Darker than amber dvd is offered as a compact edition. Weve just about exhausted the spymovie binge of the late 1960s, and now maybe a trend is beginning back toward detective movies. Both films were completed and released in 1970, however darker than amber was released in theatres before dreams of glass arrived. Darker than amber is the seventh novel in the 21novel strong travis mcgee series. A bad job of mixing and a few ingredients that dont mix well have resulted instead in a rather lackluster jumble. To get a desired rating, a new movie cant have that kind of realistic bloodletting. Russells last film role was as alabama tigress in 1970s darker than amber. Private eye rod taylor baits crooks with lookalike woman suzy kendall. Mar 01, 20 darker than amber was the last film made by actress jane russell, who plays a neighboring boat owner who likes to partya funny little role for this screen legend, and another example of the layers within the film that made it more than just an action thriller.
Known as contractors, these assassins and spies wield bizarre supernatural powers to carry out. 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. 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 dozen crushing blows might be exchanged but unless the film is an intentional gorefest like, say sin city, we rarely see any serious damage inflicted. Darker than amber is a 1970 film adaptation of john d. Darker than amber letterboxd social film discovery. Darker than amber isnt the first mcgee adventure thats the deep blue goodbye, and thats where serious new readers should begin, but it is one of the best and a long cut above most of macdonalds. Bruce lee mentioned that this scene of close quarter combat between rod and bill was one of the finest ever filmed. William smith was at one time considered for the lead in. Mcgee pulls out all the stops when he joins a carribean cruise to bring the killer to justice. Mcgee would be the subject of 21 novels, all involving some sort of color treatment in the title. Mcdonald was not altogether pleased with what hollywood did to his novel darker than amber, but audiences were generally satisfied. Darker than amber 1966 is the seventh novel in the travis mcgee series by john d.
A fishing trip is anything but relaxing when travis mcgee is involved. The title phrase, darker than amber appears on page 31 of the first edition when travis. It took three years for the outlaw to be released because censors objected to the display of russells famous cleavage. Professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic body. 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. 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. In darker than amber, its obvious that rod taylor and william smith are really into the spirit of mayhem. Vangie has been targetted for death by a couple of disreputable types who, as it turns out, were her former partners in crime. Complete movie including the really brutal fight between taylor and smith.
The film starred rod taylor as travis mcgee, the protagonist of a series of successful novels by macdonald. Amber darker than black, ho chi minh city, vietnam. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. This transfer is manufactured on demand and is presented on. This 1970 movie, filmed in miami, and starring rod taylor, also featured one of my favorite actors, william smith. This is my version of the last few episdes of darker than black where he is in acoma but meets amber diffrently. Darker than black fanfiction archive with over 801 stories. Probably because i went back to see it with my friends.
It was directed by robert clouse from a screenplay by macdonald and ed waters the film starred rod taylor as travis mcgee, the protagonist of a series of successful novels by macdonald. A new beverly double feature of the pack and darker than amber. 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. Professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic bodybuilder terry bartell. Darker than amber is set in florida and the resort islands, but it doesnt use its setting as a mere backdrop. Director robert clouse proved to have a talent for globetrotting violence, as shown here, fetching up.
Darker than black is an anime from studio bones inc. Private eye travis mcgee and his cohort meyer theodore bikel rescue the beautiful vangie suzy kendall from drowning. Macdonalds mystery suspense novel, darker than amber. Directed by robert clouse, director of enter the dragon. One of the best impact movies of the times i believe in the late 60s early 70s during my youthful years of early 20s to mid. Rod was in an awesome mercenary film called dark of the sun. With rod taylor, theodore bikel, suzy kendall, ahna capri. Macdonald novel of the same name and starring rod taylor as the protagonist, travis mcgee. Mcgee, if you are unfamiliar with the series, lives on a 52foot houseboat, the busted flush. Amberhei darker than black works archive of our own. Howard hughes signed the actress to a sevenyear contract in 1943. Darker than amber, first published in 1966, was the seventh novel in this series. The magnificent kotobuki compilation film completed dialogue recording bna.
Macdonalds mysterysuspense novel, darker than amber. Buy darker than amber by john d macdonald online at alibris. A bad job of mixing and a few ingredients that dont mix well. May 23, 20 full movie starring rod taylor and william smith. 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. It was directed by robert clouse from a screenplay by macdonald and ed waters. It is one of the tightest written books in the series and truly focuses like a laser beam on the problem at hand.
Last years marlowe, based on the raymond chandler characters, was a pale shadow of the big sleep 1946 or the lady in the lake. Overview of darker than amber, 1970, directed by robert clouse, with rod taylor, suzy kendall, theodore bikel, at turner classic movies. 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 the movie, mcgee and his pal meyer a perfectly cast theodore bikel rescue vangie suzy kendall, a beauty whos thrown over a bridge with a weight tied to. A legendary lost film unavailable for decades, were beyond thrilled to present an exclusive print courtesy of roy frumkes, who will be delivering an introduction. Edition discs price new from used from dvd july 3, 2017 please retry 1. But now comes darker than amber with rod taylor playing travis mcgee, and its a surprisingly good movie. A new and deadly breed of covert agent walks the streets.
Darker than amber 1970 professional beach bum and knight errant travis mcgee goes up against psychotic bodybuilder terry bartell. Darker than amber 1970 dvd rod taylor actor suzy kendall actor. It was adapted into a 1970 film of the same name themes. There are plenty of people who have been waiting for a complete version of this movie and i hope we can get one soon. His books have a certain density to them that make him chandlers heir. Darker than amber had some of the ingredients of a pretty fair movie going in. Darker than black is one of those rare series which is consistently better than it probably should be.
When the true stars disappear from the night sky, falsity breeds in the dark and trust is a thing of the past. Macdonald continues to impress new generations of mysterythriller readers with his travis mcgee colortitle series, more than three decades after he began it. Apr 06, 2016 the mcgee adventure chosen was darker than amber, the yarn in which meyer has his first full costarring appearance. The version of the movie uploaded at this link was converted from a dvdr gift i received several years ago. It has all of the elements necessary to be a runofthe mill series about superpowered.
I saw this movie 30 years and the memory of the climatic fight is still in my memory banks. The only official home video release of darker than amber is a 1989 vhs by chiron industries that contains a version of the film that was edited for television. Darker than amber isnt the first mcgee adventure thats the deep blue goodbye, and thats where serious new readers should begin, but it is one of the best and a long cut above most of macdonalds competitors. Darker than amber and the empty copper sea adapted as the 1983 film travis mcgee starring sam. Darker than amber 1970, directed by robert clouse film. Darker than amber was the last film made by actress jane russell, who plays a neighboring boat owner who likes to partya funny little role for this screen legend, and another example of the layers within the film that made it more than just an action thriller. When sinatras tony rome visited miami, we had the feeling the movie was actually being shot in las vegas with the street signs changed. The mcgee adventure chosen was darker than amber, the yarn in which meyer has his first full costarring appearance.