Kara Murat Ölüm Emri (1974)

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Yildirim Gencer, Atilla Ergün, Hüsein Zan & Melek Ayberk. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Katibim (Germany). Fullscreen. Turkish language.

Convoy of Women (1974)

Original title: Convoi de Femmes

Sleaze/Adventure/Western. France/Italy. Starring Alice Arno, Nadine Pascal, Evelyne Scott, Michel Charrel, Olivier Mathot, Paul Muller & Pierre Taylou. Directed by Pierre Chevalier.

Herzog Video (Germany). German dubbed. Letterboxed.

Not really an adventure film per se but a sleazy Eurociné composite that spices up some forgotten 1960s adventure films with sleaze and nudity. A bunch of gals are kidnapped and are shipped off (rape, whipping, bouncing french buttocks, probably a little inserted footage from some old pirate film) to America to become army prostitutes (rape, whipping, bouncing buttocks... sigh... lots of footage of cowboys and indians, storming of forts etc. from the 1960s Eurociné western-adventure The Last of the Mohicans). Typically bland direction, stiff acting and sub par camera work... and as often when watching routine Eurociné sleaze your mind immediately numbs and starts playing "find the stock footage" in self-defense. OK film, I had hoped for more pirate stuff but it played more like a dirty western. The most enjoyable thing for me was seeing that creepy, bald Eurociné regular who always plays rapist as an Indian in warpaint! 2/5

Cormack of the Mounties (1974)

Original title: Giubbe Rosse

Adventure/Western. Italy. Starring Fabio Testi, Lynne Frederick, Robert Hundar, Lionel Stander & Lars Bloch. Directed by Joe D'Amato.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Good romantic adventure/western. A well-crafted and subtle film, you'd never guess that this was directed my sleaze/trash mongler D'Amato! 3/5

Amazons For Two Adventurers (1974)

Original title: Dschungelmädchen für zwei Halunken

Action/Adventure/Comedy. West Germany/Italy/Spain/Colombia. Starring Robert Widmark, Wolf Goldan, Rinaldo Talamonti, Raquel Ércole & Marie Ekorre. Directed by Ernst Hofbauer & Fernando Orozco.

Mr. Video (Greece). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Another film in the amusing action/slapstick Three Superguys series. In this more adventure-oriented entry the superguys encounter a bunch of cute but nasty amazons while treasurehunting in the amazon jungle. Blink and you'll miss swedish sleaze starlet Marie Ekorre as one of the amazons. 3/5

The Arena (1974)

Peplum/Exploitation. Italy/USA. Starring Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Lucretia Love, Paul Muller, Daniele Vargas, Maria Pia Conte & Rosalba Neri, Vassili Karis. Directed by Steve Carver & Joe D'Amato.

DVD: New Concorde (USA). English language. Fullscreen.

Challenge to White Fang (1974)

Original title: Il Ritorno di Zanna Bianca

Adventure/Western. Italy/France/West Germany. Starring Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, John Steiner, Werner Pochath & Donald O'Brien. Directed by Lucio Fulci.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Un Capitán de Quince Años (1974)

Adventure. France/Spain. Starring José Manuel Marcos, Edmund Purdom, Howard Vernon, William Berger. Directed by Jesus Franco.

VML (Holland). French with dutch subtitles. Fullscreen.

This low budget Jules Vernes-adaption is almost universally loathed, even amongst Jess Franco fans, but I like it: a nice, relaxing adventure film with a fun cast. I think same whale harpooning footage is also used in another loathed spanish adaption of the same Jules Verne story, that I also happen to like: Juan Piquer Simón's Sea Devils. 3/5