Written by James M. Tate / 12/03/2024 / No comments / cop , david proval , harvey keitel , hostage , rick hurst , seventies , telly savalas , tv series
HARVEY KEITEL & DAVID PROVAL ON 'KOJAK' PILOT 'SIEGE OF TERROR'
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| Title: KOJAK: SIEGE OF TERROR Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 |
The pilot of the classic series KOJAK is a little different than most of the episodes to come, in that it involves the bad guys more than title character in Telly Savalas' bald tough guy cop as, fresh from MEAN STREETS has an intense Harvey Keitel holding up a store and taking hostages... with a quick reuniting of Keitel's bar-owner MEAN STREETS partner David Proval playing a wounded cop, literally under Harvey's gun...
Instead, Proval should have played Keitel's maniacally unpredictable, wild-card thug sidekick instead of James Sloyan, who, instantly familiar for TV, lacks the cinematic prowess of Keitel or Proval... the latter asking for his last rites most of the time... but it's a pretty decent episode that would have worked better for a half hour than hour, and overall gives Keitel fans a reason to see how the cop show began thanks to his big-screen-aura-on-the-small-screen catapult.
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| Harvey Keitel and James Sloyan on KOJAK: SIEGE OF TERROR |
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| David Proval on KOJAK: SIEGE OF TERROR |
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| Mork & Minday Orson voice Ralph James on KOJAK: SIEGE OF TERROR |
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| Harvey Keitel on KOJAK: SIEGE OF TERROR |
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| Harvey Keitel on KOJAK: SIEGE OF TERROR |
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| The only time MEAN STREETS buddies Keitel and Proval on screen for KOJAK |
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| Harvey Keitel on KOJAK: SIEGE OF TERROR |
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| Harvey Keitel, James Sloyan, Ralph James, William Hansen and Jannis Durkin on KOJAK |
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| Rick "Cletus" Hurst William Hansen and Jannis Durkin on KOJAK |
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| Jannis Durkin on KOJAK: Siege of Terror |
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