Private eye rod taylor baits crooks with lookalike woman suzy kendall. Rod taylor, suzy kendall, theodore bikel, jane russell, janet maclachlan. Tcm messageboards post your comments here add your comment share. The word on the street is that bruce lee chose clouse after seeing this close quarter fight. That year, i counted it among the very best of what i saw, and i saw a lot of wonderful films. Get info about the original print of darker than amber, 1970, directed by robert clouse, with rod taylor, suzy kendall, theodore bikel. Mcgee pulls out all the stops when he joins a carribean cruise to bring the killer to justice. A bad job of mixing and a few ingredients that dont mix well have resulted instead in a. Just doin his own thing, mcgee saves a poshsounding.
Last years marlowe, based on the raymond chandler characters, was a pale shadow of the big sleep 1946 or the lady in the lake. Darker than amber had some of the ingredients of a pretty fair movie going in. This is not the full on version with the complete fight scene between rod taylor and william smith. Private eye travis mcgee and his cohort meyer theodore bikel rescue the beautiful vangie suzy kendall from drowning.
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. The mcgee adventure chosen was darker than amber, the yarn in which meyer has his first full costarring appearance. But now comes darker than amber with rod taylor playing travis mcgee, and its a surprisingly good movie. Vangie has been targetted for death by a couple of disreputable types who, as it turns out, were her former. Darker than amber appeared at the midpoint between the 1960s and 1970s and is one of that eras many unheralded but notable genre films. Darker than amber 1970 robert clouse, rod taylor, theodore.
Heres thriller writer john d macdonalds thickear detective travis mcgee in his only cinematic outing, though a series was mooted incarnated by likable rod taylor, and glossily filmed on. Mcdonald who also wrote cape fear, but the film never took off. Darker than amber 1970 florida beach bum noir this film is hard to pigeon hole into any preset category. A fishing trip is anything but relaxing when travis mcgee is involved. Macdonald novel, ed waters screenplay released august 1970, public domain august 1998. He sniffs out a crime ring with a special appetite for rich loners all they need is a pretty girl, a cruise ticket and a nice inheritance. Professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic bodybuilder terry bartell. 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. A smashed window or door in the middle of a fight can communicate brutal violence as well as pornographic. 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. Darker than amber 1970 professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic bodybuilder terry bartell. Watch darker than amber full movie video dailymotion. When becoming members of the site, you could use the full range of functions and enjoy the most exciting films.
Youll recall that it involved a gang of villains and hookers that set honey traps for lonely single men on cruise ships and murdered them for their money. The movie ends with travis and merrimay talking on his houseboat the busted flush. Something big western movie in full length, english, classic cowboy film free full westerns duration. Stream free darker than amber full movie online on. This transfer is manufactured on demand and is presented on. Professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic body. Profesional pantai gelandangan dan ksatria yang bersalah travis mcgee naik terhadap psikotik tubuhpembangun terry bartell. It is one of the tightest written books in the series and truly focuses like a laser beam on the problem at hand. It was adapted into a 1970 film of the same name themes.
Darker than amber 1970 william smith with dutch subtitles. Mcdonald was not altogether pleased with what hollywood did to his novel darker than amber, but audiences were generally satisfied. Darker than amber is the seventh novel in the 21novel strong travis mcgee series. Darker than amber 1970 dvd rod taylor actor suzy kendall actor format.
Darker than amber is a 1970 film adaptation of john d. Robert clouse directed the film and it features rod taylor is the starring role. The climactic fight scene has been practically edited o u t of this cut. Pg, 1 h 36 min rod taylor, theodore bikel, suzy kendall, ahna capri director. I was hoping to find it on dvd after all these years but i guess has not been a. I first saw robert clouses darker than amber 1970 two years ago, which was a full 44 years after its initial release. Download darker than amber 1970 torrent or any other torrent from the video movies. Buy darker than amber by john d macdonald online at alibris. Darker than amber was going to be the first in a series of films based on a series of books by john d.
Mcgee, if you are unfamiliar with the series, lives on a 52foot houseboat, the busted flush. Darker than amber 1970 rod taylor plays travis mcgee in the only bigscreen adaptation of one of john d. The title phrase, darker than amber appears on page 31 of the first. Macdonald a pennsylvania native and a very prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many of them set in the south and predominantly the southern tip of the state of florida. Mcgee menarik keluar semua berhenti ketika ia bergabung pelayaran karibia untuk membawa pembunuh ke pengadilan. National general pictures and cinema center films lacked the commitment and the resources to provide travis mcgee with a second effort to connect with the public. Darker than amber and the empty copper sea adapted as the 1983 film travis mcgee starring sam elliott remain the only mcgee novels adapted to the big screen to date. Mcgee and his close friend are moored under a bridge. Darker than amber quotes showing of 3 we were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge. In this fixture of best fight scene lists, aussie bruisercharmer rod taylor stars as houseboating salvage expert travis mcgee from the bestselling novels by john d. Directed by robert clouse, director of enter the dragon. Darker than amber dvd is offered as a compact edition. As mcgee and his friend meyer settle down to some midnight casting, a woman falls into the water from the bridge above them. Professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up.
With rod taylor, theodore bikel, suzy kendall, ahna capri. An interesting bit of film trivia is that film that jane russell appeared in. Weve just about exhausted the spymovie binge of the late 1960s, and now maybe a trend is beginning back toward detective movies. Full movies on youtube darker than amber 1970 action, drama, mystery, thriller usa. Travis mcgee is a korean war veteran, a former college football player and a dropout from conventional society. I saw this film on 16mm while in boot camp back in 1970 and loved it. Darker than amber 1966 is the seventh novel in the travis mcgee series by john d. Darker than amber 1970 the complete rod taylor site. Rod taylor plays travis mcgee in the only big screen adaptation of one of john d. The film also marked the final onscreen appearance of actress jane russell prior to her death in 2011, with the exception of a documentary appearance in 2007. I am not that big of a robert clouse fan but this film is all kinds of tough.
Darker than amber 1970 full movie free watch online with english subtitles. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre keywords. Ahna capri darker than amber robert clouse rod taylor suzy kendall. Darker than amber is a 1970 drama based on a novel by john d.
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