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Sep 28, 1970 · Darker Than Amber: Directed by Robert Clouse. With Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall, Ahna Capri. Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
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- Action, Drama, Mystery
- Robert Clouse
- 1970-09-28
Mar 1, 2013 · Here’s a great fun fact thanks to IMDB: Arrow created a “special” shirt design called “The McGee” for Taylor to wear. When the movie flopped, so did the shirt. Let’s Get Ready To Rumble! Back to the legendary fight scene. William Smith attacks Travis McGee on a cruise ship.
Last year's " Marlowe ," based on the Raymond Chandler characters, was a pale shadow of "The Big Sleep" (1946) or "The Lady in the Lake." But now comes "Darker Than Amber" with Rod Taylor playing Travis McGee, and it's a surprisingly good movie.
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is some of the clunky dialogue in Robert Clouse's cinematic venture for pulp author John D. McDonald's beach bum/salvage seller Travis McGee, here played by an aged-to-granite Rod Taylor, more befitting a suit during the cruise ship second half than bulky shirtless on his own boat... a balmy Florida Keys Neo Noir during an intriguing set-up ...
Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice. Robert Clouse. John D. MacDonald. Ed Waters. Full Cast & Crew.
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.
Darker Than Amber stars Rod Taylor as Travis McGee, a Florida part time detective and scavenger who witnesses an attempted murder of a young woman, played by Suzy Kendall, saves that woman, has a short affair with her only for her to later get killed by the very men who tried killing her the first time, then are tracked and hunted down by McGee.
