DARK OF THE SUN (1968) Capt. Bruce Curry (
Rod Taylor) & Sgt Ruffo (
Jim Brown) are mercenaries hired by the ruler of an African nation in the turmoil of civil war. They are tasked with taking a trainload of people and a cache of diamonds from a remote village & returning them to the capitol. But, the rebels want the diamonds and want to kill the people. Among other mercs is Capt. Henlein (
Peter Carsten) who had been in the German army during WWII, and wears a Swastika medallion, just so everyone knows how he feels about black people. I thought that his voice was dubbed by Paul Frees, & I was right!
So, they gather about 40 other mercenaries, most black men, put five or so cars on the train, & head toward the village. But, things go bad, & then, from bad to worse. When they arrive at the village, the guy in charge of the diamonds Bussier (
André Morell, best known for HAMMER FILMS), says the time lock on the vault will not open for three hours. All the while, the bloodthirsty rebel Simbas (Lions) are on their way. Very tense drama!
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1962) Physician / scientist who pushes the science beyond ethical limits keeps his decapitated fiancee's noggin alive while scheming to murder some other attractive woman to provide a body transplant.
She really wants to die, rather than be a part of his madness.