Written by James M. Tate / 1/18/2018 / No comments / barbara rush , bradford dillman , david janssen , seventies , tribute , tv movie
LATE ACTOR BRADFORD DILLMAN HOWLS IN 'MOON OF THE WOLF'
Bradford Dillman armed though not yet dangerous YEAR: 1972 |
Bradford Dillman has always been a favorite. His based-on-real-life character from COMPULSION downright steals the show from heavyhitter Orson Welles and the more sympathetic of two killers based on Leopold and Loeb, Dean Stockwell, making Dillman's Artie Strauss the alpha male bully who takes charge. Soon enough that particular Richard Fleischer classic will be covered but for this tribute, MOON will do just fine...
RIP Bradford Dillman Jan, 2018 |
But we will say that it is a name that should have been more well-known...
The Wolf Itself |
That he is a werewolf, the werewolf that, from the very beginning, has been terrorizing a small French-American town where Janssen's the tried-and-true sheriff, courting Dillman's pretty sister played by Barbara Rush — alas, their soapy input takes too much of the screen time, leaving little for the buried lead... the one with fangs...
MoonWolfScore: ***1/2 |
Which does, in its own right, make MOON OF THE WOLF worth viewing as the performances are topnotch and natural (Geoffrey Lewis, Royal Dano also appear) and the story gives an audience just what the title implies — although "Loocaroo," a mispronounced and herein repeated French name for Werewolf, would have been far cooler — perhaps making it an instant cult fixture (by name only) instead of a forgotten little television monster movie within a sea of howling madman tales. Yet it's still nice to have the late Bradford Dillman's mark upon that legendary "curse."
Gives an idea of what the grain looks like even on the DVD |
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