The cream of the crop remains:
“The Chapel at Able-Five”
directed: Michael Caffey
guest: Fritz Weaver
It’s another episode in which Saunders is deprived of one sense (see a case of deafness in “Hear No Evil”) and here, he is blind. To enhance that state of insecurity, a German priest helps...
TOP TEN COLUMBO
Ransom for a Dead Man (with Lee Grant)
Murder by the Book (with Jack Cassidy)
Death Lends a Hand (with Robert Culp)
Suitable for Framing (with Ross Martin)
The Most Crucial Game (with Robert Culp)
A Stitch in Crime (with Leonard Nimoy)
Lovely but Lethal (with Vera Miles)
Any Old...
I finally watched The Honkers and it is the companion piece to Junior Bonner or should I say it’s James Coburn’s answer to Steve McQueen’s Junior Bonner. The tone is different because of the leading actor’s idiosyncrasy and sightly grim but it’s a good film on the whole (actors, script...
The New Avengers was produced by the team (Brian Clemens/Albert Fennell) who made The Professionals, by the way.
I used to watch the two seasons of The New Avengers back then and still remembered it.
Like I said previously, the three CBS series that need a Blu-Ray release:
The Wild Wild West (season 1 DVD is in bad shape)
Rawhide (season 4 DVD is in bad shape)
Cimarron Strip (the whole season DVD is in bad shape)
Garrison’s Gorillas had one great creative guy:
Paul Playdon working as a writer and a story editor for the series.
Playdon used to be the finest writer on Mission: Impossible.
I second that statement. Good action-adventure fun!
I watched Garrison’s Gorillas in the 1990’s with clean prints and it was a treat!
Too bad, there’s no official release: a BD would be welcome.
Thank you. Let me know when you get your BD set and to confirm the English subtitles issue.
I wish they could release Danger Man, the long hour series.
93rd BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE • WILLIAM SHATNER (March 22, 1931)
William Shatner Biography
William Shatner OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain...
“The Volunteer”
produced and directed by Robert Altman
guest: Ted Knight
A dedicated French orphan willing to join Company K plot and with original music cues: see the opening titles and the theme of Gilbert performed by a harmonica. First, the boy acts like a puppy dog and then he becomes the...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • PETER GRAVES (March 18, 1926-March 14, 2010)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 7
Episode #11
“Kidnap” (1972)
producer: Barry Crane
executive producer: Bruce Geller
assistant to the producer: Dale Tarter
story consultant: Laurence Heath
story editor: Stephen Kandel
script...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • PETER GRAVES (March 18, 1926-March 14, 2010)
Peter Graves Biography
Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival...
Thanks. Much appreciated. I'm glad that you returned to Mission: Impossible.
“The Killer” was so good that the new series did it again.
My three favorite series with Conrad remain:
The Wild Wild West
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Centennial
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • ROBERT CONRAD (March 1, 1935-February 8, 2020)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 5
Episode #1
“The Killer” (1970)
producer: Bruce Lansbury
executive producer: Bruce Geller
associate producer: Barry Crane
story consultant: Laurence Heath
script supervisor: Barbara Atkinson
writer...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • ROBERT CONRAD (March 1, 1935-February 8, 2020)
Robert Conrad Biography
Robert Conrad (born Conrad Robert Falk; March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020) was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series...
The cream of the crop remains:
“The Sky’s on Fire”
A good remake of the feature film with a real global death threat enhanced by a plotter rival scientist which creates mutiny inside Seaview by stinging sailors with his drugged ring. The tale goes like this: one scientist named Dr. Weber kills...
The cream of the crop remains:
“Blind Man’s Buff”
It’s a good and engrossing question of identity episode treated through the classical amnesiac case which was also made in other CBS series like The Wild Wild West (see the season 3 “The Night of the Amnesiac”) but it is blended with the theme...
UFO
Episode #9
“Ordeal” (1970)
producer: Reg Hill
executive producer: Gerry Anderson
script editor: Tony Barwick
writer: Tony Barwick
director: Ken Turner
director of phtography: Brendan J. Stafford
composer: Barry Gray (stock)
songs: The Beatles, The Spencer Davis Group
cast: Gary Myers...
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • JOHN VERNON (February 24, 1932-February 1, 2005)
John Vernon Biography
John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in...
I like Dan Clark who played heavies and mavericks on many CBS series like Rawhide (the season 3 “Incident of the Night Visitor”), Mission: Impossible (the season 7 “Hit”), Mannix, Hawaii Five-O. Bold Venture features the one and only Luana Anders: just for the actress you must watch it.
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAL • KEVIN McCARTHY (February 15, 1914-September 11, 2010)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASON 6
Episode #9
“Invasion” (1971)
producer: Bruce Lansbury
executive producer: Bruce Geller
associate producer: Barry Crane
story consultant: Laurence Heath
script supervisor: Barbara Atkinson...