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Three manly movies about real men who demonstrate just how machoism can take various forms.

~ The Man Called Dagger stars Paul Mantee (ironically enough) as a tough secret agent with a blatantly phallic name! Dick Dagger.

~ [The Man from Atlantis stars Patrick Duffy, who played a rich “oil man’ from Dallas (the city and the show). But in this TV series, the only “off-shore drilling” he does is with mermaids. (Ooow, sorry! Bad joke! )

~ And finally, the title character in Man Beast might not be a normal male, but based on the poster, he’s perhaps the most passionate guy in the group!


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A Man Called Dagger (1967)



James Bond is a character often imitated, never duplicated -- but fans of "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" (of which I am definitely one) will enjoy Paul Mantees' energetic plunge into the world of spies and gals, accompanied by one hellavu gal sidekick, Terry Moore ("Mighty Joe Young").

Mantee is armed with a laser-firing watch, but he doesn't use it often. The villain is played by Jan Murray, whose role wins him the dubious distinction of being the least believable Nazi war criminal in movie history.

But the story does succeed in creating a disgusting villain; Murray's meat-packing business is processing meat from human bodies, and he serves a filet mignon to Mantee obtained from sexy Maureen Arthur! (Yuck).

Murray's sexy accomplice is Sue Ann Langdon, who is so gorgeous you just want to eat her up, figuratively speaking.

Directed by Richard Rush. Co-star Terry Moore, a former wife of Howard Hughes, later posed for a photo spread in Playboy magazine, looking remarkably good for a woman over fifty.

This movie is unavailable from any source, and I haven't seen it since it came out in 1967. I'm looking forward to the emergence of a sane and just world where this movie will rise again.

But Youtube has the trailer, and the movie looks like an enjoyable (low budget) spy movie.


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The Man from Atlantis (1977 TV movie)



Before Patrick Duffy landed his choice role on "Dallas" as Bobby Ewing, he starred in this brief sci-fi adventure series set in a future age when mankind has established undersea colonies.

Duffy plays a character obviously patterned after DC Comic's "Aquaman". Duffy is a descendant of the Lost Continent of Atlantis, an amphibious humanoid with both gills and lungs, webbed fingers, and webbed feet. The series featured an abundance of submarines and underwater special effects.

In this pilot episode, Duffy is found unconscious on a beach and taken to a hospital. After recovering, he aids the Navy in retrieving a lost submarine.

Directed by Lee H. Katzin. The series was considerably more popular with Chinese audiences, one of the first TV programs to be imported after American re-established relations with that country.
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Man Beast (1956)

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If they'd made the movie this great poster deserved, this would be one helluva monster movie!

Sadly, they didn't.

A scientific expedition journeys into the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. Location photography provides the viewer with plenty of spectacular scenery and gives this low-budget film a remarkably authentic look.

The action is pretty sparse, and it's somewhat spoiled by clumsy attempts at "arty" editing. The acting by the cast of unknowns is often amateurish. Unlike most films of this type, the yeti makes numerous appearances, and the makeup isn't too badly designed when compared to such disasters as "The Snow Creature" (1954).

The ending is a bit lame, but the plot contains a nifty little twist involving the nature of the Yeti. Starring Rock Madison, Virginia Maynor, and George Skaff. Directed by Jerry Warren.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)