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It barely got renewed for a second season. Its ratings in the first season were at the bare minimum for a show to get considered for renewal - and the show had the benefit of going up against very weak competition ("Manhunter" on CBS and "Get Christie Love" on ABC). The decision was made to replace the show with a George Peppard medical drama "Doctors Hospital", but "Petrocelli" got a last-minute renewal solely because NBC couldn't find a variety show that they liked. The ratings tanked in the second season going up against "Starsky and Hutch".
It was also far more expensive than a TV movie of the era. It had a budget of $1.7 million, while the typical 2 hour TV movie of the day cost $400,000 (and the 90 minute ABC Movies of the Week typically cost $350,000).
Death Penalty - six counts of first-degree murder with the motive of financial gain (not a chance she could claim an insanity defense), plus two counts of attempted murder.
I think he started wearing it mainly because he was tired of everyone saying he looked like Marlon Brando
Deneuve was pretty wooden acting in English - no knock on her - try to imagine an American or British actor trying to act in French.
Agreed - it was the fourth highest grossing film of 1961, but I think that was due in great part to the fact that epic films were at their peak of popularity, and it was Heston's follow up to "Ben-Hur". Had this film been released a few years later, it might very well have met the fate of Samuel Bronston's subsequent epics like "55 Days at Peking" or "The Fall of the Roman Empire".
It was the fourth highest grossing film of 1961, so pretty much anyone who was of movie-going age in '61 would know of the movie even if they didn't see it.
"Ben-Hur" is a far better film - a genuine classic - very emotionally moving. I've seen "El Cid" once and have no desire to ever watch it again - it's a very expensive epic with very impressive visuals, but it's just not very memorable or emotionally engaging.
Longtime fan of her's - a very beautiful and classy woman, indeed. I'd rank her films as follows:
THEATRICAL: 1) "The War Lord" 2) "Shenandoah" 3) "Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?" 4) "Texas Across the River" 5) "How Do I Love Thee?" 6) "Where It's At" 7) "Some Kind of a Nut"
TELEVISION: 1) "My Father's House" 2) "The Death of Me Yet" 3) "The Brotherhood of the Bell" 4) "City Beneath the Sea" (this one is really awful and not recommended)
<blockquote>Sadly, Forsyth (who has a beautiful speaking voice) was obviously re-dubbed throughout most of the film. I THOUGHT her voice sounded different as the movie went on, but when I read Heston's book ''The Actor's Life'', he confirmed it. I wonder why?.</blockquote>
Although this is an old post, I feel compelled to correct the record, lest anyone might actually believe this nonsense. The poster responsible for the quote above misread what Heston wrote. Heston wrote "Rosemary is effective in what she does, less so in what she says. We may have her loop her dialogue." Forsyth was not redubbed by another actress - Heston simply wrote that they were thinking about having HER loop (re-record) her lines.
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