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Dallas opening: 12 Aug 1970. Production Company. Major Pictures-Rodlor, Inc. Distribution Company. National General Pictures Corporation. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the novel Darker Than Amber by John D. MacDonald (Greenwich, Connecticut, 1966).
Darker Than Amber. I've always preferred Batman to Superman because Batman's stunts are at least theoretically possible. When he swings from the Playboy Building to the John Hancock Center, he uses a rope. Meanwhile, Superman is holding up toppling skyscrapers and stopping bullets with his teeth. For the same reason I like Batman more than ...
Rod (Time Machine) Taylor is Travis McGee who is the consummate beach bum, hired and goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry (William Smith) Bartell. And boy what a fight scene it is that level pegs with the Connery verses Shaw bout! Bruce Lee watched and enjoyed the scene so much he hand-picked Bob Clouse to direct ‘Enter the Dragon’.
A biography of John D. MacDonald, "The Red Hot Typewriter," has an extensive section on "Darker than Amber." It tells that at first, Robert Culp was to be cast as Travis McGee. But Culp fell through, much to MacDonald's relief: "Culp was a disaster," biographer Hugh Merrill quoted MacDonald as saying. "No comprehension of the touch needed. ...
Darker than Amber. 1970. 1 hr 36 mins. Drama, Action & Adventure. R. Watchlist. Rod Taylor portrays private eye Travis McGee in John D. MacDonald's novel about a woman whose life is jeopardized by ...
Darker Than Amber. PG 1970 1h 37m Mystery & Thriller List. Reviews 50% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A private eye (Rod Taylor) and his buddy (Theodore Bikel) bait killer crooks with a woman (Suzy ...
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Darker than Amber. Darker than Amber (1966) is the seventh novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. [1] The plot begins when McGee and his close friend Meyer are fishing underneath a bridge and a young woman, bound and weighted, is thrown over the bridge. It was adapted into a 1970 film of the same name .
