cult film freak: BURT REYNOLDS AS DETECTIVE NAMED 'HAWK' WITH MARIANNA HILL

Written by James M. Tate / 8/24/2024 / No comments / burt reynolds , cop , crime , marianna hill , neo noir , sixties , tv series

BURT REYNOLDS AS DETECTIVE NAMED 'HAWK' WITH MARIANNA HILL

8/24/2024 | No comment

Burt Reynolds as HAWK: The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2

Before playing a monotone detective in the 1970 series DAN AUGUST, young mustache-less/Marlon-Brando-looking Burt Reynolds played a monotone detective named HAWK... the difference being he's, like the initial breakthrough role on GUNSMOKE, part Indian... and instead of investigating old friends mostly during daylight, the twist here's a seedy gumshoe style world after midnight...

In this case, one of the few episodes available, THE HANDS OF CORBIN CLAYBROOKE, centering on an offbeat artist with gorgeous assistant Marianna Hill teamed with a handsome criminal that had murdered another artist, both involved in a scam a bit difficult to follow, for the audience more than Burt's titular detective, knowing the girl's involved as if he'd seen enough noir films...

Burt Reynolds as HAWK: The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke

Providing young Burt his first of two one-season-shows before the second of three catapults: first on the big screen for DELIVERANCE before riding high in SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT...

Meanwhile, it's already famously infamous that his comedic brand derailed an otherwise serious dramatic career... yet he could have used some of that likeable levity both in DAN AUGUST, and HAWK since, liken to Jack Nicholson, when Burt discovered a more breezy style, even his dramatic performances improved.

Burt Reynolds as HAWK: The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke

Burt Reynolds as HAWK: The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke with Marianna Hill

George Voskovec as Corbin Claybrooke in HAWK: The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke

Burt Reynolds as HAWK: The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke

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