Brad Harris double-bill
Hooray! Finally got my hands on some more Brad Harris movies recently, both directed by Gianfranco Parolini:
'Cave of Diamonds' ('Die Diamantenhölle am Mekong' 1964)
Usual undercover cops/agents against bad guys, this one set in Thailand. Lots of familiar faces (Marianne Hold, Horst Frank, Dorothee Parker, Gianni Rizzo, Paul Hubschmid etc) oh and Brad Harris, who for once doesn't take his top off but does get down to some serious fight scenes. It's all about a cave of diamonds hidden somewhere in the jungle (really?) and the chase to get them. It's more violent than I thought it would be and camp in places too, the night-club dancer is great as is Dorothee Parker's character (Gloria Pickerstone), an upper class English woman travelling in the Orient who hires Brad (Joe Warren) to be her body guard on her journey through the jungle with her clichéd butler/man servant 'Smokie' (Chris Howland). Not one of my favourite Brad films, but certainly not the worst.
'I Fantastici tre supermen' 1967
Now this was much more up my street. Sadly I was only able to watch it in Italian language (bought the DVD in Turin), but the picture quality was superb and the story was easy to follow. Brad Harris, Tony Kendall and Nick Jordan star as the three fantastic supermen (Brad, Tony and Nick, no less) who fight bad guys, using their wits, acrobatic skills and a fast sports car. There's lots of great typical 'euro' type scenes and bad sixties comedy. The females of the film are great too, both good characters and bad. The soundtrack is cool too and you get to see Brad in a pair of swimming trunks! The DVD comes with a trailer too. Wish I'd picked up the sequels on release in Italy too, now they look especially bad.
'Cave of Diamonds' ('Die Diamantenhölle am Mekong' 1964)
Usual undercover cops/agents against bad guys, this one set in Thailand. Lots of familiar faces (Marianne Hold, Horst Frank, Dorothee Parker, Gianni Rizzo, Paul Hubschmid etc) oh and Brad Harris, who for once doesn't take his top off but does get down to some serious fight scenes. It's all about a cave of diamonds hidden somewhere in the jungle (really?) and the chase to get them. It's more violent than I thought it would be and camp in places too, the night-club dancer is great as is Dorothee Parker's character (Gloria Pickerstone), an upper class English woman travelling in the Orient who hires Brad (Joe Warren) to be her body guard on her journey through the jungle with her clichéd butler/man servant 'Smokie' (Chris Howland). Not one of my favourite Brad films, but certainly not the worst.
'I Fantastici tre supermen' 1967
Now this was much more up my street. Sadly I was only able to watch it in Italian language (bought the DVD in Turin), but the picture quality was superb and the story was easy to follow. Brad Harris, Tony Kendall and Nick Jordan star as the three fantastic supermen (Brad, Tony and Nick, no less) who fight bad guys, using their wits, acrobatic skills and a fast sports car. There's lots of great typical 'euro' type scenes and bad sixties comedy. The females of the film are great too, both good characters and bad. The soundtrack is cool too and you get to see Brad in a pair of swimming trunks! The DVD comes with a trailer too. Wish I'd picked up the sequels on release in Italy too, now they look especially bad.
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