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Phil Gaines is a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach. Gaines is experiencing a troubled relationship with a hooker, and things don't get any better when the dead girl's father launches his own investigation. Written by
Kristian Krokfoss <krokus@online.no>
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She's the call girl. He's the cop. They both take their jobs seriously.
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Trivia
The picture that
Burt Reynolds and French actress
Catherine Deneuve got to see was the French film
A Man and a Woman. 'Time Out' called this movie a "Remarkable contemporary film noir . . . Aldrich provides Reynolds and Deneuve with the ultimate tinsel role model of Lelouch's
A Man and a Woman." Deneuve at the time that this movie was made had not worked with
Claude Lelouch, the director of that French film. However, the two soon got to work together after this film on
Second Chance and later again on
Us Two.
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Quotes
Lt. Phil Gaines:
Don't you know where you live, Marty? Can't you smell the bananas? You know what country you live in? You live in Guatamala with color television.
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Soundtracks
"Yesterday When I Was Young"
by
Charles Aznavour
English lyrics by
Herbert Kretzmer
Sung by
Charles Aznavour
Courtesy of Barclay Records
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Great, underrated film noir, expertly written, master class of the genre. Begs to be rediscovered. If you are a purist of noir, then this is a gift to you, courtesy of Aldrich. There is so much more to Burt Reynolds than people give him credit, and he proves it here. I may be alone in this, but i got the impression the film was lit for black and white and comes off badly in colour - the contrast is too extreme, and ultimately works against the film. Curiously, when i tuned it to b/w it looked incredible - as moody and mean as Aldrich would would have intended. And Deneuve isn't as bad as the critics made out. if you love noir and have a problem with this film, i can't begin to understand why.