Beverly Adams

Torture Garden -- Anthology film consisting of four stories bookended by Burgess Meredith as Dr. Diabolo, a carnival barker, who provides four patrons with glimpses into their future.

Torture Garden -- Anthology film consisting of four stories ('Enoch,' 'Terror over Hollywood', 'Mr. Steinway', and 'The Man who Collected Poe') bookended by Burgess Meredith as Dr. Diabolo, a carnival barker, who provides four patrons with glimpses into their future. The final episode in which Poe's spirit is conjured up from the great beyond is especially effective.

A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding, one of them snaps and kills Diablo. When they run off, we see the murder to be staged as part of the show. One of the customers has hung around to see this, and wants to make a deal with Diablo, aka the Devil.

Though determined to stay retired from the counter-espionage agency known as ICE, Matt Helm (Dean Martin) is tapped by MacDonald, his former boss, to find a hijacked American spacecraft that, in the wrong hands, could be used to control the world. Just the kind of "wrong hands" MacDonald and his superiors feared, Jose Ortega (Albert Salmi) and his Acapulco beer-brewing associate, Quintana, will stop at nothing short of global domination. So, armed with a collection of state-of-the-art secret weapons, Helm leaves behind an incredible bachelor apartment and a very private secretary, Lovely Kravezit, for the Mexican Riviera. In Acapulco, Matt not only tangles with double agent Francesca Madeiros (Senta Berger), but also with the equally lovely pilot of the stolen spacecraft, Sheila Sommers (Janice Rule). All too aware of the growing sexual tension between them, Sheila jealously watches Matt react to Francesca's seductive charms, the many beautiful girls surrounding Quintana, and twelve "Slay-girls" who seem to pop up at the most awkward moments. To smash the Ortega-Quintana operation, Matt must first escape death by firing squad and survive a running battle in Ortega's brewery. And when he and Sheila finally recover the spacecraft, the "Ace from ICE" and his "out of this world" girl are free to pursue their own brand of romance.

From producer Roger Corman, the master of 1960s exploitation pictures, comes this wild ride of a biker film about conflicted gang leader Cody (John Cassavetes), whose rebellious followers, the Skulls, terrorize a small town after its citizens offend them. On their way to the West Coast, the Skulls make a pit-stop and Cody is wrongfully arrested for statutory rape. Upon his release, Cody tries to stop his men from exacting their bloody revenge.

Anthology film consisting of four stories ("Enoch," "Terror over Hollywood", "Mr. Steinway", and "The Man who Collected Poe") bookended by Burgess Meredith as Dr. Diabolo, a carnival barker, who provides four patrons with glimpses into their future. The final episode in which Poe's spirit is conjured up from the great beyond is especially effective.

Anthology film consisting of four stories ("Enoch," "Terror over Hollywood", "Mr. Steinway", and "The Man who Collected Poe") bookended by Burgess Meredith as Dr. Diabolo, a carnival barker, who provides four patrons with glimpses into their future. The final episode in which Poe's spirit is conjured up from the great beyond is especially effective.

A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding, one of them snaps and kills Diablo. When they run off, we see the murder to be staged as part of the show. One of the customers has hung around to see this, and wants to make a deal with Diablo, aka the Devil.

Though determined to stay retired from the counter-espionage agency known as ICE, Matt Helm (Dean Martin) is tapped by MacDonald, his former boss, to find a hijacked American spacecraft that, in the wrong hands, could be used to control the world. Just the kind of "wrong hands" MacDonald and his superiors feared, Jose Ortega (Albert Salmi) and his Acapulco beer-brewing associate, Quintana, will stop at nothing short of global domination. So, armed with a collection of state-of-the-art secret weapons, Helm leaves behind an incredible bachelor apartment and a very private secretary, Lovely Kravezit, for the Mexican Riviera.

Leaving his incredible bachelor's dream world -- with its unique multi-purpose round bed, private swimming pool, and very private secretary Lovey Kravezit (Beverly Adams) -- former ICE counter-espionage agent Matt Helm (Dean Martin) answers the call of his former chief, MacConald (James Gregory). Armed with a fresh drink and an ominous assortment of super-weapons, Helm is sent to tangle with lovelies such as Susie (Ann-Margret), a hip-swinging Riviera discotheque-goer; Coco Duquette (Camilla Sparv), a sexy statuesque blonde; and the Slaygirls, twelve women with very little to hide. Coming up against Julian Wall (Karl Maiden), who has kidnapped an internationally renowned scientist, Helm becomes involved in a secret mission that includes blowing up an unknown place for a top-secret reason. But all secrets are revealed when Helm, in his efforts to rescue the scientist, finally corners Wall and his mob in a showdown that gives Matt a chance to prove his new super-weapons are an effective equalizer for the outnumbered agent. In the process of finding the missing man, Helm has more than enough ladies to love as he jets from challenge to challenge in America, England, and France.

An evil villain (Karl Malden) threatens to melt Washington, D.C., and only super swinger Matt Helm (Dean Martin) can stop him.

An evil villain (Karl Malden) threatens to melt Washington, D.C., and only super swinger Matt Helm (Dean Martin) can stop him.