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Combat!: Masquerade (1963)
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This is a terrific episode. James Coburn plays a German posing as a G. I. corporal,and plays it like an arrogant American,disrespecting American Officers and enlisted men alike. Being pushy with the American slang,and going overboard to prove his point,to the degree that Saunders sees right through his farce and tries to convince Hanley who brushes his suspicions off.
When it's revealed by command that the G. I. Coburn's character claims to be,Saunders goes after him after he conned his way with an ambulance to make it to the American front lines,to most likely wreak havoc. Saunders has a showdown with him and he's killed with a twist ending.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
A great show for Sigmund Freud
I love this show,since it first aired. I watch it 5 nights each week. First off,When Gomer was on The Andy Griffith show,he was an Imbecile,when he went on to Gomer Pyle USMC,he became a Simpleton. I seriously doubt that someone like him would have even passed the recruit depot intake Psychiatric examination...but it's television. For a character who's big Saturday night out was a cherry soda and a hamburger,something must be wrong with this guy. They gave him a Girlfriend,a real beauty-Lou-Ann Poovie..but they had to make her a Bimbo's Bimbo to be believable as Gomer's girlfriend. Nothing even REMOTE to hot and heavy. Gomer seemed to idolize Sgt Carter,a not such a decent person,who when he slapped cologne on his face while looking in the mirror,was in fact delusional. The scripts were done over and over,but it's television. The idiocy that at the time,Vietnam was raging and this platoon had no other purpose but to clean windows and pick up cigarette butts. Almost none of the Marines were believeable AS Marines,except the Sergeants and officers,that' casting for you. My favorite characters on the show were Lou-Ann Poovie and Friendly freddy and when the producers put them both in the same episode,man oh man,what humor. Despite all the critique I have,I love this show. Interesting,i tip my hat to Frank Sutton,who had not done Comedy before Gomer Pyle,at least i have not seen any,but nailed the humor,what a great actor,
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
KARMA is the theme with "Treasure"
"Treasure" is one of the GREATEST movies ever made,cast wise,acting,photography,script,sound,overall directing and editing. Evey step of the way,it's KARMA coming back to someone,be it good or bad karma,it's there for just about every character,even up to the last frame,where we see the last bag of gold dust,tied up and just waiting for it to be picked up by someone. Perhaps that "Someone" deserves good Karma or not?
One facet of the movie that is mostly overlooked,is the Great Alfonso Bedoya as the Mexican Bandit:"Gold Hat" with Whom John Huston unconsciously created a trend of Comedic Mexican Bandits that's been "aped" in every Western Movie and television show,that is STILL prevalent today.
Naked City: New York to L.A. (1961)
DAMAN AND PYTHIAS:SOCIOPATHS.
Howard Rodman writes this terrific episode of the naked City,a very different one,the title lays claim to that.
He creates these off-beat lunatic brothers with the catchy and interesting names of:Knox and Franklin Maquan,played incredibly by Robert Blake and Frank Sutton,perfectly cast and directed by Elliot Silverstein.
A real gem of an episode,recommend it.
Strangers in the City (1962)
Ahead of it's Television time.
Strangers in the City is a terrific movie,partly because of it's more or less "Amature"
cast. I first saw this on Wor-tv channel 9 in NYC in 1967,I thought then and I STILL think now,that it was racy and made no apologies for it's realism. I recently watched/taped it from TCM and my memory suggests that when Wor-tv first showed it in 1967,that NOTHING was cut from that airing.Even today,a syndicated television channel could not air this kind of film without shredding it to the floor. What you see in this great film is HUMAN REALITY!
Cape Fear (1962)
Better Than The Book
The Book may have been interesting,had there NOT been this Terrific movie.
Mitchum delivers Subtle Fear similar to LEE MARVIN in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" or JACK PALANCE in "Shane". Much of the fear generated to the audience derives from the fear the other characters in the film had OF the MAX CADY character. The great thing about Actors from the generation of this and the other movies I've mentioned greatly differs from the Actors/People of today who have a great deal of Low Self-Esteem and go overboard with trying to prove it,and that is also true regarding todays filmmakers.