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Isn't It Shocking?

  • Fernsehfilm
  • 1973
  • 1 Std. 13 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,5/10
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IHRE BEWERTUNG
Isn't It Shocking? (1973)
EntsetzenMysteriumThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuSheriff Dan Barnes is confronted with senior citizen deaths in his New England town. He thinks something is amiss and investigates with coroner Lemuel Lovell, smart aleck receptionist Blanch... Alles lesenSheriff Dan Barnes is confronted with senior citizen deaths in his New England town. He thinks something is amiss and investigates with coroner Lemuel Lovell, smart aleck receptionist Blanche, and dotty possible victim Marge.Sheriff Dan Barnes is confronted with senior citizen deaths in his New England town. He thinks something is amiss and investigates with coroner Lemuel Lovell, smart aleck receptionist Blanche, and dotty possible victim Marge.

  • Regie
    • John Badham
  • Drehbuch
    • Lane Slate
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Alan Alda
    • Edmond O'Brien
    • Louise Lasser
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,5/10
    398
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • John Badham
    • Drehbuch
      • Lane Slate
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Alan Alda
      • Edmond O'Brien
      • Louise Lasser
    • 16Benutzerrezensionen
    • 9Kritische Rezensionen
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    • Auszeichnungen
      • 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt

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    Alan Alda
    Alan Alda
    • Dan
    Edmond O'Brien
    Edmond O'Brien
    • Justin Oates
    Louise Lasser
    Louise Lasser
    • Blanche
    Lloyd Nolan
    Lloyd Nolan
    • Jesse Chapin
    Will Geer
    Will Geer
    • Lemuel Lovell
    Ruth Gordon
    Ruth Gordon
    • Marge Savage
    Dorothy Tristan
    Dorothy Tristan
    • Doc Lovell
    Patricia Quinn
    Patricia Quinn
    • Ma Tate
    • (as Pat Quinn)
    Liam Dunn
    Liam Dunn
    • Myron Flagg
    Michael Warren Powell
    • Michael
    • (as Michael Powell)
    Jacqueline Allan McClure
    • Hattie
    • Regie
      • John Badham
    • Drehbuch
      • Lane Slate
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    8Delrvich

    A real surpise

    An improved version of the classic, but somewhat unreal, b/w romantic murder mysteries. A 70s classic.
    a_l_i_e_n

    TV Movie That Packs A Jolt

    There have been a number of excellent films about murder and mayhem occurring in small towns. "They Only Kill Their Masters, "Sherlock Holmes & The Scarlet Claw", "Winter Kills", and "Five Card Stud" come to mind, and this 1973 ABC movie-of-the-week has got to be one of the very best ever made.

    An increase in the death rate among the older residents of a small New England community is initially labeled as being due to natural causes. But something about it doesn't feel right to Daniel Barnes, the local chief of police. Barnes, (excellently played by Alan Alda) refuses to believe the official findings and begins an investigation to prove there's something rotten going on in his little town.

    The excellent supporting cast includes Will Geer as a nicotine addicted coroner, Louise Lasser of "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" fame as the police station's wise-cracking receptionist, and Ruth Gordon cast to type as a dotty old lady who may be in danger of becoming the next senior to sign off.

    Directed by John Badham of "WarGames" fame, the film maintains a superb balance between both the story's darker aspects and the folksy charm of the familial setting and characters. The method of murder alluded to in the movie's title is refreshingly unique and the film's tense climax features some surprising character revelation. There's even an action-packed car chase that, appropriate to the film's setting, takes place in a corn field.

    Lane Slate's script is as funny as it is intriguing, and he clearly has a great feel for small town characters. The undeclared courtship between Alda and his receptionist, Lasser, is particularly fun to watch as they joke and natter away about bird watching and other mundane things because neither is willing to risk declaring to the other their true feelings. It's as endearing as it is amusing and the chemistry between these two actors is remarkable.

    David Shire's score effectively captures the feel of the rural setting while injecting the right note of menace to reflect the darker and at times melancholy aspects of the story.

    ABC Movies Of The Week were quickly shot and a mere 90 minutes in length, but for some reason the 2 hour TV-movies we get today seldom approach the quality of a little classic like this, and that truly is shocking.
    7mouserd

    A potentialy great film dragged down to only a good film by bad dialogue.

    I remembered this film when I was a kid and loved it.

    Does it still match up to my memories? Yes and no but in the end I'll say yes.

    Okay lets start positive:

    The cast is great, Alan Alda and a cast of veteran actors making the most they can of the material available.

    The plot is different and interesting at first you think its just a serial killer on a spree but there is a sanity to the killers insanity.

    The negative:

    Who wrote the dialog? its crap!

    I said the cast made the most of the material they had and man its a good thing they knew their job because the script writer sure didnt.

    The actors are all saying what they are doing before or as they do it, who the hell does that?

    The cast & plot are great but the screenplay's dialog drags this film down to only a good film.
    8Loulou-8

    Excellent TV movie

    This is a great TV movie with a good story and many comic moments thanks to the excellent cast.

    The only problem this movie has is that it hasn't stood the test of time as well as it might have.

    Despite this, it's definitely worth viewing, particularly if you are an Alan Alda or Ruth Gordon fan.
    6moonspinner55

    "Why would a man do this? He's nuts, that's why!"

    Mount Angel, a small New England community inhabited mostly by seniors, is beset with a serial killer; the bachelor chief of police and his kooky assistant figure out the murderer's motive. "Isn't it Shocking?", an ABC movie-of-the-week scripted by mystery writer Lane Slate and directed by John Badham, is full of talent, yet it fizzles out somewhere along the way. The teleplay, the handling and the performances are all offbeat, yet not odd or unusual enough; the scenario is tinged with black comedy, but it isn't funny enough; and, worst of all, there's no guesswork needed in these killings because neither Slate nor Badham is interested in making the film a mystery (the killer is revealed to us right off). Alan Alda has the perfect dryly-eccentric manner for a role like this; if he were comically frazzled, it would add too much weight to the material (he gives the proceedings the cautiously light touch it needs). But there's no sympathy for the elderly victims (the first of whom, a woman, is found stripped), and the succession of funeral services is too gloomy. Badham doesn't provide any sting (or, conversely, any dark humor) to the narrative; he's determined to bend this thing towards the bizarre but, like the pun in the title, he lacks taste and finesse.

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      In his biography 'Please Don't Shoot My Dog', Jackie Cooper claims virulent anti-second amendment actor Alan Alda justified playing a gun-carrying lawman by stating the character he played - a sheriff - wouldn't have actually used his gun.
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      References The Man (1972)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 2. Oktober 1973 (Vereinigte Staaten)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • ¿No es espantoso?
    • Drehorte
      • Mount Angel, Oregon, USA
    • Produktionsfirma
      • ABC Circle Films
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      1 Stunde 13 Minuten
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    • Seitenverhältnis
      • 1.33 : 1

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