I must confess that I was 11 when DUFFY came out and, living in colonial Mozambique at the time with a small allowance for movie watching - good for about 2 flicks a month - I focused on my favorite types of films, notably Westerns and comedies.
So DUFFY never beeped on my radar. In fact, I had never heard of it until recently when, well into my sixties, I searched for James Coburn films on Youtube... and the title, and especially the cast, promptly caught my eye.
Classy Mason always warrants watching and, as a tycoon seeking to intensify his sons' drive for fortune, he does a splendid job with only a small part. Coburn delivers one of his finer leads as a modern artist cum adventurer who decides to break into Mason's yacht's vault for the fun of it, and because Mason's sons - James Fox and John Alderton - have designs on their father's fortunes.
Ultimately, though, the standout performance comes from Susannah York, the leggy, nubile, nymphomaniac, yet classy broad who beds just about every male in the film. The film's wry sense of humor adds a major plus to this highly satisfying production, boosted by an arresting screenplay by Donald Cammell and Harry Joe Brown.
As a curious aside, much of the film is adroitly shot in North Africa, particularly Oran in Algeria which had secured its independence from France six years earlier.
Despite some obvious minor flaws, DUFFY definitely deserves watching. 7/10.
So DUFFY never beeped on my radar. In fact, I had never heard of it until recently when, well into my sixties, I searched for James Coburn films on Youtube... and the title, and especially the cast, promptly caught my eye.
Classy Mason always warrants watching and, as a tycoon seeking to intensify his sons' drive for fortune, he does a splendid job with only a small part. Coburn delivers one of his finer leads as a modern artist cum adventurer who decides to break into Mason's yacht's vault for the fun of it, and because Mason's sons - James Fox and John Alderton - have designs on their father's fortunes.
Ultimately, though, the standout performance comes from Susannah York, the leggy, nubile, nymphomaniac, yet classy broad who beds just about every male in the film. The film's wry sense of humor adds a major plus to this highly satisfying production, boosted by an arresting screenplay by Donald Cammell and Harry Joe Brown.
As a curious aside, much of the film is adroitly shot in North Africa, particularly Oran in Algeria which had secured its independence from France six years earlier.
Despite some obvious minor flaws, DUFFY definitely deserves watching. 7/10.