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The first movie below tells us how somebody could be turned into a vulure! I would never have guessed how easy it would be!

The other two ask questions about missing people and what bullets tend to do.

For the answers to these questions, consult the posts below.
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The Vulture (1966 British-Canadian)

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Akim Tamiroff is a mad scientist who merges his atoms with those of a dead vulture that shared a grave with the body of a 200-year old witch.

(I can't believe I got all that information into one coherent sentence . . . )

He turns into a blood-thristy vulture-monster with Akim Tamiroff's head.

(That mental image will keep me awake late into the night.)

The hero of this strange yarn is Robert Hutton ("The Slime People", "The Colossus of New York"), and the heroine is Diane Claire. Broderick Crawford (TV's "Highway Patrol") is an English Lord -- which may the most incredible thing about this film. Filmed in color but released theatrically in black-and-white. Written, produced, and directed by Lawrence Huntington.
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Where Have All the People Gone? (1974 TV movie)

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John Moxey directed this made-for-TV movie about a family on a cave-exploring-camping-trip who are among the few who survive when a solar flare deals a death blow to mankind.

Peter Graves ("Killers from Space", "Beginning of the End") is the head of the lucky family who happen to be underground when the Earth is blanketed by radiation.

Expect no special effects, strange sets, bizarre mutants, or rampaging motorcycle gangs. Just piles of ashes where the unprotected people used to be. The solar flare somehow infused the bodies with heat which caused them to quickly turn to gray powder shortly after the wave of radiation washed over the earth.

Not a very scientifically accurate treatment of the concept. And the poster gets the science even more wrong by showing the sun as a red giant.
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Where Bullets Fly (1966 England)

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Sequel to "The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole World" -- which at least shows honesty about who they were imitating.

Tom Adams plays the not-quite-super secret agent who must prevent the Russians from stealing the secret of spurium -- a new, lightweight alloy.

Generic James Bond movies don't date well, so be prepared to roll your eyes alot. Directed by John Gilling, with a cast that includes Dawn Addams and Michael Ripper.

Miss Addams is . . . well . . . pretty enough to start wars between ancient Mediterranean nations back when large wooden horses were considered stealth technology.









She has a small role in "Riders to the Stars" that one wishes had been much longer. Here's a screen grab to illustrate my point. (Be still, my foolish heart . . . )


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)