FRANK SINATRA RETURNING AS TONY ROME IN 'LADY IN CEMENT'

<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/AVvXsEjsIYtJRllfexjYwxcmIhV8B8K6DY0zGtijnWCOfW8KIkueUYY7agnvU4en-oWRaG3uQEjhLbcGsMhfmxIKS4-Dwcy3iI-O2nk3fNU7V765PhetyFSDNa227Mf1kNm7UsC0Wok4vkCkjTpPWrdq93QAKXcl53fA2CDhjrfBRZ7pUwMBM4sA5a4bN7EtKyS-/s1878/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-14%20at%207.13.52%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1878" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIYtJRllfexjYwxcmIhV8B8K6DY0zGtijnWCOfW8KIkueUYY7agnvU4en-oWRaG3uQEjhLbcGsMhfmxIKS4-Dwcy3iI-O2nk3fNU7V765PhetyFSDNa227Mf1kNm7UsC0Wok4vkCkjTpPWrdq93QAKXcl53fA2CDhjrfBRZ7pUwMBM4sA5a4bN7EtKyS-/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-14%20at%207.13.52%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>In LADY IN CEMENT Year: 1967 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the sequel to the neo-noir <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/04/lyon-of-rome.html">TONY ROME</a>, with legendary cool crooner Frank Sinatra in the lead role during the colorful late 1960's... while deep sea diving he literally sees the LADY IN CEMENT at the bottom of the ocean...<br><br>Her naked, otherwise model-looking corpse surrounded by a guardian shark (that would have probably stripped her to the bone) as the original film's otherwise capable director Gordon Douglas (KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE), who filmed several other of Frank's crime/heist vehicles, doesn't get a lot of tension out of what should be an extremely suspenseful situation: as Rome (actually the stunt diver) merely brushes off the killer fish as if they were nothing... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

action, chris robinson, dan blocker, exploitation, frank sinatra, gumshoe, jazz-score, lainie kazan, mystery, neo noir, raquel welch, richard conte, shark, sixties, tony rome

FRANK SINATRA RETURNING AS TONY ROME IN 'LADY IN CEMENT'

In LADY IN CEMENT Year: 1967 Rating: *** In the sequel to the neo-noir TONY ROME , with legendary cool crooner Frank Sinatra in the lead rol...

BURT REYNOLDS AND RAQUEL WELCH KIND OF REUNITE IN 'FUZZ'

<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/AVvXsEhnjBF5lAnF_9ae4pTwsXsZAxL8uL5UZQ3KT8Q5laV1wJXuxh58V_d2w9l9Q7Oj8rxDF6VFTaEyEt5MzE8ptHqCJ1u6JBAQ5GJC0AWCpTdsrqzhDUGCFZepgjQOpayNPU_3TRQDDh6Xg1AXJS0ZuU8Thqrn8laxJMYTTmpHwj6rAaVF4hSKIyZvJonrpM_o/s1590/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-09%20at%204.04.32%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjBF5lAnF_9ae4pTwsXsZAxL8uL5UZQ3KT8Q5laV1wJXuxh58V_d2w9l9Q7Oj8rxDF6VFTaEyEt5MzE8ptHqCJ1u6JBAQ5GJC0AWCpTdsrqzhDUGCFZepgjQOpayNPU_3TRQDDh6Xg1AXJS0ZuU8Thqrn8laxJMYTTmpHwj6rAaVF4hSKIyZvJonrpM_o/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-09%20at%204.04.32%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Pop Culture Explosion Poster for FUZZ Year: 1972 Rating: **</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch couldn't stand each other on the set of <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2022/08/100R.html">100 RIFLES</a>, when they wound up in FUZZ... a funky-scored blaxploitation-style wannabe but for mostly white cops... she demanded they share no screen-time together, which <i>almost</i> comes true...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In one scene inside the usual dingy precinct, a woman tells Welch's newbie detective character about an attack... cutting to Burt and affable sidekick Jack Weston eavesdropping... then when Welch is shown again you can hear an early version of Burt's signature chortle... after which, they're in the same frame: twice, quickly...</p><p><span></span></p>

bert remsen, burt reynolds, charles martin smith, cop, dark comedy, don gordon, ensemble, jack weston, james mceachin, peter bonerz, raquel welch, seventies, tamara dobson, tom skerritt, yul brynner

BURT REYNOLDS AND RAQUEL WELCH KIND OF REUNITE IN 'FUZZ'

Pop Culture Explosion Poster for FUZZ Year: 1972 Rating: ** Since Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch couldn't stand each other on the set of...

BLAXPLOITATION MEXPLOITATION HYBRID WESTERN '100 RIFLES'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhRFoByyiX43pdwzqpSQaCfm8ogJlEzvQzCbtsqB01T_Jay0nBR3Psmg8CkURR3ds27YWJMHegZQux3A0GnXaOCH1wc2GR6WViSX40KABVmnPYpPQWVtxaJ1roH0M_jh_uwyNys4HG3QW4SJxZvBixAYA8qESiHqcgxwoEsiTrEjdq_z-DQNLp-yx0FHnjM/s2038/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-27%20at%201.15.13%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="2038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFoByyiX43pdwzqpSQaCfm8ogJlEzvQzCbtsqB01T_Jay0nBR3Psmg8CkURR3ds27YWJMHegZQux3A0GnXaOCH1wc2GR6WViSX40KABVmnPYpPQWVtxaJ1roH0M_jh_uwyNys4HG3QW4SJxZvBixAYA8qESiHqcgxwoEsiTrEjdq_z-DQNLp-yx0FHnjM/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-27%20at%201.15.13%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Soledad Miranda and Burt Reynolds in 100 RIFLES Year: 1969 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Word has it Burt Reynolds and  Raquel Welch couldn't stand each other on the set of Tom Gries' grungy Neo-Western 100 RIFLES where she was famous and he... still just a climber... already had the attitude of a big star... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Robustly playing the half-Indian bank robber that black lawman Jim Brown, more of a bounty hunter in nature, wants to take from Indian-massacring Mexican authorities back to America...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, blaxploitation, burt reynolds, jim brown, raquel welch, sixties, soledad miranda, tom gries

BLAXPLOITATION MEXPLOITATION HYBRID WESTERN '100 RIFLES'

Soledad Miranda and Burt Reynolds in 100 RIFLES Year: 1969 Rating: **1/2 Word has it Burt Reynolds and  Raquel Welch couldn't stand each...

STEPHEN BOYD IN 'FANTASTIC VOYAGE' WITH RAQUEL WELCH

<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/AVvXsEiG7cDuBMZYcnXDoVvunTECsCPxYCTjMJclEKj0-TiXTuKI6YIR1j7O1YMfX_m3d4flhFeJQfJxk_iQGE_wk0JEnzwyDbKO5gh3wopBbh42BWstOgEbbF8AuKdSt8aWCAur3gSLOd5lIZCIhqYsukE1UYpirBfQYdXv4nEAuAXk6Rb3uZIBMi_KCoRSFA/s1867/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-15%20at%204.56.57%20PM%203%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7cDuBMZYcnXDoVvunTECsCPxYCTjMJclEKj0-TiXTuKI6YIR1j7O1YMfX_m3d4flhFeJQfJxk_iQGE_wk0JEnzwyDbKO5gh3wopBbh42BWstOgEbbF8AuKdSt8aWCAur3gSLOd5lIZCIhqYsukE1UYpirBfQYdXv4nEAuAXk6Rb3uZIBMi_KCoRSFA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-15%20at%204.56.57%20PM%203%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: FANTASTIC VOYAGE Year: 1966 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>By the time a miniaturized submarine is placed into the body of an important scientist... the vessel manned by two surgeons, a security agent, a female assistant and the pilot... the insanely fantastical premise of FANTASTIC VOYAGE is pretty much grounded since it takes around forty-minutes for the actual innerspace adventure to begin...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yet the Richard Fleischer classic is more like an<i> oute</i>r space mission with colorful special effects that, while of course dated today, look as mesmerizing and hypnotic as the meticulous, often surreal soundtrack similar to the latter Jupiter sequence from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY...</p><p><span></span></p>

adventure, arthur o'connell, cold war, donald pleasence, edmond o'brien, fantasy, ken scott, raquel welch, science-fiction, stephen boyd, william redfield

STEPHEN BOYD IN 'FANTASTIC VOYAGE' WITH RAQUEL WELCH

Title: FANTASTIC VOYAGE Year: 1966 Rating: **** By the time a miniaturized submarine is placed into the body of an important scientist... th...

MARY MITCHEL & RAQUEL WELCH DIGGING 'A SWINGIN' SUMMER'

<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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_d13EG4G2un1ODMIjb1COOUPcWPY_osIC52GqlJ5CFM1t_9vLiG5N7EE3ziZ-mdNdkIbBWl0vBf4G-ygrEkd-Pez5p2pSNzqkhnTd5IwmSYlTpAV5ocEiJIJv8IH87JwEqw3xCuEZ7Us/s391/swingin-summer-japanese-b2-movie-poster-raquel-welch-bikini-1966-nm.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="391" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_d13EG4G2un1ODMIjb1COOUPcWPY_osIC52GqlJ5CFM1t_9vLiG5N7EE3ziZ-mdNdkIbBWl0vBf4G-ygrEkd-Pez5p2pSNzqkhnTd5IwmSYlTpAV5ocEiJIJv8IH87JwEqw3xCuEZ7Us/w400-h334/swingin-summer-japanese-b2-movie-poster-raquel-welch-bikini-1966-nm.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Raquel Welch in A Swingin' Summer 1965 Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This forgotten, parenthetical beach bikini movie actually takes place on a lake... Arrowhead, to be exact... where two guys and a girl run an abandoned low-rent dance-festival...</p><p>Which is pretty easy given that pretty redhead Quinn O'Hara has her rich father secretly funding the operation... A secret since her great-looking boyfriend William Wellman Jr. has too much pride to want/need anyone's help...</p><p></p><p>Well that's the plot, with hardly any urgency except a quick breakup as a local jerk eyes the girl while a sexy scheming cougar nabs the guy — plus there's a water-skiing bully and a few 11th hour thugs... </p><p>But with girl-next-door b-starlet Mary Mitchel as O'Hara's flirtatious, junk-food consuming friend and future iconic bombshell Ra<span><span>quel</span></span> Welch initially wearing geeky glasses, progressively revealing her perfect body while (for reasons unexplained) jotting notes about the main character's affably attractive sidekick James Stacy, A SWINGIN' SUMMER is more about the good times than those attempting to ruin them... A fairly decent time-filler balanced between the glossy Frankie/Annette flicks and that, despite the misleading title, came out right before hippies were too damn hip for this kind of lightweight, old fashioned (even then) entertainment.<br></p><p><span></span></p>

beach, comedy, james stacy, lili kardell, mary mitchel, music, quinn o'hara, raquel welch, sixties, william wellman jr.

MARY MITCHEL & RAQUEL WELCH DIGGING 'A SWINGIN' SUMMER'

Raquel Welch in A Swingin' Summer 1965 Rates: ***1/2 This forgotten, parenthetical beach bikini movie actually takes place on a lake... ...