Greece transliterated title ekviastai tou mesonyhtiou. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. First, i thought the movie was pretty good though it was a bit dated. The plot begins when mcgee and his close friend meyer are fishing underneath a bridge and a young woman, bound and weighted, is thrown over the bridge. Darker than amber 1966 is the seventh novel in the travis mcgee series by john d. Mcgee, if you are unfamiliar with the series, lives on a 52foot houseboat, the busted flush. Darker than amber 1970 changes the movie database tmdb. For reasons that escape me, taylor is usually cast as a taciturn, pokerfaced strongman whose big acting task is to look calm behind a machinegun. Offered by kirby mcdaniel movieart of austin, texas. She had a string of better films in the early 70s, starting with darker than amber 1970, based on a travis mcgee detective novel with rod taylor starring as mcgee. A legendary lost film unavailable for decades, were beyond thrilled to present an exclusive print. Professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic bodybuilder terry bartell. Darker than amber is the seventh novel in the 21novel strong travis mcgee series. Darker than amber 1970 the complete rod taylor site.
Macdonald s mysterysuspense novel, darker than amber. Last years marlowe, based on the raymond chandler characters, was a pale shadow of the big sleep 1946 or the lady in the lake. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. I had heard a lot about the legendary brawl between hero rod taylor and villian william smith. As mcgee and his friend meyer settle down to some midnight casting, a woman falls into the water from the bridge above them. Darker than amber 1970 pg 0814 1970 us mystery, adventure, action, drama 1h 36m user score.
This 1970 movie, filmed in miami, and starring rod taylor, also featured one of my favorite actors, william smith. But it allows you to see the film in all its cheesy, cheap, late. Darker than amber greases its wheels with latenight jazz riffs and an oldfashioned, nearlegendary fistfight that mincemeats the words of mere mortals. On its british release, this film was heavily truncated, but completists beware there never was any more to jane russells role in her last screen appearance to date. I am not that big of a robert clouse fan but this film is all kinds of tough. Jones in the effective little horror film the brotherhood of satan 1971, and played the fedup girlfriend of rip torns.
Darker than amber 1970 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. It was directed by robert clouse from a screenplay by macdonald and ed waters. Le film darker than amber 1970 vostfr film complet. Not only that but stressing that darker than amber is an extremely rare to be seen projected. Travis mcgee is a korean war veteran, a former college football player and a dropout from conventional society.
Darker than amber dvd is manufactured on demand when ordered and ships worldwide. With rod taylor, theodore bikel, suzy kendall, ahna capri. Macdonald novel of the same name and starring rod taylor as the protagonist, travis mcgee. An attempt to crash the then popular tony rome market with john d macdonalds seedy eye travis mcgee kendalls. He then followed that film with darker than amber 1970 based on the john d. A bad job of mixing and a few ingredients that dont mix well have resulted instead in a rather lackluster jumble.
Darker than amber 1970 dvd darker than amber 1970 dvd rod taylor actor suzy kendall actor. Weve just about exhausted the spymovie binge of the late 1960s, and now maybe a trend is beginning back toward detective movies. Macdonalds mysterysuspense novel, darker than amber. This is my version of the last few episdes of darker than black where he is in acoma but meets amber diffrently. Macdonald wrote 21 novels starring the mcgee character over a twenty year period, from 1964 to 1984. Original movie poster for darker than amber 1970 21843 original national general pictures window card 14x22. Buy darker than amber 1970 movie dvd from rezarected rare film, movie and television archive. Bruce lee mentioned that this scene of close quarter combat between rod and bill was one of the finest ever filmed. I wanted to see the movie and knew i would probably have to pay a little extra for it. The word on the street is that bruce lee chose clouse after seeing this close quarter fight. Oct 08, 2012 darker than amber 1970 william smith with dutch subtitles. This film has what most people consider one of the best fight scenes ever filmed because as the story goes rod taylor and william. From a beloved master of crime fiction, darker than amber is one of many classic novels featuring travis mcgee, the hardboiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
The film starred rod taylor as travis mcgee, the protagonist of a series of successful novels by macdonald. It is one of the tightest written books in the series and truly focuses like a laser beam on the problem at hand. If not then every existing silent film is partial cause all of them had written music. William smith was at one time considered for the lead in. Travis mcgee is having a conference with one of his clients. Darker than amber 1970 pg 1h 36min action, drama, mystery 28 september 1970 sweden professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic bodybuilder terry bartell. This film has what most people consider one of the best fight scenes ever filmed because as the story goes rod taylor and william smith traded real blows during the fight. Oct 07, 2012 brutal fight scene between travis mcgee rod taylor and terry bartell william smith from the rare 1970 movie darker than amber, currently unavailable on dvd. Darker than amber 1970 william smith with dutch subtitles. She had a character role in the born losers 1967 and darker than amber 1970. That means that there are a number of scenes that have been trimmed or cut altogether to bring the rating down from an r level.
Darker than amber was going to be the first in a series of films based on a series of books by john d. But now comes darker than amber with rod taylor playing travis mcgee, and its a surprisingly good movie. Darker than amber 1970 a private eye rod taylor and his buddy theodore bikel bait killer crooks with a woman suzy kendall who looks like one of their victims. She was second billed in two westerns, johnny reno 1966 and waco 1966, and starred in cauliflower cupids, filmed in 1966 but not released until 1970. Professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic body. May 23, 20 full movie starring rod taylor and william smith. Darker than amber 1970, directed by robert clouse film. Both films were completed and released in 1970, however darker than amber was released in theatres before dreams of glass arrived. Darker than amber 1970 letterboxd your life in film. But it allows you to see the film in all its cheesy, cheap, late60s glory. I finally got around to seeing the 1970 flick a few days ago. Mcgee pulls out all the stops when he joins a carribean cruise to bring the killer to justice. The climactic fight scene has been practically edited o u t of this cut.
Set in 1963, it stars james caan as philip marlowe. A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. The partial information submitted on this page could easily fit into the notes sections on list of lost films. A fishing trip is anything but relaxing when travis mcgee is involved.
The fact that a soundtrack survives while the visual elements are missing doesnt make it partially incomplete, it is still lost. This title has been compiled from the bestquality video master currently available and has not been remastered or restored. List of incomplete or partially lost films wikipedia. Directed by robert clouse, director of enter the dragon.
Darker than amber robert clouse, 1970 from spectacle theater plus. Darker than amber had some of the ingredients of a pretty fair movie going in. Darker than amber 1970 rod taylor plays travis mcgee in the only bigscreen adaptation of one of john d. Darker than amber 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Throughout his life, macdonald was fiercely protective of the character. Le film darker than amber 1970 vostfr admin 20170604t01. Darker than amber is a 1970 film adaptation of john d. Original darker than amber 1970 movie poster in c8. Director robert clouse proved to have a talent for globetrotting violence, as shown here, fetching up eventually in hong kong as director of bruce lees enter the dragon, and jackie chan and cynthia rothrock vehicles. Brutal fight scene between travis mcgee rod taylor and terry bartell william smith from the rare 1970 movie darker than amber, currently unavailable on dvd. The following year, she replaced elaine stritch on broadway in the musical company. Darker than amber 1970 brutal fight scene by rukk77.
This is a butchered version of the original theatrical release. Darker than amber 1970 pg 08141970 us mystery, adventure, action, drama 1h 36m user score. Mcdonald who also wrote cape fear, but the film never took off. I saw this film on 16mm while in boot camp back in 1970 and loved it. As lees highestbudgeted kung fu pic, the one most accessible to american audiences, and the last film lee completed before his sudden, mysterious death at the age of.
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