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Written by James M. Tate / 10/08/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , bobby hall , eugene persson , exploitation , joan lora , june kenney , lilyan chauvin , robert reed , sixties , thriller , troy patterson , walter brooke , wilton graff

JUNE KENNEY WITH JOAN LORA AND ROBERT REED IN 'BLOODLUST!'

<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/AVvXsEj7MJSQHeF0kjZ_84Db6x1tjcXcfLJr0eobdX8JPhuCx8ySIEw-8DXGAFH2G3VEQvyBIyGm286Hzp8Z8EFwd1EfbDlHVF-QdbYX3Po1IahQdwkHjI7DO5RxtnaC3vm9Wv-6z_L7BL1E4JuTVe0KaJCDLnDKm8T1l8r_YMpM8ECVkob7UMQgXOLa-LH3vo4I/s1838/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-08%20at%201.25.55%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1838" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MJSQHeF0kjZ_84Db6x1tjcXcfLJr0eobdX8JPhuCx8ySIEw-8DXGAFH2G3VEQvyBIyGm286Hzp8Z8EFwd1EfbDlHVF-QdbYX3Po1IahQdwkHjI7DO5RxtnaC3vm9Wv-6z_L7BL1E4JuTVe0KaJCDLnDKm8T1l8r_YMpM8ECVkob7UMQgXOLa-LH3vo4I/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-08%20at%201.25.55%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BLOODLUST! Year: 1961 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Novelist Richard Connell's THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME has been adapted countless times... about a reclusive island-owning hunter who stalks and kills humans instead of the big game he grew tired of... the best known version filmed alongside the original KING KONG and featuring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong... <br><br>Unlike 1961's infamous BLOODLUST!, there was creative camerawork built into the suspense, particularly during the action-packed second half... while here the camera's stagnant on the four 20-something's that, having chartered a boat for a sightseeing vacation, decide to venture off onto a nearby island... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, bobby hall, eugene persson, exploitation, joan lora, june kenney, lilyan chauvin, robert reed, sixties, thriller, troy patterson, walter brooke, wilton graff

JUNE KENNEY WITH JOAN LORA AND ROBERT REED IN 'BLOODLUST!'

Title: BLOODLUST! Year: 1961 Rating: *** Novelist Richard Connell's THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME has been adapted countless times... about a ...

WILLIAM SHATNER & ANDY GRIFFITH IN 'PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS'

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action, adventure, andy griffith, angie dickinson, biker, janet margolin, lorraine gary, marjoe gortner, midlife crisis, robert burton, robert reed, tv movie, william shatner

WILLIAM SHATNER & ANDY GRIFFITH IN 'PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS'

Title: PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 One of many Hollywood morality-tales against corporate competition, which ironically ...

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HAWAII FIVE-O: THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos and William Smith on Hawaii Five-0 episode THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL Year: 1979</u></td></tr>
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The best episode of the maligned final season of HAWAII FIVE-0, when Jack Lord had stopped saying "Book 'em, Danno" for two reasons. First, there was no more Danno as James McCarther had left the series the year before...<br>
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Second, the cement-haired Lord took more of a backseat... perhaps because of his underling's departure, replaced twofold by female detective Sharon Farrell, whose cop husband died on the third episode, and William Smith, who'd made waves as the villain's villain Falconetti in RICH MAN POOR MAN, as 
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crime, dennis patrick, elyssa davalos, jack lord, revenge, robert reed, seventies, sharon farrell, TV, vigilante, william smith

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HAWAII FIVE-O: THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL'

Elyssa Davalos and William Smith on Hawaii Five-0 episode THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL Year: 1979 The best episode of the maligned final seas...

LEGENDARY TELEVISION MINISERIES OF 'RICH MAN, POOR MAN'

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Although, soon enough, the bad luck, permanently stained on Nick Nolte's Tom Jordache, spreads onto everyone around him, including the series' true lead, Peter Strauss as Rudy Jordache, whose story of a delivery boy turned businessman turned aspiring politician intentionally clashes (albeit separately) with Nolte's hardboiled cross-country escapades...<br>
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The best parts concerning Nolte's Tom occurs in the 11th hour, when he finally starts doing well... Working a charter boat with partner Herbert Jefferson Jr., his young son and perfect girlfriend turned wife Kay Lenz, life never looked better than all those low-rent dives he'd sulked around in, eventually chased by the mafia and thrown on a merchant marine steamer ship to get outta town, quick... <br>
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And on that ship's where the most sinister and eclectically nefarious villain is introduced in William Smith's Anthony Falconetti: Not only bullying smaller guys onboard by beating them to the proverbial pulp, what he does to Jefferson's Roy, Tom's best friend, is liken to why men fear prison because of what "Bubba" will make them...<br>
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While great actors, Strauss and Nolte seem ten years too old for playing teenagers, taking place in the first "chapter," literally seconds after World War II, living under their tyrannical father, played by award winning ham Edward Asner as a German baker with a bloody past and the kind of bad choices Nolte's Tom would inherit, almost to exact detail...<br>
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Nolte winds up living with his even worse (although successful) uncle, and here his story really begins, having an affair with a voluminous older woman he'll eventually name his beloved charter boat after...<br>
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Meanwhile, the most intriguing scenes involve Rudy's initial climb to success, starting in his college days while working for Ray Milland at an old fashion superstore that desperately needs modernizing... <br>
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The way Rudy climbs to the top is more intriguing and suspenseful than Nolte's roving Noir-inspired muscularity; the latter's story peaking once he's in the boxing game, which doesn't last long enough thanks to, again, horribly asinine (and downright frustrating) decisions. And in his own way, Strauss's Rudy is equally tough, providing a few wonderfully delivered lectures that, unlike his father (Asner), don't come across as overboard or melodramatic... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Smith and Susan Blakely violently bond in RICH MAN POOR MAN the last chapter</u><i><br></i></td></tr>
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But the glue connecting everything is Susan Blakely as Rudy's "childhood" semi-girlfriend Julie Prescott, the only of the three leads fitting the younger, teenage scenes as she curiously glimpses into the "mysterious side" of life with a tempestuous older-man affair (Robert Reed), and then, much like Tom, making her own path (in New York City) no matter the consequences.... <br>
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A progressive young woman ahead of her time, she unfortunately finds the wrong man in a horribly cast Bill Bixby, delivering each line straight out of community theater. His random imitations of Jimmy Stewart and others, supposedly personifying an omnipresent charm, are so cringe-worthy, time practically stands still while he's on screen (you'll wish he'd turn into the Hulk simply to kick his own ass)... </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kay Lenz as Kate Jordache in RICH MAN, POOR MAN</u></td></tr>
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Towards the end of this, the original RICH MAN, POOR MAN miniseries... followed by an actual full-season series, BOOK II, sans Nolte and with Strauss fighting political corruption and especially William Smith's demonic madman Falconetti... Blakely's Julie, married to would-be politician Rudy, amounts to boozing and complaining, even more of an albatross on Rudy than his brother ever was... <br>
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At one point, before Tom's tragic yet predictable death, Rudy points out how much better the POOR brother's life is (even though Tom's sudden turnaround was all Rudy's doing), attributed to either contentment or a comparably perfect bedmate in Kay Lenz. But that, like everything else, relates to the personal choices from either of three central figures which is really, deep down, a "modernized" Greek tragedy about what paths<i> not</i> to take — and then what happens after willingly setting forth into an inevitable, self-fulfilled perdition.<br>
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adaptaiton, drama, ed asner, herbert jefferson jr., kay lenz, miniseries, nick nolte, peter strauss, robert reed, seventies, susan blakely, time period, william smith

LEGENDARY TELEVISION MINISERIES OF 'RICH MAN, POOR MAN'

Robert Reed and star Peter Strauss in RICH MAN, POOR MAN Year: 1976 Rating: ****1/2 The two title siblings from RICH MAN, POOR MAN would h...

MIKE AND MARCIA BRADY ON VEGAS

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 Robert Urich as private eye Dan Tanna solving cases in Sin City, we 
begin with a beautiful young lady walking to her car… she’s very 
familiar to classic sitcom fans. <br />
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MAUREEN McCORMICK
 played Marcia Brady on THE BRADY BUNCH, and after the surprise of 
seeing Maureen's character getting attacked (and raped) within the first
 three minutes of an episode titled THE PAGEANT, the next minute, when 
her father calls Dan Tanna to solve the case, will really trip you out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Reed as Maureen McCormick's father... again</td></tr>
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ROBERT REED,
 known worldwide as the patriarch of the Brady clan, plays Marcia’s, or 
rather, Maureen’s father. Which means, for the first time, Reed is 
playing Maureen’s actual father...<br />
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Mike Brady was a step dad in BUNCH, a fact 
often forgotten since the family was so close throughout the five 
seasons.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maureen McCormick</td></tr>
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It’s a decent episode of VEGA$ where Urich, 
hired by Reed, tries finding the rapist... leading to a beauty pageant 
run by the Tony Curtis’s flamboyant Roth character.<br />
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It turns out to be 
the lighting guy, who, with a big 70’s mustache and wide shoulders, 
makes a fitfully creepy (and formidable) predator. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Bradys reunited in VEGAS</td></tr>
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Alas, the Brady 
alumni don’t have much screen time here despite being the first and 
second billed guest stars, and they're the catapult of the initial plotline...<br />
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But it’s 
nice seeing them there, on the small screen, together again.<br />
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In
 the acting department, Maureen turns in a moving performance, showing 
heavy emotions in one particular scene attempting to recall the incident
 (years later she'd play a truck stop waitress raped by Peter Jason in 
Gary Graver's exploitation flick TEXAS LIGHTNING).<br />
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And Robert Reed 
successfully portrays the fitfully angry father who, it turns out, could
 have something to hide politically.   <br />
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As yours truly ventures further into the VEGA$ series, perhaps Florence Henderson and Barry Williams will turn up… as lovers! <br />
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MIKE AND MARCIA BRADY ON VEGAS

title: VEGAS episode: THE PAGEANT stars: Robert Urich, Maureen McCormick, Robert Reed rating: *** In an episode of the Michael Mann created/...

Written by James M. Tate / 8/10/2012 / No comments / dennis patrick , elyssa davalos , jack lord , robert reed , seventies , sharon farrell , TV , william smith

FINAL SEASON HAWAII FIVE-O: THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL

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The actual review has moved to a triple feature with two more episodes from the final season.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elyssa Davalos takes cover</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Davalos and William Smith hit it off</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elyssa Davalos and William Smith</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack Lord is impressed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Reed is the villain, sneaking in for the kill</td></tr>
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dennis patrick, elyssa davalos, jack lord, robert reed, seventies, sharon farrell, TV, william smith

FINAL SEASON HAWAII FIVE-O: THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL

Pictures of one of our favs, Elyssa Davalos in a last season episode of the original classic HAWAII FIVE-O The actual review has moved...

Written by James M. Tate / 2/07/2012 / No comments / adaptation , drama , gregg henry , kay lenz , melodrama , miniseries , nick nolte , penny peyser , peter strauss , robert reed , romance , tv movie , william smith

RICH MAN, POOR MAN: THE COMPLETE MINISERIES

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Smith is the ultimate heavy</u></td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">title: </span>Rich Man, Poor Man<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">years:</span> 1976/1978<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, William Smith <br />
<b>book I:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></b>**** <b>book II:</b> ***1/2<br />
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The  first couple hours are somewhat corny. Peter Strauss and Nick Nolte, both  in their thirties, portraying teenagers... just doesn't work. Either  does a hammy Ed Asner as their tough German father, a poor baker that only likes capable Strauss, a climber who  eventually makes it big while Nolte, burning bridges at every turn, is a  low-rent boxer and eventually captains a small yacht in France: this  playing out while the brothers, older and terrifically acting their age,  live separate lives that eventually connect. In-between, ingenue Susan Blakely, as Strauss's girl, puts in the most genuine performance, seeming just a real at a young or her real age and playing a progressive woman without it seeming forced, contrived. And after a tragedy ends BOOK  I, the tale continues as Nolte's troubled but kind-hearted son, Gregg  Henry, and Strauss's stepson, a conniving con-man played by James Carol  Jordan, become co-leads under Peter Strauss. Other new characters come  and go, adding to the gloriously addictive nighttime soap proceedings; not as much a prolonged movie like the original, but somehow, it's just as intriguing. And William Smith as the vile thug "Falconetti," makes (in both parts) for an  intoxicating heavy, outshining Peter Haskell as the  political-manipulating billionaire that Strauss, while seeking true love  and keeping his family in line, must eventually destroy.

adaptation, drama, gregg henry, kay lenz, melodrama, miniseries, nick nolte, penny peyser, peter strauss, robert reed, romance, tv movie, william smith

RICH MAN, POOR MAN: THE COMPLETE MINISERIES

William Smith is the ultimate heavy title: Rich Man, Poor Man years: 1976/1978 cast: Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, William Smith book I...

Written by James M. Tate / 1/04/2012 / No comments / drama , john travolta , pj soles , robert reed , seth wagerman , seventies , TV

THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE

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<b>year:</b> 1976</div>
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<b>cast:</b> John Travolta, Robert Reed, Glynnis O'Connor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"></span></div>
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<b>rating:</b> ***1/2</div>
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A  cute little boy born without immunities has to live in a plastic bubble  and grows up to be John Travolta, who not only disco dances  with his pet <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hamster</span>  but eventually, wearing an orange space suit, goes to high school and  falls in love with the girl next door. One of the most tortuously  bizarre television movies in history and a lot of fun. In one scene  Travolta is carted in a plastic incubator to a beach party and is riled  by fellow teens; another he's discussing masturbation to a cancer  patient. Yet despite the high degree of camp value, this classic time-capsule  from the seventies is also thoroughly involving, entertaining, and won't  bore you for a single moment: mostly thanks to Glynnis O'Connor as  Travolta's love-interest, looking beyond fantastic and providing our ailing  hero a chance for possible freedom. </div>

drama, john travolta, pj soles, robert reed, seth wagerman, seventies, TV