John Gale, born Jun Gallardo, was a

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B-movie director, who started his career with martial arts movies in the 1970s and continued to Z-movie actioners in the 1980s, often produced by

K.Y. Lim KY or Ky may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Ky Kiske, a fictional character in the ''Guilty Gear'' video game series * Kashiyatra, a festival in India People * Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011), South Vietnamese general and prime minister * ...

's ''Silver Star Film Company''. ''Silver Star'' was a notorious but prolific producer of extremely low-budget

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, characterized by very low production values. Gale directed Richard Harrison in ''Intrusion Cambodia'' AKA ''Rescue Team'' (1981), also starring a cast of ''Silver Star'' workhorses such as

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, James Gaines,

Mike Monty Mike Monty (October 23, 1936 – August 4, 2006) was an American character actor, born in 1936 in Chattanooga, Tennessee as Michael O'Donoghue but he changed his name to Mike Monty late in life. Career He left the United States for Italy i ...

, Mike Cohen, and Ronnie Patterson. The assistant director of ''Intrusion Cambodia'' was

Teddy Page Teddy Page (akas: Ted Johnson, Irvin Johnson) is a Filipino film director and occasional writer. Page, whose real name is Teddy Chiu, began his career as a young man in the early 1980s, directing low-budget action movies for producer K.Y. Lim's ...

, another prolific ''Silver Star'' director. Gale directed Kristoff and Monty again in ''Slash'' (1984), a film influenced by the

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series starring Sylvester Stallone, to the point of plagiarism. ''Slash'' also featured Nick Nicholson and Gwendolyn Hung. Another film of debatable note was ''Commando Invasion'' (1986), which featured

Gordon Mitchell Gordon Mitchell (born Charles Allen Pendleton; July 29, 1923 – September 20, 2003) was an American actor and bodybuilder who made about 200 B movies. Biography Charles Allen Pendleton was born in Denver, Colorado, and began working out in ...

, Ken Watanabe (not to be confused with the more famous

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) and former model

Tetchie Agbayani Visitacion Parado (born July 2, 1961), better known by her screen name Tetchie Agbayani, is a Filipina movie and television actress, Mutya ng Pilipinas, psychology instructor and ''Playboy'' model. She appeared in a regular issue of German '' ...

(as Carol Roberts, also in ''Intrusion Cambodia''). Gale also directed

Christopher Mitchum Christopher Mitchum (born October 16, 1943) is an American film actor, screenwriter, and businessman. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the second son of film star Robert Mitchum and Dorothy Mitchum. He is the younger brother of actor Jam ...

thrice, in ''Master Samurai'' (''1974''), ''Commander Firefox'' (1983) and ''SFX Retaliator'' (1987). He seems to be now retired from film.

External links

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A review of ''Intrusion Cambodia'' on the French B-movie website ''Nanarland'', in French.
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