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Written by James M. Tate / 12/28/2025 / No comments / anne francis , dana andrews , ed asner , espionage , frank sutton , george maharis , heist , john sturges , lee remick , richard basehart , richard bull , sixties , thriller , virus

ANNE FRANCIS, DANA ANDREWS & GEORGE MAHARIS 'THE SATAN BUG'

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ANNE FRANCIS, DANA ANDREWS & GEORGE MAHARIS 'THE SATAN BUG'

George Maharis and Anne Francis in THE SATAN BUG Year: 1965 Rating: **1/2 On the television series ROUTE 66, Martin Milner played a preppy c...

BLAKE EDWARDS REDIRECTS 'GUNN' STARRING CRAIG STEVENS

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" 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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvuN9YXE868Z5c4jZLxaTcjNg8Z8rA4iJtedNkABlNvqa5JYhjbVf6HPK9gF534LOU8n4ka4oj7ABiy6MYaaaEdWM4V48Hc6uVFgcBsshSkSS6UySB2fV9wUPPRZoUzKxvc_Tgx2Rjt2dzFmXQXzOkHBzq0RJwmbnnvM6txhztHtqqxjNLvZyQX8b8Uw=s1429" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1429" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvuN9YXE868Z5c4jZLxaTcjNg8Z8rA4iJtedNkABlNvqa5JYhjbVf6HPK9gF534LOU8n4ka4oj7ABiy6MYaaaEdWM4V48Hc6uVFgcBsshSkSS6UySB2fV9wUPPRZoUzKxvc_Tgx2Rjt2dzFmXQXzOkHBzq0RJwmbnnvM6txhztHtqqxjNLvZyQX8b8Uw=w400-h313" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: GUNN Year: 1967 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A womanizing 1950's playboy (who does little work for ladies to throw themselves his way) in the late-1960's Sexual Revolution is like an established multimillionaire winning the lottery... And in the case of fifty-year-old Craig Stevens returning into his PETER GUNN role for creator/director Blake Edwards' GUNN, it's what's expected and... even with original singer Lola Albright's Edie replaced by a less natural (or attractive) Laura Devon... GUNN makes for a decent Bond Clone despite the TV-series proceeding 007 cinema... </p><p>Yet most likely the popular spy franchise was Edwards' reason to revisit this kind of fun-flowing investigation, now more twisty espionage and in color as opposed to the televised B&W; and that show's jazzy nightclub's a slow-groove random backstop instead of an uptempo mainstay while the action sequences are effective and suspenseful, creatively-shot yet far too sporadic with our resilient, often vulnerable anti-hero, now a stone-faced Jack Webb monotone who, backed by a grouchy Ed Asner, is dealing with the mob who killed his friend, now after him... But the token hot young girl adds the real heart in quirky and neurotic brunette Sherry Jackson: her zesty presence noticeably ages our hero, yet she could have been the sole GUNN girl and, despite only a few scenes, she's far more into the movie than anyone else on board, including old Pete.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0JvKqN5Q2tjzj7ICzUo27eAYEQxQT0lBCnh-SfdFzH7gSF1nWxLTBJdeqmGC0_crIGvBb-5gQ18DzM1Nq6c24Oj50bCefxrbkgA-SVp8ClRLGZPHOs6uZzroa6JMx2f1kj7UxX80jRx-_k4hMWgc0KW4Hymm6wxu_Ly8SKhBOCrctjY8R9Qpo4Q_P0A=s911" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="911" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0JvKqN5Q2tjzj7ICzUo27eAYEQxQT0lBCnh-SfdFzH7gSF1nWxLTBJdeqmGC0_crIGvBb-5gQ18DzM1Nq6c24Oj50bCefxrbkgA-SVp8ClRLGZPHOs6uZzroa6JMx2f1kj7UxX80jRx-_k4hMWgc0KW4Hymm6wxu_Ly8SKhBOCrctjY8R9Qpo4Q_P0A=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sherry Jackson in Blake Edwards' GUNN</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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BLAKE EDWARDS REDIRECTS 'GUNN' STARRING CRAIG STEVENS

Title: GUNN Year: 1967 Rating: ***1/2 A womanizing 1950's playboy (who does little work for ladies to throw themselves his way) in the l...

Written by James M. Tate / 2/24/2019 / No comments / adaptaiton , drama , ed asner , herbert jefferson jr. , kay lenz , miniseries , nick nolte , peter strauss , robert reed , seventies , susan blakely , time period , william smith

LEGENDARY TELEVISION MINISERIES OF 'RICH MAN, POOR MAN'

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Although, soon enough, the bad luck, permanently stained on Nick Nolte's Tom Jordache, spreads onto everyone around him, including the series' true lead, Peter Strauss as Rudy Jordache, whose story of a delivery boy turned businessman turned aspiring politician intentionally clashes (albeit separately) with Nolte's hardboiled cross-country escapades...<br>
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The best parts concerning Nolte's Tom occurs in the 11th hour, when he finally starts doing well... Working a charter boat with partner Herbert Jefferson Jr., his young son and perfect girlfriend turned wife Kay Lenz, life never looked better than all those low-rent dives he'd sulked around in, eventually chased by the mafia and thrown on a merchant marine steamer ship to get outta town, quick... <br>
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And on that ship's where the most sinister and eclectically nefarious villain is introduced in William Smith's Anthony Falconetti: Not only bullying smaller guys onboard by beating them to the proverbial pulp, what he does to Jefferson's Roy, Tom's best friend, is liken to why men fear prison because of what "Bubba" will make them...<br>
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While great actors, Strauss and Nolte seem ten years too old for playing teenagers, taking place in the first "chapter," literally seconds after World War II, living under their tyrannical father, played by award winning ham Edward Asner as a German baker with a bloody past and the kind of bad choices Nolte's Tom would inherit, almost to exact detail...<br>
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Nolte winds up living with his even worse (although successful) uncle, and here his story really begins, having an affair with a voluminous older woman he'll eventually name his beloved charter boat after...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>"I can bake bread to feed people; what can you do?" Rudy asks a spoiled hippie college kid, before going bonkers</u></td></tr>
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Meanwhile, the most intriguing scenes involve Rudy's initial climb to success, starting in his college days while working for Ray Milland at an old fashion superstore that desperately needs modernizing... <br>
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The way Rudy climbs to the top is more intriguing and suspenseful than Nolte's roving Noir-inspired muscularity; the latter's story peaking once he's in the boxing game, which doesn't last long enough thanks to, again, horribly asinine (and downright frustrating) decisions. And in his own way, Strauss's Rudy is equally tough, providing a few wonderfully delivered lectures that, unlike his father (Asner), don't come across as overboard or melodramatic... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Smith and Susan Blakely violently bond in RICH MAN POOR MAN the last chapter</u><i><br></i></td></tr>
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But the glue connecting everything is Susan Blakely as Rudy's "childhood" semi-girlfriend Julie Prescott, the only of the three leads fitting the younger, teenage scenes as she curiously glimpses into the "mysterious side" of life with a tempestuous older-man affair (Robert Reed), and then, much like Tom, making her own path (in New York City) no matter the consequences.... <br>
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A progressive young woman ahead of her time, she unfortunately finds the wrong man in a horribly cast Bill Bixby, delivering each line straight out of community theater. His random imitations of Jimmy Stewart and others, supposedly personifying an omnipresent charm, are so cringe-worthy, time practically stands still while he's on screen (you'll wish he'd turn into the Hulk simply to kick his own ass)... </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kay Lenz as Kate Jordache in RICH MAN, POOR MAN</u></td></tr>
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Towards the end of this, the original RICH MAN, POOR MAN miniseries... followed by an actual full-season series, BOOK II, sans Nolte and with Strauss fighting political corruption and especially William Smith's demonic madman Falconetti... Blakely's Julie, married to would-be politician Rudy, amounts to boozing and complaining, even more of an albatross on Rudy than his brother ever was... <br>
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At one point, before Tom's tragic yet predictable death, Rudy points out how much better the POOR brother's life is (even though Tom's sudden turnaround was all Rudy's doing), attributed to either contentment or a comparably perfect bedmate in Kay Lenz. But that, like everything else, relates to the personal choices from either of three central figures which is really, deep down, a "modernized" Greek tragedy about what paths<i> not</i> to take — and then what happens after willingly setting forth into an inevitable, self-fulfilled perdition.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Two uncredited cuties in France in the 11th hour chapters of RICH MAN POOR MAN</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Falconetti Wants You... To Join The Merchant Marines: And on the Bottom Bunk You'll Stay</u></td></tr>
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LEGENDARY TELEVISION MINISERIES OF 'RICH MAN, POOR MAN'

Robert Reed and star Peter Strauss in RICH MAN, POOR MAN Year: 1976 Rating: ****1/2 The two title siblings from RICH MAN, POOR MAN would h...

RONNIE SCHELL VOICES DISNEY'S 'THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marlon Brando of Felines</td></tr>
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<u>THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE:</u> Domestic cats seem 
like they're from outer space to begin with; with haughty mannerisms 
alone they're merely looking down on we mortal humans. So having a cat 
be from a more intelligent highly developed planet isn't much of a 
stretch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You left MASH. I'm richer!"</td></tr>
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The tabby hero in this averagely entertaining 
live-action seventies' Disney film merely has to act like a domestic 
house cat to seem like a highly intelligent Being, and with the aid of a
 collar full of lights that glows when it's allowing humans to fly or 
horses to win races, it's easy to see how the cat, nicknamed Jake, is 
feeling.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ship</td></tr>
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And for the most part, Jake (voiced by Ronnie 
Schell), is better than the film itself, which isn't too bad but kind of
 meanders along at times. The first half set-up as Jake adapts to 
Earth... following his would-be master behind Top Secret Military 
meetings (it was a UFO landing, after all)... fares much better than the
 last act as our heroes outwit government agents; these scenes are far 
too busy compared to when the Cat very simply helps his master, Ken 
Berry, the backup Disney man when their own Jimmy Stewart, Dean Jones, 
wasn't available.<br />
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One scene when Berry plays an important game of pool 
against mobsters, especially rooted for by Stevenson's gambling nut and 
aided by the cat's powers to make the balls go right inside the right 
holes, is a standout, despite an annoying Sandy Duncan as a forced love 
interest. Then, in the usual Disney "What goes right will get equally 
screwed up" occurs. All leading to a somewhat sluggish aerial chase led 
by an unconvincing villain in the otherwise great actor Roddy McDowell, 
taking away from the feline that matters, so well trained and who would,
 nowadays, be 100% CGI. Therefore, mucho props must be given to the 
on-set trainer, because if anyone's ever tried to train a cat... it's 
tougher than winning an argument with a woman i.e. downright impossible!<br />
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<u>RATING</u>: ***1/2 <u> </u><br />
<u>TRIVIA</u>:
 Perhaps this is the only motion picture where both leaders of the TV 
show phenom M*A*S*H, McLean Stevenson (Henry Blake) as a flakey, 
gambling addict friend of Ken Berry, and Harry Morgan (Col Blake), as an
 uptight Military man, appear together • Ronnie Schell personally told 
yours truly that they gave him a cameo, so not only does he provide 
Jake's voice (Ronnie has one of the most recognizable movies in the 
biz), but he's an Army Intelligence man as well. This gave him a better 
paycheck overall. At the same time, a hyperactive Schell was begging to 
get a note passed on to Vicki Lawrence, which never occurred. Boy those 
shows are bizarre sometimes...<br />
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action, comedy, disney, don knotts, ed asner, gary grimes, harry morgan, ken berry, mclean stevenson, ronnie schell, science-fiction, seventies, tim conway, tom bosley

RONNIE SCHELL VOICES DISNEY'S 'THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE'

Marlon Brando of Felines THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE: Domestic cats seem like they're from outer space to begin with; with haughty ...

Written by James M. Tate / 2/26/2013 / No comments / comedy , dana barron , ed asner , franchise , randy quaid , sequel , tens

CHRISTMAS VACATION 2: COUSIN EDDIE'S ISLAND ADVENTURE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>year:</b> 2003<b> cast:</b> Randy Quaid, Dana Barron, Miriam Flynn, Fred Willard <b>rating:</b> *1/2</td></tr>
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That’s right, a sequel to a sequel where Cousin Eddie, played by Randy Quaid – that endearingly gross white trash slob from the NATIONAL LAMPOON VACATION universe – has his own straight-to-DVD movie, and it’s so awful you might just enjoy yourself.<br />
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Eddie works at a nuclear physics lab. He and a monkey are both used for testing and the monkey is smarter. Eddie loses his job and they keep the monkey. He goes back to complain and the monkey bites Eddie on the ass. Instead of pursuing a lawsuit, he gets a free vacation to an unnamed tropical Island. That’s the plot in a nutshell.<br />
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Much like Hawaii, there are beautiful brown-skinned bikini girls and… let’s back up a bit. Eddie lives in the snow-laden Chicago based Griswold house from the first CHRISTMAS VACATION film (the third in the franchise).<br />
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His patient and loyal wife Catherine (Miriam Flynn) is still around, and instead of an eclectically messy brood of children he has only one kid, an impatient thirteen-year-old boy who actually has a brain. This uptight jerk keeps riding dad on his lack of intelligence, and thus becomes the most annoying character, especially since he wants Eddie to be like everyone else.<br />
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Also on board is the original Audrey Griswold, played by the lovely Dana Barron instead of CHRISTMAS Audrey Juliette Lewis... Audrey is frantically brokenhearted over a boyfriend, joins Eddie, his wife, son, and grumpy grandfather (Ed Asner) on the island vacation that soon turns into a Swiss Family Robinson when their boat gets shipwrecked.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dana Barron and Sun Hi Lee</td></tr>
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Eddie has to learn to hunt wild boar and build a hut of leaves, and eventually fly a plane. There are but a few unsuccessfully signature moments that made Cousin Eddie famously sloppy from the previous films, especially because there’s no Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) to act as a Felix to counter-balance Eddie’s Oscar. Plus, this is supposedly a Christmas Vacation, but there’s hardly any sign of Christmas anywhere.<br />
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One scene after another, the movie keeps getting worse, and yet, somehow, you won’t be able to stop watching. So let’s enjoy some more pictures featuring Dana Barron… She’s the reason this reviewer paid any attention at all…<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dana Barron's Audrey attempts to console herself with the wrong book</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dana Barron's Audrey helps prepare a meal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dana Barron's Audrey's in love with an unfit Australian guy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miriam Flynn and Dana Barron</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dana Barron's Audrey spots a rescue plane</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miriam Flynn and Dana Barron in a crashing plane</td></tr>
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