DrSivana
Joined May 2002
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Sub-par for a Rockford Files episode. It was too long, and the long drawn-out scene at the cabin was something that would have fit in better in the 1966 Adam West Batman (balpeen hammer anyone?) than in the street smart Rockford Files. Weighed down by badly done armchair psycho-drama. Garner's acting, and the acting of the crime boss and the Italian mother make the best of an over the top script.
I saw the 78 minute long DVD version. By Season Five, they seem to be running out of new types of car chases, so we have more of the mind game stuff. Sometimes it works (the episode "Guilt" is an example of that). Also, because Rockford is a PI who has to be in mortal danger regularly, mafia types show up a lot by Season 5. Often it works, this time it didn't. Still worth watching.
I saw the 78 minute long DVD version. By Season Five, they seem to be running out of new types of car chases, so we have more of the mind game stuff. Sometimes it works (the episode "Guilt" is an example of that). Also, because Rockford is a PI who has to be in mortal danger regularly, mafia types show up a lot by Season 5. Often it works, this time it didn't. Still worth watching.
Bad things happen to both bad and good people in crime dramas.
This one gets really disturbing quickly, and adds weight to the entire episode.
The acting by all of the major players was very good. This episode does seem to be a showcase for the Cooper character, who performs a convincing transformation to get the job done.
Because of the nature of the activity in the first few minutes, the conclusion isn't as satisfactory as one comes to expect from a Rockford Files episode.
Also, the behavior of Dennis is a little bit too close to that of Perry Mason's Hamilton Burger for my taste.
This one gets really disturbing quickly, and adds weight to the entire episode.
The acting by all of the major players was very good. This episode does seem to be a showcase for the Cooper character, who performs a convincing transformation to get the job done.
Because of the nature of the activity in the first few minutes, the conclusion isn't as satisfactory as one comes to expect from a Rockford Files episode.
Also, the behavior of Dennis is a little bit too close to that of Perry Mason's Hamilton Burger for my taste.
Although the acting is not great, the characters at least mostly look right. Audio recording quality (on version I saw) is low.
BUT, faithful to book in look and presentation. The producers were not vain enough to think they could improve on a great children's book writer ... or McCloskey himself made sure it was not messed up.
I think they should have at least gotten a ganglier Homer. This movie is in full color (film, not video tape)
A for effort. B- for Execution.
P.S. Available on YouTube under "The Doughnuts," being before 1964, this work is quite likely in the public domain.
BUT, faithful to book in look and presentation. The producers were not vain enough to think they could improve on a great children's book writer ... or McCloskey himself made sure it was not messed up.
I think they should have at least gotten a ganglier Homer. This movie is in full color (film, not video tape)
A for effort. B- for Execution.
P.S. Available on YouTube under "The Doughnuts," being before 1964, this work is quite likely in the public domain.