One of the low-power digital stations in Las Vegas (47.5) shows old, public domain movies free of commercials. The quality is just terrible. Some of the old ones look like seventh generation prints made from a kinescope filmed off an old, worn-out black and white TV.
Anyway, this clunker showed up today, and I feel ripped-off even though I didn't pay anything. I seem to remember seeing some good movie-of-the-week type films back in the 70's, but if this bomb is any kind of example, my memory is deeply flawed.
What really surprises me is the cast. There are a lot of fine actors in this one. And while some of the other actors aren't all that terrific, they were well known enough in the 70's to have commanded a decent salary. I guess all the budget went into the payroll because it sure didn't show up in the script!
"He was running around like a rooster in a barnyard full of ducks."--Pat Novak
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n-forbeswarren
12 years ago
***POSSIBLE SPOILERS***
The scenes that were supposedly at London Heathrow Airport were funny too, I'll just say the police uniforms and the helmets that were worn a bit wrong, very out of date for the 1970s. And BLACKPOOL departures? Not from Heathrow, though these days Ryanair have operated flights from London Stansted to Blackpool.
Author of RESURGENCE and OPERATION ASTUTE, available at www.lulu.com/resurgence
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