Ride The Tiger (1970)

1970 - Ride The Tiger (company unknown)

[filmed in Manila, Zamboanga, Hong Kong and Bangkok]

Director/Screenplay/Producer Ferde Grofé Jr.

Cast George Montgomery (Will Lanyon), Victoria Shaw, Marshall Thompson, Andre Marquis

BFI Database synopsis: The infamous Club Crystal in Manila is home for wealthy playboy Will Lanyon. When Lanyon's partner Johnny Rulo is found dead, the police shut down the club. Lanyon decides to avenge his friend but has only clue, the name Orpheus. He soon finds himself embroiled in a communist-inspired crime and drug empire and embarks on a journey that will bring him back full circle to Club Crystal.

Huk! (1956)

1956 - Huk! (Pan Pacific Productions/United Artists)

Director John Barnwell Screenplay Stirling Silliphant (based on his novel) Producer Collier Young Music Albert Glasser Cinematography William Snyder Editor Helene Turner Production Manager James H. Anderson Second Unit Director Alfred Wyatt Sound Stephen Bass Assistant Sound Angel “Avellano”/Avellana Sound Effects Milton Citron Special Effects Roland Chiniquy, [uncredited] Al Wyatt Sr Camera Operator Manuel Rojas Philippine-American coordinator Monchi Brown Aguinaldo Production Assistants Jack Guiterrez, Mario David Production Associates (Philippines) Gerardo de Leon, Manuel De Leon, Col. Ernesto D. Rufino

Cast George Montgomery (Greg Dickson), Mona Freeman (Cindy Rogers), John Baer (Bart Rogers), James Bell (Stephen Rogers), Teddy Benavedes (Major Balatbat), Mario Barri (Kalak), Ben Perez (Pinote)

The Steel Claw (1961)

1961 - The Steel Claw (Ponderey Productions/Warner Brothers)

Director/Producer George Montgomery Writers Ferde Grofé Jr, George Montgomery, Malvin Wald Associate Producers Ferde Grofé Jr, Al Wyatt [Sr] Music Harry Zimmerman Cinematography Manuel Rojas Editor Jack Murray Assistant Directors Mario Barri, Jairo Mullin, Vicente Nayve Sound Editor Jack Milner Special Effects Totoy Torrente Stunts [uncredited] Al Wyatt Music Editor Laurence Dean Conductor Harry Zimmerman Script Supervisor "Neil"/Nilo Saez

Cast George Montgomery (Captain John Larsen), Charito Luna (Lolita Smith), Mario Barri (Santana), Paul Sorensen (Sergeant Frank Powers), Amelia De La Rama (Christina), Carmen Austin (Rosa), Ben Perez (Dolph Rodriguez), John MacGloan (Commander), Joe Sison, Pedro Faustino (Farmer, Lolita's Uncle), Oscar Keesee Jr (Lolita's Cousin), Al Wyatt [Sr] (Sergeant)

Samar (1962)

1962 - Samar (Winchester/MAM/Warner Brothers)

Director/Producer George Montgomery Screenplay Ferde Grofe Jr, George Montgomery Associate Producers Al Wyatt, Ferde Grofé Jr Music Harry Zimmerman Cinematography Emmanuel I. Rojas Editor Walter Thompson Assistant Directors Mario Barri, Jairo Mullin, Vincente Nayve Sound Effects Editor Morton Tubor Music Editor Laurence Dean Conductor Harry Zimmerman

Cast George Montgomery (Dr. John Saunders), Gilbert Roland (Col. Salazar), Ziva Rodann (Ana Orteiz), Joan O'Brien (Cecile Salazar), Nico Minardos (De Guzman), Mario Barri (Sgt. Nanding), Henry Feist (Tominsino), Tony Fortich (Trustee), Johnny Cortez (Adring), Carmen Austin (School Teacher), Esperanza Garcia (Injured Woman), “Danny”/Danilo Jurado (Trustee), Luciano Lasam (Trustee), Pedro Faustino (Lasar), Joaquin Fajardo (Spanish Soldier), Pam Saunders (Woman Convict), Rita Moreno (Woman Convict), [uncredited] Tony Smith (Trustee)

Tom Martin’s review from the Internet Movie Database:

This George Montgomery film is better than average. He plays a cynical doctor who is being sent by the Spanish to a prison camp on the island of Samar for his political beliefs. The compassionate commandant (played by Gilbert Roland) has been waiting for a doctor. He is planning to lead the residents of the camp to a new life in the interior. On the way they must fight headhunters, mosquitoes, dense jungle and mud. Montgomery reluctantly goes, because he has no choice. By the time they arrive at their destination, a lost city in the jungle, Montgomery has found a cause and romance. The movie is predictable but pleasant to watch.

The cast led by Montgomery, Roland and Israeli actress Ziva Rodan do a good job with what little they have to work with. The colorful locales, action and Rodan's costumes more than make up for the pedestrian plot and script. I would watch it again if I had the chance. Unfortunately, it is rarely shown these days.

Robert C. Waltham’s review on The Critics website:

When I received a copy of American Home Treasures’ recent DVD release “Gripping War Escape Movies”, I was pleasantly surprised to find three full length features on a single DVD. I should have known from the title--not many single features use the plural “movies”--that I was in for greater value than the standard DVD fare. Indeed, with a retail price of only $9.98, I would have been happy with pretty much any combination of movies (remember, some people are actually shelling out the same amount to see “Kangaroo Jack”!). While the three movies included in “Gripping War Escape Movies” may not be “classic” masterpieces, they are for the most part above average quality features, albeit a bit dated, with several recognizable names from recent cinematic history.

“Samar”, as mentioned above, is the oldest of the three movies making up the “Gripping War Escape Movies” DVD. George Montgomery and Gilbert Roland star in this tale of an American doctor (Montgomery) as he becomes involved in a mass escape from a Spanish prison colony in the Philippines. As the title implies, the film is set on the cinematographically beautiful--yet hostile--island of Samar in 1870. I appreciate the addition of “Samar” to the “Gripping War Escape Movies” DVD as it represents George Montgomery’s relatively successfully stint in a series of low-budget action films based in the Philippines. The story may have landed “Samar” a spot on the “Gripping War Escape Movies” DVD, but the action and attractive locations overshadow the simple plot and contribute to the movie’s overall enjoyment.

Guerillas In Pink Lace (1964)

1964 - Guerillas In Pink Lace (company unknown)

Director George Montgomery Writers/Producers Ferde Grofé Jr, George Montgomery

Cast George Montgomery, Joan Shawlee, Valerie Varda, Robin Grace, Jane Earl, Ruth Earl, Diki Lerner, J. Seison

Van Roberts’ review at the Internet Movie Database:

Rugged western leading man George Montgomery stars in this lightweight, juvenile, World War II adventure-comedy about an American gambler, Brass Murphy (Montgomery), and a bevy of American showgirls that catch a ride on a U.S. military transport plane leaving Manila in the Philippines.

The action takes place less than a month after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Brass loses everything gambling and gets into a fight. He is rewarded with a black eye and is nursing it in a hotel lobby when a considerate Catholic priest, Father Osgood, befriends him. Osgood observes that everybody is in a frenzy to leave Manila while he is quite content to stick around and help his fellow men. He tells Murphy that he wants to see that his military pass will go to someone deserving.

He sends Murphy to his room to fetch it, but Murphy finds it, decks himself out like a priest and heads to the airport. The transport crashes and Murphy winds up in a raft with the gals. They paddle to the nearest island only to discover that the Japanese hold it—that is, two Japanese soldiers with a radio unit hold it. Nevertheless, Murphy advises his five showgirls that they should stay out of sight of the enemy. If they overpowered the two Japanese soldiers, the rest of the Imperial Army might swarm the island in an effort to find two missing soldiers.

Meanwhile, neither man nor woman lives by bread alone. Murphy conducts a night-time raid on the Japanese for food. The superior Japanese officer is bathing and his radio man is dressed up like a Geisha girl to entertain him. No, it doesn't get any more provocative than the humor implied by one guy cross-dressing as a woman. While the Japanese are splashing around and entertaining each other, Murphy tries to raise the Allies on the Japanese radio. Murphy's biggest threat as he tries to contact the Allies is a rooster.

Later, a numerically overwhelming force of Japanese soldiers infests the island. Montgomery steals a Japanese uniform and is able to approach and clobber them and then lug their unconscious bodies to the girls who strip the uniform off and climb into them. During the evening, Murphy sabotages a roast pig and triggers mass hysteria among the Japanese troops. Not surprisingly, native Phillipine scenarist Ferde Grofé Jr. makes the Japanese appear like simple-minded numb skulls. They never really pose a threat to our hero and heroine. Of course, the showgirls truly do believe that Murphy is a man of the cloth and they are upset in the end when they learn the truth about him. This disposable World War II movie really never lives up to its title. The showgirls don't commit any genuine acts of sabotage. Mongtomery doesn't take himself seriously and gives rather funny performance as a man stranded among a group of showgirls with no opportunity to take advantage of them because they are convinced that he is a man of God.

The VCI DVD for "Guerrillas in Pink Lace" is a full frame version and the film was lensed in a widescreen format so the pictorials are clipped. Completist World War II buffs will be disappointed. Time wise, "Guerrillas in Pink Lace" clocks in at 96 minutes. Incidentally, the film boasts some level of authenticity because the Japanese speak in their native tongue and the action was filmed on location in the Phillippines.

Hal Erickson's review for the All Movie Guide:

Hollywood movie star (and future ace cabinet maker) George Montgomery spent much of the early 1960s trying to establish himself as a producer/director. Like most of his directorial efforts, Guerillas in Pink Lace was lensed in the Philippines and suffers from cheesy production values, but all in all has of few isolated moments of genuine merit. The titular guerillas are not cross-dressers but women, a group of showgirls stranded in Manila at the time of the 1941 Japanese invasion. Barely escaping with their lives, the girls take to the hills, where they matriculate into A-number-one freedom fighters. Outside of Montgomery, who also stars, the biggest "name" connected with Guerillas in Pink Lace is Joan Shawlee, a brassy-blonde actress best known for her comedy work with Abbott and Costello and Billy Wilder.

Hell Of Borneo (1966)

1966 – Hell Of Borneo (Mont Productions)

[also released as “From Hell To Borneo”]

Director George Montgomery Producers Ferde Grofé Jr, George Montgomery Writers Ferde Grofé Jr, (uncredited) George Montgomery Director of Photography Emmanuel Rojas Editor Kenneth Crane Musical Score Gene Kauer, Doug Lackey Assistant Director Nilo Saez Sound Effects Ray Alba Musical Editor Robert Post Songs Sid Wayne, Sharon Silbert Script Supervisor Ricardo Velasco Sound Man Juanito Clemente Camera Operator Narciso Magcales Makeup Andrea Manahan Cosmetics Viviane Woodard Wardrobe R.M. Manlapat Titles Joe Sison

Cast George Montgomery (John Dirkson), Julie Gregg (Marjorie Bellflower), “Thorin”/Torin Thatcher (Bellflower), Liza Moreno, Vic Diaz, Joe Sison, Carol Varga, Vicente Liwanag, Diki Lerner, Michael “Dupont”/ Du Pont, Pedro Faustino, Henry Duval, Max Rojo, Armando Grisola, Pamboy, Achmad Sukiman, Danny Jurado, George Cramer, Albert Jurado, Don McLaughlin, Jim Montgomery

Warkill (1967)

1967 – Warkill (Balut Productions)

Director/Producer/Writer Ferde Grofé Jr Executive Producer Demetrio Tuason Associate Producer Stanford Tischler Music Gene Kauer, Douglas M. Lackey Director of Photography Remegio Young Editor Phillip [Philip?] Innes Assistant Director Ricardo Velasco Unit Manager Luis Florentino Camera Operator Sylvestre Carrianga Jr Sound Recordist Demetrio Carrianga Special Effects Enrique Ledesma Script Supervisor Herman Robles Recording TV Recorders Assistant to the Executive Producer Johnny Gutierrez

Cast George Montgomery, Tom Drake (Phil Sutton), Conrad Parham, Eddie Infante, Henry Duval, Joaquin Fajardo (Max), Paul Edwards Jr (Mike Harris), Claude Wilson (U.S. Major), Ken Loring, Bert La Fortesa (Dr. Namura), "Burno"/Bruno Punzalan (Maj. Hashiri), David Michael (Sgt. Johnson)