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Kerwin Mathews

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Rating: ★★★★
Sep 11, 2000Arabian Nights Adventures
Arabian Nights Adventuresseventh-voyage-of-sinbad-19581958One of the classic films from cult stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen, an Arabian Nights fantasy where Harryhausen's creations are quite wondrous
Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer
Category: Fantasy
11 September 20005 August 2020 by Roog

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 5, 2002Big and Small Adventures
Big and Small Adventuresthree-worlds-of-gulliver-19601960Adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic about adventures in the lands of big and small people with stop-motion creature effects by Ray Harryhausen
Director: Jack Sher
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson, Basil Sydney, …
Category: Fantasy
5 August 20025 February 2022 by Roog

Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Rating: ★★
Jun 19, 2000Heroic Fantasy Adventure
Heroic Fantasy Adventurejack-the-giant-killer-19621962Blatant attempt to copy Ray Harryhausen's The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, night down to employing the same lead actors and director, but this fails through shoddy stop-motion animated creature effects
Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Judi Meredith, Don Beddoe, …
Category: Fantasy
19 June 200017 August 2023 by Roog

Maniac (1963)

Maniac (1963)
Rating: ★★½
Aug 6, 2012Hammer Psycho-Thriller
Hammer Psycho-Thrillermaniac-19631963One of the psycho-thrillers made by Hammer Films during the early 1960s. The absurdly contrived plot is blatantly borrowed from Les Diaboliques, although eventually produces passable tension
Director: Michael Carreras
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Donald Houston, Liliane Brousse, George Pastell, …
Category: Horror
6 August 201210 March 2023 by Roog

Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)

Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
Rating: ★★
Apr 26, 1999Underground Communist Invasion
Underground Communist Invasionbattle-beneath-the-earth-19671967A British film that jumps into a full flight Reds Under the Bed hysteria concerning the discovery of Communist Chinese saboteurs building a vast network of tunnels beneath the USA
Director: Montgomery Tully
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Martin Benson, Peter Arne, Edward Bishop, …
Category: Science Fiction
26 April 199925 November 2025 by Roog

Octaman (1971)

Octaman (1971)
Rating: ★
May 4, 2008Monster Movie
Monster Movieoctaman-19711971A monster movie from the screenwriter of The Creature from the Black Lagoon that should have a place in any list of bad movies
Director: Harry Essex
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Pier Angeli, Jeff Morrow
Category: Science Fiction
4 May 200823 January 2025 by Roog

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
Rating: ½
Aug 7, 2000Boy's Father Becomes a Werewolf
Boy's Father Becomes a Werewolfboy-who-cried-werewolf-19731973This comes with a cutely amusing title – about a boy who witnesses his father becoming a werewolf but nobody will believe him – but only emerges as a cheap and shabby B movie
Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Scott Sealey, Elaine Devry, Robert J. Wilke
Category: Horror
7 August 200028 December 2025 by Roog

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