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Written by James M. Tate / 5/25/2025 / No comments / action , blaxploitation , don marshall , ena hartman , exploitation , marta kristen , phyllis davis , prison , roger e. mosley , science-fiction , tom selleck

ENA HARTMAN, TOM SELLECK & MARTA KRISTEN 'TERMINAL ISLAND'

<p></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/AVvXsEhBjl-9g4qzPfCEd_zyMpTbFeKihvuAdm0pLqSGNjmhIHU-BXOhSDwYczPxwr1nyhMKVRBfsObOPuMPvz0LVDvUbjvrJvPW5mGbSjXAmUDyPzEWJlCN_iNEli9byryTrxdA1KxHn51LYjqEp15YZUeD0xqG-EusRCqBE1kuuA9IaXulFhOZmMfBJtunVpp9/s1756/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="1756" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjl-9g4qzPfCEd_zyMpTbFeKihvuAdm0pLqSGNjmhIHU-BXOhSDwYczPxwr1nyhMKVRBfsObOPuMPvz0LVDvUbjvrJvPW5mGbSjXAmUDyPzEWJlCN_iNEli9byryTrxdA1KxHn51LYjqEp15YZUeD0xqG-EusRCqBE1kuuA9IaXulFhOZmMfBJtunVpp9/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Marta Kristen, Don Marshall & Ena Hartman in TERMINAL ISLAND Year: 1973 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For an exploitation flick that seems to make itself up as it goes, TERMINAL ISLAND begins creatively enough, much like the same years' WESTWORLD with random interviews about the title location... </p><p></p><p></p><p>In this case, based on the actual California death penalty being overturned (making The Manson Family eligible for parole soon after), random people are asked what they think of the prison island alternative, like ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK after while based on the infamous Devil's Island, where murderous convicts are left to their own devices...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, blaxploitation, don marshall, ena hartman, exploitation, marta kristen, phyllis davis, prison, roger e. mosley, science-fiction, tom selleck

ENA HARTMAN, TOM SELLECK & MARTA KRISTEN 'TERMINAL ISLAND'

Marta Kristen, Don Marshall & Ena Hartman in TERMINAL ISLAND Year: 1973 Rating: **1/2 For an exploitation flick that seems to make itsel...

BURT REYNOLDS AND KRIS KRISTOFFERSON ARE 'SEMI-TOUGH'

<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="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDaNPfvwD4fGSodpDeuuVMUryxdiU2CLAzNipgxKvjKfPKlQC3D0UBTlJQ-TjBz-Me77_rh1jrhRwPZn_9UeDw0euvag0LGB0SdzMWvc_SrcGsK8CEVB-GhK24cR-Fu4yddUO2Hd8_gxNjIEFsn_xfRQGazXWywj87OvDLn7GEX7y3MVjMMRYcMG0Tw/s2198/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-25%20at%2010.41.43%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="2198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDaNPfvwD4fGSodpDeuuVMUryxdiU2CLAzNipgxKvjKfPKlQC3D0UBTlJQ-TjBz-Me77_rh1jrhRwPZn_9UeDw0euvag0LGB0SdzMWvc_SrcGsK8CEVB-GhK24cR-Fu4yddUO2Hd8_gxNjIEFsn_xfRQGazXWywj87OvDLn7GEX7y3MVjMMRYcMG0Tw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-25%20at%2010.41.43%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Burt Reynolds in SEMI-TOUGH Year: 1977 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Having been a college football star before an injury leading to acting lessons, football became Burt Reynolds' <i>Rosebud</i>... and the second mainstream football flick for Burt Reynolds isn't as gritty as THE LONGEST YARD, which took place in prison involving prisoners vs guards...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But SEMI-TOUGH centers on a professional team where the most famous and beloved players, odd couple Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson (flanked by muscular loon Brian Dennehy and a stable Roger E. Mosely), hardly compete on the field but, as a romantic comedy, seek a relationship with the team owner's progressive daughter, Jill Clayburgh...</p><p><span></span></p>

brian dennehy, buddy, burt reynolds, football, jill clayburgh, kris kristofferson, love triangle, michael ritchie, roger e. mosley, romantic comedy, seventies, sport

BURT REYNOLDS AND KRIS KRISTOFFERSON ARE 'SEMI-TOUGH'

Burt Reynolds in SEMI-TOUGH Year: 1977 Rating: *** Having been a college football star before an injury leading to acting lessons, football ...

JONATHAN KAPLAN DIRECTS RAY LIOTTA IN 'UNLAWFUL ENTRY'

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Although his best (or most well known) movies came after "graduation" with vehicles such as the cult teen angst rebellion classic, OVER THE EDGE, and then guiding Jodie Foster's first Oscar-winning role in the more conventional THE ACCUSED and later on, using the actor from fellow Cormon crony Jonathan Demme (who directed Foster's second big win) for his risque road journey SOMETHING WILD...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

cop, dick miller, harry northup, jonathan kaplan, ken lerner, kurt russell, madeline stowe, ray liotta, roger e. mosley, suspense, thriller

JONATHAN KAPLAN DIRECTS RAY LIOTTA IN 'UNLAWFUL ENTRY'

Ray Liotta in UNLAWFUL ENTRY Year: 1992 Rating: ***1/2 Some former student directors of low-budget movie-producing icon Roger Corman, no ma...

SOME JOHN WAYNE ACTION BEFORE IT'S COMPLETELY ILLEGAL

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>And pretty soon there will be no cops or guns so just watch McQ and remember when times were: 1973</u></td></tr>
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<u>REVIEW OF McQ</u>: Sounding like an upbeat version of a jazzy New Orleans funeral march or a
 car honking to a clunky yet catchy rhythm, McQ’s main theme takes our 
hero, the title character played by John Wayne, through a string of 
mysterious and dangerous elements that starts out reminiscent of cop 
thrillers DIRTY HARRY and BULLITT but winds up very Film Noir...<br>
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Beginning
 with an unnamed gunman slaying several victims throughout the pre-dawn 
city streets, we soon realize he’s the partner of a veteran cop named 
McQ.<br>

action, al lettieri, clu gulager, david huddleston, eddie albert, john wayne, neo noir, roger e. mosley, seventies

SOME JOHN WAYNE ACTION BEFORE IT'S COMPLETELY ILLEGAL

And pretty soon there will be no cops or guns so just watch McQ and remember when times were: 1973 REVIEW OF McQ : Sounding like an upbe...

LEE MAJORS IS A BIONIC MAN OF 'STEEL' WITH JENNIFER O'NEILL

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Poster art for Steve Carver's blue collar action drama with Lee Majors titled STEEL Year: 1979</u></td></tr>
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Any movie that spends time gathering up an eclectic lot of characters… and <i>characters</i> they are… in order to pull off an impossible challenge is probably gonna be cool, and STEEL, avoiding blue collar melodrama and corny clichés, is, for what it's worth, pretty darn close to lightweight popcorn perfection...<br>
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Fresh from his stint as the Bionic Man and having survived piranha in KILLER FISH, Lee Majors shows a little more range as a former steel worker…In fact he was a legend at his trade… who, thanks or no thanks to a bad accident, has an immense fear of heights...<br>

action, albert salmi, harris yulin, import, jennifer o'neill, lee majors, r.g. armstrong, richard lynch, roger e. mosley, seventies, terry kiser

LEE MAJORS IS A BIONIC MAN OF 'STEEL' WITH JENNIFER O'NEILL

Poster art for Steve Carver's blue collar action drama with Lee Majors titled STEEL Year: 1979 Any movie that spends time gathering ...

JOHN WAYNE GETS DIRTY HARRY WITH A BULLITT IN 'MCQ'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1974 cast: John Wayne, Diana Muldaur, Eddie Albert, Clu Gulager, Roger E. Mosely, Al Lettieri, Julie Adams</u></td></tr>
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Sounding like an upbeat version of a jazzy New Orleans funeral march or a car honking to a clunky yet catchy rhythm, McQ’s main theme takes our hero, the title character played by John Wayne, through a string of mysterious and dangerous elements that starts out reminiscent of cop thrillers DIRTY HARRY and BULLITT but winds up very Film Noir, beginning with an unnamed gunman slaying several victims throughout the pre-dawn city streets, we soon realize he’s the partner of a veteran cop named McQ.<br>
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When that killer’s quickly shot down, McQ has to investigate… not knowing his partner had pulled off the murders beforehand… going from an ex wife, a former lover, a reluctant ratting pimp and a notorious drug dealer to get clues, mostly red herrings which lead him (the first time round) absolutely nowhere.<br>
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action, al lettieri, clu gulager, david huddleston, eddie albert, john wayne, neo noir, roger e. mosley, seventies

JOHN WAYNE GETS DIRTY HARRY WITH A BULLITT IN 'MCQ'

year: 1974 cast: John Wayne, Diana Muldaur, Eddie Albert, Clu Gulager, Roger E. Mosely, Al Lettieri, Julie Adams Sounding like an upbeat...

BIONIC LEE MAJORS IS THE MAN OF STEVE CARVER'S 'STEEL'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1979 cast: Lee Majors, Richard Lynch rating: ***1/2</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/04/Majors-of-Steel.html"><span style="font-size: large;">STEEL HAS MOVED HERE</span></a><br /><br />
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