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Written by James M. Tate / 5/24/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , ann smyrner , espionage , harry alan towers , lex barker , neo noir , nicolas roeg , robert lynn , ronald fraser , sixties , spy , veronique vendell , walter rilla

LEX BARKER WITH VÉRONIQUE VENDELL IN 'CODE 7, VICTIM 5'

<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/AVvXsEjR5OtiCI30X-r-YSN2mSh09_FF4rmoYjw-X10uLh85wUkxAStnpJU82k7RkdpdM51XYFqi-GTJaPHrROLwHgNL1IZsTY4LtYs5MgUIy89Y2JwNjDMQMshL27DuREwvUtJ1iCES1tPGUudDKDQvbXw7poaoGgo4zhhJ_TB5hy8xAgzoHvcnYUoFZ71lCJ4T/s2068/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-24%20at%205.08.14%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="2068" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5OtiCI30X-r-YSN2mSh09_FF4rmoYjw-X10uLh85wUkxAStnpJU82k7RkdpdM51XYFqi-GTJaPHrROLwHgNL1IZsTY4LtYs5MgUIy89Y2JwNjDMQMshL27DuREwvUtJ1iCES1tPGUudDKDQvbXw7poaoGgo4zhhJ_TB5hy8xAgzoHvcnYUoFZ71lCJ4T/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-24%20at%205.08.14%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: CODE 7, VICTIM 5 Alternate Title: VICTIM FIVE Year: 1964 Rating: ***1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>With a title that sounds more like the final score of a computer corporation's soccer match than a spy movie, CODE 7, VICTIM 5 takes the then-Sean Connery/James Bond blueprint into b-movie territory under flowing direction from Robert Lynn but more importantly with creatively maneuvered and vibrantly colored cinematography by future legendary auteur Nicolas Roeg, providing former Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller's  replacement) actor Lex Barker on a case to discover who murdered a millionaire's servant at a bizarre parade... But Barker's character Steve Martin (also Raymond Burr's name in GODZILLA before THE JERK comic became famous) is more busy with two lovely dames, equally alluring in their own right while following neo-noir cinema tropes...

action, adventure, ann smyrner, espionage, harry alan towers, lex barker, neo noir, nicolas roeg, robert lynn, ronald fraser, sixties, spy, veronique vendell, walter rilla

LEX BARKER WITH VÉRONIQUE VENDELL IN 'CODE 7, VICTIM 5'

Title: CODE 7, VICTIM 5 Alternate Title: VICTIM FIVE Year: 1964 Rating: ***1/2 With a title that sounds more like the final score of a compu...

VAL GUEST DIRECTS 'CONTEST GIRL' JANETTE SCOTT & IAN HENDRY

<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/AVvXsEi9_uKPaf7x_C55KlkgpEswDAgkOyriycI0HTtMdKz8fU9LfgFRDqIhewPCKJrG22AZhbUDCnjv_uCXKcGYHj8ziI-Jic-__wWmU5NtSIwFiopm8OoXJr-K6536ZXQlFROp6DE6PRZiTNLnCM5B_W9-YeNVd96b37HC_1ZIxzPdw4B9J6Rg0fGNKxUK6wTI/s1612/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-22%20at%2010.33.56%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_uKPaf7x_C55KlkgpEswDAgkOyriycI0HTtMdKz8fU9LfgFRDqIhewPCKJrG22AZhbUDCnjv_uCXKcGYHj8ziI-Jic-__wWmU5NtSIwFiopm8OoXJr-K6536ZXQlFROp6DE6PRZiTNLnCM5B_W9-YeNVd96b37HC_1ZIxzPdw4B9J6Rg0fGNKxUK6wTI/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-22%20at%2010.33.56%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL Year: 1964 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>After nearly a decade of Hammer science-fiction, war and film noir... from QUATERMASS to HELL IS A CITY... director Val Guest returns to his comedy roots for THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL... But that's only the breezy first-act when handsome journalist Ian Hendry meets the girl of his dreams in London typist Janette Scott, initially building her up as an underdog against experienced (and jaded) pros...

drama, ian hendry, jacqueline jones, janette scott, janina faye, kay walsh, norman bird, ronald fraser, sidney james, sixties, val guest

VAL GUEST DIRECTS 'CONTEST GIRL' JANETTE SCOTT & IAN HENDRY

Title: THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL Year: 1964 Rating: **** After nearly a decade of Hammer science-fiction, war and film noir... from...

JANE ASHER & IAN HENDRY RELATE WITH 'GIRL IN THE HEADLINES'

<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/AVvXsEhiLgWK5vEAxLSUY1iUmsYSxZwcuL-k5R_B5PxThQ4qbLLVexYVeNXrj_WTH2XIhl2bnDQB4sDYTaThPsu6kD_hcDCx6xbVn3w9iESEGXQjgo8oA6Sfw1VzoAqMv2uTu7GPxTd0IsWzxOBtvbYC8kRmY_UnMToidhKpuNA33o92payFgqSVjIZVeZjkMmfF/s2514/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-23%20at%203.25.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="2514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLgWK5vEAxLSUY1iUmsYSxZwcuL-k5R_B5PxThQ4qbLLVexYVeNXrj_WTH2XIhl2bnDQB4sDYTaThPsu6kD_hcDCx6xbVn3w9iESEGXQjgo8oA6Sfw1VzoAqMv2uTu7GPxTd0IsWzxOBtvbYC8kRmY_UnMToidhKpuNA33o92payFgqSVjIZVeZjkMmfF/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-23%20at%203.25.28%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane Asher from GIRL IN THE HEADLINES Year: 1963 Rating: **1/2 </td></tr></tbody></table>Also known as THE MODEL MURDER CASE, this British Neo Noir has a perfectly cast Ian Hendry with Ronald Fraser as cop partners (Inspector and Sergeant) with such terrific chemistry it's a shame there weren't more films, or perhaps a television series where GIRL IN THE HEADLINES would be a merely passable episode... albeit filled with fantastic looking sets showcasing pallid wealth in a mystery thriller that needed not only more thrills but far more action...A shame the titular model, shown all through the opening credits and even the first several minutes (seated dead in someone else's living room), isn't credited anywhere: Her character is quite something, making this a kind of <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/12/the-laura.html">LAURA</a> where the corpse has a life all her own, albeit not through any flashbacks. The suspects/her friends though are very similar...

british neo noir, british new wave, ian hendry, james villiers, jane asher, jeremy brett, kieron moore, mystery, natasha parry, peter arne, ronald fraser, sixties, thriller

JANE ASHER & IAN HENDRY RELATE WITH 'GIRL IN THE HEADLINES'

Jane Asher from GIRL IN THE HEADLINES Year: 1963 Rating: **1/2 Also known as THE MODEL MURDER CASE, this British Neo Noir has a perfectly ca...

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