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- The movie ends with Travis and Merrimay talking on his houseboat The Busted Flush.
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He inhabits the role easily; if you're a John D. MacDonald fan, you won't question the casting. The movie is also at ease with itself. "Marlowe" kept trying for false climaxes, but "Darker Than Amber" has confidence in its MacDonald plot and moves at just the right distance between action and characterization.
The movie's climax is a brutal fight scene that's celebrated in many reviews and lamented for being censored in video releases of the film. It starts in the cabin of a cruise ship and continues onto the pier. Here's how actor William Smith (who played the murderous Terry Bartell) describes it: We didn't use any stunt doubles at all.
Darker than Amber. (film) Darker than Amber is a 1970 film adaptation of John D. MacDonald 's 1966 mystery/suspense novel, Darker than Amber. It was directed by Robert Clouse from a screenplay by MacDonald and Ed Waters . The film starred Rod Taylor as Travis McGee, the protagonist of a series of successful novels by MacDonald.
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 .
- John D. MacDonald
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Aug 14, 1970 · Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Darker than Amber (1970) - Robert Clouse on AllMovie - John D. McDonald was not altogether pleased with…
Quickly followed by a contrived resurrection as Kendall plays a different character to trick muscular bleach-blond psycho villain William Smith: And what DARKER THAN AMBER is known for is the climactic fight between Taylor and Smith that wound up real, captured by director Clouse that landed him Bruce Lee's ENTER THE DRAGON...
Sep 28, 1970 · 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.
