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Written by James M. Tate / 6/24/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , eighties , exploitation , martin hewitt , reb brown , rosalind chao , vietnam , war , wayne crawford , william katt

WILLIAM KATT, WAYNE CRAWFORD & REB BROWN IN 'WHITE GHOST'

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 Crawford plays a grouchy commando common enough to have a line that 
finishes with "Cap in 
your ass!" And with WHITE GHOST there's a lesson on how to use William Katt's BIG WEDNESDAY co-star, Reb Brown (who had resembled a skinny and large version of each other), the right and wrong way — starting with what <i>not</i> to do...<br>
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The mission to "rescue" and/or 
"recover" Katt's titular rogue from the Vietnam jungle, where he's 
existed, obscured behind a phantom legacy since the 
unpopular war's closure almost twenty years earlier, is headed by Reb Brown, portraying
 a very serious, seemingly passive major, addressing a round table of grimacing politicians 
wanting nothing to do with the near-historic error of Vietnam...<br>
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WILLIAM KATT, WAYNE CRAWFORD & REB BROWN IN 'WHITE GHOST'

Brown-haired Reb Brown artwork for WHITE GHOST Year: 1988 Rating: *** Actor/Producer Wayne Crawford plays a grouchy commando common enough...

LEE PURCELL REFLECTS THE CULT CLASSIC OF 'BIG WEDNESDAY'

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LEE PURCELL REFLECTS THE CULT CLASSIC OF 'BIG WEDNESDAY'

Actress Lee Purcell Interview on the John Milius surf classic BIG WEDNESDAY pictured here with Jan-Michael Vincent How were you selected...

BLAZING THROUGH 'BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS'

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BLAZING THROUGH 'BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS'

Butch & Sundance The Early Days Year Released: 1979 For those not diehard BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID fanatics, this preque...

SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM PRESENTS 'HOUSE' STARRING WILLIAM KATT

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Signed by William Katt and George Wendt YEAR: 1985</u></td></tr>
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One of those comedy/horror flicks that, in 1985, wasn't so "one of those" since, years before, they were either <i>one</i> or the other, unless an intentional satire...<br>
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But during the last twenty-five years, post SCREAM, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and many others, horror combined with comedy (where death can be funny yet still scary and final) has been commonplace, even cliché, and those movies were most likely inspired by AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and, for people in-the-know, HOUSE... wherein William Katt's character, a horror novelist named Roger Cobb, is really more likable and affable than funny or trying for laughs... <br>
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The perfect ambiguous pawn for what happens in the HOUSE he moves back into, once owned by his "crazy" old aunt, ranging from communication with his actress ex-wife (Kay Lenz) to flirting with a gorgeous blonde neighbor (Mary Stavin) to fighting a mounted marlin to strategically battling a jovial yet nightmarish "witch" monster, leading to a formidable humanoid creature resembling  Eddie from the Iron Maiden album covers....<br>
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The best scenes occur within the HOUSE as Cobb and neighbor Harold, played affably by CHEERS favorite George Wendt, investigate the two-story interior... for a purpose. By day, Cobb struggles on a non-fiction book that conjures up palpable war memories of his personal experience in what was extremely popular during the 1980's: Vietnam...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>HOUSE SCORE: ****1/2</u></td></tr>
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The flashback jungle sequences (featuring giant cult actor Richard Moll) look glossy and contrived, obviously filmed on a back-lot location liken to a TV show (MAGNUM P.I., etc)...<br>
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But the primal direction from Steve Miner is edgy, fun and full of suspense: He was a b-movie student of the film's producer Sean S. Cunningham, who were both catapulted by the
 original FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise: Sean directing the first while associate producer Miner directed the superior parts two and three. So there's a genuine and spooky, omnipresent feeling we're watching an authentic haunted house flick as opposed to a parody, and the severe main plot has Cobb searching for his son, who'd vanished in the swimming pool a year earlier. Present time and backstory connect within the multi-layered title location with something lurking around every corner; even when nothing's there, it always feels close. Simply put, HOUSE is a movie with pretty much everything.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Katt stars as Roger Cobb in HOUSE</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Katt stars as Roger Cobb in HOUSE</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Living the High Life is William Katt stars as Roger Cobb in HOUSE</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Katt stars as Roger Cobb in HOUSE with George Wendt</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Katt stars as Roger Cobb in HOUSE</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kay Lenz as Sandy Sinclair in HOUSE</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mary Stavin as Tanya in HOUSE</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mary Stavin as Tanya in HOUSE</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mary Stavin as Tanya in HOUSE with William Katt</u></td></tr>
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alan autry, comedy, eighties, george wendt, haunted house, horror, kay lenz, mary stavin, richard moll, sean s. cunningham, steve miner, suspense, vietnam, william katt, witch

SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM PRESENTS 'HOUSE' STARRING WILLIAM KATT

Signed by William Katt and George Wendt YEAR: 1985 One of those comedy/horror flicks that, in 1985, wasn't so "one of those...

IF THE CULT HORROR 'HOUSE' INSPIRED 'THE WALKING DEAD'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The powerful "Witch" creature in the horror comedy flick HOUSE that possibly inspired...</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sans the lipstick and blouse color and with no fangs here's the WALKING DEAD mid-life crisis white trash mama ghoul</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Another shot of the walker that resembles the most memorable creature in Sean S. Cunningham's HOUSE</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>THE WALKING DEAD and HOUSE from 1986... WALKING DEAD House... And so on...</u></td></tr>
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2016, cable, eighties, sean s. cunningham, tribute, william katt

IF THE CULT HORROR 'HOUSE' INSPIRED 'THE WALKING DEAD'

The powerful "Witch" creature in the horror comedy flick HOUSE that possibly inspired... Sans the lipstick and blouse colo...

Written by James M. Tate / 1/01/2014 / No comments / darrell fetty , gary busey , jan-michael vincent , john milius , lee purcell , retrospective , seventies , william katt

THREE RADICAL INTERVIEW REFLECTIONS ON 'BIG WEDNESDAY'

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<span style="color: #cccccc;"></span>In the wake of DILLINGER and THE WIND AND THE LION, writer/director JOHN MILIUS set out on his next project, which turned out to be his most personal. Based on experiences growing up as a surfer in Southern California, he and fellow surfer Dennis Aaberg wrote BIG WEDNESDAY, a masterpiece that centers on three friends...
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MATT  JOHNSON (Jan-Michael Vincent), JACK BARLOW (William Katt), and LEROY  SMITH (Gary Busey) on their personal journey for big parties, big waves,  and good times eventually curtailed by the Vietnam War... Other  characters include BEAR (Sam Melville), the group's mentor who makes  boards on the pier until he's forced inland where he opens a board shop;  WAXER (Darrell Fetty), the party mascot who works for Bear and is  eventually shipped off to Vietnam; and ENFORCER (Reb Brown), a muscular  stud who defends the group from inland party crashers.<br />
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And  the TWO CENTRAL FEMALE ROLES are played by Lee Purcell (Matt's girl,  PEGGY) and Patti D'Arbanville (Jack's girl, SALLY). Other cast includes  Geoff Parks (THRASHER), Robert Englund (as FLY, who also narrates)...<br />
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And  co-writer Dennis Aaberg (as SLICK) with appearances by Steve Kanaly,  Frank McCrae, Joe Spinell, Fran Ryan, Michael Talbott, Perry Lang,  Charlene Tilton, Terry Bolo, Rick Dano, Perry Lang, and even John Millius himself as a Marijuana dealer in Tijuana.<br />
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<b>from LEE PURCELL ("Peggy Gordon"): WHAT MEMORIES DO YOU HAVE OF THE KEG PARTY SCENE?</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lee strikes back</td></tr>
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"The  best part for me was in the bathroom when I tell a girl she should wear  a padded bra and she responds that she already is! Very funny and very  realistic female dialogue!"<br />
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GIRL AT PARTY: "You've got a great figure."<br />
PEGGY GORDON: "Thank you. You too."<br />
GIRL AT PARTY: "Is that a padded bra?"<br />
PEGGY GORDON: "No, this is all me."<br />
GIRL AT PARTY: "God."<br />
PEGGY GORDON: "You should try a padded bra."<br />
GIRL AT PARTY: "I have one on."<br />
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"When  Jan (Matt) and I were on the couch towards the end, and my character is  so drunk that I fall over sideways. That was my improv and John loved  it and kept it in. Of course, then I had to fall over and over, from  different angles, for many takes." Lee Purcell<br />
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from  TERRY BOLO ("Party Girl") WERE THERE GOOD TIMES BETWEEN TAKES? "The  party crowd led by the Pied Piper, Sam Melville, who played Bear, and  Darrell Fetty, hung out in Sam's motor home, dubbed <i>The Motor Hooter</i>. Some people would go home on Sun, back to LA, again...<br />
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"I  can't remember how long we were up there, maybe 3 weeks or more. Well,  the crew and extra bus, coming back from the location, was the place to  be. Word soon got out, and even the principal actors and some of the key  crew, would pass on their privately driven cars, and join the party  bus."<b> </b><br />
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<b>GOING BACK TO BEAR</b><br />
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MATT  JOHNSON is the epitome of a star surfer. In his time he was the top dog.  After hitting the skids and becoming a heavy drinker, he causes a  traffic accident and gets kicked off the beach by Jack, now a  responsible lifeguard.<br />
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Matt returns to Bear's inland shop. Bear tells him an idea to make a Matt Johnson model surfboard. Matt wants no part of it:<br />
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MATT  JOHNSON: "I don't wanna be a star. Have my picture in magazines, have a  bunch of kids looking up to me. I'm a drunk, Bear, a screw up. I just  surf cause its good to go out and ride with your friends. I don't even  have that anymore."<br />
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Bear  was played by the late Sam Melville, best known for his part as a cop in THE ROOKIES television show.<br />
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His character Bear is the baseline of  the movie: both father figure and mentor, and during the party is a very liberal chaperone.<br />
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There is a epic quality to this  character. In a movie centering on young people running wild, he is the  safety net.<br />
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The pivotal Bear wedding scene is the film's centerpiece, as Jack and Matt become friends once again.<b>  </b><br />
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"I  loved working with Sam Melville (Bear); he was a wonderful person and  terrific actor. That scene has a wonderful bittersweet quality to it  that is so true of time passing, people growing up and the inevitable  changes of life." Lee Purcell<br />
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<b>ANYONE FEEL A DRAFT?</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wild Bunch</td></tr>
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Matt,  Leroy, Waxer and several others are called to serve in Vietnam,  something they don't want to do. So they show up to the recruiting  station, each with their own way to get out of it.<br />
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Leroy the Masochist feigns insanity:<br />
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PSYCHOLOGIST: “I see here they call you a masochist.”<br />
LEROY THE MASOCHIST: “I like pain.”<br />
PSYCHOLOGIST: “Can you be specific? What kind of pain do you like?”<br />
LEROY THE MASOCHIST: “Any kind of pain.”<br />
PSYCHOLOGIST: “Such as?”<br />
LEROY  THE MASOCHIST: “I like fights, I've dove through windows, I've eaten  light bulbs, I like sharks, any kind of blood. If you gave me a gun, I'd  shoot you in the face just to see what it looked like when the bullet  hit.”<br />
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Matt Johnson fakes a knee injury; Fly blindness... And Waxer had his own unique approach:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank McCrea & Waxer</td></tr>
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SERGEANT: "Are you a homosexual?"<br />
WAXER: "Well, I guess I am. I wrote it down, 'Homosexual Tendencies: Yes.' Yes."<br />
SERGEANT:  "Well, you're just gonna love it in the United States Army. There's  lots of men there. And they get real close in foxholes and tanks, and in  combat. Get him out of here and process him in the Marine Corps."<br />
WAXER: "If you send me to Vietnam, I'll just die."<br />
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The  Drill Sergeant is played by character-actor Frank McCrae, who also  appeared in the Milius classic DILLINGER and a string of other movies  spanning many decades. The scene involving Frank McCrae and Darrell  Fetty is one of the most memorable in the film.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With director John Milius</td></tr>
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from DARRELL FETTY ("Waxer")<br />
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"John  Milius set it up so I'd be uncomfortable within that scene - I didn't  quite know what was coming when Frank was screaming at me. That's  actually one of the places where there was a little improvisation. In  fact, the line that buttons the scene 'If you send me to Viet Nam, I'll  just die!' was a pre-scene suggestion from Carolyne, my wife at the  time. I sprang it on John and Frank during the take, and John kept it  in, because as you know in the movie I do go to Viet Nam and get  killed."<br />
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<b>EULOGY FOR THE WAXER</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darrell Fetty waxed</td></tr>
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The  funeral scene involving Matt, Jack and Leroy reflecting on their fallen  friend Waxer at a military graveyard is one of the most poignant in the  film, especially the eulogy given by Jan-Michael Vincent.<br />
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MATT  JOHNSON: "We're gathered here to say a few words about our friend Jim  King. We called him Waxer. I'd just like to say that… he was a good  surfer… and a really great guy. He had a nice cutback. He rode the nose  real well. He was kind of screwed up the way he treated women, but he  always got the one he wanted. So it doesn't matter anyway because he was  a good guy all the way around. He'd always give people waves... Just  give them a wave. He'd always stick up for his friends in a fight. He  wasn't worth a damn but he was always right in there. I don't ever  remember a big day that Waxer wouldn't go out and ride with his friends.  Old Waxer was our friend. He was a little part of us. And we're gonna  miss him."<br />
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Waxer is a very memorable, important  character. He's the number one party animal, the mascot: representing  the epitome of having a good time, which makes his loss the turning  point of the film.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darrell Fetty</td></tr>
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"What's  surprising is that at film festivals and special screenings, quite a  few present-day surfers and younger fans come up to me to quote Waxer  lines…although they mostly quote lines that Jan, Gary, and Billy Katt  say about Waxer during that drunken cemetery scene." Darrell Fetty<br />
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<b>AND THE MOST IMPORTANT<i> </i>THINGS FOR LAST</b><br />
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from  Lee Purcell:  "I also loved working with Billy’s mother, Barbara Hale –  she is a great woman, a real trouper and very funny. " Before  the big day of surf, Matt has some business to take care of. He shows  at Jack's house, and Jack's mother (Barbara Hale) answers the door.  After a short surface conversation, Matt opens up with:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Both Katt and Jack's mom, Barbara Hale with Catch 22 book</u></td></tr>
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MATT JOHNSON: "You know, Mrs. Barlow, there's something I'd like straighten out."<br />
MRS. BARLOW: "What's that, Matt?"<br />
MATT JOHNSON: "Well, I did a lot of things around here I'm kind of ashamed of. I tore up your lawn with my '40 Ford..."<br />
MRS. BARLOW: "Many times."<br />
MATT JOHNSON: "Took my pants off in front of your friends..."<br />
MRS. BARLOW: "Oh, yes."<br />
MATT  JOHNSON: "And I even passed out in your closet, but I never... and I  don't know who could have if I didn't... but I never, and I repeat  never, ever pissed in your steam iron."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Wednesday</td></tr>
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"BIG  WEDNESDAY is a classic, now considered one of the great films of that  incredibly innovative 1970s era of filmmaking. Many say it's the most  authentic surfing movie ever made. I think it's been featured at more  film festivals, benefits, and retrospectives than any of John's movies. I  know I've made more personal appearances at various screenings as The  Waxer than for any other role I've done." Darrell Fetty<br />
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BIG WEDNESDAY RETROSPECTIVE BY JAMES M. TATE AND COMING SOON TO AN OCEAN NEAR YOU, THE ENFORCER HIMSELF, REB BROWN, SHARES ALL ABOUT THIS CLASSIC FILM AND ANOTHER JOHN MILIUS/A-TEAM PRODUCTION <i>UNCOMMON VALOR</i>...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Gary Busey and William Katt help Jan-Michael Vincent take the waves in BIG WEDNESDAY</u></td></tr>
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darrell fetty, gary busey, jan-michael vincent, john milius, lee purcell, retrospective, seventies, william katt