Antonio Margheriti is the Italian genre director most often

forgotten or overlooked by fans of Euro-Cult cinema. It's not that his films

are ignored but more that he is rarely looked upon as a filmmaker with a body

of work worthy of serious attention. Starting with this episode John Hudson and

I will be conducting a tour of some of the more interesting of his over thirty

year career in the director's chair. As I state (repeatedly) in the show,

Margheriti made films in nearly every genre possible and often crafted some of

the best examples of each type. Usually hidden behind his pseudonym Anthony M.

Dawson, he was responsible for more than just YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE!

This film  has been

known by many titles but we're going to use the one attached to the current

Region 1 DVD - WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS. I do, from time to time, refer to it as

PLANET OF THE PROWL because that is just such a cool name but considering the

various very similar titles given this and Margheriti's other science fiction

tales I hope I can be forgiven. If you've never heard of the Gamma One films

before hopefully this episode will give you some understanding of the group of

four movies and possible spur you to check them out. 

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