American International Podcast

Bucktown (1975) AIP Production #7512  Jeff and Cheryl make a pilgrimage to the Midwest’s version of Sin City in Bucktown .  Directed by Arthur Marks Written by Bob Ellison Produced by Bernard Schwartz  Cast: Fred Williamson as Duke Pam Grier as Aretha Thalmus Rasulala as Roy Tony King as T.J. Bernie Hamilton as Harley Art Lund as Chief Patterson Tierre Turner as Steve Morgan Upton as Sam Carl Weat...

The Oblong Box (1969) AIP Production #6909  Jeff and Cheryl promise to never let each other be buried alive after watching The Oblong Box .  Produced and Directed by Gordon Hessler Screenplay by Lawrence Huntingtonwith Additional Dialogue by Christopher Wicking Based on The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe  Produced and released by American International Pictures  You can stream The Oblong Box on Ple...

Why Must I Die  (1960) AIP Production #504  Jeff and Cheryl strap in for an emotional tale about the application (and misapplication) of the death penalty in Why Must I Die .  Directed by Roy Del Ruth Screenplay by Richard Bernstein and George W. Waters Story by George W. Waters Produced by Richard Bernstein  Cast: Terry Moore as Lois King  Debra Paget as Dottie Manson  Bert Freed as Adler  Juli R...

Slaughter (1972) AIP Production #7212 / 7217 Jeff and Cheryl watch a one-man army take out a depraved organized crime operation that keeps their information on newfangled computers in Slaughter . Directed by Jack Starrett  Written by Mark Hanna and Don Williams Produced by Monroe Sachson Starring: Jim Brown as Slaughter Stella Stevens as Ann Cooper Rip Torn as Dominic Hoffo Cameron Mitchell as A....

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) AIP Production # 6607/6640  Jeff and Cheryl watch as Tarzan gets up to some monkey business in the Mexican jungle in Tarzan and the Valley of Gold. Directed by Robert Day Screenplay by Clair Huffaker Based on the characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs Produced by Sy Weintraub Cast: Mike Henry as Tarzan David Opatoshu as Augustus Vinero  Manuel Padilla Jr. a...

The Cool and the Crazy (1958) AIP Production #221 Jeff and Cheryl try to figure out what M is (and where to get some) for The Cool and the Crazy . Directed by William Witney Written by Richard C. Sarafian Produced by Elmer C. Rhoden Jr. Cast: Scott Marlowe as Bennie Saul Gigi Perreau as Amy Dick Bakalyan as Jackie Barzan Dick Jones as Stu Summerville Shelby Storck as Detective Lt. Sloan Marvyn J....

The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1956) Jeff and Cheryl don radiation suits and sharpen their fishing spears to watch The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues . Directed by Dan Milner  Written by Lou Rusoff from a story by Dorys Lukather Produced by Dan and Jack Milner Cast:  Kent Taylor as Dr. Ted Stevens, alias Ted Baxter Cathy Downs as Lois King Michael Whalen as Professor King Phillip Pine as Agent Geor...

The Day That Shook the World (1975) AIP Production #7615  Jeff and Cheryl unwillingly relive their high school history classes by watching The Day that Shook the World .  Directed by Veljko Bulajić Written by Stevan Bulajić, Vladimír Bor, Paul Jarrico, and Veljko Bulajić Produced by Vlado Brankovic and Bohumil Pokorný American version produced by Oliver A. Unger  Starring: Christopher Plummer as A...

The Glory Stompers (1967)   AIP Production #6716 Jeff and Cheryl take a detour on their way to the Love-In to follow The Glory Stompers .  Directed by Anthony M. Lanza Written by James Gordon White and John Lawrence Produced by John Lawrence Cast: Dennis Hopper as Chino Jody McCrea as Darryl/Cowboy Chris Noel as Chris Jock Mahoney as Smiley Lindsay Crosby as Monk Casey Kasem as Mouth Jim Reader as...

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)  AIP Production #7205   Jeff and Cheryl explore the duality of their own natures while watching Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde .  Directed by Roy Ward Baker  Written by Brian Clemens  Based on "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson Produced by Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell  Cast: Ralph Bates as Dr. Henry Jekyll   Martine Beswick as Mr...

Force 10 from Navarone (1978) AIP Production #7812 Jeff and Cheryl are tasked with the dangerous top-secret mission of watching Force 10 from Navarone . Directed by Guy Hamilton  Screenplay by Robin Chapman Story by Carl Foreman Based on the novel Force 10 from Navarone by Alistair MacLean (1968) Produced by Oliver A. Unger for Navarone Productions Cast:  Robert Shaw as Major Keith Mallory Harriso...

Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) AIP Production #7212 Jeff and Cheryl pack up their organ, glass coffin, and clockwork quartet and travel to Egypt to find the elixir of eternal life in Dr. Phibes Rises Again . Directed by Robert Fuest Written by Robert Blees and Robert Fuest Produced by Louis M. Heyward  Cast: Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes Robert Quarry as Darius Biederbeck Valli Kemp as Vulnavia...

Flesh and the Spur (1956)  AIP Production #120  Jeff and Cheryl dig their heels in and watch John Agar look for the gunman who killed his twin in Flesh and the Spur .  Directed by Edward L. Cahn Written by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna with additional dialogue by Lou Rusoff and Edward L. Cahn Based on a story by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna Produced by Alex Gordon, Touch Connors and Cha...

War of the Colossal Beast (1958) AIP Production #304 Directed by Bert I. Gordon  Written by George Worthing Yeats from a story by Bert I. Gordon Produced by Bert I. Gordon for Carmel Productions Cast:  Sally Fraser as Joyce Manning Roger Pace as Major Mark Baird Dean Parkin as Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning/Colossal Man Russ Bender as Dr. Carmichael Rico Alaniz as Sgt. Luis Murillo George Becwar as Joh...

Three in the Attic (1968) AIP Production #6810/6821 Jeff and Cheryl join Paxton Quigly as he has the course in Three in the Attic . Directed by Richard Wilson  Written by Stephen Yafa Based on the novel Paxton Quigley's Had the Course by Stephen Yafa Produced by Richard Wilson  Executive Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson Starring:  Christopher Jones as Paxton Quigley Yvette Mimie...

Terror from the Year 5000  (1958) AIP Production #216  Jeff and Cheryl find something new to dread about the future in  Terror from the Year 5000 . Written, Produced and Directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr. with Gene Searchinger  (Associate Producer) and James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff (Executive Producers) Starring:  Ward Costello as Dr. Robert Hedges  Joyce Holden as Claire Erling  Frederic...

Seven (1979) AIP Production # 7918  Jeff and Cheryl take a trip to Hawaii to catch a crime wave in Seven. Directed by Andy Sidaris Screenplay by William Driskill and Robert Baird Story by Andy Sidaris Produced by Andy Sidaris for Melvin Simon Productions Starring: William Smith as Drew Sevano  Barbara Leigh as Alexa Guich Koock as The Cowboy Christipher Joy as T. K. Art Metrano as Kinsella Ed Park...

99 Women (1969) AIP Production #6930 Jeff and Cheryl try to elude captivity so as not to end up imprisoned with 99 Women .  Directed by Jess Franco   Screenplay by Harry Alan Towers as “Peter Welbeck”  Produced by Harry Alan Towers  Starring: Maria Schell as Inspector Leonie Caroll Herbert Lom as Governor Santos Mercedes McCambridge as Superintendent Thelma Diaz Luciana Paluzzi as Natalie Mendoza,...

The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955) AIP Production #106 Jeff and Cheryl come up short when counting the peepers on The Beast with a Million Eyes . Directed by David Kramarsky with Lou Place, Donald Myers and Roger Corman (uncredited) Written by Tom Filer  Produced by David Kramarsky and Charles Hanawalt for San Mateo Productions for the American Releasing Corporation  Stream The Beast with a Mill...

Taboos of the World (1964) AIP Production #6416/6450 Jeff and Cheryl are unwilling voyeurs into the customs and rituals of people in other countries in Taboos of the World . Directed by Romolo Marcellini Written by Giancarlo Del Re and Ugo Guerra (commentary) with story by Ugo Guerra, Jacques Lansmann, Virginio Lilli and Romolo Marcellini Produced by Guido Giambartolomei  Narration by Vincent Pric...

Voyage to the End of the Universe (1964) AIP Production #6439 Jeff and Cheryl board an intergalactic flight to a very familiar destination in  Voyage to the End of the Universe . Directed by Jack Pollack (Jindřich Polák)  Screenplay by Paul Jurist (Pavel Juráček) and Jack Pollack (Jindřich Polák)  Based on Oblok Magellana/The Magellanic Cloud by Stanislaw Lem  Produced by Rudolph Wohl (Rudolf Wolf...

Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) AIP Production #7015  Jeff and Cheryl devise better ways to dispatch a modern-day bloodsucker in Count Yorga, Vampire .  Written and directed by Bob Kelljan Produced by Michael Macready for Erica Productions, Inc.  Starring: Robert Quarry as Count Yorga Roger Perry as Dr. Jim Hayes Michael Murphy as Paul Michael Macready as Mike Thompson Donna Anders as Donna Judith Lan...

The Wild Party (1975) AIP Production #7501  Jeff and Cheryl decide whether to accept their invitations to The Wild Party .  Directed by James Ivory Screenplay by Walter Marks Based in part on “The Wild Party”, the 1928 narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March Produced by Ismail Merchant for American International Pictures  Starring: James Coco as Jolly Grimm Raquel Welch as Queenie Perry King as Dal...

One Summer Love (1976) AIP Production #7523 Jeff and Cheryl search for any signs of “summer” or “love” but only find dragonflies in One Summer Love . Directed by Gilbert Cates Written by N. Richard Nash Produced by Gilbert Cates Starring: Beau Bridges as Jesse Arlington Susan Sarandon as Chloe Farna James Noble as Dr. Leo Cooper Harriet Rogers as Mrs. Patterson Ann Wedgeworth as Pearlie  Linda Mil...

The Day the Earth Froze (1964) Jeff and Cheryl take a break from the desert summer heat and enjoy The Day the Earth Froze . Sampo Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko and Risto Orko  Written by Väinö Kaukonen, Viktor Vitkovich and Grigori Yagdfeld Based on the story ‘Kalevala’ by Elias Lönnrot Produced by Risto Orko for Mosfilm/Suomi-filmi Starring: Andris Ošiņš (credited as Jon Powers) as Lemminkäinen ...