"Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On" is the first pilot movie for the show which was to become "Harry O"...a detective show starring David Janssen. Apparently, the network saw enough promise in this movie to okay another pilot...and then the series. I have not seen the series nor the second pilot, though based on this film, I could see why the network liked it...and saw it could use a lot more work.
There is MUCH about this pilot that made no sense..much. It begins with Harry being woken up by a guy (Martin Sheen) who makes an odd admission--he was the guy who shot Harry four years earlier during a holdup and apparently this is why Harry was pensioned off the police force. Now the guy wants Harry to help him (??)...to find the guy trying to kill him as well as find his junkie girlfriend.
In addition to this assignment making little sense, Harry meets a woman in a bad (Margot Kidder) and then borrows her car...and she lets him. Nor do many of his sudden deductions make much sense...they just seem to come from out of no where.
Overall, this isn't a bad film but plot problems abound...as if the writers didn't spend enough time thinking through all the details. It is enjoyable...but easy to skip.
There is MUCH about this pilot that made no sense..much. It begins with Harry being woken up by a guy (Martin Sheen) who makes an odd admission--he was the guy who shot Harry four years earlier during a holdup and apparently this is why Harry was pensioned off the police force. Now the guy wants Harry to help him (??)...to find the guy trying to kill him as well as find his junkie girlfriend.
In addition to this assignment making little sense, Harry meets a woman in a bad (Margot Kidder) and then borrows her car...and she lets him. Nor do many of his sudden deductions make much sense...they just seem to come from out of no where.
Overall, this isn't a bad film but plot problems abound...as if the writers didn't spend enough time thinking through all the details. It is enjoyable...but easy to skip.