TV SERIES 'PLANET OF THE APES' FIRST & ONLY SEASON REVIEWS

<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/AVvXsEggP9BW5Gku-dDDm3xCdrgcCqcai35C6mX3bsqdgdXyLhQrsOtzo1NOAHEf_VgSZl-gKqYwumGe_6wkhiQps_XvnLHhSXnQiK0I9z-hrtX2BeiuCQoRvgQHMUjoQSdXN-YHwZ8WQV2WC5wWSnE9FMY3Ji0aQ4iRuc9IhETIw0vyg90WGYHYchHd6mzbBzot/s1736/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-01%20at%2012.16.58%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1736" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggP9BW5Gku-dDDm3xCdrgcCqcai35C6mX3bsqdgdXyLhQrsOtzo1NOAHEf_VgSZl-gKqYwumGe_6wkhiQps_XvnLHhSXnQiK0I9z-hrtX2BeiuCQoRvgQHMUjoQSdXN-YHwZ8WQV2WC5wWSnE9FMY3Ji0aQ4iRuc9IhETIw0vyg90WGYHYchHd6mzbBzot/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-01%20at%2012.16.58%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Planet of the Apes 1974 Television Series Episode Reviews</u></td></tr></tbody></table>When <u>THE PLANET OF THE APES</u> movies were all finished, fans of the franchise wanted more, so, with no more money for movies, the producers set their sites on television...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9hvjT4WywItFT4AduLqfjw28dgiZxxDI-trtPfChlGqQKvQMc1AnjftYTaMpVe5JMt6ETHoSVJRSG4MkIy_9plXvekNODXUgxwIjpVEJcB-gyLrZ73TqHqNyA_IN9Do_7f5wLrA1cZ47/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-12-13+at+8.16.19+PM.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1324" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9hvjT4WywItFT4AduLqfjw28dgiZxxDI-trtPfChlGqQKvQMc1AnjftYTaMpVe5JMt6ETHoSVJRSG4MkIy_9plXvekNODXUgxwIjpVEJcB-gyLrZ73TqHqNyA_IN9Do_7f5wLrA1cZ47/s320/Screen+Shot+2018-12-13+at+8.16.19+PM.jpeg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sondra Locke guest stars in episode The Cure</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> And after one season, there was no more of the Apes canon...<br> <br> That's if you don't count the one-season cartoon titled RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES: fans got the same plot as the 1968 Pierre Boulle novel, which involved apes in modern cities, driving cars, jeeps and flying airplanes. Meanwhile, this live-action cult series was inspired by and modeled after the blockbuster Charlton Heston loosely-adapted motion picture where the simians live in caves while caging humans: And replacing Heston are two astronauts who resemble that world's very own Starskey and Hutch... <br> <br> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEgYhuTWCqkcYqF4-UqfYlWZMuCudROqjq3O25l_8JkvjYLoE8Np2kDed9hglisqLjjHAuncwVPM8349DBac4TlaLc7E1K1pTnNI8KwjFfvbRUNuvYKLcKkUQPN78PQr56XEWg2lXzmwbysd/s1600/lost74c+2.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="577" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYhuTWCqkcYqF4-UqfYlWZMuCudROqjq3O25l_8JkvjYLoE8Np2kDed9hglisqLjjHAuncwVPM8349DBac4TlaLc7E1K1pTnNI8KwjFfvbRUNuvYKLcKkUQPN78PQr56XEWg2lXzmwbysd/s400/lost74c+2.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Left astronaut is dead: Ron Harper & James Naughton, alive</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <u>Episode One: ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW:</u> Pilot episode of the television series based on the franchise of motion pictures involving two astronauts: older blond-haired Ron Harper and cool young dark-haired James Naughton aka Virdon and Burke, who land on a planet ruled by… you got it… talking apes. The beleaguered astronauts meet Roddy McDowall as Galen, a friendly chimp (Cornelius with a new name...<br> <br> Galen was actually an assistant chimp in the original movie) helping them dodge gun-totting militaristic Gorillas while a local, Royal Dano, provides shelter and exposition about their situation. The suspenseful plot involves straight-line survival, setting up the series’ template: Virdon, Burke and Galen are known fugitives who must be caught and it’s General Urko, played by a fitfully hammy Mark Lenard, who heads up the chase – although it’s the scientific orangutan, Zaius, who wants them alive: but for scientific reasons, which would lead to the same lethal conclusion.<br>

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TV SERIES 'PLANET OF THE APES' FIRST & ONLY SEASON REVIEWS

Planet of the Apes 1974 Television Series Episode Reviews When THE PLANET OF THE APES movies were all finished, fans of the franchise wante...

ANIMATED POTBOILER OF 'RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES'

<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/AVvXsEhFChmkTk5j7XJdQWOE1KhM-lPyCr9TQdQBTADOldr0ZocQFc-NBWYvdEQqkpwRkoETBoVLJCmNBtlERr36EFMFxUx9qsVLhaZRkJoEsgCuHU7vyJzVzsvjwkM2OahllOlzCuw5qXneO5Qskrj8xJUce-NWD-FD8tDxRHazGgFRRpcgeXejXVKXOV4lgERJ/s926/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-01%20at%203.16.21%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="926" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFChmkTk5j7XJdQWOE1KhM-lPyCr9TQdQBTADOldr0ZocQFc-NBWYvdEQqkpwRkoETBoVLJCmNBtlERr36EFMFxUx9qsVLhaZRkJoEsgCuHU7vyJzVzsvjwkM2OahllOlzCuw5qXneO5Qskrj8xJUce-NWD-FD8tDxRHazGgFRRpcgeXejXVKXOV4lgERJ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-01%20at%203.16.21%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Harry Corden in RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES Year: 1975 Rates: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>With RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES, they finally faithfully covered the titular planet created by source novel author Pierre Boulle, whose evolved apes had everything modern-day humans enjoy (that couldn't be afforded on the big screen): from airplanes to full-fledged military weapons/transports to cities that don't look out of the stone age... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The animation is of the 1970'x cost-cutting low-budget Hanna-Barbara-type, but is also coolly stylized and visually intriguing, including establishing still-shots of the sun or lightning or various character expressions, seeming more like frequently moving matte-paintings than an animated cartoon catered to Saturday morning children... </p><span></span>

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ANIMATED POTBOILER OF 'RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES'

Harry Corden in RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES Year: 1975 Rates: **** With RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES, they finally faithfully cover...

LAWRENCE TIERNEY VILLAINIZES 'NAKED CITY: ONE TO GET LOST'

<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/AVvXsEjChIATj1cBKqk0FKdmJBg1XyqhC03M-mEhmUEeGOufq-bc_IxYD9X7qEyeU_jVQD5wgjBFBFXx_1DNmnbudliKXmC2QXNMurmMSODoRYSTFlGe9wj2Xa2DSrPh2L6t7Foq5UCj1T9V9XDn0HRKi_5VGuX8XRg3FIh9kMtqDG0_owNu-go3NU1OdO1BRMVy/s2058/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-29%20at%205.05.08%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChIATj1cBKqk0FKdmJBg1XyqhC03M-mEhmUEeGOufq-bc_IxYD9X7qEyeU_jVQD5wgjBFBFXx_1DNmnbudliKXmC2QXNMurmMSODoRYSTFlGe9wj2Xa2DSrPh2L6t7Foq5UCj1T9V9XDn0HRKi_5VGuX8XRg3FIh9kMtqDG0_owNu-go3NU1OdO1BRMVy/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-29%20at%205.05.08%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lawrence Tierney in Naked City: One To Get Lost Year: 1959 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>By the late 1950's, Lawrence Tierney, who was an RKO leading man ten years earlier, turned up mostly on television... and it was in-between his infamous drunken brawls that had ruined his career and, ironically, made those villainous small-screen guest spots a reality...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But he's always good, like this episode of NAKED CITY titled ONE TO GET LOST in which mild-mannered businessman (and another former RKO contract actor) Kent Smith has cheated on his wife with a loose lover who turns up dead and, hours before, said admitted to be dating an elevator operator...</p><p><span></span></p>

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LAWRENCE TIERNEY VILLAINIZES 'NAKED CITY: ONE TO GET LOST'

Lawrence Tierney in Naked City: One To Get Lost Year: 1959 Rating: ***1/2 By the late 1950's, Lawrence Tierney, who was an RKO leading m...

OLIVER REED DOUBLE FEATURE ON 'THE SAINT' WITH ROGER MOORE

<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/AVvXsEhsICp65heiiAXpRg50-K5oGk1Q2DMH-fW2t5ZHPTNdQd8yB9-rTsFZ_b-JYlkvnCCrRbkDcSxczvUgTnToG5l3tqTKcY0xYCr61Xv5F5SAWFwq6dgkmqgWghZG-07gYGPfo3XbslKN4_f4JJebG4MnwLeuSFiNKp3O3IGtZzrVcfk8uQrrWq2RZcpDZpoO/s2008/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-23%20at%209.55.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2008" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsICp65heiiAXpRg50-K5oGk1Q2DMH-fW2t5ZHPTNdQd8yB9-rTsFZ_b-JYlkvnCCrRbkDcSxczvUgTnToG5l3tqTKcY0xYCr61Xv5F5SAWFwq6dgkmqgWghZG-07gYGPfo3XbslKN4_f4JJebG4MnwLeuSFiNKp3O3IGtZzrVcfk8uQrrWq2RZcpDZpoO/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-23%20at%209.55.23%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Oliver Reed on two 1963 episodes of THE SAINT starring Roger Moore</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In his early troubled-youth pictures THE SYSTEM and THE PARTY'S OVER, British actor Oliver Reed gave his future roles away with imitations that are, in those cases, poking fun of either Americans or the typical cinematic Gangster...<br> <br> The latter being used in the episode SOPHIA where Roger Moore's THE SAINT finds himself in rural Greece where the episode's titular character (played by a gorgeous Imogen Hassall)... the daughter of a stubborn, old-fashioned pub owner... is anticipating her supposedly rich New Yorker cousin...<br> </p><p></p><p></p>

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OLIVER REED DOUBLE FEATURE ON 'THE SAINT' WITH ROGER MOORE

Oliver Reed on two 1963 episodes of THE SAINT starring Roger Moore In his early troubled-youth pictures THE SYSTEM and THE PARTY'S OVER...

KEN HUTCHISON STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: STAY LUCKY EH' EPISODE

<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/AVvXsEgNjMlmfujBiUdrcmFOHpcq4eAhVOmgS0gg_xoweXSZchEl74JCCyXQ7xsdr87FRDI0AbDYnDn7FreqRtiKtR4RZKwrwm9nZWquKAbR5dPWztMtt0cO0HgKz7Og6qDcTiDLgga4rOfPlANw3LJIqphBySDY6FljAHqF3K3mn8koiIndPEc9AzuVin5wYg/s2184/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-21%20at%204.19.50%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="2184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjMlmfujBiUdrcmFOHpcq4eAhVOmgS0gg_xoweXSZchEl74JCCyXQ7xsdr87FRDI0AbDYnDn7FreqRtiKtR4RZKwrwm9nZWquKAbR5dPWztMtt0cO0HgKz7Og6qDcTiDLgga4rOfPlANw3LJIqphBySDY6FljAHqF3K3mn8koiIndPEc9AzuVin5wYg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-21%20at%204.19.50%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The Sweeney: Stay Lucky Uh? Year: 1975 Rates: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Before playing Mr. Hill in SWEENEY 2, STRAW DOGS actors Ken Hutchison dons a fake blonde wig and mustache in STAY LUCKY EH where his character Vincent Vaughan steals money before being delivered to mob boss and Ken's STRAW DOGS leader Peter Vaughan while thwarting patsies Alun Armstrong to Michael Ripper...<br></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>One of the few episodes where the heavies get more screen time than John Thaw's Regan and his younger partner Dennis Waterman as Carter... </p><p><span></span></p>

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KEN HUTCHISON STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: STAY LUCKY EH' EPISODE

The Sweeney: Stay Lucky Uh? Year: 1975 Rates: **** Before playing Mr. Hill in SWEENEY 2, STRAW DOGS actors Ken Hutchison dons a fake blonde ...

RUSHED WRITEUP CLASHING MELANIE CHARTOFF FROM 'FRIDAYS'

<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/AVvXsEhF1Ss0sDb1HaHx4RPeCU-oejzLgi6jE9vIdhGyEVEV4rbwVM48boCkjIRlusutupleWO5L7bhbe3UD1qcgRtnGhVCuItdd0v8wwrRaoGM84L4zW3HieSUsJ0tP-PETtRym5W9LXKFl3HZY6QiVIRkTxLLEk4CH-efqpktKwrDfDT0jgrhk48nulAzjFA/s1702/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1702" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1Ss0sDb1HaHx4RPeCU-oejzLgi6jE9vIdhGyEVEV4rbwVM48boCkjIRlusutupleWO5L7bhbe3UD1qcgRtnGhVCuItdd0v8wwrRaoGM84L4zW3HieSUsJ0tP-PETtRym5W9LXKFl3HZY6QiVIRkTxLLEk4CH-efqpktKwrDfDT0jgrhk48nulAzjFA/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> Melanie Chartoff in the opening of the sketch comedy FRIDAYS from 1980 to 1982</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The late night sketch-comedy FRIDAYS began when SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was transitioning from the original cast, and while not every skit is drop dead hilarious, and both were an Americanized MONTY PYTHON with far-out silliness pushed to deliberately insane, conceptual limits, it was a pretty cool show...<br><br>While SNL had become a kind of faded classic rock ashtray, FRIDAYS felt like one of those new wave/punk rock music store buttons with random shapes swimming in hip colors and busy, hyperactive design...</p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

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RUSHED WRITEUP CLASHING MELANIE CHARTOFF FROM 'FRIDAYS'

 Melanie Chartoff in the opening of the sketch comedy FRIDAYS from 1980 to 1982 The late night sketch-comedy FRIDAYS began when SATURDAY NIG...

LIEUTENANT UHURA ON GENE RODDENBERRY'S THE LIEUTENANT'

<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/AVvXsEjiP5mqwXp0GD2T5EDtcpG8bHTm8mgeJe88zMPNe6mLtOsVwImhn9p_v5Sv6hvIQml5K9QkB3EWdo54M3w6esjMMUk1LrLuL_SUTQJvg6f3qJ2bKkVVuRnZZn8ph86fXY-WszVnUbel9BJVH6prhgamkMlXiVntkcHzm3M7k25RCmUE1411qjLzMWlMJA/s1890/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-01%20at%2012.37.43%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiP5mqwXp0GD2T5EDtcpG8bHTm8mgeJe88zMPNe6mLtOsVwImhn9p_v5Sv6hvIQml5K9QkB3EWdo54M3w6esjMMUk1LrLuL_SUTQJvg6f3qJ2bKkVVuRnZZn8ph86fXY-WszVnUbel9BJVH6prhgamkMlXiVntkcHzm3M7k25RCmUE1411qjLzMWlMJA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-01%20at%2012.37.43%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Future Star Trek Nichelle Nichols on THE LIEUTENANT: TO SET IT RIGHT Year: 1964 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK made Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura, an actress to watch... And she's always watchable, actually introduced in Roddenberry's prior TV series THE LIEUTENANT as the girlfriend of Don Marshall's black Pvt. Cameron, who butts heads with a goading white racist, Pvt. Devlin, played by Dennis Hopper...<br> <br> The series starred Gary Lockwood as Lt. Bill Rice, in charge of a troop of Marines in Camp Pendleton, California. And in this particular episode titled TO SET IT RIGHT, Rice tries getting the two loggerheads in rhythm by sparring them in the boxing ring and eventually, tied together, to climb up a mountain so they work as a team, or else...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

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LIEUTENANT UHURA ON GENE RODDENBERRY'S THE LIEUTENANT'

Future Star Trek Nichelle Nichols on THE LIEUTENANT: TO SET IT RIGHT Year: 1964 Rating: *** Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK made Nichelle ...

NEO NOIR 'THE SWEENEY' EPISODE OF 'CHALK AND CHEESE'

<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/AVvXsEhLJBqMALOHh_0EO7rulu6m88TlRnnFojM6_qOOTyOnxyx95gDRMLsMNFqOMxnxI1DWfDj6KqeRDK8Yuwg9JNv5KTrG0SHrAjyM9aso1QzzoOnGTuIcf5qRa33HjIuo3wFBXJ6fYwHnA-IVLnA643rJzvrYyf_rT0t-gAzpxOufCtvvYg87EG0d0VSr9g/s1259/1%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJBqMALOHh_0EO7rulu6m88TlRnnFojM6_qOOTyOnxyx95gDRMLsMNFqOMxnxI1DWfDj6KqeRDK8Yuwg9JNv5KTrG0SHrAjyM9aso1QzzoOnGTuIcf5qRa33HjIuo3wFBXJ6fYwHnA-IVLnA643rJzvrYyf_rT0t-gAzpxOufCtvvYg87EG0d0VSr9g/s16000/1%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Paul Jones on The Sweeney Year: 1974 Rates: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Beginning with a rubbed water-glass rim creating a crystalline sound, there's a misleadingly mellow vibe as we cut from an orange car on the highway to an old rich couple's vehicle cruising a rural, wooded area followed by a blunt-bullying robbery, filmed in askew angles more like an art film than cop TV-show, THE SWEENEY episode title CHALK AND CHEESE means the two ski mask-wearing bandits are polar opposites... yet they have one thing in common... </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>Real life singer Paul Jones is a lowly boxer... his dad the owner of a grungy boxing gym... while Shane Bryant's a rich kid grown-up flaky and gambling-broke into his mid-twenties...</p><p><span></span></p>

boxing, british, cop, crime, david lodge, dennis waterman, john thaw, lesley-anne down, neo noir, paul jones, seventies, shane briant, sweeney, thriller, TV

NEO NOIR 'THE SWEENEY' EPISODE OF 'CHALK AND CHEESE'

Paul Jones on The Sweeney Year: 1974 Rates: ***** Beginning with a rubbed water-glass rim creating a crystalline sound, there's a mislea...

BRITISH STARLET CAROL WHITE WASHES UP ON 'HAWAII FIVE-0'

<p></p><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/a/AVvXsEiHXQt5Rl60C47w4lDD1UOl4vZoUzwMmn5WhhTmbW-cqZIyc-WlxqaG97QVV_aOEKwTNkOksJ_IOGSTOVJZEglD2DviqhnSvyqpnOnNSodTG6mkiEl7N1-4ZWgEKWmLLDs3ByTUMzz6npziE9-bEBXWFOfj7hZhkTeRPO7znb1pBishvRBZ66ZPLbg1-Q=s747" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="747" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHXQt5Rl60C47w4lDD1UOl4vZoUzwMmn5WhhTmbW-cqZIyc-WlxqaG97QVV_aOEKwTNkOksJ_IOGSTOVJZEglD2DviqhnSvyqpnOnNSodTG6mkiEl7N1-4ZWgEKWmLLDs3ByTUMzz6npziE9-bEBXWFOfj7hZhkTeRPO7znb1pBishvRBZ66ZPLbg1-Q=w400-h314" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Carol White on Hawaii Five-O from 1974</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>British actress Carol White randomly turned up on the small screen after her 1960's movie career faded, from the Ken Loach exploitation POOR COW that followed his even more severe CATHY COMES HOME, both not only art-house but ultra-realistic, far from the mainstream unlike the careers of other full-lipped blonde beauties like Julie Christie and Susannah York, who Carol proceeded... But with the British New Wave at a crest, after co-starring in I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S'ISNAME with Oliver Reed and Orson Welles,  she sporadically appeared in a handful of avant garde films from her homeland England followed by family-oriented American television... </p><p>Before an innocuous episode of DIFF'RENT STROKES she had a much more befitting role as a gun moll secretly out to kill the man romancing her... targeting  Jack Lord on HAWAII FIVE-O in 1974's A GUN FOR McGARRET that... despite several male assassins of a island-monopolizing gangster... ultimately belongs to Carol, and, ironically, by this time, having shed about 15-pounds too much, she resembled an actress who'd wind up on the series' final season, Sharon Farrell, even more than herself... but this was perhaps the last edgy role for a actress who usually played edgy and tough, no-nonsense woman.  </p><p><span></span></p>

actress, carol white, crime, hawaii, jack lord, james maccarthur, seventies, TV

BRITISH STARLET CAROL WHITE WASHES UP ON 'HAWAII FIVE-0'

Carol White on Hawaii Five-O from 1974 British actress Carol White randomly turned up on the small screen after her 1960's movie career ...

BRITISH STARLET CAROL WHITE TURNS UP ON 'DIFF'RENT STROKES'

<p></p><p></p><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/a/AVvXsEgomWc27mIglVFkXIhHzku65xABCk4gUR-tAme2BhV1OGfQJEoGvBOAvekkTeUDsK8QJyLMNuwg47D11IOnkYvK4NzCZvXllLkdurbGj5i1XJrEmlb8JyIIHHzgIT7HQryN-m7BPxEF9p1VemwPYU7mGmZ0KPDFSZ_4pys6bu5s38FT0wEHbNJaFlbPTg=s795" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="795" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgomWc27mIglVFkXIhHzku65xABCk4gUR-tAme2BhV1OGfQJEoGvBOAvekkTeUDsK8QJyLMNuwg47D11IOnkYvK4NzCZvXllLkdurbGj5i1XJrEmlb8JyIIHHzgIT7HQryN-m7BPxEF9p1VemwPYU7mGmZ0KPDFSZ_4pys6bu5s38FT0wEHbNJaFlbPTg=w400-h305" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Carol White & Gary Coleman on Diff'rent Strokes in 1980</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1980, former British sexpot Carol White, who started the wave of full-lipped blondes from Julie Christie to Susannah York to Judy Geeson, appeared on the family sitcom DIFF'RENT STROKES... random for a seemingly semi-retired actress known for playing troubled girls ranging from NEVER LET GO to POOR COW.... </p><p></p><p></p><p>On DIFF'RENT STROKES her penultimate (and last television) role has her dining with "old friend" Philip Drummond at a fancy restaurant, only to be constantly interrupted by phone calls from THE SLUMBER PARTY back home that includes <i>original </i>cast members of THE FACTS OF LIFE... </p><p>And much like this episode's crossover guest-star Molly Ringwald, Carol starting out a child actress... Beginning in 1949 and continuing throughout the 1950's, she gained genuine attention during the British New Wave with a small part in THE BOYS (as the one girl they all want) to her co-starring turn opposite Oliver Reed in I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S'IS'NAME... And, decades later, following a HAWAII FIVE-O episode right before STROKES, her career ended after an indie adaptation of NUTCRACKER, after which she died (far too young) in 1991, of liver disease. And although she had many vices during the 1980's, she still looked fantastic. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

actress, british, carol white, conrad bain, eighties, gary coleman, todd bridges, TV

BRITISH STARLET CAROL WHITE TURNS UP ON 'DIFF'RENT STROKES'

Carol White & Gary Coleman on Diff'rent Strokes in 1980 In 1980, former British sexpot Carol White, who started the wave of full-lip...

CHARLES BRONSON IN 'MAN WITH A CAMERA' WITH ANNE NEYLAND

<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/AVvXsEhPBGeoBoKJkPI4QjysGtRNNOUxzUyk-aK2XL-ROg3Ah5ROmkKeG3RV793yNTaqTRmN-niyiqsqcrv4C9NmhFcEEWjRm0hrnts-gzBeNB53vCXWd14n-3ux8V11GmSJ3-n6weZ35PsgOIpR/s914/13.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="914" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBGeoBoKJkPI4QjysGtRNNOUxzUyk-aK2XL-ROg3Ah5ROmkKeG3RV793yNTaqTRmN-niyiqsqcrv4C9NmhFcEEWjRm0hrnts-gzBeNB53vCXWd14n-3ux8V11GmSJ3-n6weZ35PsgOIpR/w400-h306/13.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Charles Bronson & Anne Neyland Year: 1959 Rates: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Few know that Charles Bronson had his very own television series, and it was a pretty good one in the days when some of those Fifties' B&W crime shows don't stand up very well: But MAN WITH A CAMERA takes a unique view in that Bronson's Mike Kovac is a professional photographer, not a cop or a private investigator, so his input is that of a specialist, and for camera buffs there are a lot of great old equipment and techniques... </p><p>But for Noir-leaning fans there's tons of action, great actors and a lot of gorgeous dames, some good girls others femme fatale types; the latter in the second/last season THE POSITIVE NEGATIVE is Susan Cummings who, like Bronson himself, would wind up on a science-fiction series called THE TWILIGHT ZONE, and while Bronson played a post-nuclear Adam (and Eve), Cummings found out/and famously shouted that TO SERVE MAN was a cookbook! But the good gal here is the primary reason for this post and these pictures, and the Film Noir HIDDEN FEAR starlet Anne Neyland is one of the most beautiful actresses, and didn't do a lot and should have, here playing a nightclub photographer that haphazardly snaps a picture of a married mobster and his moll/lover (Cummings), and her friend Mike has to clean up the mess, getting kidnapped and dodging bullets in the process, making this one of the best episodes. </p><p><span></span></p>

anne neyland, charles bronson, crime, fifties, film noir or melodrama, susan cummings, suspense, TV

CHARLES BRONSON IN 'MAN WITH A CAMERA' WITH ANNE NEYLAND

Charles Bronson & Anne Neyland Year: 1959 Rates: **** Few know that Charles Bronson had his very own television series, and it was a pre...

PETER STRAUSS VS WILLIAM SMITH 'RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II'

<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/AVvXsEhmPRzUKBzKlYQd1K0-nWwk0YySsgBYoC4sNsu-Zh9vY9qvAiLC-jYH5wIh3W9pchz_pCokT1CgAT2wxTbh3lGin_bmuJmsr4EwCahWT49Dd1uT-052ORgbSkT3TjFCUKXSlZBQbdIMphgM/s901/66.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="901" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPRzUKBzKlYQd1K0-nWwk0YySsgBYoC4sNsu-Zh9vY9qvAiLC-jYH5wIh3W9pchz_pCokT1CgAT2wxTbh3lGin_bmuJmsr4EwCahWT49Dd1uT-052ORgbSkT3TjFCUKXSlZBQbdIMphgM/s16000/66.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II Year: 1976-1977 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II is no <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/02/RMPM1.html">RICH MAN, POOR MAN</a> being impossible to replace Nick Nolte after he dies in the original's climax, it's a pretty great sequel, mostly thanks to William Smith as crazy villain Anthony Falconetti who, while shaping-up and tearing-down the last four episodes of the first venture, is now a continuously formidable presence, not only stealing scenes but destroying anyone and anything in his wake...</p><p></p><p>And this time the POOR MAN are young <i>men</i>... Since there's no luckless boxer/sailor Nolte to contrast returning star and now sole headliner Peter Strauss as ambitious, sometimes idealistic Senator/businessman Rudy Jordache, Nolte's beloved son, Wesley (Gregg Henry) and con artist Billy (James Carroll Jordan), neglected son of Bill Bixby and Susan Blakely (the latter killed off/written out early), both take the POOR spot in different ways... </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/AVvXsEgSrcuyKraM9Ms0Fp8Y2zTr6P3up2H9mOiHG59fhZVNH18hVCu8VwWlTvLvKmue7liO67rdtKLb-TZdMZGwcT3Qw51HHOSENb5W_Ot9U_r1A6nPvRD7VDIEKhA4PQlrYBqtXaPlhKZklNDW/s1876/Screen%252BShot%252B2021-06-13%252Bat%252B12.39.01%252BAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1876" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrcuyKraM9Ms0Fp8Y2zTr6P3up2H9mOiHG59fhZVNH18hVCu8VwWlTvLvKmue7liO67rdtKLb-TZdMZGwcT3Qw51HHOSENb5W_Ot9U_r1A6nPvRD7VDIEKhA4PQlrYBqtXaPlhKZklNDW/s16000/Screen%252BShot%252B2021-06-13%252Bat%252B12.39.01%252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Penny Peyser and Gregg Henry in RICH MAN POOR MAN BOOK II Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Wesley's broke despite being taken in by his RICH uncle while Billy fights to make it big in the music industry, so he's basically the young climber version of Peter Strauss while Wesley, blond and muscular like dad, takes Nolte's hapless workingman route, <i>almost</i> having an affair with tough, stubborn yet incredibly cute girl-next-door/union man's daughter Penny Peyser... until Billy gets in quicker and ignites an addictive whirlwind romance/love triangle...</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>And there are so many characters to cover, including a resilient, quick-witted Susan Sullivan as Rudy's girlfriend lawyer (particularly during senate hearings straight from THE GODFATHER II including a crooked G. D. Spradlin and Peter Donat), whose daughter Kimberly Beck is a flirtatious teenager smitten with Wesley when, by the 11th hour,<i> all</i> the characters wind up in Sin City Vegas to square-off against the show's two polar opposite antagonists...</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/AVvXsEjxlkFKE2hU_1dX6BkYu8sFodrKy2FMtLW1TjxEh05dlnOCAsKizhQ_ioqrjMJpnwa4H-BD2Zn8JGVjsQ9DE3xCccuvHM-XiSE944oZH7Cvi0Zpu23FH1KgG-x_dqF5S4NlgHqGmLg9aQCa/s943/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="943" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlkFKE2hU_1dX6BkYu8sFodrKy2FMtLW1TjxEh05dlnOCAsKizhQ_ioqrjMJpnwa4H-BD2Zn8JGVjsQ9DE3xCccuvHM-XiSE944oZH7Cvi0Zpu23FH1KgG-x_dqF5S4NlgHqGmLg9aQCa/s16000/0.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Smith and Kimberly Beck in RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Besides Falconetti is a callous yet still somewhat charming/monopolizing billionaire Peter Haskell as Charles Estep, who Strauss's Rudy is after and whose wife, the beautiful Laraine Stephens, holds an anticipated/game-changing secret...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The most fun's had with Billy and his up-and-down dealings working at then co-owning a once-great record company (owned by endearingly grouchy in-debt gambler Sorrell Booke); he basically sells his soul to protect a fickle and neurotic knockout version of Janis Joplin in Cassie Yates, taking the otherwise womanizer on a proverbial ride... <br></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/AVvXsEg4VPX6bxx2UX7bgkO_ZiqLsWNbto63sbHbAp2tJCnzz4QbRyhEPWddZEqwwFX2eWG_sSSbZ6z8hdRIuevRGu3zsI5UNvRkCrQ1DIiGS2CbrKJ-QAsqBHvWfKXvGhfMv2UtPOuYm-wNoSqp/s960/196143560_1256252508137256_8637572101747373707_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VPX6bxx2UX7bgkO_ZiqLsWNbto63sbHbAp2tJCnzz4QbRyhEPWddZEqwwFX2eWG_sSSbZ6z8hdRIuevRGu3zsI5UNvRkCrQ1DIiGS2CbrKJ-QAsqBHvWfKXvGhfMv2UtPOuYm-wNoSqp/s16000/196143560_1256252508137256_8637572101747373707_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Russell Johnson as a detective with Peter Strauss in RICH MAN POOR MAN BOOK II</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Meanwhile, William Smith's powerfully methodical method-acting is what really stands out (especially scenes with Vegas hotel manager Ken Swofford), shaking the dust off particular moments where the original series' edgy (semi-historical) drama becomes kitschy melodrama... He's busy too, fending off Nolte's vengeful returning partner Herbert Jefferson Jr., and, also returning is Kay Lenz, Nolte's sexy little widow, this time a kooky laughing girl in a contrived/forced affair with Strauss...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And yet, despite the soap operatic tropes and romantic distractions, like any good televised serial, the characters and situations leave viewers salivating for the next episode... while Peter Strauss is even more intense and dogged, likable, sympathetic and hardcore in the leading role (providing more than a few fantastic monologue-lectures)... making both RICH MAN, POOR MAN shows a "binge-watch" experience far before there was such a thing. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

cassie yates, gregg henry, herbert jefferson jr., james carroll jordan, john anderson, kimberly beck, laraine stephens, miniseries, penny peyser, peter strauss, seventies, susan sullivan, TV, william smith

PETER STRAUSS VS WILLIAM SMITH 'RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II'

Title: RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II Year: 1976-1977 Rating: **** While RICH MAN, POOR MAN BOOK II is no RICH MAN, POOR MAN being impossible t...

JOANNA GOING AND REBECCA STAAB IN A NEWER 'DARK SHADOWS'

<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle7iqbqn-UK0spO_TIEY3j3nUsjkT1F35Dp5DJ7U49b3_IiOcSchHvtMO5AoSrOcbjXfMUF5sqzeRiiCk8wwTQGO2U-Ou2-wGZNJammc9wXq-kO6o1i2WtnZ7_F9z0FmmeXUoVaYe1ZnT/s1719/00.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1719" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle7iqbqn-UK0spO_TIEY3j3nUsjkT1F35Dp5DJ7U49b3_IiOcSchHvtMO5AoSrOcbjXfMUF5sqzeRiiCk8wwTQGO2U-Ou2-wGZNJammc9wXq-kO6o1i2WtnZ7_F9z0FmmeXUoVaYe1ZnT/w400-h358/00.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Joanna Going in Dark Shadows Year: 1991 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Dan Curtis turned his daytime soap DARK SHADOWS into a nighttime soap/miniseries that holds up pretty well with a younger Barnabas Collins in Ben Cross, seeming more like a lovelorn college professor than vampire, but he does bare his fangs enough times into the likes of Rebecca Staab for a Body Count element that ups (and progresses) the terror and suspense, mostly taking place in an old seaside manor where Collins rises/returns to an eccentric family that only knew him through a looming portrait from many, many years ago...</p><p></p><p>And it's no wonder the poor fella falls so quickly in love with the newly arrived (yet very familiar) babysitter of troubled boy Joseph Gordon-Levitt — and Joanna Going is the most beautiful actress to ever hit the small screen, ever, and is what makes this DARK SHADOWS intriguing and worthwhile. </p><p>Also like the original, we go back in time to Collins' own turf, the 1700's where snaky/flaky uncle Roy Thinnes can act sinister with the other family members, all somewhat benign before the Salem Inspired/Religious Zealot transition. But the show hits a big wall with the otherwise talented Lysette Anthony as an all-knowing/all-seeing phantom/wraith so powerful, vicious and vile, Collins loses his bite, and purpose (a young girl ghost is also a cop-out). Although by the end of the one and only season, Going and Cross's romance keeps the viewer intrigued... as we shall be, for eternity. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

ben cross, dan curtis, franchise, horror, joanna going, joseph gordon-levitt, nineties, roy thinnes, TV, vampire

JOANNA GOING AND REBECCA STAAB IN A NEWER 'DARK SHADOWS'

Joanna Going in Dark Shadows Year: 1991 Rating: ***1/2 Dan Curtis turned his daytime soap DARK SHADOWS into a nighttime soap/miniseries that...

VAN HALEN'S EDDIE & VALERIE BETTING 'THE SEDUCTION OF GINA'

<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghINeX97nxeawKfmQgE7qkFE9a-YineYHZ7725eI0jZSicZHdrotmfPYAqd0zN2YDJzXvNJOeltQc0CfWR4RbMgWaB1fgrIHTOE4KDrDyA6-AwC0lHzKiq32UY_aKGXaECOFuOV0BjQTGE/s1993/00.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="1993" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghINeX97nxeawKfmQgE7qkFE9a-YineYHZ7725eI0jZSicZHdrotmfPYAqd0zN2YDJzXvNJOeltQc0CfWR4RbMgWaB1fgrIHTOE4KDrDyA6-AwC0lHzKiq32UY_aKGXaECOFuOV0BjQTGE/w400-h300/00.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Valerie Bertinelli as GINA Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It was love and marriage that prompted Eddie Van Halen to score this 1984 TV-movie THE SEDUCTION OF GINA for wife Valerie Bertinelli; only don't expect cool beachy grooves like the same years' <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/11/THEwildLIFE.html">THE WILD LIFE</a> that he <i>thoroughly</i> composed: herein among three prerecorded instrumental tracks, a <i>Jump</i>-like synth-driven opener introduces Valerie's titular GINA as a flaky college student married to a serious med student, and after a beginner's luck bout of barroom horse race gambling, she winds up a desperate addict: Which is not only constrained by television standards, but someone as adorable as Valerie hitting rock bottom isn't very rocky, or bottomy...</p><p>The casino mogul she owes and ultimately "has to" sleep with is both better looking and more aptly suited than her downer husband; and then a streetwise bookie hardly puts pressure since she gets trust fund money so easily. But that doesn't mean this SEDUCTION doesn't have value. There's a good amount of suspense while she's actually gambling (mostly Black Jack) within the plush Tahoe casino, and one morning-after as she rushes to her apartment seconds before her husband arrives is a genuine nail-biter. Meanwhile, best pal Dinah Manoff has potential as a boy-crazy sidekick... <i>if</i> this were a series-pilot instead... But GINA is a basic tale about what happens when a gorgeous young lady has too much free-time that winds up costing. If only she stuck with the polite millionaire and dropped the whiny loser... But then she'd have no more problems and this is — while doing for gambling what PRETTY WOMAN does for prostitution<i> </i><i>— </i>an addiction melodrama that's a decent bet for passing the time. </p><p><span></span></p>

dinah manoff, edward van halen, eighties, exploitation, fredric lehne, gambling, melodrama, michael brandon, randy brooks, TV, tv movie, valerie bertinelli

VAN HALEN'S EDDIE & VALERIE BETTING 'THE SEDUCTION OF GINA'

Valerie Bertinelli as GINA Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 It was love and marriage that prompted Eddie Van Halen to score this 1984 TV-movie THE ...

MARK HAMILL AS DAVID IN THE 'EIGHT IS ENOUGH' PILOT EPISODE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0ANKFAR9ZH-mpHwuVhuRP16WOy8OlcD39DcxzzImJhW5-OSV6sV90ac4ssfRxWxiRtwuaNi8RlHdDckOdaD9o09rzJv5glTkzUqIyomjqYe2g66MBOdJZWEcIqnx8GGPO4hti4uY-VWJ/s1600/Screen%25252BShot%25252B2020-04-04%25252Bat%25252B2.53.48%25252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0ANKFAR9ZH-mpHwuVhuRP16WOy8OlcD39DcxzzImJhW5-OSV6sV90ac4ssfRxWxiRtwuaNi8RlHdDckOdaD9o09rzJv5glTkzUqIyomjqYe2g66MBOdJZWEcIqnx8GGPO4hti4uY-VWJ/s1600/Screen%25252BShot%25252B2020-04-04%25252Bat%25252B2.53.48%25252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Diana Hyland with Mark Hamill in the series pilot of EIGHT IS ENOUGH Season One from 1977-1978</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The tragic death of actress Diana Hyland aside (she was John Travolta's real life May/December fiance and his BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE mother)... her character Joan Brandford's exit four episodes into EIGHT IS ENOUGH ironically worked for the best, story-wise...<br> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> Especially since the hour-long suburban dramedy's pilot centered mostly on everyman Dick Van Patten's Tom Bradford and wife Joan struggling to raise those eight titular kids that remain somewhat peripheral during this rather bland kickoff: strange since the youngsters wound up meaning pretty much everything...<br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWV3u2b7446etX9piUby-QvpQCuE4sFy9BpzmTyGPxGVmXxTCR-9QZjUZ8MuwYt3ShAhfztSkxRFXoPslrybTiQUDTcO0J2dCctvsLs_pl9B7Kqkck8C0TKaM4NyIO60RkouNYxDF3bDDi/s1600/Screen%2525252BShot%2525252B2020-04-04%2525252Bat%2525252B2.54.09%2525252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWV3u2b7446etX9piUby-QvpQCuE4sFy9BpzmTyGPxGVmXxTCR-9QZjUZ8MuwYt3ShAhfztSkxRFXoPslrybTiQUDTcO0J2dCctvsLs_pl9B7Kqkck8C0TKaM4NyIO60RkouNYxDF3bDDi/s1600/Screen%2525252BShot%2525252B2020-04-04%2525252Bat%2525252B2.54.09%2525252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Defunct Photobucket effect w/ Dick Van Patten & Mark Hamill on EIGHT IS ENOUGH with Adam Rich and Laurie Walters</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> Tommy and Nancy are played by different people (semi-cute cult-starlet Kimberly Beck and droopy eyed Oscar Wilde lookalike Chris English) while Mark Hamill, the same year his Luke Skywalker conquered George Lucas's blockbuster STAR WARS, is the eldest son, David Bradford, who, fed up with the full house, moves out and into a bachelor pad.<br> <br> The next episode — and the rest of the series — wisely cast the likeable Willie Aames as Tommy, and who doesn't remember bowl-cut fan-favorite Nicholas: the youngest son played by Adam Rich, who was around from the very start unlike another sublime replacement in Dianne Kay's blonde bombshell Nancy. <br>

adam rich, betty buckley, diana hyland, dianne kay, dick van patten, family, grant goodeve, mark hamill, pilot, seventies, TV, willie aames

MARK HAMILL AS DAVID IN THE 'EIGHT IS ENOUGH' PILOT EPISODE

Diana Hyland with Mark Hamill in the series pilot of EIGHT IS ENOUGH Season One from 1977-1978 The tragic death of actress Diana Hyland ...

PETER FALK IN 'COLUMBO CRIES WOLF' WITH REBECCA STAAB

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRWQfELXs2YVI2UmnvoVCeSEADLElGNCr1nz2-YHhuTb3llu_-sIabvX26qVcINvHMcMSDfTUQYTkaV9rETtJZ9HGc6loNdtzZro2qdfRYHeB-VPMpnePyY-fSWzsB2mrM1PaqLZX51J_/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-17%252Bat%252B1.51.41%252BAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRWQfELXs2YVI2UmnvoVCeSEADLElGNCr1nz2-YHhuTb3llu_-sIabvX26qVcINvHMcMSDfTUQYTkaV9rETtJZ9HGc6loNdtzZro2qdfRYHeB-VPMpnePyY-fSWzsB2mrM1PaqLZX51J_/s1600/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-17%252Bat%252B1.51.41%252BAM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1990 cast: Peter Falk, Ian Buchanan, Rebecca Staab rating: ****</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> If every COLUMBO episode can be judged upon how conceited and prosperous, and downright horrendously in-your-face lucky the villain is, you can chalk this up as one of the best...<br> <br> That is, of the latter episodes made during the 1990's wherein Peter Falk is an older, scruffier Columbo, still feigning naivete with his ruffled trench coat and even wearier eyes, not even having to act the way he seems and looks being older: yet he's still always thinking... <br>

actress, crime, gumshoe, ian buchanan, mystery, nineties, peter falk, rebecca staab, thriller, TV

PETER FALK IN 'COLUMBO CRIES WOLF' WITH REBECCA STAAB

year: 1990 cast: Peter Falk, Ian Buchanan, Rebecca Staab rating: **** If every COLUMBO episode can be judged upon how conceited and pros...

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

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKKt7xV8W0gQ6DEo9XuwISHbmvTT67X4-OWL1wyd2uLNhnuu1UaWp1KfApJg3eVyxnwLxkothiMYdzQu3jZnd6-rN7dBE-frJLNjgeFrkH424NpK-DNR5wg3RAZVyAFK25-eeQTbMfliL/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-02-13+at+5.36.23+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKKt7xV8W0gQ6DEo9XuwISHbmvTT67X4-OWL1wyd2uLNhnuu1UaWp1KfApJg3eVyxnwLxkothiMYdzQu3jZnd6-rN7dBE-frJLNjgeFrkH424NpK-DNR5wg3RAZVyAFK25-eeQTbMfliL/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-02-13+at+5.36.23+PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <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> </tbody></table> 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> <br> 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  Det. James 'Kimo' Carew... <br>

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...

LOVELY, LYRICAL, LILTING SUE LYON FANTASY MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3Vk0cXbPGqF92k6DrDRVB5aPg1p9lYgm41V1HWva9-ULM1JeQvmgdbjLUwt-EUpNSs11YIfeyuAcmQzRGZS3FkTpAGaSNSQ8ah-jcoGX7_NDREZyzY5AW3E0_9QwoWmWYgaai7ICUw9e/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-12-28+at+1.25.21+AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3Vk0cXbPGqF92k6DrDRVB5aPg1p9lYgm41V1HWva9-ULM1JeQvmgdbjLUwt-EUpNSs11YIfeyuAcmQzRGZS3FkTpAGaSNSQ8ah-jcoGX7_NDREZyzY5AW3E0_9QwoWmWYgaai7ICUw9e/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-12-28+at+1.25.21+AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Michele Lee, Sue Lyon and Hilarie Thompson on FANTASY ISLAND Year: 1978</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> We learned about the death of this site's patron starlet SUE LYON only minutes ago: She's an actress featured quite extensively here on Cult Film Freak, and unlike most sites, her later, more obscure drive-in exploitation flicks are what's mostly covered here...<br> <br> As of the tail-end of 2019 (she died December 26th), there isn't even a LOLITA review, the titular role that made her famous, or her other temptress turn in THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, flirting with another iconic British actor, Richard Burton, after having pretty much killed her faithfully perverse step-dad James Mason in the Stanley Kubrick classic... <br>

drama, fantasy, hilarie thompson, michele lee, pamela franklin, seventies, sue lyon, tribute, TV

LOVELY, LYRICAL, LILTING SUE LYON FANTASY MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

Michele Lee, Sue Lyon and Hilarie Thompson on FANTASY ISLAND Year: 1978 We learned about the death of this site's patron starlet SUE...

HATEFUL SIX BEFORE THEY EIGHT 'THE REBEL' WITH NICK ADAMS

<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/AVvXsEi4nCdtx_03z84Sz8wK0XBLprK4Env34hfPAiMtC13sG9oeReQPaSJMmCvNasYA7TDrZSFMeKGGYoeHFuZbetE4ssyktIRt270S38I4zQifgd-BE1wSZqpTO-sWGROGKhFPmscpihkNW8Lm/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-12-01+at+10.16.41+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1277" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nCdtx_03z84Sz8wK0XBLprK4Env34hfPAiMtC13sG9oeReQPaSJMmCvNasYA7TDrZSFMeKGGYoeHFuZbetE4ssyktIRt270S38I4zQifgd-BE1wSZqpTO-sWGROGKhFPmscpihkNW8Lm/s400/Screen+Shot+2019-12-01+at+10.16.41+PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Nick Adams heads up THE REBEL television Western 1959-1961</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> It's usually fair game that homage-driven auteur Quentin Tarantino pays tribute to classics, especially Sergio Leone Westerns, but is TV's post Civil War THE REBEL episode FAIR GAME a complete rip-off, or yet another example of the quirky cinematic preacher preaching the virtues of yesteryear for audiences of <i>today</i>?<br> <br> Enter Tarantino's post Civil War THE HATEFUL EIGHT about a group of despicable types holed up in a way-station during a formidable snowstorm. Kurt Russell plays a bounty hunter, and his bounty is a grungy-gross female in Jennifer Jason Leigh's Daisy, who winds up doing exactly what a young, classy dame does in THE REBEL. The irony is that Patricia Medina's Cynthia Kenyon is so pretty and highbrow it's a shock she's facing the hangman at all... but not for long. Soon enough what ultimately happens to Kurt Russell (poisoned water then poisoned coffee) occurs rather quickly to James Chandler as the silently-stern bounty hunter Farnum...<br>

action, article, irvin kershner, james drury, mystery, nick adams, patricia medina, quentin tarantino, sixties, thriller, TV, western

HATEFUL SIX BEFORE THEY EIGHT 'THE REBEL' WITH NICK ADAMS

Nick Adams heads up THE REBEL television Western 1959-1961 It's usually fair game that homage-driven auteur Quentin Tarantino pays t...

JENNIFER SALT REBORN: THE FIRST CULT FILM FREAK INTERVIEW

<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/AVvXsEj7bJERWjzGGbbCICxJsrjKwe4l99AU1rkrnVVfE3wjXTQAer-LPqc6uisgtcZGWRhM4ju3u4Yl_fDJS6F_xJd1dzKHknmWPf0g-DedMGwYDWHpS6aTKCNvijDfhy1mJmjV-eoSjIuUQEQc/s1600/55788337_672936056468907_8626073469030760448_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="876" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bJERWjzGGbbCICxJsrjKwe4l99AU1rkrnVVfE3wjXTQAer-LPqc6uisgtcZGWRhM4ju3u4Yl_fDJS6F_xJd1dzKHknmWPf0g-DedMGwYDWHpS6aTKCNvijDfhy1mJmjV-eoSjIuUQEQc/s400/55788337_672936056468907_8626073469030760448_n.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Parking the 2007 Interview with Jennifer Salt at its new location</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <i>Now an executive producer of the hit series AMERICAN HORROR STORY and had been a writer for NIP/TUCK, when the name Jennifer Salt shows up on the modern hi-def television screen, memories flash back of a young actress who played cute yet headstrong characters in cult exploitation classics... </i><br> <br> <i>Her eclectic roles and credits range from Crazy Annie, Jon Voight's Texas girlfriend shown via flashback in MIDNIGHT COWBOY to Woody Allen's first date in PLAY IT AGAIN SAM...</i><br> <i><br></i> <i>The buried lead in Brian De Palma's SISTERS opposite two Margot Kidders; Cornel Wilde's scream queen daughter in the TV-movie GARGOYLES: Yet with all that and more under her belt, she's probably best known as Eunice Tate on the situation comedy, SOAP: And here she is on the very first Cult Film Freak interview, from 2007, initially on the now defunct original website (cult film freak dot com, singular) and hereby eternally resurrected on our main blog site (cult film freaks, plural)...</i><br>

brian de palma, charles durining, exploitation, interview, jennifer salt, john schlesinger, jon voight, seventies, sixties, TV, waldo salt, woody allen

JENNIFER SALT REBORN: THE FIRST CULT FILM FREAK INTERVIEW

Parking the 2007 Interview with Jennifer Salt at its new location Now an executive producer of the hit series AMERICAN HORROR STORY and ...