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Can You Identify All the Spear Carriers by Name?

posted 14 years ago by HijodelCid
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When did you become aware that TTT couldn't exactly boast about having a cast of thousands? In RENDEZVOUS WITH YESTERDAY, 'tis quite obvious at the climax that there are only about thirty-something extras who try to create the impression of hundreds of people by screaming their heads off.
Credibility isn't exactly helped by the fact that there are no shots of the entire ship during the scenes of the disaster and the passengers running to and fro in mindless panic. You only see the entire ship at the scenes ripped off from Negulesco's TITANIC, which show the moment when the ship hits the iceberg.

God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

[–] ddc300 14 years ago

I can ID two spear carriers and occasional Vikings, Civil War Soldiers, Arab warriors, and alien-possessed American citizens: Stunt coordinator Paul Stader, and Stuntman Hubie Kerns.

Paul Stader is easily identified by his dark hair and prominent nose. He's fairly tall and skinny. He appears w/o makeup as a Cliffport Maine resident under alien control in "Town of Terror". He had two roles in "The Death Merchant": one as a technician dragging around an electrical cable, and (2) as a Civil War soldier in a fight scene.

Paul Stader is most famous for being the guy who coordinated all of the elaborate stunts in "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno".

Hubie Kerns is harder to ID, but he is most famous for being Adam West's stunt double on the "Batman" series that played around the same time as "Time Tunnel".

[–] HijodelCid 14 years ago

TTT obviously had very talented extras.

God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)