cult film freak: john colicos

<p><u></u></p><p><u></u></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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG8zcu2si6JFcRXJB-P-3r-OcXATPCmxaBuoWhnVHBjlRvQmPhNJPOMmL8R5p8W6INLJqgEE9I411U6phuSl2yZC6q9RT2s1buq8h10uh_lpvMNNMWVkmmFegY_SJGYWjiuF9R9mXL-gNcE1Z0xTMSaCYzm1FFo7x_xcuYJ-0w71XFjJ488jbNtiKW1Xz/s1425/b0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG8zcu2si6JFcRXJB-P-3r-OcXATPCmxaBuoWhnVHBjlRvQmPhNJPOMmL8R5p8W6INLJqgEE9I411U6phuSl2yZC6q9RT2s1buq8h10uh_lpvMNNMWVkmmFegY_SJGYWjiuF9R9mXL-gNcE1Z0xTMSaCYzm1FFo7x_xcuYJ-0w71XFjJ488jbNtiKW1Xz/s16000/b0.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BREAKAWAY Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><u>BREAKAWAY</u>: Former FALCON Tom Conway in the second Tom 'Duke' Martin private eye flicks made in Britain during the film noir 1950's, with the right balance of gunplay, mystery and polite traipsing from various locations... from mansions to airports... gathering clues wherein sidekick Michael Balfour's overweight, ex-crook Barney is the better fighter during the rare times where that kind of thing happens... yet the villain and his henchman (including a young John Colicos) still mean business, having kidnapped beautiful Honor Blackman's beautiful sister, who might be carrying a scientist's secret that everyone's after... <br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nothing like the tough guy American Humphrey Bogart vehicles from the previous decade, BREAKAWAY is lightweight British yet still desperately urgent, keeping both the dignified snoop and audience on edge... despite knowing almost exactly who the villains are, and why.  <br /></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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzhcrWfNc8ltLzz_kXNQPfFgpRcohBYPkFR5oiYlfod1fZCoxGL4OExSq07VD2_CStVH7mokKoPuqn_A_W1ZAzJ4eHQGQJXrwVNMaAeIHGjZJh3WRn8fWYd9S0735rO9czNpzyeWtblYoJmmjG4RoinvSgfwufNW5KQDeyw8vg3FJ_BEAP-YkcmNnuHAA/s1630/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.49%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzhcrWfNc8ltLzz_kXNQPfFgpRcohBYPkFR5oiYlfod1fZCoxGL4OExSq07VD2_CStVH7mokKoPuqn_A_W1ZAzJ4eHQGQJXrwVNMaAeIHGjZJh3WRn8fWYd9S0735rO9czNpzyeWtblYoJmmjG4RoinvSgfwufNW5KQDeyw8vg3FJ_BEAP-YkcmNnuHAA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.49%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Colicos in BREAKAWAY<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArNqL2tzjwAjULGNOqd7Pcu4hXWWwYZynROIhXXneOhrEWmHMKSVI2nrI8eJIOwjxRwVNpcHHAGoRJJNgIHA2KhMJaFbZbKwOkeq4IQmzaDE-NHiXcGkCB3xcTKvi1fKm-fx9fenrRt-Y_NjHXXUTA-BkdDfxu10ywQMLz6twyv5p7Nld6ViwHz6_NHrP/s1448/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArNqL2tzjwAjULGNOqd7Pcu4hXWWwYZynROIhXXneOhrEWmHMKSVI2nrI8eJIOwjxRwVNpcHHAGoRJJNgIHA2KhMJaFbZbKwOkeq4IQmzaDE-NHiXcGkCB3xcTKvi1fKm-fx9fenrRt-Y_NjHXXUTA-BkdDfxu10ywQMLz6twyv5p7Nld6ViwHz6_NHrP/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.58%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway in BREAKAWAY<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCvEtIx2KkZnkFiz2FIl8PRGEYQubG8PryqKx5SaqHA7i0os_Pj0qOJF1y-a_ow-pNdXQmpU9x4EPW8MBxt-y4bcBzBQwZ-m-4_TXJBSgedIiT2YTDkCupgJmZoTMT-9fA6Pjam_wbF7q4o2xap4_2Yr7aJ-5SfdxlIK_3GnLKmgkJYXsFSbRswHQOhQZ/s1468/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCvEtIx2KkZnkFiz2FIl8PRGEYQubG8PryqKx5SaqHA7i0os_Pj0qOJF1y-a_ow-pNdXQmpU9x4EPW8MBxt-y4bcBzBQwZ-m-4_TXJBSgedIiT2YTDkCupgJmZoTMT-9fA6Pjam_wbF7q4o2xap4_2Yr7aJ-5SfdxlIK_3GnLKmgkJYXsFSbRswHQOhQZ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.09%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Colicos in BREAKAWAY with Tom Conway and Larry Taylor<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ9j1EHHvgSNiVZKVTe4H7It7qkGUh613Y3NkjMQKQuXKFCIIc_Aftm0bHjpFTePDAiUwuKyws-69pvUjf36rVWMcs_B4_rGDWKckLPhvYrKSOZyUejIDgaurqT_VXGE1ccb2-FG17qq5U1wXn2_8nVdSV_vD06AuYZz9c9Juo8eMXlTMwR03WpNqa6AQ/s1420/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ9j1EHHvgSNiVZKVTe4H7It7qkGUh613Y3NkjMQKQuXKFCIIc_Aftm0bHjpFTePDAiUwuKyws-69pvUjf36rVWMcs_B4_rGDWKckLPhvYrKSOZyUejIDgaurqT_VXGE1ccb2-FG17qq5U1wXn2_8nVdSV_vD06AuYZz9c9Juo8eMXlTMwR03WpNqa6AQ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.16%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway in BREAKAWAY with Honor Blackman<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqEOIQILCw8U0ifgUfkcipABS1YcMDkFMtj-FZ0aVUKeZFWKrOzCuEU3UgOwD4T9gxtElCI5eM9Kp0RA-8KOEcVN2GpbBqIJVPyMFM-ZLEnX2kXcAgUivV12jz5Otq5F9jkAxkUaZpVm_0BDvDPgJthaxwi1gRuBYYW28bsROQTtiJk-2ExHvkbeK1s4S/s1440/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqEOIQILCw8U0ifgUfkcipABS1YcMDkFMtj-FZ0aVUKeZFWKrOzCuEU3UgOwD4T9gxtElCI5eM9Kp0RA-8KOEcVN2GpbBqIJVPyMFM-ZLEnX2kXcAgUivV12jz5Otq5F9jkAxkUaZpVm_0BDvDPgJthaxwi1gRuBYYW28bsROQTtiJk-2ExHvkbeK1s4S/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.29%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway in BREAKAWAY with Michael Balfour<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1F7L6nnTQwwttFkGf9tXaxia_2Z6bRl6nuwIKK6XcWj9LNfjSFYNlC6rAN990VTMvUQziUPA7BcKw3FalI_Yaa1TpnQKl1ebukRPzp1LZL_hfDuodfO8XNj8sqLpkxqj6Xan9U21PCyt9KX2Vu9UW7Pi4IBPY9zK5aENKdWTjkKwn83GAMKV3m1lR4j-/s1460/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1F7L6nnTQwwttFkGf9tXaxia_2Z6bRl6nuwIKK6XcWj9LNfjSFYNlC6rAN990VTMvUQziUPA7BcKw3FalI_Yaa1TpnQKl1ebukRPzp1LZL_hfDuodfO8XNj8sqLpkxqj6Xan9U21PCyt9KX2Vu9UW7Pi4IBPY9zK5aENKdWTjkKwn83GAMKV3m1lR4j-/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.57%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Honor Blackman in BREAKAWAY with Michael Balfour</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjfvHpuVDPqrEu__20cREwVyja1rAjRFo9i4XwxURv2nAX5zRErFxHBAjKU3tQGGYxyyVSJxXCoKphgAi-hF1ZW-couR13DIp7GSF3DajYXsLaVuuZ-5PeV_njf-aDDO5TVw6KE6_wmai-XO0t4RNUj6LFGIUy3L3jim1fzz8vK5iP5C9C5mBeYn4n-hS/s1450/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjfvHpuVDPqrEu__20cREwVyja1rAjRFo9i4XwxURv2nAX5zRErFxHBAjKU3tQGGYxyyVSJxXCoKphgAi-hF1ZW-couR13DIp7GSF3DajYXsLaVuuZ-5PeV_njf-aDDO5TVw6KE6_wmai-XO0t4RNUj6LFGIUy3L3jim1fzz8vK5iP5C9C5mBeYn4n-hS/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.08%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Honor Blackman in BREAKAWAY with Tom Conway<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2Z04Rw1L-0RqgxEv7H41pliiRMHqZE71-ydOTTSLzoCJPV02HDkEBbQl5DPTbAsqJsOvgSg_2ntfEt8KV7a4YlArmYZZcqa_dOaqIBqSEBbXLeNhndHPNpCV_pGowwUxyS_cWVOs9CerPatUo-0p5un5-33ulH1eZmEpnYbDk3Ji8mKphKOZ1L4cjQHs/s1430/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.15%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2Z04Rw1L-0RqgxEv7H41pliiRMHqZE71-ydOTTSLzoCJPV02HDkEBbQl5DPTbAsqJsOvgSg_2ntfEt8KV7a4YlArmYZZcqa_dOaqIBqSEBbXLeNhndHPNpCV_pGowwUxyS_cWVOs9CerPatUo-0p5un5-33ulH1eZmEpnYbDk3Ji8mKphKOZ1L4cjQHs/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.15%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Brian Worth and Paddy Webster in BREAKAWAY</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTmdWX9bxbVLVIXt9yy4MJ65QYrhLdsfQHcl87W3kmgo1twKAbZvn8HSl5yOo_5AUTGZ1emUBf9fUSC39WNoIuSPcJ6umKf9ZNnIjHrOhNATYiFs0NJ-ioHOqLarVgahx4JLaFzQULgoseQd3_OZyz-_W8gNUD1oxr2KtEa3GrFO77RHJjsHF1oHDNjCy/s1434/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.22%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTmdWX9bxbVLVIXt9yy4MJ65QYrhLdsfQHcl87W3kmgo1twKAbZvn8HSl5yOo_5AUTGZ1emUBf9fUSC39WNoIuSPcJ6umKf9ZNnIjHrOhNATYiFs0NJ-ioHOqLarVgahx4JLaFzQULgoseQd3_OZyz-_W8gNUD1oxr2KtEa3GrFO77RHJjsHF1oHDNjCy/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.22%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From BREAKAWAY</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiu032fG7kh4TNphS8FM0UDgI-GVReWvFrnqjTVL2Y58sCm-_j9S4s0de9PB-AZpw09aCPvSw6w7v2rqqsctch0b2heEeEYcSbmzrRlGERhYA0SLr8NhcZDASCXbgzn4YjuDhIgmD_T0FEiELFRARrfoN9fxxRYClwVcEZBKJqyWZb2sTEvGSIrH1aYZD/s1446/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiu032fG7kh4TNphS8FM0UDgI-GVReWvFrnqjTVL2Y58sCm-_j9S4s0de9PB-AZpw09aCPvSw6w7v2rqqsctch0b2heEeEYcSbmzrRlGERhYA0SLr8NhcZDASCXbgzn4YjuDhIgmD_T0FEiELFRARrfoN9fxxRYClwVcEZBKJqyWZb2sTEvGSIrH1aYZD/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.29%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From BREAKAWAY</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><u></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><u></u></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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D2Vu-3zxZEDhBEi3TmU5HtdXtMRd8W087FdrsYApLREyZ_l6CmXDZ-TX-NauvJ5QJ4cmcDQdNfeZFhv44bQ72E-0sqAo_66gZp9CN2YQOd3s4hWA1jFiPfiv4whf0q9MzDD6HRCf2P-HtI3XN3miIBH3MQbG2s8jTd0EDg0Z4sm3i3hyEh47zdGN0Ttl/s1898/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.51.54%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D2Vu-3zxZEDhBEi3TmU5HtdXtMRd8W087FdrsYApLREyZ_l6CmXDZ-TX-NauvJ5QJ4cmcDQdNfeZFhv44bQ72E-0sqAo_66gZp9CN2YQOd3s4hWA1jFiPfiv4whf0q9MzDD6HRCf2P-HtI3XN3miIBH3MQbG2s8jTd0EDg0Z4sm3i3hyEh47zdGN0Ttl/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.51.54%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BARBADOS QUEST aka Murder on Approval Year: 1955 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While the sequel BREAKAWAY is more action-packed, going from a brutal kidnapping to Tom Conway's dapper gumshoe Tom 'Duke' Martin searching for various clues, BARBADOS QUEST is more like reading a book... or watching the reading of a book... with a passive plot about a phony high-priced stamp, called the Barbados Overprint, hence the main title that's also known by a more pulpy, mainstream-sounding MURDER ON APPROVAL... <br /><br />With violence more an afterthought as this original programmer smoothly sets up the characters, where Michael Balfour's comic-relief sidekick Barney is not<i> quite yet </i>a former criminal, but has stolen the fancy car he and his boss drive around in... while the ingenue is sultry, low-voiced Delphi Lawrence,  initially hands-on and helpful, like a partner, until an enigmatic fatale twist (where her persona's more fitting): plus a snooping Scotland Yard inspector while the bad guys are played by returning actors Brian Worth and another thug role for John Colicos... in what seems more like a TV-movie but a nice, tight and intriguing one: with BREAKAWAY its more roving big-screen-style followup.</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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjry7GehnEAo5vCWsNI5AmDapxo-sdelzTg4EwwlH1qw-kwdeF9q1Z51JVV1_A0u1-VqYumf7x9X7hr3eJgmSJ9yhe2IhOVCTyvxWZHovHnjSTw_zdD48SGQFx3te-6oDtCnEc0U14ly89HmNhSclsipCAMwOLb9F2qUD7G6dwbKwTNp4mnv_4NufYwMLWa/s2014/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.59.17%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="2014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjry7GehnEAo5vCWsNI5AmDapxo-sdelzTg4EwwlH1qw-kwdeF9q1Z51JVV1_A0u1-VqYumf7x9X7hr3eJgmSJ9yhe2IhOVCTyvxWZHovHnjSTw_zdD48SGQFx3te-6oDtCnEc0U14ly89HmNhSclsipCAMwOLb9F2qUD7G6dwbKwTNp4mnv_4NufYwMLWa/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.59.17%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Delphi Lawrence in Barbados Quest</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnx3RNKLdxgkoCwVTprVWEZnwdWu1Fovnx8M0EhBMhLwq3NipZYGEZjsSHEGABp4Wk_zEXnnl8TuCmAvlQ7LTTrDyGLHitB4c2M7XDnQjVhp2FX6EMiYyRo7E1m0tQliqk6DqyYiU25MBIH1-AlBSzgiDkPY3UFE5te9aLGGH5c2cVaEX2H91T5Jm2Kuz/s1458/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnx3RNKLdxgkoCwVTprVWEZnwdWu1Fovnx8M0EhBMhLwq3NipZYGEZjsSHEGABp4Wk_zEXnnl8TuCmAvlQ7LTTrDyGLHitB4c2M7XDnQjVhp2FX6EMiYyRo7E1m0tQliqk6DqyYiU25MBIH1-AlBSzgiDkPY3UFE5te9aLGGH5c2cVaEX2H91T5Jm2Kuz/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.02%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway and Michael Balfour in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_WTLfQbvWyu5HOfLxXC1757udRBTqoftWa6zGUpEjlaqXMlDJaY7b8UfgBh1tbT6Xd_KA-a-BYOutaoh0iQKZId8hUQUi70JTOfeWWgoNb4oiyOXN2GqgVi-fJDMa0v_h5_YYc4K1Se3kzJCwOmYWY7qoirLMevZTAStXke8t7wulNR9dTnyquydQrOL/s1450/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_WTLfQbvWyu5HOfLxXC1757udRBTqoftWa6zGUpEjlaqXMlDJaY7b8UfgBh1tbT6Xd_KA-a-BYOutaoh0iQKZId8hUQUi70JTOfeWWgoNb4oiyOXN2GqgVi-fJDMa0v_h5_YYc4K1Se3kzJCwOmYWY7qoirLMevZTAStXke8t7wulNR9dTnyquydQrOL/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.24%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway and Michael Balfour in Barbados Quest with Brian Worth & Delphi Lawrence<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgTx-w47KccJGefMJog0YIC0J5PlktsFVUt1sTZgaPxlFc8C2oHvggTtLNGE7yLehdX0LZs3mGFO8IZT_ylxJ5HIo98eF5TfAkFzFdrYDfsQQiWMV4NgwJtjNRhYFuE_uC4rQlqCdE_G6YKxbpFBGVDOTLu83tS1xH2Zl27HI6CDHOOcLWcpHfV95r-m8/s1428/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.36%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgTx-w47KccJGefMJog0YIC0J5PlktsFVUt1sTZgaPxlFc8C2oHvggTtLNGE7yLehdX0LZs3mGFO8IZT_ylxJ5HIo98eF5TfAkFzFdrYDfsQQiWMV4NgwJtjNRhYFuE_uC4rQlqCdE_G6YKxbpFBGVDOTLu83tS1xH2Zl27HI6CDHOOcLWcpHfV95r-m8/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.36%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway and Michael Balfour in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ON63krcNhQVB8k5XDkwxGl-6cvq9EjfUeiU7CNhHIcQzMOQTzLYCQdUy09W7IFSING3QciwtCMbsjC4mv0PjOzssw5MCLGRJusLWGMRdJeDbMByt0lxl7ScZr8uMedTBvY31_P3Oqv2mpxJ0go-T3AqSCb2SRBbY9RPDBgJpG21GDYeDHDfEjWwDTn4g/s1412/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.46%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ON63krcNhQVB8k5XDkwxGl-6cvq9EjfUeiU7CNhHIcQzMOQTzLYCQdUy09W7IFSING3QciwtCMbsjC4mv0PjOzssw5MCLGRJusLWGMRdJeDbMByt0lxl7ScZr8uMedTBvY31_P3Oqv2mpxJ0go-T3AqSCb2SRBbY9RPDBgJpG21GDYeDHDfEjWwDTn4g/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.46%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTAoEfH5MnrOBIh9EoHOceuWVuh8yUSTUSglQVK3u4a70-EUZ0waFM29sqEKeQp1YeIfGIMHTrm-_ZhuJnFM7BifYkIzvI71MQZHT6zipY90duwTSRBV21o1HynHt_jXPeQd23Jh_K30PsVmM2P5HG6HTIzP0WtlUnaI1I7F-vLzeFTa8qLnJ4nrhffYn/s1970/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.55.46%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTAoEfH5MnrOBIh9EoHOceuWVuh8yUSTUSglQVK3u4a70-EUZ0waFM29sqEKeQp1YeIfGIMHTrm-_ZhuJnFM7BifYkIzvI71MQZHT6zipY90duwTSRBV21o1HynHt_jXPeQd23Jh_K30PsVmM2P5HG6HTIzP0WtlUnaI1I7F-vLzeFTa8qLnJ4nrhffYn/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.55.46%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway and John Colicos in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68MMplhyphenhyphenAlbLofTbF54Tbexuu3uUb7sWDSCQ0Joh2XQL6d6GxOMMykR2lmfQP99cZDYv3r3u-rQjWB8b5wivjEosHJHnvbUJEGXbtF98SlEcOxstSjfxyMFDugk8YNFBI_o2UxLVlXXz-ytbBOu1Ye48dk79pJLPB1nA3Mp0ydGMBU8uf3KtkzCeZAVqv/s1328/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.57.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68MMplhyphenhyphenAlbLofTbF54Tbexuu3uUb7sWDSCQ0Joh2XQL6d6GxOMMykR2lmfQP99cZDYv3r3u-rQjWB8b5wivjEosHJHnvbUJEGXbtF98SlEcOxstSjfxyMFDugk8YNFBI_o2UxLVlXXz-ytbBOu1Ye48dk79pJLPB1nA3Mp0ydGMBU8uf3KtkzCeZAVqv/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.57.35%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Colicos and Tom Conway in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq56Q5aUX0jjv5diTSa3yo1vvZnzBMGBfVu5Kjf9u9m9tIVC8y_HFA2V1WTTQnfQfhfsJz3tsxpEUgqv1R4sxswAX3VHqJE7FejrABaEqw3Bh4bvjkRb8QRxS63lQVfuy2YwMIv6OojBaJ0gJMBpM8yKHNPcNzu1bM4JYL3d3iubEzYCyaXziDByQMsLjG/s1438/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.54%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq56Q5aUX0jjv5diTSa3yo1vvZnzBMGBfVu5Kjf9u9m9tIVC8y_HFA2V1WTTQnfQfhfsJz3tsxpEUgqv1R4sxswAX3VHqJE7FejrABaEqw3Bh4bvjkRb8QRxS63lQVfuy2YwMIv6OojBaJ0gJMBpM8yKHNPcNzu1bM4JYL3d3iubEzYCyaXziDByQMsLjG/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.54%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

british film noir, crime, delphi lawrence, gumshoe, honor blackman, john colicos, michael balflour, michael balfour, mystery, thriller, tom conway

TOM CONWAY AS DUKE MARTIN BRITISH CRIME DOUBLE-FEATURE

Title: BREAKAWAY Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 BREAKAWAY : Former FALCON Tom Conway in the second Tom 'Duke' Martin private eye flicks m...

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuDLpXx117oUJH0rMXm29I9Fq9odXphgBaViDtL3qr-pFRZ0z4sKhCxKxjbMK19bWpYDNsr69IQyTz2flgjgFclnluS2lWjufvIMhiPZAhC363KJMaIfHXWz2E7iE1T8v1jc-oZwkIDExbgNnbYwOIixTMSEubpaR8Ymml3X_kd5VXEiuJUmTxeAHUlw=s1468" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1468" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuDLpXx117oUJH0rMXm29I9Fq9odXphgBaViDtL3qr-pFRZ0z4sKhCxKxjbMK19bWpYDNsr69IQyTz2flgjgFclnluS2lWjufvIMhiPZAhC363KJMaIfHXWz2E7iE1T8v1jc-oZwkIDExbgNnbYwOIixTMSEubpaR8Ymml3X_kd5VXEiuJUmTxeAHUlw=w400-h301" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Colicos & Susan Hogan in Phobia 1980 Rates: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There's something <i>different</i> about Canadian-shot b-horrors and how they look, and feel... kind of sparsely enigmatic, lonesome and hollow, Noirish in tone... ranging from native <i>canook</i> David Cronenberg and sometimes imported Americans — in this case the legendary and still hard-working John Huston, directing what resembles a violent TV-movie fitfully titled PHOBIA wherein the body count aspect flows strategically with the plot...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Starring Paul Michael Glaser <i>right after</i> STARSKY AND HUTCH and when partner David Soul moved to <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/10/SLot.html">SALEM'S LOT</a>, he's a seemingly helpful psychologist using a face-your-fear approach on his hospitalized patients as each of the eclectic group suffers from the same intense, specified fears that — during the best parts within an otherwise talky, by-the-numbers exploitation-horror — ultimately seals their fate: from heights to drowning to snakes while providing good roles for two lovely Canadian actresses, and is the first for 1980's scream queen <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/11/nest.html">Lisa Langlois</a> (pulling a Janet Leigh but in a tub) and Glaser's love-interest, <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/10/cronenbrood.html">THE BROOD</a> ingenue Susan Hogan. John Huston's PHOBIA is a mystery-thriller curbed by token investigative cop John Colicos that pays off in predictable yet twisty, entertaining death scenes and that, if it <i>really were </i>made for television and with a less famous/legendary director, just might've gotten the attention it deserved... or any at all.  </p><p><span></span></p>