House of 1,000 Dolls is a 1967 crime drama mystery thriller movie set in Tangier, Morocco. The story revolves around a plot involving exploitation, mud-wrestling, white-slavers, belly dance, prostitution, female whipping, policemen, police officers, investigations, prostitutes, and kidnappings.
Jake Speed is a self-referential humor-filled movie set in the 1980s. When an American girl is kidnapped by white slavers, a novelist becomes her unlikely hero. With the help of his best friend and a gun-toting female protagonist, they embark on an adventure in a chaotic world filled with car crashes, gunfights, and hidden dangers. Together, they must outsmart the crime lord and his evil henchmen to save the girl and bring justice to the fictional African country they find themselves in.
The film addresses issues of racism in the Jim Crow American South. Themes of racial injustice, racial violence, working-class solidarity dominate the film. It depicts black men working in a field, walking in chains, sitting behind bars, and being executed in an electric chair. In most scenes, a white authority figure is seen whipping or guarding the men.
Ralph Ince stars as Brute Shane, a South Pacific trader who has adopted native girl Saina (Olive Broden). When Shane rescues English lass Nona Deering (Claire Adams) from white slavers, the jealous Saina begins plotting Nona's demise.
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