Action
The enduring popularity of the action movie has drenched the genre in cliche yet glorious invention abounds around the globe - fighting is the international language. Fashionable styles of film-making come and go but action movies just change their shoes and remain centre-stage.
Great glittering galaxies of genre from across the Alice universe have been gleaned to assemble a suitably kick-ass selection of ballistic ballet and poetic pugilism to scintillate the delicate senses of our discerning clientele. Are you ready to rumble? Are you feeling lucky, Sir/Madame? Our suggestions for a hearty evening of action are listed below.
Pictured: Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang springs into action. Sean Connery as agent 007 in "Diamonds are Forever" (1971).
In Like Flint (1967)
6.2/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: James Coburn, Lee J Cobb, Jean Hale
Super-suave super spy James Coburn returns, this time he must fight a group of powerful female tycoons who have developed a way of brainwashing women... Read more
Casino Royale (1967)
5.2/10
Director: John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Val Guest
Starring: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress star in the film based on the first Fleming 007 novel: the farce begins when Bon... Read more
You Only Live Twice (1967)
6.9/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi
The talented novelist Roald Dahl adapted the Ian Fleming original in this expansive and colourful James Bond entry. Sean Connery is the British spy wo... Read more
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ( Blu-ray ) (1966)
8.9/10
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
Clint Eastwood's invincible "Man with No Name" teams with two gunslingers (Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach) to pursue a fortune in stolen gold. But team... Read more
Texas Across the River (1966)
6.6/10
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Alain Delon, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Rosemary Forsyth, Tina Aumont
Dean Martin stars as an amiable gunrunner in this tongue-in-cheek western. Martin teams up with fugitive from justice Alain Delon, a Spanish nobleman... Read more
Japanese Crime Noir Classics ( Tokyo Drifter / A Tattooed Life / Branded to Kill / Youth of the Beast ) (1966)
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tetsuya Watari, Joe Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, An...
A collection of four Japanese crime noir classics from maverick director Seijun Suzuki. "Tokyo Drifter" (1966) - Warned by studio bosses to play it sa... Read more
Murderers' Row / The Silencers (1966)
Director: Phil Karlson
Starring: Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Victor Buono, Ann-Margret , James Gregory
After the success of the James Bond films, Dean Martin swung his way onto the big screen as super-cool secret agent Matt Helm in these popular lighthe... Read more
The Naked Prey (1966)
7.4/10
Director: Cornel Wilde
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Gert Van Den Bergh, Ken Gampu
A brutal safari adventure directed by and starring Cornel Wilde ('The Greatest Show on Earth'). Filmed on location in South Africa and set in the earl... Read more
Ambush Bay (1966)
5.4/10
Director: Ron Winston
Starring: Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney, James Mitchum, Peter Masterson
A marine patrol secretly lands on a Japanese-occupied island, fortuitously discovering a plot to attack the US fleet as it enters the bay. This gung-... Read more
Some Dollars For Django (1966)
Director: Leon Klimovsky
Starring: Frank Wolff, Anthony Steffen
After years of killing and horror Django, a bandit and a bounty hunter wants to change his life and return to the straight and narrow. When he falls i... Read more