Ray taylor in Action & Adventure DVDs & Videos

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The kid-friendly 1937 serial DICK TRACY brought Chester Gould's popular comic-strip character to life through the low-budget, but action-packed, adventures of the titular crime-fighting detective (the perfectly cast Ralph Byrd, who bears a doppleganger resemblance to the cartoon Tracy). This collection presents the nostalgic series in its entirety for a total of 15 episodes.

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In this action/adventure spy serial, based on the newspaper comic strip by the same name, courageous Navy Commander Don Winslow (Don Terry) takes on the devious "Scorpion," a Nazi agent (Kurt Katch)! This program contains episodes seven through twelve.

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A group of flying students are wrongly accused of a series of murders committed by a criminal known as the Black Hangman. Though the Hangman claims to be Nazi, he is actually an engineer who is planning to to sell helium, from secret deposits in Africa, to German via the Gestapo. The students set out to clear their names. 13 Chapters.

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Here's breathtaking serial action as a mysterious masked rider known as "The Eagle" fights a despotic dictator in early California to prevent that territory from becoming a Russian possession. Contains 12 episodes.

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Investigator Ray Mala journeys to Clipper Island to determine whether destruction of an airline's island base was caused by a passenger, just arrived, or the local high priest who is inciting the natives to riot. Contains 14 chapters.

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Zack Moseley's famous comic-strip character comes roaring to life in this thrill-packed serial. Daredevil stunt pilot Smilin' Jack Martin takes on the air war in China during the darkest days of WWII. Chapters one through six are included.

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In this action/adventure spy serial, based on the newspaper comic strip by the same name, courageous Navy Commander Don Winslow (Don Terry) takes on the devious "Scorpion," a Nazi agent (Kurt Katch)! This program contains episodes one through six.

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In this action/adventure serial, a Nazi and a ship captain in Alaska, conspire to steal a powerful secret weapon from a US scientist. To the rescue comes a Marine, Jim Hudson (Milburn Stone), the scientist's daughter (Marjorie Weaver), and their friend Grit (Fuzzy Knight). In the course of saving the world, the trio encounter one obstacle after another, from polar bears to shipwrecks to murder!

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Ralph Byrd stars as the titular detective in this 1937 serial version of the classic comic strip. In this adventure, Tracy is on the trail of the evil Spider Ring and their leader, the Lame One.

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An old-time movie serial with cliffhanger after cliffhanger. This 2-tape feature is in 12 episodes.

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A group of flying students are wrongly accused of a series of murders committed by a criminal known as the Black Hangman. Though the Hangman claims to be Nazi, he is actually an engineer who is planning to to sell helium, from secret deposits in Africa, to German via the Gestapo. The students set out to clear their names. 13 Chapters.

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American agents battle Nazi subversives under the guidance of the mysterious "Master Key" for "The Orotron," a miraculous invention which extracts gold from sea water. Contains 13 episodes.

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Former World War I fighter pilot develops a new prototype fighter plane that can be used in World War II, only to find foreign enemy agents want to get their hands on it.

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A plan to steal oil reserves is discovered by Tailspin Tommy and Skeeter. They both summon the help of newspaperman Bill McGuire and use him to infiltrate the operation by posing as a friend of one of the leaders. The two go through a series of air collisions, car chases and hand to hand fighting in this 12 -chapter serial.

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In order to combat the British Allies in Africa during World War II, the Nazis sent in secret agents to rile up all the local tribes. Enter Commander Elise Bork, a beautiful double agent posing as a scientist in search of a secret sword that has magical powers. Fortunately Lothel the Jungle Queen has her pegged to point where she can never succeed in her quest for evil. 13 chapters included.

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A teenaged Jackie Cooper leads the way as an Eagle Scout in a troop of young men who happen upon a buried stash of fake money. At the same time the young scouts are discovered by a tribe of Indians and forced to live in an underground temple where they find expensive radium. These smart boys do find a way out of this mess, but not without clever instinct and boy scout survival skills. 12 chapters included.

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A follow-up of sorts to the 1937 movie of the same name, this time out SECRET AGENT X-9 is played by Lloyd Bridges. Set on an island off the coast of China, Secret Agent X-9 is sent to circumvent a devious plot which involves a Japanese agent coming to America to obtain the secret formula for creating aviation fuel. Disguised as an American scientist, the Japanese agent faces unforeseen problems when X-9 appears on the scene. Some great scenes of subterfuge and tension play out as the film rockets towards its conclusion, providing plenty of entertainment for fans of espionage and skullduggery.

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Join this all-star cast as the "Riders of Death Valley" battle the notorious outlaw "Wolf Reade" and his pack of desperadoes for a fabulous lost gold mine. Contains 15 episodes.

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Action-packed war film utilizing actual battle footage to create a tense drama. Two US Marine fighter pilots try to fight their own personal battles, while still banding together to fight the war. Wayne delivers a standard performance as the flying officer whose determination is hated by his men as well as the enemy.

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Adapted from John Le Carre's book of the same name, this BBC miniseries delves into the career Magnus Pym -- master spy. Join Pym as he reaches into his past to discover his origins and deduce -- after playing so many different parts throughout the years -- who he really is. Persued by his arch-enemies, Pym must find out before it's too late. Filmed on location in Vienna, Prague, England and the US.

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Action-packed war film utilizing actual battle footage to create a tense drama. Two US Marine fighter pilots try to fight their own personal battles, while still banding together to fight the war. Wayne delivers a standard performance as the flying officer whose determination is hated by his men as well as the enemy.

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To save the day, here comes Underdog, a 1970s Saturday morning cartoon transformed to glorious, semi-CGI animated life; it's a talking animal live-action film--à la BABE--with wisecracks aplenty. Voiced by Jason Lee, Underdog is the joke of the K-9 police force after his weakness for ham disrupts a public ceremony. Dejectedly, he lets himself get abducted for an animal experiment by a mad scientist, Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage). He escapes, doused in experimental chemicals, to become a dog with 80 times his normal strength. Jim Belushi embodies the sad-sack security guard at the laboratory who finds Underdog and takes him home as a playmate for his alienated tweener son (Alex Neuberger). The fact that chaos follows will come as no surprise, but what may is the genial tone the film maintains throughout. UNDERDOG blends its CGI animation and live action with finesse, and with performances that are breezy and in-on-the-same-joke. Lots of the humor in Underdog plays off the fact that he needs to curb his baser habits, since he's the type to dig bones deep into the earth, fly through walls, and shatter glass with his bark. Dinklage plays the evil scientist with a welcome restraint and Malkovich-ian archness; his evil assistant (Patrick Warburton) makes good use of a thesaurus for his evil declarations. Taylor Momsen plays the neighborhood tweener damsel in distress, who happens to have a cute girl dog, voiced by Amy Adams.

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To save the day, here comes Underdog, a 1970s Saturday morning cartoon transformed to glorious, semi-CGI animated life; it's a talking animal live-action film--à la BABE--with wisecracks aplenty. Voiced by Jason Lee, Underdog is the joke of the K-9 police force after his weakness for ham disrupts a public ceremony. Dejectedly, he lets himself get abducted for an animal experiment by a mad scientist, Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage). He escapes, doused in experimental chemicals, to become a dog with 80 times his normal strength. Jim Belushi embodies the sad-sack security guard at the laboratory who finds Underdog and takes him home as a playmate for his alienated tweener son (Alex Neuberger). The fact that chaos follows will come as no surprise, but what may is the genial tone the film maintains throughout. UNDERDOG blends its CGI animation and live action with finesse, and with performances that are breezy and in-on-the-same-joke. Lots of the humor in Underdog plays off the fact that he needs to curb his baser habits, since he's the type to dig bones deep into the earth, fly through walls, and shatter glass with his bark. Dinklage plays the evil scientist with a welcome restraint and Malkovich-ian archness; his evil assistant (Patrick Warburton) makes good use of a thesaurus for his evil declarations. Taylor Momsen plays the neighborhood tweener damsel in distress, who happens to have a cute girl dog, voiced by Amy Adams.

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Angelina Jolie stars as Lara Croft, a tough, sexy, heavily armed adventurer, in this action film based on the wildly popular video game series of the same name. When mercenaries invade her cavernous, hi-tech mansion and steal an ancient relic, Lara journeys to various international locations, including Cambodia, Italy, and the Arctic Circle, to retrieve the strange object and discover its mysterious properties. As Lara's quest becomes increasingly dangerous, it begins to shed light on the life of her deceased father, Lord Croft (Jon Voight, Jolie's real-life father), and a secretive group known as the Illuminati. Director Simon West's film boasts an energetic techno soundtrack and a charming performance by Jolie, who blasts her way past various monsters, villains, and pitfalls, smirking all the while. (In one of the film's most memorable sequences, she battles dozens of deadly assassins while suspended from a bungee cord in her pajamas.) Perfectly cast as the voluptuous heroine (and sporting a fine British accent), Jolie's commanding presence carries this fast-paced blockbuster, which will appeal to hardcore video game junkies and action movie fans alike.

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Angelina Jolie stars as Lara Croft, a tough, sexy, heavily armed adventurer, in this action film based on the wildly popular video game series of the same name. When mercenaries invade her cavernous, hi-tech mansion and steal an ancient relic, Lara journeys to various international locations, including Cambodia, Italy, and the Arctic Circle, to retrieve the strange object and discover its mysterious properties. As Lara's quest becomes increasingly dangerous, it begins to shed light on the life of her deceased father, Lord Croft (Jon Voight, Jolie's real-life father), and a secretive group known as the Illuminati. Director Simon West's film boasts an energetic techno soundtrack and a charming performance by Jolie, who blasts her way past various monsters, villains, and pitfalls, smirking all the while. (In one of the film's most memorable sequences, she battles dozens of deadly assassins while suspended from a bungee cord in her pajamas.) Perfectly cast as the voluptuous heroine (and sporting a fine British accent), Jolie's commanding presence carries this fast-paced blockbuster, which will appeal to hardcore video game junkies and action movie fans alike.

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John Wayne, Cary Grant, and Robert Taylor fight on Asian soil in this thrilling collection of war films. Included here are BATAAN, BACK TO BATAAN, DESTINATION TOKYO, and THE GREEN BERETS. Please see individual titles for complete synopsis information.

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Created by David Mamet (GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, EDMOND), this hit CBS drama follows the exploits of a special-forces unit, tracing the heroism--and foibles--of its elite, highly trained members. The soldiers are charged with some of the U.S. military's top-secret missions, while their families deal with the trials and tribulations of having a loved one with such a unique and dangerous occupation. Dennis Haysbert (24) and Scott Foley (HOUSE, M.D., SCRUBS) co-star. This collection includes every episode from season four, which finds the squad intervening in an assassination plot, tracking down Nazi war criminals, and enduring a terrorist attack on their own homes.

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Committed to delivering A.D.D. movies for the music-video and video-gaming generation, directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor turn the action and antics levels up to "11" in CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE. The film picks up where its cult-hit predecessor left off, with hunky hit man Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) falling to his death on the streets of L.A. But fate and Chelios?s vengeful enemies have other plans, implanting him with an artificial heart while preparing him for more extensive organ harvesting. When Chelios?s escape reduces this temporary ticker to internal battery power, the quest for his own heart must be sustained by any electrical charge available. This includes everything from dog shock-collars to high-voltage transformers to a very public display of electron transferral with ex-girlfriend Eve (Amy Smart). Aided by good friend Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam) and the Tourette's-suffering Venus (Efren Ramirez), Chelios cuts a frenzied path of destruction on his way to a final shoot-'em-up showdown with the Ferret (Clifton Collins Jr.). Will it be in time to restore the aggrieved assassin?s heart, or will Chev Chelios find that his tankful of tenacity is finally on empty? An adrenaline-fueled rush from start to finish, the film revels in its whiplash violence and vulgarity without ever taking itself too seriously. And with Statham further bolstering his dashing-while-deadly bona fides, CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE is action-packed, Colisseum-pleasing entertainment in its purest form.

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Committed to delivering A.D.D. movies for the music-video and video-gaming generation, directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor turn the action and antics levels up to "11" in CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE. The film picks up where its cult-hit predecessor left off, with hunky hit man Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) falling to his death on the streets of L.A. But fate and Chelios?s vengeful enemies have other plans, implanting him with an artificial heart while preparing him for more extensive organ harvesting. When Chelios?s escape reduces this temporary ticker to internal battery power, the quest for his own heart must be sustained by any electrical charge available. This includes everything from dog shock-collars to high-voltage transformers to a very public display of electron transferral with ex-girlfriend Eve (Amy Smart). Aided by good friend Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam) and the Tourette's-suffering Venus (Efren Ramirez), Chelios cuts a frenzied path of destruction on his way to a final shoot-'em-up showdown with the Ferret (Clifton Collins Jr.). Will it be in time to restore the aggrieved assassin?s heart, or will Chev Chelios find that his tankful of tenacity is finally on empty? An adrenaline-fueled rush from start to finish, the film revels in its whiplash violence and vulgarity without ever taking itself too seriously. And with Statham further bolstering his dashing-while-deadly bona fides, CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE is action-packed, Colisseum-pleasing entertainment in its purest form.

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WWE heavyweight John Cena (THE MARINE) muscles his way back onto the screen with this action film. Renny Harlin, best known for his work on CLIFFHANGER and DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER), directs.