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Written by James M. Tate / 9/02/2019 / No comments / adventure , ben johnson , cult , elijah cook jr. , karl malden , larry duran , marlon brando , miriam colon , sam gilman , sixties , slim pickens , timothy carey , western

MARLON BRANDO IN HIS BROODING WESTERN 'ONE-EYED JACKS'

adventure, ben johnson, cult, elijah cook jr., karl malden, larry duran, marlon brando, miriam colon, sam gilman, sixties, slim pickens, timothy carey, western

MARLON BRANDO IN HIS BROODING WESTERN 'ONE-EYED JACKS'

Marlon Brando aims at Timothy Carey in ONE-EYED JACKS There's an obscure, now forgotten cult of Marlon Brando fans, or Western fans,...

MAURY DEXTER'S 'HARBOR LIGHTS' FEATURING MIRIAM COLON

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u><u>Director: Maury Dexter </u>Year of Release: 1963</u></td></tr>
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Director Maury Dexter's only lasting Hollywood fingerprint is having been a permanent assistant producer and sporadic director of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Miriam Colon</u></td></tr>
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But in the early 1960's he turned out a great number of little films with genres ranging from Westerns, Beach comedies, and, as in 
the case of the very obscure HARBOR LIGHTS, a "New Noir" crime flick starring Kent Taylor, the film begins with a younger man with a similar tiny-mustache that Kent usually dons in Dexter's villainous roles — for instance, the sparse cowboy picture, <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2016/12/WalkTall.html">WALK TALL</a>...<br>
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And this is one of those waterfront thrillers in the style of TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. Or any type of balmy Noir; here taking place/filmed at San Jan, Puerto Rico while not making much use of the exterior location despite the deliciously pulpy title with a dime-novel approach, most of the scenes are handed off from interior locations where guns are drawn, fists fly, last names tossed around, and in this case a treasure that Kent's intrepid pawn, Dan Crown, acts like he knows the whereabouts of despite the fact his brother (the mustached guy in the intro) is as estranged from the family as can be... being dead and all, which got the plot rolling... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Miriam Colon in Harbor Lights RATES: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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And this is really a gambling picture despite only one quick scene involving Jeff Morrow's lead villain in a hotel casino where most of the interior running-around takes place. But our hero does have to desperately venture into the dusty streets lined with old stucco buildings; and he eventually winds up in an oceanic boat chase... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Colon on Saul</u></td></tr>
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But what makes these HARBOR LIGHTS really shine is Twentieth Century Fox's <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/08/makes-jack-a-dull-boy.html">THUNDER ISLAND</a> Spanish fox Miriam Colon as ingenue Gina Rosario...<br>
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Who'd later play Al Pacino's angry mother in SCARFACE and is more recently known within the BREAKING BAD universe as Tuco's soap opera addicted grandma on the first episode of BETTER CALL SAUL. And here, many decades earlier and quite a beauty, she starts out not trusting Taylor but winds up trying to keep him out of harm's way: in particular, from Jeff Morrow's character, simply referred to as Cardinal and who she had some kind of past with...<br>
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action, art bedard, crime, jeff morrow, kent taylor, maury dexter, miriam colon, neo noir, pulp

MAURY DEXTER'S 'HARBOR LIGHTS' FEATURING MIRIAM COLON

Director: Maury Dexter Year of Release: 1963 Director Maury Dexter's only lasting Hollywood fingerprint is having been a permanent a...

GENE NELSON TAKING AIM AT JACK NICHOLSON'S 'THUNDER ISLAND'

action, art bedard, brian kelly, crime, don devlin, fay spain, gene nelson, jack nicholson, miriam colon, neo noir, sixties

GENE NELSON TAKING AIM AT JACK NICHOLSON'S 'THUNDER ISLAND'

Year of Assignment: 1963 Here's a movie that almost was, and nearly could've been — something pretty good: As one of many low bu...

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