cult film freak: john hillerman

Written by James M. Tate / 3/06/2026 / No comments / adventure , college , comedy , dan monohan , eighties , james b. sikking , jeff east , jennifer runyon , john hillerman , julia montgomery , stephen furst , tim matheson

JENNIFER RUNYON AND TIM MATHESON ARE GOING 'UP THE CREEK'

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In FLETCH, Matheson looked somewhere in 
his late thirties, playing an established businessman.  Here he's a broke, grungy college slacker 
and actually looks much younger than in  FLETCH but way too old to be a 
student. But that's probably intentional...</p><p><span></span></p>

adventure, college, comedy, dan monohan, eighties, james b. sikking, jeff east, jennifer runyon, john hillerman, julia montgomery, stephen furst, tim matheson

JENNIFER RUNYON AND TIM MATHESON ARE GOING 'UP THE CREEK'

Jennifer Runyon in UP THE CREEK Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 A year following this neglected outdoor comedy, Tim Matheson would ask Chevy Chase...

Written by James M. Tate / 2/24/2016 / No comments / action , bo hopkins , crime , exploitation , gangster , hit man , jason miller , john hillerman , linda haynes , neo noir , richard mulligan , seventies

JASON MILLER POSSESSES 'THE NICKEL RIDE' WITH LINDA HAYNES

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JASON MILLER POSSESSES 'THE NICKEL RIDE' WITH LINDA HAYNES

year: 1974 cast: Jason Miller, John Hillerman, Linda Haynes, Bo Hopkins In THE NICKEL RIDE, wherein a convoluted set-up is experienced thro...

Written by James M. Tate / 2/04/2013 / 2 Comments / action , charlton heston , disaster , james brolin , jeanne crain , jenifer shaw , john fielder , john guillermin , john hillerman , mariette hartley , nicholas hammond , rosie grier , seventies , susan dey , yvette mimieux

CHARLTON HESTON 'SKYJACKED' YVETTE MIMIEUX & SUSAN DEY

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Some of the best elements of hijacking, plane crashing, ship sinking, building burning or any other disaster type film is the setup before anything bad happens. Meeting each character beforehand, so when the tragedy occurs we care for each member during the perilous situation...<br />
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This 1970’s flick directed by John Guillermin starring Charlton Heston as a pilot of a skyjacked airliner, does the exact opposite: The passengers on board – including Rosie Grier as a cello player, Susan Dey as a hippie girl, Nicholas Hammond as a senator’s son, Walter Pidgeon as the Senator, Mariette Hartley as a pregnant woman; Jeanne Crain a classy older lady and Heston's DIAMOND HEAD sister Yvette Mimieux as the stewardess who’d once been linked with Heston and now dates co-pilot Mike Henry – aren’t very interesting. Except James Brolin as a high-strung Vietnam vet who needs a few drinks too many. Meanwhile, in the tower is the very in-charge Claude Akins with John Hillerman and John Fielder: the latter with a badly dubbed voice. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>James Brolin goes nutty in Skyjacked RATING: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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The tension builds once a “note” on the woman’s room mirror, written in lipstick, warns of the immanent hijacking. Although the description spoils who the culprit is, the story tries its best to keep us unaware until the menace is revealed as Brolin comes to life as a jaded veteran with flashbacks of a coming home ceremony, but we never get to know any reasons for his lunacy other than the stock "well he was in Vietnam so of course he's nuts," which perhaps was good enough then but not so much anymore: making him one-dimensional and ultimately, uninteresting.<br />
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Not bad for a disaster melodrama that inserts a few horrible THE CROWDED SKY type romantic flashbacks, SKYJACKED is Heston’s ride as he plays the cool hero with ease. But as thrillers go it could have been much more intense and suspenseful <i>before</i> the 11th hour showdown. And anyone familiar with the TV show LOST – the final moments of this film mirrors the final moments of that show.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>One of our fav starlets in her last role has Jeanne Crain in SKYJACKED w/ Ross Elliott</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>First Class hippie Susan Dey shown over to coach by Yvette Mimieux in SKYJACKED</u></td></tr>
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CHARLTON HESTON 'SKYJACKED' YVETTE MIMIEUX & SUSAN DEY

Susan Dey in Skyjacked YEAR: 1972 Some of the best elements of hijacking, plane crashing, ship sinking, building burning or any other di...

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