cult film freak: February 2020

Written by James M. Tate / 2/17/2020 / No comments / actress , crime , gumshoe , ian buchanan , mystery , nineties , peter falk , rebecca staab , thriller , TV

PETER FALK IN 'COLUMBO CRIES WOLF' WITH REBECCA STAAB

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PETER FALK IN 'COLUMBO CRIES WOLF' WITH REBECCA STAAB

year: 1990 cast: Peter Falk, Ian Buchanan, Rebecca Staab rating: **** If every COLUMBO episode can be judged upon how conceited and pros...

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HOW THE WEST WAS WON' TELEVISION SERIES

action, adventure, britt lind, bruce boxleitner, drama, elyssa davalos, james arness, miniseries, remake, seventies, tv series, western

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HOW THE WEST WAS WON' TELEVISION SERIES

Elyssa Davalos in HOW THE WEST WAS WON Years from 1976 to 1979 After twenty years of GUNSMOKE, James Arness was ready to be a character-...

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HAWAII FIVE-O: THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL'

crime, dennis patrick, elyssa davalos, jack lord, revenge, robert reed, seventies, sharon farrell, TV, vigilante, william smith

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'HAWAII FIVE-O: THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL'

Elyssa Davalos and William Smith on Hawaii Five-0 episode THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL Year: 1979 The best episode of the maligned final seas...

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN'

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ELYSSA DAVALOS IN 'THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN'

Eylssa Davalos and Robert Pine in THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN Year: 1979 The original APPLE DUMPLING GANG is one of those experi...

ELYSSA DAVALOS RIDING DISNEY'S 'HERBIE GOES BANANAS'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos is downright gorgeous in Disney's HERBIE GOES BANANAS circa 1980</u></td></tr>
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 first two of Disney's Bueno Vista Herbie films, THE LOVE BUG and HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO, 
center on the little car involved in big races; the ultimate underdog 
stories wherein Herbie is the focal point...<br />
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In the third installment, 
HERBIE RIDES AGAIN, the cute lil' V-dub's merely used as a vehicle for a
 plot centering on humans while the final sequel does the same thing but in a much 
more entertaining story and better characters, including a wily Charles 
Martin-Smith (AMERICAN GRAFFITI) and his handsome buddy Stephen W. Burns as heirs to 
the love bug, picking Herbie up in South America and then being chased 
around by mobsters.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Herbie in Herbie Goes Bananas directed by both Star Trek and Disney go-to Vincent McEveety</u></td></tr>
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The good guys meet a pickpocket orphan who becomes 
Herbie's best pal, and along the way journey on a cruise ship and even 
take part in a bullfight. Meanwhile, Burns falls in love with freespirited socialite Cloris Leachman's 
daughter, the beautiful Elyssa Davalos, doing the cliché <i>girl wearing glasses with real beauty soon to unveal </i>(although she's cute either way), while Martin 
insists they run a con job, giving a little edge to the romance.<br />
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HERBIE GOES BANANAS is an enjoyable romp from beginning to end, with 
many different locations 
and sticky situations for the characters (including Harvey Korman as a 
cranky ship captain joining Leachman) and our titular bug to sneak 
out of, dodging seedy villains John Vernon, Alex Rocco and Richard Jaeckel. But they're no match for Herbie, who,
 though taking back seat a lot of the time, winds up stealing the show.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Opening credits with Mexican Blanket font for HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos as Melissa Louise in HERBIE GOES BANANAS</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Villainous duo John Vernon and Richard Jaekel in Herbie Goes Bananas</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Stephen W. Burns and Charles Martin Smith in Herbie Goes Bananas</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Herbie in Herbie Goes Bananas with child actor Joaquin Garay III as Paco</u></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Elyssa Davalos in HERBIE GOES BANANAS with Stephen W. Burns (later died of AIDS) and Charles Martin Smith</u></td></tr>
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ELYSSA DAVALOS RIDING DISNEY'S 'HERBIE GOES BANANAS'

Elyssa Davalos is downright gorgeous in Disney's HERBIE GOES BANANAS circa 1980 The first two of Disney's Bueno Vista Herbie fi...

Written by James M. Tate / 2/12/2020 / No comments / dack rambo , elyssa davalos , horror , kim cattrall , occult , richard lynch , richard stahl , seventies , thriller , tv movie

ELYSSA DAVALOS IN THE TV HORROR MOVIE 'GOOD AGAINST EVIL'

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This proposed TV pilot that's almost a TV-movie isn’t quite sure who the main character is – important when kickstarting a possible series...<br>
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So let’s begin with a group of Satan Worshipers led by the always deceptive and devious Richard Lynch: They steal an infant during the 1950's who grows up to be Elyssa Davalos as Jessica Gordon when this movie takes place, 1977...<br>
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Exotically beautiful and living a seemingly charmed life, Jessica works in the garment trade and has everything all mapped out. Until Dack Rambo's Andy Stuart, a handsome, confident writer living in his van, smashes into her vehicle, and romance ensues – but the couple's dogged by a hissing black cat sent by Lynch’s minions, all making sure the sparks <i>don’t </i>fly in a semi-involving tale thanks to Davalos, who, unaware of the devil inside, effectively plays a two-tier role...<br>

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