Black Water Gold 1970  TV, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alan Landsburg
Cast: Keir Dullea, Bradford Dillman, France Nuyen, Aron Kincaid, Ricardo Montalban, Lana Wood, Jacques Aubuchon, Paul Hampton, Stuart Tyrone
Scuba diver Ray (Aron Kincaid), marine biologist Christofer (Keir Dullea), and historian Alejandro (Ricardo Montalban) team up to search for a sunken Spanish galleon and its cargo of gold. But there are others, headed by ruthless treasure hunter Lyle (Bradford Dillman), who also want the treasure. Made for TV.
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 Diamonds Are Forever 1971  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Jimmy Dean, Charles Gray, Bruce Cabot, Bruce Glover, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, Laurence Naismith, Lana Wood, Marc Lawrence, Putter Smith, Leonard Barr, Sid Haig
Diamonds have been stolen from South African mines, and James Bond (Sean Connery) goes undercover as diamond smuggler Peter Franks. The trail leads him to Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray) whose sinister plot to take over the world must be stopped at all cost. Bond joins forces with Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), and they try to stop hit men Wint (Bruce Glover) and Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) and, in the process, prevent a space-orbiting laser from destroying Washington, D.C. Great special effects and lots of adventure.
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Little Ladies of the Night 1977  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Diamond Alley
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: David Soul, Louis Gossett Jr., Linda Purl, Carolyn Jones, Clifton James, Kathleen Quinlan, Vic Tayback, Dorothy Malone, Paul Burke, Lana Wood
This made-for-TV film concerns a teenager (Linda Purl) who runs away and gets involved in the world of prostitution.
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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 1970  TV, 74 min.
Genre: Family / Western / Comedy / Drama
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Walter Brennan, Fred Astaire, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills, Lana Wood, Paul Richards, Parley Baer, Walter Burke, Lillian Bronson, Jonathan Hole, Burt Mustin, Don Wilbanks, Pepper Martin, Eddie Quillan
The old-timer Texas Rangers (Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, and Chill Wills–without Pat O'Brien) are at it again as they head to Waco to help another retired Ranger (Fred Astaire) in his rehabilitation–from being the town drunk. Again, it's fun, though inane. Astaire, in his only "western" role, is excellent–complete with mustache.
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 The Searchers 1956   N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Adventure
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Vera Miles, John Qualen, Harry Carey Jr., Patrick Wayne, Henry Brandon, Antonio Moreno, Lana Wood, Olive Carey, Hank Worden, Pippa Scott, Ken Curtis
Indians have captured nine-year-old Debbie (Lana Wood). During a five-year search, an embittered cowboy (John Wayne) and his partner (Jeffrey Hunter) search for Debbie (now played by Natalie Wood). One of the great Westerns and another John Ford treasure. 1 User Review
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| | Among the most complex Ford westerns, if not the best | 1fatts 03/14/2007 | Anyone who knows American movies knows this one. I don't think it is more quintessentially "American" than the Ford Cavalry Trilogy, but there is an edge to it which sets it apart. There is an emptiness in John Wayne's Ethan Edwards that marks him and separates him so fundamentally from everything around him that we are limited in our sympathy for him and find it only appropriate that he both begins and ends the film as the outsider and perhaps the outcast.
The movie is not without flaws. Structurally, we never see what it is that changes Ethan's intention to kill Debbie and, therefore, while we are willing to accept it emotionally, it doesn't really work in terms of the plot setup.
More seriously, the whole film sets us up for a confrontation between Edwards and Scar, and, in the end, we don't get that confrontation. That is a significant weakness.
But it is a great western. Monument Valley has rarely been used to better effect. Ford's stock company all acquit themselves well, and we have a chance to appreciate John Wayne in a more complex role than we usually get to see him. |
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| 1. Black Water Gold (1970)
2. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
3. Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
aka: Diamond Alley
4. The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
5. The Searchers (1956)
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