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What does Jungle Jim, karate assassins, and a bulldozer with murderous intentions all have in common? ?:

Frankly I don’t know, but if youthe read the posts below and find something, let us all know with a reply on the threads at the links embedded in the titles!
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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)

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This gorgeous poster is reason enough to create a thread for this movie, even if the movie is a dog.

Hero Johnny Weissmuller battles ruthless ivory hunters and discovers a group of missing links, both male and female, in this low-budget but action-packed adventure. Although the missing-link monsters look more like wolfmen than apes, the makeup is surprisingly good.

And the poster even includes a nice representation of these as well. Directed by Lew Landers.
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The Karate Killers (1967)

A star-studded extravaganza for fans of the hit series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", combining two episodes into one story about a plot by the bad guys (THRUSH) to develop a process which can turn water into gold, literally flooding the gold market and bankrupting the world economy.

Because it was originally two separate episodes, there's a second story about an experimental aircraft.

In addition to series regulars Robert Vaughn ("Teenage Caveman"), David McCallum, and Leo G. Carroll ("Tarantula"), the big-named guest stars are Joan Crawford, Kim Darby, Jill Ireland, Curt Jurgens, Herbert Lom ("Mysterious Island"), Diane McBain, and Telly Savalas. Directed by Barry Shear.
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Killdozer (1974 TV movie

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Science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon wrote a strange and exciting short story which director Jerry London turned into a pretty good TV movie with the help of Sturgeon himself and screenwriter Ed MacKillop.

The story is set on an uninhabited Pacific island where a construction crew unearths a meteorite which houses an invisible alien comprised of pure energy. Unbeknownst to the humans, the alien transfers itself from the meteorite to a huge bulldozer which collides with it. The alien uses the machine as its physical body, murdering the humans one by one while they desperately try to stop the near-indestructible mechanism.

The film version lacks much of the original story's spooky and poetic examination of the alien's nature. Sturgeon is a masterful writer when it comes to describing the intangible and extra-normal, but the venerable Tube just isn't the medium for this kind of thing.

Even though this TV movie tries to make it clear that the life force which motivates the bulldozer is an alien, the film looks too much like a ghost story about a "possessed" bulldozer. However, it does include a good action scene in which hero Clint Walker uses a steam shovel to battle the alien/machine.

Also starring Carl Betz, Neville Brand, and James Wainwright. Directed by Jerry London.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)