ESCAPE TO ATHENA (1979, UK) **½ Action, Adventure, Comedy, War dist. ITC Film Distributors (UK), Associated Film Distribution (AFD) (USA); pr co. Incorporated Television Company (ITC); d. George P. Cosmatos; w. Edward Anhalt, Richard Lochte (based on a story by Richard Lochte and George P. Cosmatos); exec pr. Lew Grade (uncredited); pr. David Niven Jr.,…
Tag: Telly Savalas
Film Review – HORROR EXPRESS (1972)
HORROR EXPRESS (Spain/UK, 1972) *** Distributor: Gala Film Distributors (UK), Scotia International (USA); Production Company: Benmar Productions / Granada Films; Release Date: November 1973 (USA), December 1973 (UK); Filming Dates: December 1971 – January 1972; Running Time: 91m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1;…
Film Review – KELLY’S HEROES (1970)
KELLY’S HEROES (Yugoslavia/USA, 1970) ***½ Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); Production Company: Avala Film / Katzka-Loeb / The Warriors Company; Release Date: 23 June 1970 (USA), 17 September 1970 (UK); Filming Dates: 30 June 1969 – December 1969; Running Time: 144m; Colour: Metrocolor; Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Stereo (35…
Film Review – KOJAK: FATAL FLAW (TV) (1989)
Kojak: Fatal Flaw (TV) (1989; USA; Technicolor; 94m) **½ d. Richard Compton; w. Albert Ruben; ph. Geoffrey Erb; m. Cameron Allan. Cast: Telly Savalas, Andre Braugher, Angie Dickinson, Steven Weber, George Morfogen, Charles Cioffi, Richard Jenkins, Paul Guilfoyle, Kario Salem, David Ciminello, Sally Jessy Raphael, Don King. Popular book writer is murdered. Kojak finds out…
Film Review – KOJAK: ARIANA (TV) (1989)
Kojak: Ariana (TV) (1989; USA; Technicolor; 96m) ** d. Paul Krasny; w. Maurice Hurley; ph. Geoffrey Erb; m. Cameron Allan. Cast: Telly Savalas, Andre Braugher, Shari Headley, Caroline Wilde, Hector Elizondo, Joe Grifasi, Kario Salem, Jean De Baer, David Margulies, Liliana Komorowska, Mike Starr, James Rebhorn. One of Kojak’s old enemies uses Ariana, a young…
Film Review – THE PRICE OF JUSTICE (TV) (1989)
Price of Justice, The (TV) (1987; USA; Technicolor; 95m) **½ d. Alan Metzger; w. Albert Ruben; ph. Victor J. Kemper; m. Patrick Williams. Cast: Telly Savalas, Kate Nelligan, Pat Hingle, Jack Thompson, Brian Murray, John Bedford Lloyd, Jeffrey DeMunn, Tony DiBenedetto, Ron Frazier, Stephen Joyce. When the bodies of two young boys are discovered in…
Film Review – THE BELARUS FILE (TV) (1985)
Belarus File, The (TV) (1985; USA; Colour; 95m) **½ d. Robert Markowitz; w. Albert Ruben; ph. Alan Metzger; m. Joseph Conlan, Barry De Vorzon. Cast: Telly Savalas, Suzanne Pleshette, Max von Sydow, Herbert Berghof, Dan Frazer, Betsy Aidem, Alan Rosenberg, Charles Brown, George Savalas, David Leary, Harry Davis, Rita Karin, Mark Russell, Vince Conti. The murders…
Film Review – KOJAK: THE SUMMER OF ’69 (TV) (1977)
Kojak: The Summer of ’69 (TV) (1977; USA; Technicolor; 96m) *** d. Gene R. Kearney; w. Gene R. Kearney; ph. John McPherson; m. John Cacavas. Cast: Telly Savalas, Stephen McHattie, Alex Dreier, Harrison Page, Pepe Serna, Phillip R. Allen, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas, Woodrow Parfrey, Thalmus Rasulala, Catlin Adams, Diane Baker. A man…
Film Review: KOJAK: KOJAK’S DAYS (TV) (1977)
Kojak: Kojak’s Days (TV) (1977; USA; Technicolor; 96m) *** d. Charles S. Dubin; w. Chester Krumholz, Matthew Rapf; ph. Sol Negrin; m. John Cacavas; ed. Eric Albertson, Jim Benson. Cast: Telly Savalas, Maud Adams, William Hurt, Ken Kercheval, Louise Sorel, Michael Tolan, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas. An unidentified corpse in a stolen Rolls-Royce…
Film Review – KOJAK: A SHIELD FOR MURDER (TV) (1976)
Kojak: A Shield for Murder (TV) (1976; USA; Technicolor; 96m) ***½ d. Jeannot Szwarc; w. William P. McGivern, Robert Malcolm Young; ph. Sol Negrin; m. John Cacavas. Cast: Telly Savalas, Geraldine Page, Charles Kimbrough, Michael Lombard, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas, Kenneth McMillan, Thom Christopher, Janet Ward, Frederick Coffin, Mary Beth Hurt, Lester Rawlins….