tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post6689447562501247790..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: BanacekEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-51338098386282639852007-07-23T17:42:00.000-07:002007-07-23T17:42:00.000-07:00"a dashingly handsome leading man who never quite ..."a dashingly handsome leading man who never quite became a big-screen megastar" -- Peppard had three strikes against him early on, unfortunately: 1) Three of his big early films ("Home from the Hill," "How the West Was Won," and "The Victors") were ensemble dramas in which he was one of several actors with co-starring status, 2) When he landed on the launching pad with "The Carpetbaggers," Paul Newman already had a lock on the type of role he did best (the hard-edged cad), and 3) most of the movies that followed "The Carpetbaggers" were westerns, spy, and war movies; respectable but undistinguished genre films in crowded fields. He did make a pretty good PI flick, "PJ," during the time that the Bond craze had pretty much supplanted PI films for a spell. Along with "Gunn," "Harper," and "Marlowe," "PJ" kept the PI banner flying until the genre finally bounced back with "Chinatown."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-31033260578891116062007-07-22T21:44:00.000-07:002007-07-22T21:44:00.000-07:00I also enjoyed Banacek, but I do remember Cool Mli...I also enjoyed Banacek, but I do remember Cool Mliion and liked it. James Farentino was paid each week with a blank check. he was a troubleshooter.<BR/><BR/>RJRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-54304318575628914782007-07-22T19:56:00.000-07:002007-07-22T19:56:00.000-07:00And McCLOUD predated the MYSTERY MOVIE series...it...And McCLOUD predated the MYSTERY MOVIE series...it was part of FOUR-IN-ONE the previous season (with NIGHT GALLERY and two less-well-remembered series, THE PSYCHIATRIST and SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, before being matched up with the more familiar rotation-mates in Fall, 1971.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com