![]() Jeff Chandler (Broken Arrow, The Jayhawkers, Merrill's Marauders) is one of those stars from the 50s who's largely forgotten now, but he was the physical inspiration for Jonny Quest's, Race Bannon, and based on his appearance, (and deep Hestonian vocal delivery) he could have made a decent Doc Savage, too. There is some nice miniature work in the film with waves of Japanese Zeros hammering Chandler's ship, the Belinda. I remember watching this as a kid and vividly remembered the scene with the Kamikaze plane coming at Chandler on the ship's deck. Near the end of the film, look for a young Clint Eastwood as a medic, with his dialogue strangely dubbed. It's a solid WWII film with a great cast Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Julie Adams, Richard Boone, Lex Barker, Keith Andes, and Charles McGraw. (From 2015) I Watched the 1956 naval warfare film, Away All Boats, directed by Joseph Pevney (who helmed numerous episodes of Star Trek). Kind of sad to think most people (if they do) only remember Robertson (Tales Of Wells Fargo, The Iron Horse) from his Carpeteria commercials. I was kind of surprised to find it on Amazon Prime, but it was on my radar because of the recent Milius documentary. The quality of the film was surprisingly good, and the film is a brisk 74 minutes. Curtis did a follow-up called The Kansas City Massacre, a year later, with most of the same, but an even better cast. ![]() The period detail is very good and there's an effective (though not graphic by TV standards) shootout near the end. It co-starred Steve Kanaly John Karlen, and Dick Sargent. It starred Dale Robertson as Purvis, and Harris Yulin as George "Machine Gun" Kelly. It was directed by Dan Curtis, and written by John Milius, roughly a year after he wrote and directed Dillinger (with Warren Oates and Ben Johnson). In 2014, I streamed the 1974 TV movie, Melvin Purvis: G-Man, (on Amazon Prime). Rediscovered both Patton and Rosemary's Baby after nearly 40 years of not seeing them, easy 10/10 apiece. How the West was Won.the Alfred Newman score is my favorite for Westerns, period. Rio Conchos, a really good flick that isn't what one would normally expect in a Western. Non-Film Score Discussion: What Old Classic Film Did You Just Discover? FSM Board: What Old Classic Film Did You Just Discover?
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