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BURT REYNOLDS GOES MONKEYING AROUND FOR 'SKULLDUGGERY'

Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY Director: Gordon Douglas Year: 1970 Rating: **1/2

Between an eclectic television career and hitting big with the big-screen DELIVERANCE, Burt Reynolds appeared in mostly westerns and/or adventure b-movies... two of the latter titled IMPASSE and then SKULLDUGGERY, with Reynolds as one of those cocky fortune hunters, here smitten with classy female scientist Susan Clark while paired with friendly sidekick Roger C. Carmel...

But right when the expedition into the scenic, potentially perilous mountains of Papua New Guinea begins... with the man and dame sleeping together too quickly to evolve into an AFRICAN QUEEN-style anti-chemistry romance... a group of ape-like/missing-link creatures are discovered, and quickly exploited...

Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY

First in a spontaneous, companion-like fashion by Reynolds, trying to make something of the country's phosphorus that he was initially seeking... then becoming burdened slaves to sophisticated British heavies in what's offbeat enough to derive from European cinema before confusing American audiences, never capturing any particular audience, cult or otherwise, since Burt Reynolds was relatively unknown... 

Although he's more affable and loose than the rudimentary monotone before discovering the value of self-deprecating scoundrels... and the moral dilemma turned third-act courtroom drama about enslaved primal creatures is simply too deep and idealistic for what should be (and what somewhat began as a) traipsing adventure.

Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY

Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY with Paul Hubschmid and Roger C. Carmel
Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY
Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY with Chips Rafferty
Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY
From SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY with Paul Hubschmid
Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark in SKULLDUGGERY with Paul Hubschmid
Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds and Roger C. Cormel in SKULLDUGGERY with Paul Hubschmid and Alexander Knox
Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY
Burt Reynolds in SKULLDUGGERY

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