“Crashout gets to the point quickly. A story of desperate escapees making their way out of the abyss. William Bendix gives a “close to the bone” portrayal of a desperate man who escapes prison with a motley crew.
Nothing in this story comes easy. The six escapees work their way through several states by the skin of their teeth. On the other side is a split of a big pay day, but that pay day is way away buried in some of the most inhospitable territory imaginable. The common denominator is the promise of a huge buried payout. That’s the story of Crashout. It’s no easy road to glory for the cons, in the ensuing journey they cross paths with some unwitting characters. A journey of attrition whereby along the way not only does a possible love story evolve, but a the deaths of all but two remaining cons. The path to the big pay day is anything but a simple story. This is where Crashout rises above it’s “B Movie” roots. Bendix give his usual colorful performance, but this time as a star front and center. The story suits his skills well.
The end is a heartless reckoning. A sort of good trumps bad, but there is an opening. The character of “Joe” played by the great Arthur Kennedy may or may not be the last man standing. Does he have the buried fortune? Probably not, but if he survives he may actually have gained much more than the 180 grand. This is a really tasty slice of film noir. It grabs the viewer early on and doesn’t let go. Your’re in for the ride. It’s especially gritty and dark for the day in which it was filmed. It has a buried heart which all humanity can connect to. Basically hopeless, Crashout still has something that one can grab on to and in that it keeps the viewer invested. Great “B-Movie” film noir and as such recommended viewing for those to whom this stuff speaks.”
Here’s the cunning plan … I have a Persuaders (Suzan Farmer), shall run it now … a film mid-afternoon.
Quite agree with this review, as a male:
“The episode is saved from being plain by the surprising turn of events as feisty Prue, the girl from “The Old, The New, And The Deadly” turns up again. Prior to this, the leading lady, Suzan Farmer, gave a lackluster performance, I am sorry to say. She absolutely failed to generate any real interest, and was one tiny step away from sinking away into an abyss of boredom.
But the right girl dived onto the script, the delightfully spunky Juliet Harmer. She makes the other girls look positively slow, even though there is an abundance of pretty models as set decoration – she stands out like a rose amongst daisies. Notice the conspiratorial laugh in her scene with Danny (Tony Curtis) – she has live pulsing through her veins, while the others are made of cardboard. There is a most thrilling car chase scene during which Juliet is just absolutely the perfect choice, 100% ideal for the part. What’s more, all of a sudden the whole episode is turned from a sad loser to… Well, in all fairness, not even Juliet could turn it into a winner. But instead of being a sad loser, it is now just a (for the most part) loser.
I’ve always stressed the importance of a sparkling leading lady in film. The girl is everything. Screw the special effects, show me the likable girl… Here we have a wonderful example of an actress creating viewer interest the moment she appears on the screen, livening up an otherwise dull affair.
Okay, so early Seventies fashion needs the soft look, and all those fur coats would today cause a public outcry, but as a testament to its time, THE PERSUADERS! can’t be beat!
THE PERSUADERS! – classic sports cars and some really cute dolly birds. Chuckles aplenty goofing about with a fading star and the upcoming James Bond. A recipe in there for greatness. One big fruitcake. Fun, though.”
Whoever did the thumbnail pic got it right too … it’s the quality of the gal which counts. We used to play mixed indoor cricket and the males, in a sense, cancelled each other out … so it came down to the quality of the girls. We had the best, so made the final. I was a quick runner but was stopped by their best girl in the field. That was her sole job. My own fave position was silly point … cricket fans will know what that involved.
(0559) Morning all … first glow of sun behind them thar clouds. (0710)
10. Fred Dibnah
9. Didn’t we have a luvverly time …
8. Morrisons (and ASDA)
Not going to run the YT by the Silver Fox … essentially, 3600 employees have been laid off by Morrisons … not good. Now, was it due to chsnges in online habits, was it due to politics … laying off indigenous (expensive) Brits for cheap foreigners … or are there other factors as well?
7. Bunch of bleedin’ liars
… Christian? Don’t make me laugh.
6. DAD at 1125
a) Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior on ‘X’. “The man who desecrated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by lighting a cigarette with the memorial flame was arrested in Paris for violating a grave, tomb, urn, or monument erected in memory of the dead.
b) “The EU’s Green Deal looks like Soviet central planning”—Historian Ion Mischevca.
c) The argument that Britain needs mass migration to sustain its economy and generous welfare state is fundamentally flawed and is, in reality, creating more economic problems…
d) “Guido hears from DC insiders that the disastrous – and eye-wateringly costly – Chagos sellout is not fully settled Stateside”.
(0418) Despite the time, a reasonable sleep, hope your is/was too. Low dark cloud out there. (0544)
5. The shameful dropping away
… of proper medical support for the indigenous Brit, American etc.
4. Another look at what divides our tavern patrons
The initial closing of the castle gates (or gates to the tavern complex) was my banning Wokery “in all its forms” … but that does not leave us agreeing on all matters. Going to look at this under the heading Views and then under the heading Presentation.
Views
Some of our news and views droppers must, by definition, inevitably clash on some things. Think it’s fair to say IYE looks at a form of metaphysical which allows the Book of Enoch, Mercury, symbolism et al, most certainly not Zionist, is strongly anti-paedo … Steve is pro-Britain, pro-MAGA and fairly pro-Israel … Dearieme is certainly not anti “Golden Age of Is**m, I attribute any golden age to Persia/Iran, I’m afap pro good women, anti Woke … Toodles is a widely read Christian, meaning OT just as much as NT … DAD is pro the old France and Britain, anti deathcult as we almost all seem to be … and so it goes on. Redacted writes God in the Jewish way G-d, MMutR is not “religious”, is “libertarian”, as is Julia across the way … and so on … Andy is Old Labour and has his own battles with the Left MSM, interfaces with us, the pack of fasc*** bstds according to, say, AOC.
In the inevitable clashes over the things we disagree on, the golden rule is civility, which IYE and Steve are exponents of, plus me … it’s the only possibly way … play the topic, not the man. Then we have the issue of Presentation.
Presentation
I’m hardening on this I’m afraid … never thought it would ever be an issue but it is … as I wrote to Toodles, Redacted may well be hurt by the reception but I assure him it’s essentially over presenting in paragraphs, with some coded euphemism, so that the average to above average reader of the English language can at least bleedin’ understand it. And not going on and on and on … nothing wrong with going on and on and on but not at HQ … the place for longs is at UHC or at the end of urls … and I’ll ensure that … fair notice now … I need to work a bit at UHC to make it even more accessible … there are some nice pieces over there.
Don’t forget Microdave, Bob and Isilme, Woodsy, Penseivat, Doonhamer and the usual bunch in this general corner of the sphere. Imho, uppermost are civility towards one another, not towards our targets out there, keeping emotion to our targets, not between ourselves … plus presenting in readable English … plus me maintaining a navigable series of sites to cover what we need to. Not perfect but basically doable, with some effort.
3. These two were brought by Steve last evening
… urls are in the sidebar as of this morning.
2. Steve at 1124
Nearly 78,000 New Applicants Flood ICE Recruitment to Help Crack Down on Illegal Immigration
Most Illegals Have Some Connection to Gangs, Cartels, or Human Traffickers
Trump’s Decision Could Break China’s Rare Earth Leverage in Myanmar’s Civil War
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces He Will File to Vacate Runaway Democrat Seats If they Do Not Return By The State House Speaker’s Friday Deadline
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Confirms “Burn Bags” Found by Kash Patel’s FBI Contained Jeffrey Epstein Evidence
Russian military breaking frontline dam
Germany Comes to Its Senses and Retreats from Green Agenda
Much much more.
1. On a beach in Spain
In TDS newsletter this morning (url in Brolls), a vessel arrived, invading men dived off some were wrestled to the ground by tourists and locals:
“Witnesses branded the scenes as “surreal”. … Around 13 men, believed to be of Moroccan origin, are believed to have jumped out of the boat. According to witnesses, some of the migrants ran along the beach as soon as they reached dry land, while others tried to blend in with the crowd.”
Blend in? This was the peninsula’s biggest problem for well over a Millennium, no surprises. How to keep the savages out. On the question of “more savage than thou or not”, yes, Dearieme made a good point long ago that the “Iberians” were not exactly noted for their own sophistication “back in the day”, as was not much of Europe at the time … just look at the Franks … yet the deathcult always was savage and barbaric, real throwback “culture” … you’d not want them as neighbours at ground level.
