DER TOD IM ROTEN JAGUAR - Peter Thomas - "Death In The Red Jaguar" (1968)

"Death In The Red Jaguar" was the second to the last of the Jerry Cotton films featuring George Nader, and is the hardest to find a copy of for some damn reason, but I found this one for me and you! So freakin' welcome to another Saturday Night Special in The Dungeon, guns a blazin' style!

The original title of this motion picture is "Der Tod Im Roten Jaguar, and this time, we find our hero Jerry Cotton in San Francisco, California! The music once again spews forth from the genius mind of Peter Thomas, who in my feeble mind is the missing link between Herb Alpert and George Martin! Here's just a little taste; the rest is left to your imagination!

Jerry Cotton is pissed, and this is the reason why........

........In the opening scenes, this bozo is shooting up everything in sight! He just ran into a theatre and has just turned around to see................

.............This whole room of surprised gals getting ready for the next act!

Jerry Cotton goes into action just in time to save all the lovely damsels in distress!

Here's something you don't see every day, a look inside of a vintage 1968 juke box playing real 45's!

As kitsch and campy as the Jerry Cotton films are, they can also be extremely brutal! To show how callous the murderer is, they have him kill an innocent child!

The daughter of the killer's landlord is quite a sight to behold, and after she answers the phone, she also does a little impromptu dance just for the helluva it!

I'm extremely open to any conversation that can attempt to explain what this pilgrim look is all about, because I don't get it!

These three shots just might explain what this film is all about!!!

In a real James Bond moment, Jerry Cotton's car drops a bunch of nails in the path of the car of one of his pursuers! I have also lost a lot of sleep trying to figure out if the T N A license plate is a coincidence or not!

Scenes shot inside of meat lockers are always going to convey some kind of gross weirdness for good reason, especially if you're a vegan!

Of all the great shots I could have chosen from this film, I don't know why exactly, but I really dig this one! Pretty cool, right?

If you're some kind of big shot executive, and you have that painting on the wall of your office, there's a very good chance you might be some kind of fucking psycho nutjob!

Just in case you forgot this film was set in San Francisco!

In 1968, I'm surprised they didn't go down to the Haight/Ashbury district for some real colour!

So, let's do a survey! What area was kinkier in 1968, Soho, Greenwich Village, Haight/Ashbury or your home town? I'll be looking forward to your comments!

Jerry Cotton's red Jaguar drives across the Golden Gate bridge, and off into the sunset!
And that, leaves us with only one more Jerry Cotton movie to do! It's a sad, but glorious moment!

EEGAH!! & TABONGA! AT THE MOVIES 7 / The Early Sixties

Eegah!! and I got to see a lot of early sixties monster movies together, it was our favorite thing to do. Here are a few more titles we were fortunate enough to see at the time...

Hammer's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA was okay, but, it just didn't seem to have the punch we were looking for. The makeup wasn't that great to start with.

THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH was such a yawner that Eegah!! didn't even remember seeing it!!.. There were only like two half way scary scenes, giving it a D+ on the old Dungeon scale.

MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN really got to Eegah!! He said he had some bad dreams after seeing it. I'm sure that statue caught our eye, I mean, we were only 12 years old!

Now, here's a wild 'n' weird little sci-fi adventure we saw from Czechoslovakia called MAN IN OUTER SPACE. Actually, we loved it, we always enjoyed comedies like LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, A BUCKET OF BLOOD and CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA.

We thought THE WITCH'S CURSE was a great little sword and sandal adventure. Our favorite part was when Maciste jumped over a ravine in Hell. You'll have to watch the movie to see what we're talking about! We're back tomorrow with more cool junk, see you there!..

CORRIDA POUR UN ESPION - Ray Danton - "Code Name: Jaguar" (1965)

 

It's time to dig back into The Dungeon vault of spy and secret agent flicks for tonight's feature, "Corrida Pour Un Espion" released in the U.S. as "Code Name: Jaguar!"

To set the mood, here's just the smallest taste of the music in "Code Name: Jaguar" written by the brilliant French composer Michel Legrand! Three years later, Michel would win the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song' for the tune "The Windmills Of Your Mind" from "The Thomas Crown Affair" starring one of my favourite actors, Steve McQueen, who we haven't had a chance to talk about since "The Blob!"

 This is a film about sneaky cameras, big and small!

 And the star is Ray Danton as Jeff Larson! If you're not a big Ray Danton fan like me, then don't waste your time on this movie, because it's nothing but a showcase for Ray! He just does his thing, and if you and anybody else doesn't like it, then that's just tough!

 The Russians have a big hidden spy camera that is creating lots of problems, and it's up to Jeff to sort it all out!

German tough guy Horst Frank is in there causing all kinds of havoc!

Jeff Larson is not shy, so when he gets out of the shower and is told to hold his hands up, that's exactly what he does!

There's nothing politically correct about Jeff Larson! If he's not pulling a woman's skirt up over her head in scuffle, then he's burning guys with cigarettes to get them to answer questions!

As it turns out, she was on his side anyway! The woman in question is Pascale Petit! I used to always have a penchant for blondes, but the more Euro spy movies I watch, the more I find brunette women provocative! The other female lead in the film is the equally gorgeous Helga Sommerfield! Pascale and Helga spend quite a bit of time bickering over Jeff! My favourite dark haired actress today is Annet Mahendru in "The Americans," as Nina Krilova! She's got a look I really like!

No matter what he does, it's still always hard to take Ray Danton serious!

 This whole scene looks pretty science fiction!

There's a landmine hooked up to the Russian spy camera to keep anybody from messing with it!

Even though the mine itself is booby-trapped, that's not enough to stop the likes of Jeff Larson!

 Now if this shot doesn't convey lonely, I don't know what does!

Nice Mustang convertible!

 Awww! Poor little Jeffy is tired!

Too bad for her that the maid opened the cigarette case triggered to send poison gas into Jeff Larson's face before he did!

The Russians try to brainwash Jeff Larson after they finally capture him, but they're going to need some strong detergent to launder a whacked out brain like that!

And you're right, they ran out of quarters!
Tabonga will be back on Friday with Lord knows what, and I'll be back on Saturday with yet another Jaguar adventure featuring the other most irreverent secret agent of all time, and Dungeon fave, Jerry Cotton! Until then.................

DREAMSCAPE / Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises, Bella Productions - 1984

Welp, here's my favorite perverted ESP flick from the eighties, it stars Dennis Quaid, Eddie Albert, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer and Kate Capshaw. Also, the very talented David Patrick Kelly plays the super villain, Tommy Ray Glatman. The story's about a young psychic recruited by a government agency experimenting with the use of the dream-sharing technology (NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) and is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of the US president.

I have a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our Big Book of ESP, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula!.. Here's a sample from... DREAMSCAPE!

The story starts with our president having a reoccurring dream of death and destruction, this time his wife (a Nancy Reagan type) gets toasted as heard in the sound clip.

Alex Gardner is chosen to participate in a government funded ESP experiments along with others with psychic abilities. Jane DeVries is his instructor and soon to be lover.

Tommy Ray shows up at the apartment of Alex unannounced and seems to be a real jerk.

Alex goes into a dream to help out a construction worker only to fall off the beam himself!.. Having fun yet?

Alex knows that something very weird is going on with Tommy Ray, his attitude is plain scary!

So, Alex decides to visit the dream of the president to try and figure out what the Hell is happening. Well, Hell's what's happening!

Then, Tommy Ray shows up to join the gang. After he pulls out the beating heart of the conductor, he sets his sights on Alex and the prez.

Tommy Ray has been studying the fine art of ninja fighting, putting Alex at a big disadvantage.

Then he calls out his Hounds from Hell to stalk Alex and the prez, the fun just never ends!

Tommy Ray has turned himself into a snake creature and has the president cornered, who only has a pipe to protect himself.

In a clever move, Alex turns himself into Tommy Ray's dead father... But, why?!

This amazes me, look at the expression of the eyes on the monster, Tommy Ray cannot believe what he's seeing... Is that his father?!..

That diversion gives the president just enough time to ram the pipe through the thing, and, causes Tommy Ray to reap what he sowed... Love this movie! Join us again Wednesday for more, here at The Dungeon!