THE UNDERGROUND MAN (TV) (1974, USA, 74m, PG) *** Crime, Mystery dist. National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (USA); pr. co. Aries Films / Paramount Television. d. Paul Wendkos; w. Douglas Heyes (based on the novel by Ross Macdonald); pr. Philip L. Parslow; ph. Earl Rath (Colour | 1.33:1); m. Richard Hazard; ed. Richard E. Rabjohn, Norman…
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Book Review – THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1971) by Ross Macdonald
THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1971) **** by Ross Macdonald This hardback edition published by Book Club Associates, 1972, 255pp © Ross Macdonald, 1971 ISBN: 978-0-002-31848-8 Blurb: A forest fire has mysteriously broken out in the hills above southern California. Meanwhile, Lew Archer has been asked by a desperate mother to find her six-year-old son. Instead, he discovers…
Book Review – THE CHILL (1963) by Ross Macdonald
THE CHILL (1963) **** by Ross Macdonald This paperback edition published by Penguin Modern Classics, 2012, 344pp © Ross Macdonald, 1963; copyright renewed © Margaret Millar, 1991 ISBN: 978-0-141-19661-9 Blurb: Private detective Lew Archer has better things to do than take on an investigation for Alex Kincaid, a young man claiming that his new bride, Dolly, has…
Film Review – THE DROWNING POOL (1975)
THE DROWNING POOL (USA, 1975) ***½ Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures; Production Company: First Artists / Coleytown / Turman-Foster Company / David Foster Productions; Release Date: 25 June 1975 (USA), 14 September 1975 (UK); Filming Dates: began 16 October 1974; Running Time: 108m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process:…
Film Review – HARPER (1966)
HARPER (USA, 1966) *** Distributor: Warner Bros. (USA), Warner-Pathé Distributors (UK); Production Company: Gershwin-Kastner Productions; Release Date: 23 February 1966 (USA), 1 July 1966 (UK); Filming Dates: 7 June 1965 – 20 August 1965; Running Time: 121m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Panavision (anamorphic); Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1;…
Book Review – THE GOODBYE LOOK (1969) by Ross MacDonald
THE GOODBYE LOOK by ROSS MACDONALD (1969, Penguin, 282pp) ∗∗∗∗ Blurb: Lew Archer, world-weary private investigator, is hired by Larry and Irene Chalmers when they suspect that their troubled son Nick is involved in their own burglary. But when a fellow investigator – one who’s been working with Nick – turns up dead, Archer soon…