harbor and is given a new mission by British Admiralty: capture the notorious Henry Morgan, a pirate who…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)

Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)

Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
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101

King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the strongman falls overboard…

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The Man with a Shotgun (1961)

The Man with a Shotgun (1961)

The Man with a Shotgun (1961)
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84

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town’s…

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Genre: Action, Crime
Satan’s Sword III: The Final Chapter (1961)

Satan’s Sword III: The Final Chapter (1961)

Satan’s Sword III: The Final Chapter (1961)
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98

Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall. The third film…

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Genre: Action, Drama
The Guns of Navarone (1961)

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

The Guns of Navarone (1961)
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160

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped…

The Tartars (1961)

The Tartars (1961)

The Tartars (1961)
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83

The Tartars and the Vikings maintain a fragile peace in the harsh landscape of the Russian Steppe. When the leader of the Vikings, Oleg, declines to accompany the Tartars on…

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Gorgo (1961)

Gorgo (1961)

Gorgo (1961)
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78

Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.

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Blueprint for Robbery (1961)

Blueprint for Robbery (1961)

Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
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87

A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company’s headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it’s not long before the gang members are…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Tokyo Knights (1961)

Tokyo Knights (1961)

Tokyo Knights (1961)
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81

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

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Genre: Action, Crime
Daredevil in the Castle (1961)

Daredevil in the Castle (1961)

Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
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95

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka…

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Genre: Action, History, War
Satan’s Sword: The Dragon God (1960)

Satan’s Sword: The Dragon God (1960)

Satan’s Sword: The Dragon God (1960)
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90

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Visa to Canton (1960)

Visa to Canton (1960)

Visa to Canton (1960)
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75

A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son.

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Son of Samson (1960)

Son of Samson (1960)

Son of Samson (1960)
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94

Maciste travels to Egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen. In Son of Samson, Maciste (Mark Forrest) — scion of the famed muscleman — travels to the…

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Satan’s Sword (1960)

Satan’s Sword (1960)

Satan’s Sword (1960)
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106

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate,…

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Genre: Action
The Magnificent Seven (1960)

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

The Magnificent Seven (1960)
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127

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

Captain Blood (1960)

Captain Blood (1960)

Captain Blood (1960)
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95

Le capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli and Lise Delamare. It is based on a novel by Michel…

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Genre: Action, Adventure
The Crowded Sky (1960)

The Crowded Sky (1960)

The Crowded Sky (1960)
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105

When Navy pilot Dale Heath takes off, he doesn’t expect his navigational equipment to fail and must adapt when it goes out along with his radio. Heading straight for a…

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
All the Young Men (1960)

All the Young Men (1960)

All the Young Men (1960)
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83

During the Korean War, the lieutenant in charge of a Marine rifle platoon is killed in battle. Before he dies, he places the platoon’s sergeant, who’s black, in charge. The…

Goliath and the Dragon (1960)

Goliath and the Dragon (1960)

Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
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87

A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the machinations of an evil…

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Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)

Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)

Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
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82

After the Banton family rob a store is a small village and kill the local police constable, Tarzan captures one of them, Coy Banton. He decides to return him to…

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Genre: Action, Adventure
The Music Box Kid (1960)

The Music Box Kid (1960)

The Music Box Kid (1960)
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75

A young gangster in 1920’s New York quickly rises through the ranks of the mob, then sets up his own murder-for-hire organization. When he starts kidnapping other mobsters for ransom,…

Genre: Action, Drama