New Face in Hell
(1968)
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New Face in Hell
(1968)
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| George Peppard | ... |
P.J. Detweiler
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| Raymond Burr | ... |
William Orbison
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Gayle Hunnicutt | ... |
Maureen Preble
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| Brock Peters | ... |
Waterpark
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| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... |
Billings-Browne
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Jason Evers | ... |
Jason Grenoble
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| Coleen Gray | ... |
Betty Orbison
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| Susan Saint James | ... |
Linette Orbison
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Severn Darden | ... |
Shelton Quell
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Jane Van Duser | ... |
Elinor Silene
(as H. Jane Van Duser)
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| George Furth | ... |
Sonny Silene
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Barbara Dana | ... |
Lita
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| Herb Edelman | ... |
Charlie
(as Herbert Edelman)
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| John Qualen | ... |
Poppa
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| Bert Freed | ... |
Police Lieutenant
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Private eye P.J. is reluctant when he gets a new job: he shall protect Maureen Preble, mistress of millionaire Orbeson, mainly from attacks by his wife and her greedy family. In truth Orbeson plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile P.J. falls in love with Maureen and Orbeson's money. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
I saw this movie many years ago and it has stuck in my mind. I have always felt that someone made a huge mistake by not having George Peppard reprise this role for a TV series...it was classic George Peppard...definitely at his best. It is my understanding that it has never been released on video, DVD, etc. If someone knows otherwise, I would certainly like to know, too. After all, we don't have George Peppard or Raymond Burr anymore and they were both excellent in this film. The character seemed to be created just for George Peppard and he was certainly up to the challenge. I have seen clips from this movie used in later films (i.e., the scene of the car coming down the mountain with no brakes and him running it along the wall on the right and into garbage cans, etc. on the left). Wish I could see the whole movie again.