DAVID JANSSEN SOARS IN 'BIRDS OF PREY' WITH RALPH MEEKER

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbpgxanrJJ0/Xn4qX1F3trI/AAAAAAABPyw/rApvFLFpuEoQAvDp15u7MYbvWd-KcQwpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-27%2Bat%2B8.32.06%2BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XbpgxanrJJ0/Xn4qX1F3trI/AAAAAAABPyw/rApvFLFpuEoQAvDp15u7MYbvWd-KcQwpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-27%2Bat%2B8.32.06%2BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ralph Meeker as Jim McAndrew in BIRDS OF PREY aka Duell der Helicopter</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> David Janssen’s Harry Walker isn’t your typical helicopter traffic reporter. A former World War II fighter pilot, Walker listens to jazz and can’t let go of the past. He meets up with former war buddy Jim McAndrew’s, played by Ralph Meeker, and they couldn’t be more different...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> McAndrews, the town sheriff who literally wears patriotism on his sleeve, lives comfortably behind a newfangled computer while Walker remains in the air, and doesn’t have much purpose except for those daily reports until a bank robbery occurs that he witnesses during a routine flight. <br>

action, adventure, david janssen, made-for-TV, neo noir, ralph meeker, seventies

DAVID JANSSEN SOARS IN 'BIRDS OF PREY' WITH RALPH MEEKER

Ralph Meeker as Jim McAndrew in BIRDS OF PREY aka Duell der Helicopter David Janssen’s Harry Walker isn’t your typical helicopter traffi...

GENE NELSON & MERRY ANDERS IN '20,000 EYES' W/ JOHN BANNER

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5y2-cgmmT78/XnpGQzpfF3I/AAAAAAABPtY/Uflz32YQin4PFnYUWkIL2TVKqec8gHjwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-24%2Bat%2B10.18.22%2BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="1390" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5y2-cgmmT78/XnpGQzpfF3I/AAAAAAABPtY/Uflz32YQin4PFnYUWkIL2TVKqec8gHjwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-24%2Bat%2B10.18.22%2BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Gene Nelson and John Banner in 20th Century Fox's 20,000 EYES Year: 1961 Rating: ***</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Filmed in six days, this Post Noir (during the period after genuine Film Noir ended in 1958 and before intentional homage/Neo Noir began in the latter 1960's i.e. before anyone knew what Noir meant) titled 20,000 EYES sure shows its rushed production values, or lack of...<br> <br> Beginning with a not-so-loving couple played by two 20th Century Fox b-movie players Gene Nelson (under the direction of Jack Leewood, who he'd return with for <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/08/makes-jack-a-dull-boy.html">THUNDER ISLAND</a>)...<br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXSeQFMoeG0/XnpUziZng2I/AAAAAAABPuM/AwKkorvMEkg5386JUG3BIRkRnUhXNNM_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B10.20.02%252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1012" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXSeQFMoeG0/XnpUziZng2I/AAAAAAABPuM/AwKkorvMEkg5386JUG3BIRkRnUhXNNM_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B10.20.02%252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Merry Anders, Gene Nelson and James L. Brown in 20,000 EYES</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> And a personal favorite, Merry Anders, cramped in the kind of one-shot most of the film economically consists of, discussing something unimportant until Nelson's sucker-punched by future HOGAN'S HERO fan-favorite John Banner...<br> <br> Who in this case, as a wealthy gangster, is the opposite of "I know nothing," explaining the entire plot-line of his "investment counselor" Nelson who embezzled money, now with five days to pay it back... one day less than it took to make the entire movie...<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKQVXYvTy0Y/Xnq7GuV2xYI/AAAAAAABPv4/Q8inR_uM8FQANH4VivQdT_vzJiSz_Uo1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B11.53.18%252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1456" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKQVXYvTy0Y/Xnq7GuV2xYI/AAAAAAABPv4/Q8inR_uM8FQANH4VivQdT_vzJiSz_Uo1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B11.53.18%252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Merry Anders and Gene Nelson in 20,000 EYES from a black and white lobby card</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Man and woman are soon joined by the latter's former lover and the guy's current partner played by strong-jawed American-made James L. Brown in the creatively titled 20,000 EYES (referring to the city lights that don't witness the interior crime): a programmer in which, only by the end you'll realize had a nifty twist and an extremely clever heist plan that, during its course, is just suspenseful enough to pass the time...<br> <br> Including Nelson having to think his way past an intruding night patrolman in a museum where the diamonds are displayed; all while his girlfriend and partner (Anders and Brown) nervously wait outside, making Nelson both a protagonist and antagonist with one shared attribute: taking crazy and desperate, last-minute risks, without which there would be no picture at all.<br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JA-Ljt_i5go/Xnq-F2CtD6I/AAAAAAABPwI/Wi4oy0WfSf8FWyyCsdATqVvL8XABqWaaACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B10.58.30%252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JA-Ljt_i5go/Xnq-F2CtD6I/AAAAAAABPwI/Wi4oy0WfSf8FWyyCsdATqVvL8XABqWaaACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B10.58.30%252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>James L. Brown in 20,000 EYES with Gene Nelson</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R8Kz3dsEdEc/Xnq7oLiYBoI/AAAAAAABPv8/Vlas0Ks7plkmaN1GwDuxr98lpjGlAbx5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B2.40.33%252BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R8Kz3dsEdEc/Xnq7oLiYBoI/AAAAAAABPv8/Vlas0Ks7plkmaN1GwDuxr98lpjGlAbx5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B2.40.33%252BPM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Banner in 20,000 EYES with a smoking Gene Nelson</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rZOtwIv5HfU/Xnp_FhCzppI/AAAAAAABPvg/fVhdYZ8tlHwxbShTUirqn-DcitunaKIJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B11.02.40%252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rZOtwIv5HfU/Xnp_FhCzppI/AAAAAAABPvg/fVhdYZ8tlHwxbShTUirqn-DcitunaKIJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-24%252Bat%252B11.02.40%252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Banner and moll Judith Rawlins in 20,000 EYES</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p-YMKj4N-EI/Xnp-8N_DPPI/AAAAAAABPvY/m3OdgDk3Gx4h1T-BNdAhSirgsID5vI6JACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-24%2Bat%2B2.40.49%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p-YMKj4N-EI/Xnp-8N_DPPI/AAAAAAABPvY/m3OdgDk3Gx4h1T-BNdAhSirgsID5vI6JACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-24%2Bat%2B2.40.49%2BPM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>High School museum dwellers Barbara Parkins and Rex Holman in 20,000 EYES</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>

barbara parkins, crime, gene nelson, heist, jack leewood, james l. brown, john banner, judith rawlins, merry anders, neo noir, rex holman, sixties, thriller

GENE NELSON & MERRY ANDERS IN '20,000 EYES' W/ JOHN BANNER

Gene Nelson and John Banner in 20th Century Fox's 20,000 EYES Year: 1961 Rating: *** Filmed in six days, this Post Noir (during the ...

PAUL SCOFIELD IN 'A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS' WITH ORSON WELLES

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yqO_Ca-uRkc/XndwjRt9tNI/AAAAAAABPrU/rdacyq7Q994GAc9dSKueJH_KIi9qgYangCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-22%252Bat%252B3.48.57%252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yqO_Ca-uRkc/XndwjRt9tNI/AAAAAAABPrU/rdacyq7Q994GAc9dSKueJH_KIi9qgYangCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-22%252Bat%252B3.48.57%252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Paul Scofield heads to a loaded court in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Year: 19566</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Orson Welles, years after CITIZEN KANE, said the hardest role to play was probably that of Joseph Cotten's Jeb Leland, a man so determined, honest, and stubborn, he doesn't have many rooting for him, but instead, the sympathy goes to the flawed leading man... <br> <br> Far from the lead, Welles makes an appearance here as a perplexed Cardinal in the Oscar Winning A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, kickstarting an accusation that would lead to the death of the titular priest who would not bend for anyone, not even the King of England... the infamous Henry the XIII... who, played by Robert Shaw, has a voracious laugh as rich as fool's gold... <br>

england, john hurt, leo mckern, nigel davenport, orson welles, paul scofield, religion, sixties, susannah york

PAUL SCOFIELD IN 'A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS' WITH ORSON WELLES

Paul Scofield heads to a loaded court in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Year: 19566 Orson Welles, years after CITIZEN KANE, said the hardest role...

REMAKE OF STEPHEN KING'S 'PET SEMATARY' WITH JASON CLARKE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X6ktahTYSWc/XnVkGOq3z7I/AAAAAAABPkU/9KiiTIPwuwQZ8tl9AvW6-Hflj58ffEZOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-20%252Bat%252B2.02.49%252BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X6ktahTYSWc/XnVkGOq3z7I/AAAAAAABPkU/9KiiTIPwuwQZ8tl9AvW6-Hflj58ffEZOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-20%252Bat%252B2.02.49%252BPM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u> Naomi Frenette as Upset Student leading to Jason Clarke's ghost story in PET SEMATARY Year: 2019</u></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> For a movie about a city family relocating to the country to "slow down," PET SEMETARY rushes through the first half with choppy editing, often seeming like a prolonged trailer...<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br></div> Which only works in that youngest son Gage, the primary focus of the original, is pretty much forgotten, replaced by an older sister, whose age is far more suited to horror movie curiosity: And fans of either the Stephen King novel or the 1989 adaptation know exactly where curiosity gets you...<br>

2019, amy seimetz, creature, horror, jason clarke, jeté laurence, john lithgow, new, reboot, remake, stephen king

REMAKE OF STEPHEN KING'S 'PET SEMATARY' WITH JASON CLARKE

 Naomi Frenette as Upset Student leading to Jason Clarke's ghost story in PET SEMATARY Year: 2019 For a movie about a city family re...

DANA ANDREWS IN 'THREE HOURS TO KILL' WITH DIANNE FOSTER

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L-hkhHvPufA/XnN0uw_2o8I/AAAAAAABPfU/bbIeq827UCobYvuwvp8FjxruGy4WhTn0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%25252BShot%25252B2020-03-18%25252Bat%25252B3.51.47%25252BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L-hkhHvPufA/XnN0uw_2o8I/AAAAAAABPfU/bbIeq827UCobYvuwvp8FjxruGy4WhTn0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%25252BShot%25252B2020-03-18%25252Bat%25252B3.51.47%25252BPM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Awesome Gun in Holser Western opening credit font for THREE HOURS TO KILL Year: 1954</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> In almost every Western with Dana Andrews, there's some kind of kangaroo court leading to a hanging or a possible one, beginning with Dana himself on the unlucky and doomed side of the rope in THE OX-BOW INCIDENT...<br> <br> Then trying to defend best friend/gambling addict Brian Donlevy from an accusing barroom "jury" in <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/03/CPassage.html">CANYON PASSAGE</a>; and decades later defending a falsely accused semi-outlaw in JOHNNY RENO... <br>

alfred werker, dana andrews, dianne foster, donna reed, fifties, mystery, revenge, stephen elliott, western

DANA ANDREWS IN 'THREE HOURS TO KILL' WITH DIANNE FOSTER

Awesome Gun in Holser Western opening credit font for THREE HOURS TO KILL Year: 1954 In almost every Western with Dana Andrews, there...

MARTIN SCORSESE'S 'THE COLOR OF MONEY' WITH PAUL NEWMAN

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wBTQaggy-LA/XnN5VNpWJcI/AAAAAAABPf8/qEM7GzNl10ETmTm-AujhfvWxWoLn-VzPACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%25252BShot%25252B2020-03-18%25252Bat%25252B6.11.25%25252BPM%25252B2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wBTQaggy-LA/XnN5VNpWJcI/AAAAAAABPf8/qEM7GzNl10ETmTm-AujhfvWxWoLn-VzPACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%25252BShot%25252B2020-03-18%25252Bat%25252B6.11.25%25252BPM%25252B2.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Paul Newman gets annoyed again in Martin Scorsese's THE COLOR OF MONEY Year: 1987</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> If it’s difficult for the viewing audience to put up with an overly cocky Tom Cruise, donning a ridiculous raised-flattop hairdo resembling a greased-up landing strip, and an obnoxious toothy grin that never ceases, how do you think Paul Newman’s character, a middle-age-plus Fast Eddie Felson from THE HUSTLER, feels about training such a annoying, pompous punk while peripherally attempting his own comeback?<br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> The answer is what the movie's all about: Felson’s subtle reemergence from a successful high-end liquor salesman back into the pool hall dives he once frequented. And Cruise, while an important character who's more effective and less assinine when his flashy guard lets down, is but a cog in that wheel.<br>

con man, eighties, helen shaver, john turturro, martin scorsese, mary elizabeth mastrantonio, paul newman, sequel, sport, tom cruise

MARTIN SCORSESE'S 'THE COLOR OF MONEY' WITH PAUL NEWMAN

Paul Newman gets annoyed again in Martin Scorsese's THE COLOR OF MONEY Year: 1987 If it’s difficult for the viewing audience to put...

ORSON WELLES IN 'JOURNEY INTO FEAR' WITH JOSEPH COTTEN

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSbcuquK4u4/Xm4c9PvnJXI/AAAAAAABPLs/lMe4YI7ZOYkFxD6wM47S8530K2REBLb_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-15%2Bat%2B5.15.28%2BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="785" height="371" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSbcuquK4u4/Xm4c9PvnJXI/AAAAAAABPLs/lMe4YI7ZOYkFxD6wM47S8530K2REBLb_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-15%2Bat%2B5.15.28%2BAM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From the Eric Ambler novel JOURNEY INTO FEAR Film Year: 1943</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> An entertaining, lightweight suspense yarn about a passive arms dealer... who ironically has never fired a gun... stuck on a cargo ship where there lurks a clandestine Nazi out to kill him...<br> <br> Joseph Cotten stars as the hunted pawn who, having left loyal wife Ruth Warrick ashore, is reluctantly sent aboard with dancer Dolores Del Rio and meets various passengers including a Turkish tobacco dealer, a slick gambler and a German businessman. It's not hard figuring out who the main heavy is, but it doesn't matter...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> It's great seeing the CITIZEN KANE acting trio of Cotten now in the lead, Everett Sloane an exposition-spouting go-between and Orson Welles as a Turkish Captain. The pace is loose with a terrific buildingtop shootout/climax involving the villain's ruthless hit man (played by Welles's real life manager, Jack Moss). And to prove Welles was only the producer, here's a quote from the man himself when asked if he himself secretly directed, like most movie historians think, and claim...<br>

agnes moorehead, classic, delores rio, everette sloane, film noir or melodrama, joseph cotten, mystery, orson welles, suspense

ORSON WELLES IN 'JOURNEY INTO FEAR' WITH JOSEPH COTTEN

From the Eric Ambler novel JOURNEY INTO FEAR Film Year: 1943 An entertaining, lightweight suspense yarn about a passive arms dealer......

HAMMER'S VICTORIAN HORROR 'THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2mzShgNhnw/XmxwiAw5C7I/AAAAAAABPJY/_PROq_S7UK4hcMW14nDIXgcmX-Z0LUVVACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="825" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2mzShgNhnw/XmxwiAw5C7I/AAAAAAABPJY/_PROq_S7UK4hcMW14nDIXgcmX-Z0LUVVACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/2.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Josephine Llewellyn and Anthony Dawson in THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF Year: 1961</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> A man gets bitten by a wolf and slowly turns into one… Which probably sounds extremely familiar but the British run Hammer Films will have nothing to do with anything <i>that</i> simple, basic or cliche…<br> <br> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> The setup, before we even meet Oliver Reed’s Leon, is eerie and creative, introducing the story set during the colorfully antique 1800’s where a beggar's thrown out of a tavern, and then ventures naively into the last place he’s wanted: a lush castle where an aged King has married his beautiful young bride (a nefarious, later grotesque Anthony Dawson to insanely gorgeous Josephine Llewellyn)… <br>

british, hammer films, horror, oliver reed, werewolf, yvonne romain

HAMMER'S VICTORIAN HORROR 'THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF'

Josephine Llewellyn and Anthony Dawson in THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF Year: 1961 A man gets bitten by a wolf and slowly turns into one… Wh...

LEWIS GILBERT'S 'FERRY TO HONG KONG' WITH ORSON WELLES

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8SZZUNEaamg/XmoVEyf7ThI/AAAAAAABPDM/mnHZ615DrQ057q8gHoVT7b13QTCnCBeWACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2525252BShot%2525252B2020-03-11%2525252Bat%2525252B4.23.12%2525252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8SZZUNEaamg/XmoVEyf7ThI/AAAAAAABPDM/mnHZ615DrQ057q8gHoVT7b13QTCnCBeWACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2525252BShot%2525252B2020-03-11%2525252Bat%2525252B4.23.12%2525252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Closeup of the dragon around the disc menu for FERRY TO HONG KONG Year: 1959</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> FERRY TO HONG KONG could have made a great pilot for a TV series: The premise has maverick loafer Mark Conrad, played by Curt Jurgens, winding up on a Ferry from Hong Kong to Macao. Officials at either port won’t let him on land so he has to remain a passenger on the Ferry. The not-so-accidental, omnipresent tourist.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> Now for the antagonist: Orson Welles as Captain Hart, an uptight, prissy, anal retentive, control freak Captain who runs the boat with a iron fist despite his passive/aggressive composure... <br>

adventure, comedy, curt jurgens, fifties, lewis gilbert, orson welles, sylvia sims

LEWIS GILBERT'S 'FERRY TO HONG KONG' WITH ORSON WELLES

Closeup of the dragon around the disc menu for FERRY TO HONG KONG Year: 1959 FERRY TO HONG KONG could have made a great pilot for a TV s...

PETER O'TOOLE 'THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS' TOM COURTENAY

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fPioQDtipgw/XmajdcSJTEI/AAAAAAABO4s/kNzj5Bdc5ZkJesCktXJkmqgSS3YhsjjVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/33.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fPioQDtipgw/XmajdcSJTEI/AAAAAAABO4s/kNzj5Bdc5ZkJesCktXJkmqgSS3YhsjjVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/33.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Omar Sharif spends deathly wartime with Peter O'Toole in THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS Year: 1967</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The fact that a movie from the producer of and two main leads from LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, and another David Lean-directed actor, Tom Courtenay, from the epic followup that also starred Omar Sharif, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, was just a pretty-good and not a really-great motion picture is probably why "all the hate" has been given for THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS throughout the years...<br> <br> And while spending far too much of that hefty run-time making for too long a movie in <i>general</i>, it's still a neat cinematic experience, especially the narrowed last half as a reluctant Courtenay's put in passive charge of driving/escorting bloodthirsty Nazi general Peter O'Toole around occupied yet art-inspired Paris: He's one of three German Generals that could be the murderer of a female German spy, unseen in the movie's talky prologue...<br>

charles gray, donald pleasence, joanna pettet, mystery, nazi, omar sharif, peter o'toole, sixties, thriller, tom courtenay, véronique vendell, war, world war

PETER O'TOOLE 'THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS' TOM COURTENAY

Omar Sharif spends deathly wartime with Peter O'Toole in THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS Year: 1967 The fact that a movie from the produce...

KIRK DOUGLAS & TONY CURTIS PILLAGE THROUGH 'THE VIKINGS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gEU-ETxc-dg/XmZtu2wmldI/AAAAAAABO3U/_k_yhAwxohkKiMz2UQZebOw_3wskJD33gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1389" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gEU-ETxc-dg/XmZtu2wmldI/AAAAAAABO3U/_k_yhAwxohkKiMz2UQZebOw_3wskJD33gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1-1.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mountain waterfall with James Donald and Ernest Borgnine in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS Year: 1958</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Can you have a bonafide epic with only three Viking ships? Well Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS at least plays like one thanks to a booming opening narration by Orson Welles and especially Kirk Douglas's usual spirited acting style, neatly curbed by a much more subtle Tony Curtis as his unaware half brother....<br> <br> The latter an assertive, resilient Viking slave who, we learn from the prologue, is related to Douglas from an England-set pillaging rape by their Viking king father, Ernest Borgnine, full of hearty laughs and a brawling beard, gulping gallons of grog during various scenes in a noisy tavern where the Vikings party like it's 1099.<br>

almut berg, ernest borgnine, fifties, james donald, janet leigh, kirk douglas, orson welles, richard fleischer, tony curtis

KIRK DOUGLAS & TONY CURTIS PILLAGE THROUGH 'THE VIKINGS'

Mountain waterfall with James Donald and Ernest Borgnine in Richard Fleischer's THE VIKINGS Year: 1958 Can you have a bonafide epic ...

TOM COURTENAY GETS CHASED THROUGH ENGLAND AS 'OTLEY'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2gJEJ8J4nbw/XlUUjd-uBrI/AAAAAAABOpI/YvpAT8Jz1m4PnxMQViACCBscBIk16svwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/56384129_2020455398260110_3478112714423795712_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2gJEJ8J4nbw/XlUUjd-uBrI/AAAAAAABOpI/YvpAT8Jz1m4PnxMQViACCBscBIk16svwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/56384129_2020455398260110_3478112714423795712_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Courtenay as Gerald Otley escapes another close call in OTLEY Year: 1969</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> At the crest of the 1960's counter-culture, OTLEY was the final starring cinematic role for Tom Courtenay before returning to and remaining with the Royal Stage until his comeback in THE DRESSER. Despite earning an Oscar nomination, those very long thirteen-years had changed the scrawny, scowling, hungry rebellious youth into a mellow middle-aged man who could still act — but visually it was like replacing James Dean with Jimmy Dean... <br> <br> OTLEY was also a reunion of two young cronies from Courtenay's star-making role in THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER: James Bolam plays one of several antique dealers along Fleet Street, England, where Courtenay's Gerald Otley hardly makes a living, starting out being kicked out of one flat and desperately seeking another...<br>

action, espionage, fiona lewis, james bolam, james villiers, leonard rossiter, romy schneider, satire, spoof, spy, tom courtenay, wrong man

TOM COURTENAY GETS CHASED THROUGH ENGLAND AS 'OTLEY'

Tom Courtenay as Gerald Otley escapes another close call in OTLEY Year: 1969 At the crest of the 1960's counter-culture, OTLEY was t...

GARY LOCKWOOD IN 'FIRECREEK' STARRING JAMES STEWART

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d307dlloZFQ/XlSjHosuOLI/AAAAAAABOmg/ZtNdvLEy6WE3AohJ4K260GEftJQTXRoXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-15%2Bat%2B2.57.28%2BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d307dlloZFQ/XlSjHosuOLI/AAAAAAABOmg/ZtNdvLEy6WE3AohJ4K260GEftJQTXRoXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-15%2Bat%2B2.57.28%2BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The same year he'd battle a computer in outer space, Gary Lockwood was grounded in FIRECREEK Year: 1968</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> With raging killer biker movies all the counter-culture rage, Westerns during the 1960's and 1970's became far more dark and violent, and yet, some still followed the old John Ford wide-landscape look and feel without conforming to the edgy-sparse vibe of the Spaghetti Western — in full background display for FIRECREEK where a gang of subtle yet vicious marauding riders ride into a small town that's literally a main street, and hardly even that...<br> <br> Where James Stewart plays a humble farmer and passive substitute sheriff in a title town "taken over" in a passive-aggressive fashion, where much of the suspense relies on the implied threat rather than a barrage of violence, that occurs at the climax: a worthy wait after particularly overlong scenes where the good guys ponder their lives in existential "is this all there is?" dialogue.<br>

brooke bundy, gary lockwood, henry fonda, inger stevens, jack elam, jacqueline scott, james best, james stewart, louise latham, morgan woodward, robert porter, sixties, thriller, western

GARY LOCKWOOD IN 'FIRECREEK' STARRING JAMES STEWART

The same year he'd battle a computer in outer space, Gary Lockwood was grounded in FIRECREEK Year: 1968 With raging killer biker mov...

PETER FALK IN 'COLUMBO CRIES WOLF' WITH REBECCA STAAB

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BPvnosNp0SQ/XkuOxb5eLYI/AAAAAAABObE/T8N4CXt0AsUDUtdNFOu5m6qqOQy0bKRBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-17%252Bat%252B1.51.41%252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BPvnosNp0SQ/XkuOxb5eLYI/AAAAAAABObE/T8N4CXt0AsUDUtdNFOu5m6qqOQy0bKRBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-17%252Bat%252B1.51.41%252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1990 cast: Peter Falk, Ian Buchanan, Rebecca Staab rating: ****</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> If every COLUMBO episode can be judged upon how conceited and prosperous, and downright horrendously in-your-face lucky the villain is, you can chalk this up as one of the best...<br> <br> That is, of the latter episodes made during the 1990's wherein Peter Falk is an older, scruffier Columbo, still feigning naivete with his ruffled trench coat and even wearier eyes, not even having to act the way he seems and looks being older: yet he's still always thinking... <br>

actress, crime, gumshoe, ian buchanan, mystery, nineties, peter falk, rebecca staab, thriller, TV

PETER FALK IN 'COLUMBO CRIES WOLF' WITH REBECCA STAAB

year: 1990 cast: Peter Falk, Ian Buchanan, Rebecca Staab rating: **** If every COLUMBO episode can be judged upon how conceited and pros...

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HOW THE WEST WAS WON' TELEVISION SERIES

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jzPw2YXyy5A/XkfjhUJ5r1I/AAAAAAABOWc/5XR2YB2oX-IvEMr_abzvOeXKWxnX3vbzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1197" data-original-width="1490" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jzPw2YXyy5A/XkfjhUJ5r1I/AAAAAAABOWc/5XR2YB2oX-IvEMr_abzvOeXKWxnX3vbzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/0.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elyssa Davalos in HOW THE WEST WAS WON Years from 1976 to 1979</td></tr> </tbody></table> After twenty years of GUNSMOKE, James Arness was ready to be a character-actor, while still remaining the lead. His gruff trapper Zeb Macahan is a success just for being better suited to the genuinely muscular role than the completely miscast James Stewart in the horrendous motion picture, HOW THE WEST WAS WON, which on the small screen makes for a pretty entertaining sequel miniseries-style TV series that was an early "binge" watch...<br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> But the best stories go to Zeb's war deserter nephew Luke, played by Bruce Boxleitner. While his Native American-friendly uncle deals with politically-correct "all white men suck" issues, young Luke goes from one roving adventure to the next, initially tailed by a formidable bounty hunter, and then captured and joining forces with an eclectic, <i>merry band </i>of mountain-holed criminals led by Richard Basehart and a quick-draw Tim Matheson...<br>

action, adventure, bruce boxleitner, drama, elyssa davalos, james arness, miniseries, remake, seventies, tv series, western

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HOW THE WEST WAS WON' TELEVISION SERIES

Elyssa Davalos in HOW THE WEST WAS WON Years from 1976 to 1979 After twenty years of GUNSMOKE, James Arness was ready to be a character-...

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HAWAII FIVE-O: THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UUvHXDU9V18/XkaRu5s60gI/AAAAAAABOUw/ZiHEZnIv5uosYCK9Sfol4X6pQgeV7V4DACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-13%2Bat%2B5.36.23%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UUvHXDU9V18/XkaRu5s60gI/AAAAAAABOUw/ZiHEZnIv5uosYCK9Sfol4X6pQgeV7V4DACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-13%2Bat%2B5.36.23%2BPM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos and William Smith on Hawaii Five-0 episode THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL Year: 1979</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The best episode of the maligned final season of HAWAII FIVE-0, when Jack Lord had stopped saying "Book 'em, Danno" for two reasons. First, there was no more Danno as James McCarther had left the series the year before...<br> <br> Second, the cement-haired Lord took more of a backseat... perhaps because of his underling's departure, replaced twofold by female detective Sharon Farrell, whose cop husband died on the third episode, and William Smith, who'd made waves as the villain's villain Falconetti in RICH MAN POOR MAN, as  Det. James 'Kimo' Carew... <br>

crime, dennis patrick, elyssa davalos, jack lord, revenge, robert reed, seventies, sharon farrell, TV, vigilante, william smith

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HAWAII FIVE-O: THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL'

Elyssa Davalos and William Smith on Hawaii Five-0 episode THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL Year: 1979 The best episode of the maligned final seas...

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BJ_-HzWZxA/XkZEHuQZUUI/AAAAAAABOSU/zI7dmOlMEtAyl7clafkaQu736L4HssKZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-13%2Bat%2B2.17.49%2BPM%2B2.37.05%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BJ_-HzWZxA/XkZEHuQZUUI/AAAAAAABOSU/zI7dmOlMEtAyl7clafkaQu736L4HssKZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-13%2Bat%2B2.17.49%2BPM%2B2.37.05%2BPM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Eylssa Davalos and Robert Pine in THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN Year: 1979</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The original APPLE DUMPLING GANG is one of those experiences you remember as a kid for two good reasons: Don Knotts and Tim Conway as clumsy bank robbers Theodore and Amos. But upon rewatching you realize they aren’t in the movie enough...<br> <br> Too much time's spent on Bill Bixby and a group of orphans, who deemed themselves The Apple Dumpling Gang, <i>not</i> named after Knotts and Conway despite this superior sequel keeping the title for continuity’s sake (liken to THE PINK PANTHER and THIN MAN franchises). <br>

comedy, disney, don knotts, elyssa davalos, harry morgan, morgan paull, sequel, tim conway, tim matheson

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN'

Eylssa Davalos and Robert Pine in THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN Year: 1979 The original APPLE DUMPLING GANG is one of those experi...

ELYSSA DAVALOS RIDING DISNEY'S 'HERBIE GOES BANANAS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nntCAnR9_w0/XkazL9U2TJI/AAAAAAABOWU/MPQzJS_DoxYdHxzuyQoFCYt45xFvTr9JQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-12%252Bat%252B8.23.14%252BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nntCAnR9_w0/XkazL9U2TJI/AAAAAAABOWU/MPQzJS_DoxYdHxzuyQoFCYt45xFvTr9JQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-12%252Bat%252B8.23.14%252BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos is downright gorgeous in Disney's HERBIE GOES BANANAS circa 1980</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The first two of Disney's Bueno Vista Herbie films, THE LOVE BUG and HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO, center on the little car involved in big races; the ultimate underdog stories wherein Herbie is the focal point...<br /> <br /> In the third installment, HERBIE RIDES AGAIN, the cute lil' V-dub's merely used as a vehicle for a plot centering on humans while the final sequel does the same thing but in a much more entertaining story and better characters, including a wily Charles Martin-Smith (AMERICAN GRAFFITI) and his handsome buddy Stephen W. Burns as heirs to the love bug, picking Herbie up in South America and then being chased around by mobsters.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJWTzhNEEF4/XkZ4vq5FbxI/AAAAAAABOT8/dZxBaQ251WcJOZXwtIiUFAtE8N5FDaJLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/z.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1478" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJWTzhNEEF4/XkZ4vq5FbxI/AAAAAAABOT8/dZxBaQ251WcJOZXwtIiUFAtE8N5FDaJLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/z.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Herbie in Herbie Goes Bananas directed by both Star Trek and Disney go-to Vincent McEveety</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> The good guys meet a pickpocket orphan who becomes Herbie's best pal, and along the way journey on a cruise ship and even take part in a bullfight. Meanwhile, Burns falls in love with freespirited socialite Cloris Leachman's daughter, the beautiful Elyssa Davalos, doing the cliché <i>girl wearing glasses with real beauty soon to unveal </i>(although she's cute either way), while Martin insists they run a con job, giving a little edge to the romance.<br /> <br /> HERBIE GOES BANANAS is an enjoyable romp from beginning to end, with many different locations and sticky situations for the characters (including Harvey Korman as a cranky ship captain joining Leachman) and our titular bug to sneak out of, dodging seedy villains John Vernon, Alex Rocco and Richard Jaeckel. But they're no match for Herbie, who, though taking back seat a lot of the time, winds up stealing the show.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8rwtj6cNDuM/XkaNbNroAeI/AAAAAAABOUU/umDSKb8vuikYbv3_5ibjeV4r7qg86J6vACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-12%252Bat%252B8.24.08%252BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8rwtj6cNDuM/XkaNbNroAeI/AAAAAAABOUU/umDSKb8vuikYbv3_5ibjeV4r7qg86J6vACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-12%252Bat%252B8.24.08%252BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Opening credits with Mexican Blanket font for HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EnVqFFCnVbU/XkZsuMaCqgI/AAAAAAABOSw/AzQFdZp4zxgrbe75IXoovuZzLpUXKevZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.22.54%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EnVqFFCnVbU/XkZsuMaCqgI/AAAAAAABOSw/AzQFdZp4zxgrbe75IXoovuZzLpUXKevZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.22.54%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O_OTl3KRiX0/XkZs-OiOg-I/AAAAAAABOTE/QA58Pu49-kodHcJukSUMVbG2ZCJNcZ_3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.21%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O_OTl3KRiX0/XkZs-OiOg-I/AAAAAAABOTE/QA58Pu49-kodHcJukSUMVbG2ZCJNcZ_3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.21%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v5kWEFEvUMU/XkZs-Fr9-XI/AAAAAAABOS8/qPCdnfe1PaUHboiecUAwTkMbcZnlhBEDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.28%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v5kWEFEvUMU/XkZs-Fr9-XI/AAAAAAABOS8/qPCdnfe1PaUHboiecUAwTkMbcZnlhBEDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.28%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bRuqkZBPhgw/XkZs-HgGWtI/AAAAAAABOTA/tg4fNoh-99ANecJs5DqN9WTHgo6iJ8JkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.36%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bRuqkZBPhgw/XkZs-HgGWtI/AAAAAAABOTA/tg4fNoh-99ANecJs5DqN9WTHgo6iJ8JkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.36%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Villainous duo John Vernon and Richard Jaekel in Herbie Goes Bananas</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j7fHRAiO1ck/XkZs_BUk7mI/AAAAAAABOTI/98S4zPGBbyk_MesmwHbp7U-K-kNjuNrlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.44%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j7fHRAiO1ck/XkZs_BUk7mI/AAAAAAABOTI/98S4zPGBbyk_MesmwHbp7U-K-kNjuNrlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.44%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Stephen W. Burns and Charles Martin Smith in Herbie Goes Bananas</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m10Auhc4Kb8/XkZs_SnCZII/AAAAAAABOTM/mO5bGyYlQtEhN76Scs-lsG1PNxnlnAEqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.52%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m10Auhc4Kb8/XkZs_SnCZII/AAAAAAABOTM/mO5bGyYlQtEhN76Scs-lsG1PNxnlnAEqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.23.52%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Herbie in Herbie Goes Bananas with child actor Joaquin Garay III as Paco</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sosqhns4oA4/XkZtA3ME2bI/AAAAAAABOTY/ibcUx52W6pAzdfsBNRZ5xUqcnOaKaNkFACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.24.16%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1505" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sosqhns4oA4/XkZtA3ME2bI/AAAAAAABOTY/ibcUx52W6pAzdfsBNRZ5xUqcnOaKaNkFACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-12%2Bat%2B8.24.16%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos in HERBIE GOES BANANAS with Stephen W. Burns (later died of AIDS) and Charles Martin Smith</u></td></tr> </tbody></table>

action, charles martin smith, cloris leachman, comedy, disney, eighties, elyssa davalos, franchise, harvey korman, sequel

ELYSSA DAVALOS RIDING DISNEY'S 'HERBIE GOES BANANAS'

Elyssa Davalos is downright gorgeous in Disney's HERBIE GOES BANANAS circa 1980 The first two of Disney's Bueno Vista Herbie fi...

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN THE TV HORROR MOVIE 'GOOD AGAINST EVIL'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qey54n7rdXM/XkTnsVQq3lI/AAAAAAABON4/NuT330sdOMM8RWWg88e1toL-CIOGHguewCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-11%2Bat%2B10.36.27%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1253" height="332" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qey54n7rdXM/XkTnsVQq3lI/AAAAAAABON4/NuT330sdOMM8RWWg88e1toL-CIOGHguewCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-11%2Bat%2B10.36.27%2BPM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as in GOOD AGAINST EVIL Year: 1977</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> This proposed TV pilot that's almost a TV-movie isn’t quite sure who the main character is – important when kickstarting a possible series...<br> <br> So let’s begin with a group of Satan Worshipers led by the always deceptive and devious Richard Lynch: They steal an infant during the 1950's who grows up to be Elyssa Davalos as Jessica Gordon when this movie takes place, 1977...<br> <br> Exotically beautiful and living a seemingly charmed life, Jessica works in the garment trade and has everything all mapped out. Until Dack Rambo's Andy Stuart, a handsome, confident writer living in his van, smashes into her vehicle, and romance ensues – but the couple's dogged by a hissing black cat sent by Lynch’s minions, all making sure the sparks <i>don’t </i>fly in a semi-involving tale thanks to Davalos, who, unaware of the devil inside, effectively plays a two-tier role...<br>

dack rambo, elyssa davalos, horror, kim cattrall, occult, richard lynch, richard stahl, seventies, thriller, tv movie

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN THE TV HORROR MOVIE 'GOOD AGAINST EVIL'

Elyssa Davalos as in GOOD AGAINST EVIL Year: 1977 This proposed TV pilot that's almost a TV-movie isn’t quite sure who the main char...

KIRK DOUGLAS IN HIS PERSONAL FAV OF 'LONELY ARE THE BRAVE'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5eSBGK859R0/XkKALGmj5tI/AAAAAAABOG0/DdrNki-Jm1Yq7LdyHT521YPtmvtHu35OwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5eSBGK859R0/XkKALGmj5tI/AAAAAAABOG0/DdrNki-Jm1Yq7LdyHT521YPtmvtHu35OwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/0.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kirk Douglas is a cowboy battling copters in LONELY ARE THE BRAVE Year: 1962</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The late Kirk Douglas's favorite movie, that he starred in, wasn't SPARTACUS but LONELY ARE THE BRAVE, beginning like a TWILIGHT ZONE episode would end: A man seeming like a  genuine-article cowboy, from the actual 1880's genuine cowboy era, awakes in the craggy desert with his faithful horse, when something catches his eyes, and <i>our</i> ears...<br> <br> Streaks across the sky from echoing jet planes, and now the audience learns we're in modern times (an introductory misleading-device later used in Sam Peckinpah's BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA also involving planes): Something Douglas's character isn't quite used to despite having reluctantly lived it all these years...<br>

action, adventure, drama, gena rowlands, jailbreak, kirk douglas, michael kane, modern western, prison, sixties

KIRK DOUGLAS IN HIS PERSONAL FAV OF 'LONELY ARE THE BRAVE'

Kirk Douglas is a cowboy battling copters in LONELY ARE THE BRAVE Year: 1962 The late Kirk Douglas's favorite movie, that he starred...

JOHN WAYNE & KIRK DOUGLAS IN PREMINGER'S 'IN HARM'S WAY'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5pBxSvdjyG4/XjwCa7r19hI/AAAAAAABN98/AMVNqHKouykSdPDj6xCcveYNQ6-RIiO2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/3810_1399150_1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="809" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5pBxSvdjyG4/XjwCa7r19hI/AAAAAAABN98/AMVNqHKouykSdPDj6xCcveYNQ6-RIiO2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/3810_1399150_1.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kirk Douglas with Jill Haworth and John Wayne in the poster for IN HARM'S WAY Year: 1965</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> In 1965, the same year stylistic and artistic director Otto Preminger would provide a stylistically artistic comeback with the B&W mystery BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, he directed an war film starring John Wayne and the recently-departed Kirk Douglas, which is one of the few movies not a <i>John Wayne or Kirk Douglas Picture</i> but a Preminger Film they happened to star in... <br> <br> Very different for The Duke in that, set in Pearl Harbor, beginning with the last jazz-soaked night of oblivious peace, when the wife of yet unseen Kirk Douglas and her lover (a sexy Barbara Bouchet and Air Force stud Hugh O'Brien) are frolicking at the beach, it's, later on, not gung-ho or overly patriotic but more cerebral and cautious in tone, which fits Douglas's forte after PATHS OF GLORY late in the previous decade... <br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rxhkq4Qa9PA/Xk2YWJQNv3I/AAAAAAABOcw/fVw_WXJuUMIJ8sgoVUDy0NLhe-bSM6pXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/86802841_909966779432499_302764223358828544_o.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1382" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rxhkq4Qa9PA/Xk2YWJQNv3I/AAAAAAABOcw/fVw_WXJuUMIJ8sgoVUDy0NLhe-bSM6pXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/86802841_909966779432499_302764223358828544_o.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Hugh O'Brien and Barbara Bouchet in IN HARM'S WAY</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> The camera glides around a slew of characters in various scenes where eventually Wayne, who was blamed for attacking a Japanese sub after the attack, later has a chance for a comeback — despite the fact he did nothing wrong in the first place...<br> <br> Meanwhile, during the attack are random scenes on the harbor, and while bombs splash the surrounding sea, we never do see, only hear, the attacking planes. Making this one of the more low budget war pictures featuring The Duke, and Douglas. <br>

barbara bouchet, dana andrews, drama, hal needham, hugh o'brien, john wayne, kirk douglas, otto preminger, sixties, war, world war II

JOHN WAYNE & KIRK DOUGLAS IN PREMINGER'S 'IN HARM'S WAY'

Kirk Douglas with Jill Haworth and John Wayne in the poster for IN HARM'S WAY Year: 1965 In 1965, the same year stylistic and artist...

COOLLY CRUISING THROUGH DISNEY'S OFFBEAT 'SUPERDAD'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2hzyNy_aXGg/XjcLMTQJBEI/AAAAAAABN6E/H5o_MtA8P3ILLithWkQUons2BJjqVmx6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-02%2Bat%2B9.05.37%2BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2hzyNy_aXGg/XjcLMTQJBEI/AAAAAAABN6E/H5o_MtA8P3ILLithWkQUons2BJjqVmx6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-02%2Bat%2B9.05.37%2BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kurt Russell kicking back in SUPERDAD Year: 1973</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> A bizarre Disney film called SUPERDAD starring HOGAN’S HEROES star Bob Crane who, at this point, after his show was finished, appeared in more clandestine sex videos than mainstream movies. and so, Disney gave him a chance to upstart a fledgling career... <br> <br> Maybe knowing Crane's backstory, the opening sequence is downright creepy and awkward. Bob Crane’s Charlie McCready doesn’t think his daughter deserves anyone else but Daddy...<br>

barbara rush, bob crane, bruno kirby, comedy, disney, ed begley jr., family, joby baker, kathleen cody, kurt russell, seventies

COOLLY CRUISING THROUGH DISNEY'S OFFBEAT 'SUPERDAD'

Kurt Russell kicking back in SUPERDAD Year: 1973 A bizarre Disney film called SUPERDAD starring HOGAN’S HEROES star Bob Crane who, at ...

NORMAN FOSTER'S FIRST TWO PETER LORRE 'MR. MOTTO' FILMS

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-za9vBkZSj00/XjWNIflXztI/AAAAAAABN54/ZfNIZgIDpzohcdjTJ8o1bbvPQ7lzugRlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-01%2Bat%2B6.09.52%2BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-za9vBkZSj00/XjWNIflXztI/AAAAAAABN54/ZfNIZgIDpzohcdjTJ8o1bbvPQ7lzugRlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-02-01%2Bat%2B6.09.52%2BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1937 cast: Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <u>THINK FAST, MR. MOTO</u>: Peter Lorre is Mr. Moto, a Japanese secret agent who's both underrated and unappreciated... But he'll surprise you with a karate kick sending non-believers flying across the room.<br> <br> Here we begin with Moto in street peddler disguise, including a pointy beard and ragged clothing. He clumsily meanders into a store to sell a rug, and then a diamond, to an impatient proprietor who’s got a dead body semi-hidden in a wicker basket. This brings Moto on board a big ship where an important letter to a rich man’s son, Bob, has been stolen and replaced.<br>

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NORMAN FOSTER'S FIRST TWO PETER LORRE 'MR. MOTTO' FILMS

year: 1937 cast: Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck rating: ***1/2 THINK FAST, MR. MOTO : Peter Lorre is Mr. Moto, a Japanese secr...

KURT RUSSELL AS 'CAPTAIN RON' FEATURING MEADOW SISTO

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P0p3Ep3zq-4/XjExe__49KI/AAAAAAABN1E/th1vDoQuIvc9oEyANSMUtwly79l7m-bhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/0%2B2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P0p3Ep3zq-4/XjExe__49KI/AAAAAAABN1E/th1vDoQuIvc9oEyANSMUtwly79l7m-bhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/0%2B2.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kurt Russell, Martin Short and the beautiful Meadow Sisto in CAPTAIN RON Year: 1992</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Martin Short's greatest role was in THREE AMIGOS as a man who looked like a boy who acted like a teenager. But when he plays a husband/father, i.e. a typical guy in the VACATION style comedy CAPTAIN RON, it doesn't completely wash; and is one of many movies where a successful, hard-working yet uptight businessman learns how to become a flake in order to be liked by his family. Which happens all the time, on screen...<br> <br> With the reluctant, almost accidental "help" of Kurt Russell, resembling ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Snake Plissken's goofy identical brother had he had one, he's the title character who passive-aggressively pilots a dilapidated boat Short was left by his dead uncle: And of course, the scraggly yet endearingly hopeless Ron is their only hope as he basically tags along on a busman's holiday around Caribbean-like islands...<br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ed-Bs5IcPlM/XjFBCwTc13I/AAAAAAABN1Q/SYJ9lax3e9QwwdSIWYMfBbqxcEbmVEeCACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-28%2Bat%2B10.35.02%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ed-Bs5IcPlM/XjFBCwTc13I/AAAAAAABN1Q/SYJ9lax3e9QwwdSIWYMfBbqxcEbmVEeCACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-28%2Bat%2B10.35.02%2BPM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Meadow Sisto as Caroline Harvey hotly walks the deck in CAPTAIN RON which Rates: ***</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> During this uneven adventure/comedy our heroes encounter smugglers, guerillas, bad weather and a bevy of semi-chuckle situations that keep this boat floating, but only in shallow waters. What helps is both Mary Kay Place, as the wife/mom, and Meadow Sisto, as the daughter/sister, both wearing skimpy summer clothes and looking quite lovely. Like mother/daughter Karen Austin and Kerri Green in SUMMER RENTAL, Mary Kay and Meadow compliment each other perfectly. Both are the kind of personal pretty you eventually fall head-over-heels for.  <br> <br> Chartered by the 1980's zombie-yarn NIGHT OF THE COMET director Thom Ebersol, the rhythm and timing is a tad off, which doesn't matter when it comes to a semi-enjoyable, semi-comfortable, glossy-neon 1990's time-filler. Yet the cast seems in on the joke — if this came out six years earlier, it'd make much more sense. And is Russell parodying himself, the genre, or the previous decade in which he finally grew up after all those years at Disney? <br>

adventure, comedy, family, kurt russell, martin short, mary kay place, meadow sisto, nineties, thom eberhardt

KURT RUSSELL AS 'CAPTAIN RON' FEATURING MEADOW SISTO

Kurt Russell, Martin Short and the beautiful Meadow Sisto in CAPTAIN RON Year: 1992 Martin Short's greatest role was in THREE AMIGOS...

CATHY PODEWELL IN THE UNDERRATED 'NIGHT OF THE DEMONS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FKseTzJtiE/Xi1q-Gi7u1I/AAAAAAABNyY/4irH1gsjazQC6A0kemMc45Es9R8Lsg1MwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-26%2Bat%2B2.27.29%2BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1054" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FKseTzJtiE/Xi1q-Gi7u1I/AAAAAAABNyY/4irH1gsjazQC6A0kemMc45Es9R8Lsg1MwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-26%2Bat%2B2.27.29%2BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Night of the Demons spooky-cool opening credit sequence in the year 1988</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> “Not tonight,” explains Cathy Podewell’s innocent girl Judy, dressed fitfully in an Alice in Wonderland costume while unseen zombie demons move in. “They won’t go to hell tonight because it’s Halloween.”<br> <br> Not to be confused with the British cult Noir Horror starring Dana Andrews with the same name only a singular DEMON, which was changed in America to, and known thereafter as, <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/10/NightCurse.html">CURSE OF THE DEMON</a>, the familiar set-up has a group of teens spending a long night in a spooky mansion...<br>

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CATHY PODEWELL IN THE UNDERRATED 'NIGHT OF THE DEMONS'

Night of the Demons spooky-cool opening credit sequence in the year 1988 “Not tonight,” explains Cathy Podewell’s innocent girl Judy, dr...

REVIEW OF 'NIGHT TIDE' WITH DENNIS HOPPER & LINDA LAWSON

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KXN_UTN8REM/XiplYtf1GgI/AAAAAAABNtg/YxQNZcAUMz8YfdbGvQYlE5HbLqbcHUDAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/51DC%252B2d4mQL.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="354" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KXN_UTN8REM/XiplYtf1GgI/AAAAAAABNtg/YxQNZcAUMz8YfdbGvQYlE5HbLqbcHUDAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/51DC%252B2d4mQL.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Curtis Harrington's NIGHT TIDE Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Many early-1960's films had a million dissolves, and didn't always know where they were going. But this low-budget arthouse knows exactly what it is, even if the audience is never quite sure: Taking place in the early, sparse days of Venice Beach, California, a sailor meets an exotic woman who works at a carnival as a mermaid... and a few men she's dated have turned/washed up dead...<br> <br> A young cherubic-faced Dennis Hopper is fun to watch as the gullible love-sick sailor. He won't listen to all the warning about her track record. Let's face it, the guy is <i>hooked</i>... And it's nice seeing Hopper as a normal person, not a burn-out, weirdo or psychopath, in a movie with gorgeous B&W cinematography and a jazz score, and club...<br> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Oc9JpFzVHsQ/XiovKfIqZKI/AAAAAAABNrc/x9xU-xCzzt4GmT0vpRc63SlxB7lCSdMpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-23%2Bat%2B3.31.58%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1205" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Oc9JpFzVHsQ/XiovKfIqZKI/AAAAAAABNrc/x9xU-xCzzt4GmT0vpRc63SlxB7lCSdMpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-23%2Bat%2B3.31.58%2BPM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dennis Hopper reclines though NIGHT TIDE Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> The other performances are also good, including and especially the lovely Linda Lawson as our seductive vixen who might be a water nymph, or murderess, or both, captured in director Curtis Harrington's bizarre labor of love curio, which is sometimes too talky...<br> <br> Especially conversations with Mora's founder, an old sailor, made up for by far more intriguing dialogue with young carousel-worker Luana Anders, who'd work again with Hopper as Peter Fonda's hippie commune girl in EASY RIDER. And there's a foreboding old lady seer... all reminiscent of the spooky and offbeat Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur RKO noir-horrors, NIGHT TIDE is to mermaids what CAT PEOPLE is to felines. Yet the strangest aspect has Dennis Hopper as the most normal, sane and grounded character throughout. Now <i>that's </i>something completely different.<br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oFZHisWpfc8/XipxbfIR7QI/AAAAAAABNtw/2HfWeVsPHi0u9mld4NJ9Ef7yyhqM_WAhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-23%2Bat%2B4.54.17%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oFZHisWpfc8/XipxbfIR7QI/AAAAAAABNtw/2HfWeVsPHi0u9mld4NJ9Ef7yyhqM_WAhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-23%2Bat%2B4.54.17%2BPM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dennis Hopper in Curtis Harrington's NIGHT TIDE w/ Linda Lawson</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sjhr-lrsNw0/Xiov96wq9lI/AAAAAAABNrk/bUEL2eE5XroFAci7wJE7f24OL7nVRfi7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/23.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sjhr-lrsNw0/Xiov96wq9lI/AAAAAAABNrk/bUEL2eE5XroFAci7wJE7f24OL7nVRfi7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/23.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Linda Lawson as Mora in NIGHT TIDE</u></td></tr> </tbody></table>

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