Post by Prime etc. on Jul 18, 2021 7:53:10 GMT
NIGHT GAMES - 1974 Pilot movie for the Petrocelli tv series is a shoddy remake of the 1970 feature film. I was told it gives little for Susan Howard and Albert Salmi to do --(Howard replaces Diane Muldaur in the feature film and Salmi replaces another guy I forgot) and that's sure true. She usually conveys a more intellectual kind of presence but she's playing a doting wife who doesn't show much personality--even after a miscarriage!
Newman is good--he dominates it--but the real star is JoAnna Cameron--of the tv series ISIS. I forgot what made her such a mesmerizing presence. She gives Lynda Carter serious competition. In this one she is a blonde flight attendant who blackmails rich men after a fling.
BOOTLEGGERS-- 1974 This is such a good example of why regional filmmaking is a valuable thing--a personal project of Charles B Pierce who I read had to drive across country to get his film processed. It's a slow-moving story but engrossing and gives affectionate roles for Slim Pickens in particular--as well as Paul Koslo and Jacyln Smith who I have not seen in anything for a long time and it did remind me why she was my favorite angel.
Now if she and JoAnna Cameron were onscreen together, the tv could explode.