an underground classic !
... as a producer on medusa george hamilton probably wielded the power to showcase his acting talents in this film and he does let it all hang loose in this one. he plays a troubled sociopathic playboy who has a strange relationship with his sister while at the same time he's in far too deep with the mob. the obvious comparison is warren beatty and this movie suggests hamilton should be a much bigger star (perhaps on a par with beatty) and not known only as the suave debonaire millionaire with the perpetual tan. just didn't get the right roles i guess. his performance is sweeping and he should have got the academy award for this movie. i'll bet he wasn't even nominated. the always spectacular cameron mitchell gives a frightening performance as a ruthless underworld loan shark ...
... gordon hessler clearly had some talent as a director and he gives this film vitality and punch. a great idiosyncratic pyschological character study film ...
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