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Written by James M. Tate / 8/07/2026 / No comments / ed begley , georges lautner , mimsy farmer , neo noir , rita hayworth , robert walker jr. , sophie hardy , spanish , thriller

MIMSY FARMER AND RITA HAYWORTH TAKING 'THE ROAD TO SALINA'

<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/AVvXsEjFTps3WDI1dHVKE_2EAfE1M15MV86RCjP6A6T-gPniyqXxZqT1NPa9hUj2_bFMxhpuzd2yQ4OL6DZHOGuK_ECUIS2wF9daGBh0uY_q6xz_QZUOFMxL7BzsDVPbyNbNt8xugRpMRy1Wc4mnDiNvbZRSfnY_pETmgNuNrrQVD_c4kh2I6VYJyWCAH8YGBzCa/s1455/image1786179090.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1455" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTps3WDI1dHVKE_2EAfE1M15MV86RCjP6A6T-gPniyqXxZqT1NPa9hUj2_bFMxhpuzd2yQ4OL6DZHOGuK_ECUIS2wF9daGBh0uY_q6xz_QZUOFMxL7BzsDVPbyNbNt8xugRpMRy1Wc4mnDiNvbZRSfnY_pETmgNuNrrQVD_c4kh2I6VYJyWCAH8YGBzCa/s1600/image1786179090.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mimsy Farmer in THE ROAD TO SALINA Year: 1970 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>At the end of Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL VOLUME 2, a cascading prog-rock instrumental backs a beautiful American blonde, driving through rural Mexico, for the conclusion of her revenge-epic mission... <br><br>As both the song and situation were lifted from French auteur Georges Lautner's Spanish-shot/set 1970 giallo/noir THE ROAD TO SALINA when a gorgeous car-driving American blonde is instead <i>just arriving</i>... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

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MIMSY FARMER AND RITA HAYWORTH TAKING 'THE ROAD TO SALINA'

Mimsy Farmer in THE ROAD TO SALINA Year: 1970 Rating: ****1/2 At the end of Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL VOLUME 2, a cascading prog-roc...

Written by James M. Tate / 4/01/2021 / No comments / eighties , exploitation , greta blackburn , jeff conaway , joan collins , jon erik hexum , robert walker jr. , romance , tamara stafford , ted mcginley

JON-ERIK HEXUM IN THE TV-MOVIE 'MAKING OF A MALE MODEL'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1983 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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Here's
 proof that the term "Cougar" wasn't invented to mean what it does now, 
back in the 1983 television movie when Joan Collins, famously considered the iconic DYNASTY 
Cougar i.e. seducer of younger men, describes how she sees Jon-Erik 
Hexum's would-be model, who she'd talked into going from a manly Texas rancher to a New York model...<br>
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"A cougar," she cries out in victorious delight, describing what she plans to eventually make of him, "ready to 
pounce!"<br>
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And also dated is when Hexum's Tyler Burnett complains about 
gay hairdressers when Collins, as successful agent Kay Dillon, points out that they
 go with the show-biz territory: one that Hexum is able to 
realistically combat, and with enough reluctance to not seem awkward that 
such a perfect-looking guy wouldn't have considered modelling in the 
first place: and he'd soon meet a cool, unpretentious gay guy that'd become his best friend...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Male Models Jeff Conaway & Jon Erik Hexum</u></td></tr>
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That being the just-left-TAXI Jeff Conaway as a has-been model roommate for 
Shakespearean-delivered advice while hitting auditions and strategic 
disco nightspots. But MAKING fails with another hard if impossible device to
 grasp (or recover from): That Hexum, star of the series VOYAGERS and 
soon cast in COVER-UP before his accidental death, would fall 
so pathetically hard for Joan: The rest of the Movie-of-the-Week melts 
into a sappy Lifestyle Channel romance, in reverse...<br>
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Here
 it's a guy that... despite quickly hitting it off with gorgeous 
girl-next-door Tamara Stafford (the next year's scream queen in THE 
HILLS HAVE EYES PART II) trades sappy, love-crushed seats in a role 
usually written for the ingenue: "Turned around," Joan says, "with an 
accent on you men!" And in that, it would have given the actress an 
interesting performance rather than Joan simply floating down river 
while Hexum, by wielding his laidback, humble persona, keeps from 
drowning in it. <br><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/AVvXsEhYAIO9VBLJ7tXyXkFVS64SQ5nO1C_T7SSWtOvJQnCEdx7G9eHYQtW8i1kdmaSgxLccBxhXiR-Pwb3AexEQUe4LXe414JZpvcXGeNdVz4kQKGd8W9CHqjsATLvdjX1rk9V3S3eaHrEIUyrh/s948/155466357_1188215024941005_2846640148929094379_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="948" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAIO9VBLJ7tXyXkFVS64SQ5nO1C_T7SSWtOvJQnCEdx7G9eHYQtW8i1kdmaSgxLccBxhXiR-Pwb3AexEQUe4LXe414JZpvcXGeNdVz4kQKGd8W9CHqjsATLvdjX1rk9V3S3eaHrEIUyrh/s16000/155466357_1188215024941005_2846640148929094379_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jeff Conaway in The Making of a Male Model</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEhmTUdv0eYauieIUburOU4T3Saud-xIiaPeerXH4QMDzYIqPOm4ks2sEuaFShFwXCFfJVu-8oFqE8WIe33K4gJm2kDIAr8-O-O6X07pLyq01iOaaTg_nymriF6VS9RBP2IedixbqX2XV3H5/s922/155350226_1188222148273626_5322859524050403744_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTUdv0eYauieIUburOU4T3Saud-xIiaPeerXH4QMDzYIqPOm4ks2sEuaFShFwXCFfJVu-8oFqE8WIe33K4gJm2kDIAr8-O-O6X07pLyq01iOaaTg_nymriF6VS9RBP2IedixbqX2XV3H5/s16000/155350226_1188222148273626_5322859524050403744_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tamara Stafford in THE MAKING OF A MALE MODEL</u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEjZEdUYoQyJBgKGJs_PGL0-69YuqkhpMFYymOXnkG7oQFnc35ZS4taBiwt0Yc3UIpoHbEMvs5N3L7syhCEHA7e3Gz4hCqM0INbVhhFkGyP9iZ0DAhvPnuiDAe9yNeYy1oMYsoWWya4_lElw/s960/154386003_1188539861575188_3031555372309659932_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEdUYoQyJBgKGJs_PGL0-69YuqkhpMFYymOXnkG7oQFnc35ZS4taBiwt0Yc3UIpoHbEMvs5N3L7syhCEHA7e3Gz4hCqM0INbVhhFkGyP9iZ0DAhvPnuiDAe9yNeYy1oMYsoWWya4_lElw/s16000/154386003_1188539861575188_3031555372309659932_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Walker Jr. in Making of a Male Model</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEgq7W0Y5_Js1JazwqrisA5QXgShFfTL9c_hfS8OIUIiruZ0PN_RYBh0DcDMM5d2b5Ws5gHIIymNe01-4gsMlp9QN66cNq9Yb-YPYn69sXaOGX9HszKjPG3OIdqlxuz4BcXZcLmN9IgMBeUS/s960/154547296_1188539854908522_8640667918437180008_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7W0Y5_Js1JazwqrisA5QXgShFfTL9c_hfS8OIUIiruZ0PN_RYBh0DcDMM5d2b5Ws5gHIIymNe01-4gsMlp9QN66cNq9Yb-YPYn69sXaOGX9HszKjPG3OIdqlxuz4BcXZcLmN9IgMBeUS/s16000/154547296_1188539854908522_8640667918437180008_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jon-Erik Hexum in Making of a Male Model with Greta Blackburn<br></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEhOF-w1T4y0k80JsyznYhF-jccRe6uKHmxlaenTqse-4h7SO7KpjiDfqergUSQX-V3PNb5PT2J3DrThzTdPl6m-JU1sj6K1Da1zq_gjdeVjLVbs7n9Mscs3oJwk2_G7TEXMRBPIDqDdN_1Q/s960/155189715_1188539858241855_3059415646265227222_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOF-w1T4y0k80JsyznYhF-jccRe6uKHmxlaenTqse-4h7SO7KpjiDfqergUSQX-V3PNb5PT2J3DrThzTdPl6m-JU1sj6K1Da1zq_gjdeVjLVbs7n9Mscs3oJwk2_G7TEXMRBPIDqDdN_1Q/s16000/155189715_1188539858241855_3059415646265227222_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jon-Erik Hexum in Making of a Male Model with Joan Collins<br></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEhpg9vKLtzO6PnLp5dWspZ7T4Gwwy5qtWgDPYBgdUcBj6mj6OK7Asd2Y6vEDF9Fkiu5BNPkRqORkyIy17WHy2TF95Wo-iHqL-XmRiGsdvxPzwZOIfkcRD1-NKeh1VAOWOgX5GjPRR8MXKx6/s960/155382924_1188539848241856_7820810654014436939_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg9vKLtzO6PnLp5dWspZ7T4Gwwy5qtWgDPYBgdUcBj6mj6OK7Asd2Y6vEDF9Fkiu5BNPkRqORkyIy17WHy2TF95Wo-iHqL-XmRiGsdvxPzwZOIfkcRD1-NKeh1VAOWOgX5GjPRR8MXKx6/s16000/155382924_1188539848241856_7820810654014436939_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jon-Erik Hexum in Making of a Male Model with Heather McNair<br></u></td></tr></tbody></table><span><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/a/AVvXsEg16TQk0EjgWLytZDy251t9udzj0rqSPQkPtxVc2uDKT8erDokc9gMm0B5jPHvag8zhWbrErUrQZkeni4M2kCT6qFwWSsIS6h5l7uGfEOD0PMkNXyyq3iprdn0rxiUOSVWx2tqt1BkpzX0d1rJA3kgyvS6rwr3z5thsjh4VDh1aMiRMV-v2C83K3gIMTw=s960" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg16TQk0EjgWLytZDy251t9udzj0rqSPQkPtxVc2uDKT8erDokc9gMm0B5jPHvag8zhWbrErUrQZkeni4M2kCT6qFwWSsIS6h5l7uGfEOD0PMkNXyyq3iprdn0rxiUOSVWx2tqt1BkpzX0d1rJA3kgyvS6rwr3z5thsjh4VDh1aMiRMV-v2C83K3gIMTw=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Joan Collins and Jon Erik Hexum in MAKING OF A MALE MODEL</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><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/a/AVvXsEiecr4-NjgxmY6v7oxxbOXOVuFaQ7_fLahInIwWujOHvOmsK-yYyb_HJo75WOEyN7pl6lT9mkhYNf4AD9U51-3Y9I2kl5aGfsexOS31fx00x7ptMLrYqqEotCpG49FQhb471DVqz9e0BeOVMAMp4Q-b-C8hPagUVWT_zzyuhcp5gSH223YrhJ8MWDlw0w=s960" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiecr4-NjgxmY6v7oxxbOXOVuFaQ7_fLahInIwWujOHvOmsK-yYyb_HJo75WOEyN7pl6lT9mkhYNf4AD9U51-3Y9I2kl5aGfsexOS31fx00x7ptMLrYqqEotCpG49FQhb471DVqz9e0BeOVMAMp4Q-b-C8hPagUVWT_zzyuhcp5gSH223YrhJ8MWDlw0w=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><u>Ted McGinley and Jon Erik Hexum in MAKING OF A MALE MODEL</u></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br></span>

eighties, exploitation, greta blackburn, jeff conaway, joan collins, jon erik hexum, robert walker jr., romance, tamara stafford, ted mcginley

JON-ERIK HEXUM IN THE TV-MOVIE 'MAKING OF A MALE MODEL'

Year: 1983 Rating: ***1/2 Here's proof that the term "Cougar" wasn't invented to mean what it does now, back in th...

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