Written by James M. Tate / 10/24/2022 / No comments / brian deacon , british , drama , exploitation , glenda jackson , michael adpted , oliver reed , romance , rural , thriller , world war II
OLIVER REED AND GLENDA JACKSON IN 'THE TRIPLE ECHO'
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| Title: THE TRIPLE ECHO Year: 1972 Rating: **** |
In any movie where a man has to dress up like a woman, for whatever reason, there's the one genuine manly male who wants to give that so-called female a test ride wherein the truth will be discovered...
So when it's stocky firebrand Oliver Reed as a World War II era tank sergeant, lusting after a deserted soldier hiding out in widowed Glenda Jackson's rural chicken farm while (romancing her and) posing as his sister, this otherwise searing romantic drama turns into a heated, nightmarish thriller...
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
That's because Reed (reunited with his WOMEN IN LOVE co-star Jackson yet sharing more scenes opposite fitfully feminine/literal pretty boy Brian Deacon) is like a bomb ready to explode: in more ways than one...
And he's never been so frightening and formidable, also providing Michael Apted's THE TRIPLE ECHO a sense of horror and homoerotic exploitation in a bizarre curio that, while predictable, you'll have to squirm through till the end.
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| Glenda Jackson in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Glenda Jackson in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO with Brian Deacon |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO with Brian Deacon and Glenda Jackson |
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| THE TRIPLE ECHO with Brian Deacon |
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| Michael Apted's THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Gavin Richards and Jenny Lee Wright in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Brian Deacon and Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO |
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| Oliver Reed in THE TRIPLE ECHO with Anthony May |
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