This used to turn up very frequently on BBC television throughout the 1970s . It was a favourite film of mine in childhood . Fire and explosions have always held a morbid fascination for me so any film featuring an abundance of both is one to constantly watch . That said I haven't seen it for many years but since it was being broadcast on Film4 I made a point of watching it again
Oh dear . Oh dearie me . Well to be fair it's not a dreadful film but by the same yardstick it's not a great one and falls firmly in to the memory cheats camp . I should qualify by what I mean by this and state it's full of fires and explosions and macho heroics . In fact too much testarone fuelled macho heroics and my TV actually grew a beard while I was watching this !
If this isn't a problem then heroics involving characters played by John Wayne and Jim Hutton are . John Wayne might have been an American icon and a film star for several decades . He was however never an actor and somewhat ironically in a film featuring so much combustible material the most flammable thing in the movie is the star due to his wooden performance . Hutton was probably a very nice chap in real life ans was no doubt an obvious casting choice for lightweight romantic comedies . Alas he was never the type of actor you'd think of casting if you were wanting a " tough guy " character . See also THE GREEN BERETS . There's something unintentionally funny watching Wayne and Huttton pulling out every heroic cliché in the book alongside misjudged humour without the slightest hint of irony . As I said it's not a dreadful film but you might find it entertaining for all the wrong reasons
Oh dear . Oh dearie me . Well to be fair it's not a dreadful film but by the same yardstick it's not a great one and falls firmly in to the memory cheats camp . I should qualify by what I mean by this and state it's full of fires and explosions and macho heroics . In fact too much testarone fuelled macho heroics and my TV actually grew a beard while I was watching this !
If this isn't a problem then heroics involving characters played by John Wayne and Jim Hutton are . John Wayne might have been an American icon and a film star for several decades . He was however never an actor and somewhat ironically in a film featuring so much combustible material the most flammable thing in the movie is the star due to his wooden performance . Hutton was probably a very nice chap in real life ans was no doubt an obvious casting choice for lightweight romantic comedies . Alas he was never the type of actor you'd think of casting if you were wanting a " tough guy " character . See also THE GREEN BERETS . There's something unintentionally funny watching Wayne and Huttton pulling out every heroic cliché in the book alongside misjudged humour without the slightest hint of irony . As I said it's not a dreadful film but you might find it entertaining for all the wrong reasons