Biography: Turhan Bey |
Handsome, dapper leading man Bey was born Turhan Selahattin Sahultavy to a Turkish father and Czech mother in Vienna. He came to the U.S. in the '30s and studied acting at Ben Bard's School of Dramatic Arts and at the Pasadena Playhouse. With... more
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Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Film (2007)
Cast: Joan Chen Christopher Lee
Tags: Biography Film, TV & Radio Race & Ethnicity Film & Television History
Length: 89min
Filmmaker Arthur Dong's documentary Hollywood Chinese pays homage to the first century of the American film industry, as specifically colored and influenced by the Chinese immigrants to whom Hollywood owes an inestimable debt. Dong touches on everyone...
Cast: Ray Bradbury Kenneth Branagh Fay Wray Kevin Brownlow
Length: 90min
Assembled by film historian Kevin Brownlow and narrated by actor Kenneth Branagh, this 90-minute special celebrates the classic horror films that emanated from Hollywood's Universal Studios. Beginning with such silent classics as The Phantom of the...
Cast: Stella Stevens
Tags: Science Fiction Action Sci-Fi Action Martial Arts
Length: 91min
This lively low-budget action movie is packed with martial arts, sexy sirens, and a sci-fi plot involving computers and virtual reality images that become real. The tale centers on two Nevada border officers, Dave Quarry (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) and...
Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)
Cast: Cesar Romero Richard L. Bare Paul Newlan Turhan Bey Gloria Grahame
Tags: Romantic Adventure Adventure
Length: 78min
When Gloria Grahame signed her contract at Columbia Pictures, she had no idea the studio would require her to appear in anything available. Rather than go on suspension, she consented to star in the "Arabian nights" fiasco Prisoners of the Casbah, ...
Tags: Medical Drama Drama
Length: 105min
An ex-con becomes a paramedic in this drama that also contains messages about the plight of the elderly. Nickel has just been paroled to a work-release program where he is to work off his final year in an ambulance service at the local hospital in the...
Tags: Thriller Psychological Thriller Erotic Thriller Horror
Length: 84min
Exploitation king Fred Olen Ray was well entrenched in his "Erotic Thriller" phase (typified by films like Inner Sanctum) when he turned out this oddball mix of salacious schemes and demonic possession. When creatively blocked horror writer Howard...
Cast: Michael O'Shea
Length: 71min
Government agent Richard Hendricks (Michael O'Shea) goes undercover to get goods on a gang responsible for dispensing illegal paroles. Posing as a prisoner, Hendricks links up with the gang's inside man, Barney Rodescu (Turhan Bey). As often happens...
Tags: Psychological Thriller Thriller
Length: 79min
Also known as The Amazing Mr. X, The Spiritualist stars Turhan Bey as the title character, a mysterious mystic named Alexis. Making a comfortable living by fleecing the gullible wealthy, Alexis' latest target is grieving young widow Christine Faber...
Cast: George Tobias
Tags: Adventure Action Romantic Adventure
Length: 83min
Unusually lavish for an Eagle-Lion production, The Adventures of Casanova lacks only Technicolor and "star" names. Lensed in Mexico, the film stars Latin American heartthrob Arturo de Cordova in the title role, and MGM expatriate (and future Mexican...
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