Sharks! (TV) (1975; USA; Technicolor; 98m) **½ d. E.W. Swackhamer; w. Lou Shaw, Stephen Lord; ph. Ben Colman; m. Stu Phillips. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Christopher George, Lynda Day George, A Martinez, Dick Haymes, Herb Jefferson, Jr., Pat Hingle. McCloud disobeys a lieutenant to investigate a loan shark he suspects of…
Month: September 2017
Film Review – THE 42ND STREET CAVALRY (TV) (1974)
42nd Street Cavalry, The (TV) (1974; USA; Technicolor; 96m) *** d. Jerry Jameson; w. Michael Gleason; ph. Ben Colman, Sol Negrin; m. Stu Phillips. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Julie Sommars, Peter Mark Richman, Rafael Campos, Victor Campos, Michael Parks. The mounted patrol, McCloud and a sergeant probe a weapons robbery and…
Film Review – THIS MUST BE THE ALAMO (TV) (1974)
This Must Be the Alamo (TV) (1974; USA; Technicolor; 96m) ***½ d. Bruce Kessler; w. Glen A. Larson; ph. Alric Edens; m. Stu Phillips. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Van Johnson, Laraine Stephens, Ray Danton, Eugene Roche, Della Reese, Jack Kelly, Gregory Sierra, Ken Lynch, Teri Garr, Sidney Klute. A football gambling…
Film Review – THE DISPOSAL MAN (TV) (1971)
Disposal Man, The (TV) (1971; USA; Technicolor; 76m) **½ d. Boris Sagal; w. Mel Arrighi, Dean Hargrove; ph. William Margulies; m. Billy Goldenberg. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Patrick O’Neal, James Olson, Jack Carter, Arthur O’Connell, Nita Talbot, Diana Muldaur, James McEachin. McCloud protects an executive who refuses to believe he is in danger…
Film Review – THE COLORADO CATTLE CAPER (TV) (1974)
Colorado Cattle Caper, The (TV) (1974; USA; Technicolor; 75m) *** d. Robert Day; w. Michael Gleason; ph. Alric Edens; m. Frank De Vol. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Claude Akins, Patrick Wayne, John Denver, Ed Ames, Robert Sampson, Farrah Fawcett, Vic Tayback, Austin Stoker. In Colorado to pick up a suspect, McCloud…
Film Review – THE NEW MEXICAN CONNECTION (TV) (1972)
New Mexican Connection, The (TV) (1972; USA; Technicolor; 75m) *** d. Russ Mayberry, Hy Averback; w. Glen A. Larson; ph. William Cronjager; m. John Andrew Tartaglia. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Ricky Nelson, Gilbert Roland, Jackie Cooper, Murray Hamilton, Diana Muldaur, Terry Carter, Ray Danton, Ken Lynch, Sharon Gless. A TV reporter decrying police…
Film Review – ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932; USA; B&W; 70m) **** d. Erle C. Kenton; w. Waldemar Young, Philip Wylie; ph. Karl Struss; m. Arthur Johnston, Sigmund Krumgold. Cast: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Kathleen Burke, Stanley Fields, Arthur Hohl, Paul Hurst, George Irving, Tetsu Komai, Hans Steinke. An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments…
TV Review – STRIKE: THE SILKWORM (2017)
Strike: The Silkworm (TV) (2017; UK; Colour; 2x60m) ***½ pr. Jackie Larkin; d. Kieron Hawkes; w. Tom Edge; ph. Gary Shaw; m. Adrian Johnston. Cast: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Monica Dolan, Sarah Gordy, Dominic Mafham, Peter Sullivan, Tim McInnerny, Lia Williams, Sargon Yelda, Caitlin Innes Edwards, Ian Attard, Joey Batey, Natasha O’Keeffe, Jeremy Swift. Strike is approached by Leonora Quine with a plea to locate her husband, the notorious writer Owen Quine,…
Film Review – SHOWDOWN AT THE END OF THE WORLD (TV) (1973)
Showdown at the End of the World (TV) (1973; USA; Technicolor; 74m) *** d. Lou Antonio; w. Robert Hamner; ph. William Cronjager; m. Lee Holdridge. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Bradford Dillman, Lee J. Cobb, Eddie Egan, Jaclyn Smith, Terry Carter. McCloud falls for model smuggling drugs to find a missing roommate. Strong entry…
Film Review – LADY ON THE RUN (TV) (1975)
Lady on the Run (TV) (1975; USA; Technicolor; 97m) **½ d. Russ Mayberry; w. Gilbert Edd; ph. Ben Colman, Gilbert Torres; m. Stu Phillips. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Terry Carter, Mariette Hartley, Clu Gulager, Ken Lynch. A dead woman’s vengeful sister pursues her brother-in-law to Mexico City, but an assassin finds him first….