I’ll watch anything with Darren McGavin in it. Certainly one of the most unusual character actors out there. Just a real pleasure to see him ham it up, with that dry, sarcastic wit. He instantly made anything he was in better with such style.
Joan Blondell was such an awesome actress. Her and Shelly Winters as they aged they gain weight. They didn't hide away from the world. They showed the world they were real women who also could have a career being older and a little heavier. I loved all their movies and television appearances when they were older with the weight. They were beautiful and very talented women.
@@miriwood2819 They didn't double their size at all. Joan Blondell looks about 50 pounds heavier. And Shelly Winters gained weight at a gradual pace. And all together she looked like she gained about sixty pounds. Also I forgot to mention that both of these ladies as they got older. Along with Arlene Dahl who was a knockout in her day. Gained weight due to medication for different ailments. That happens to everyone who gets older. Stop with the negative remarks. It is so unnecessary!
@@sarafreeman5073 carrying excess weight is unhealthy. Age has nothing to do with it. Humans are not meant to be fat. You're just making excuses for their unhealthy lifestyles.
@@melinaesposito3434 You lost me with your categoric judgement. There are various reasons for people gaining weight at whatever age. Who are you to decide what "unhealthy lifestyles" are?
Darren McGavin is a good watch. Love the old woody station wagon. Had the bench seats that you could actually slide out the same side as the driver. Plenty of room.
From Wikipedia: "David Ross was an ex-convict, who spent six years in prison for a murder he did not commit, then became a private investigator in Los Angeles. Though he received a governor's pardon, he is constantly harassed by police partly for his alleged past crime and partly because he is a private eye. He only resorts to violence when forced to, and his carry pistol is a tiny .25-caliber semi-automatic. *Many of his cases involve eccentric Hollywood or Southern California types, with whom he copes in a bemused fashion.*" Sounds like a Jim Rockford prototype.
Great film. McGavin had "it", a real star that could suck the oxygen out of a room. Hypnotic and super talented. That the main players hold their own on the screen with him is a testament to them. From Blonell to the beautiful costar everybody shines. Super tight plot and terrific writing. Real old school entertainment that holds up. Fast paced and even a bit scary. Thanks so much! Much love.😊
This is from a series called The Outsider which ran for one season 1968-69. Created by Roy Huggins who is using an alias here of John Thomas James in the credits.
It's two episodes of The Outsider, edited later into a movie-of-the-week. That's why it seems confusing, with scenes going back and forth between the cases of the missing child and the tell-all book. I think they did alright splicing it together like that. I kept thinking I recognized the teenager Marcie - turns out she played the wife of astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. It was a difficult role, portraying a woman thrust into the limelight while suffering from a debilitating speech impediment. Both Marcie the teenager and Annie Glenn had the same wide-eyed look of actress Mary Jo Kennedy (who is the real-life mom of Zooey & Emily Deschanel). I really enjoyed this movie.
The style of 40s and 50s film noir set in the psychedelic late 60s. Love it! Whitney Blake of "Hazel" fame as Judy and Jean Carson, one of the "Fun Girls," from The Andy Griffith Show.
From the moment he spoke two or three words I knew it was Darren McGavin taking. His voice is so distinctive. I had a good friend kind of like that. I fell in love with his voice. He’s dead now and I wish that I had a recording of his voice.
McGavin did so well as Kolchak the night stalker. It was a short series and 2 movies but it was a great show. He was also in the X Files and other Agatha Christie movies. He was such a great actor!!
Kolchak and Mission Mars are my favorite Darren McGavin vehicles. Love old movies I grew up with a black and white TV and never forgot it plus no remote.
Thought I'd seen all his movies, but never heard of this one. I'd watch any with Darren McGavin in the cast. He was my "older man" crush when I watched re-runs of the old b&w Mike Hammer TV series. He could have been Hammer in this movie, it was the same style. He had his own style, loved his voice.
This 1969 made for TV movie was created by pasting together two episodes of a weekly TV show that was called, The Outsider. The series ran for two years, 1968, & 69. It's interesting how much of this show's DNA was picked up for the Rockford Files which first aired in 74. The reason for the similarities is that the producer of The Outsider, was also a co-producer of the Rockford Files.
Really liked Darren McGavin Yes, he was very handsome and sexy. I was about Seventeen when this movie was made. What I wouldn't give to be seventeen again, knowing what I know today.
I'm looking forward to watching this McGavin movie. I hope to see the Mannequin leg desk lamp and a few strange monsters coming in and out of his office.
@@gailfisher1350 So sad that we age- especially for those who make their living in front of the camera. Saw a pic of Lee Grant, from I don't know? ten years or so ago, she's had work done, and definitely looks like it. Then again, she was in her early 70's then, (and maybe even older, when I saw that pic. I think she's in her 90's now. Time is cruel.
OMG I have been dying to see this movie. It kept saying I had to pay to watch this. I"m so glad that I found your channel..... I"m working 12 hour shifts, so I guess this is what I'm going to binging. Lol
Good movie. It was odd seeing Ted Knight as a bad guy. Also, Uncle Fester played an interesting role. That front right fender dent was authentic. The hair styles and false eyelashes of the late '60s were ... disturbing. I mean those of Marilyn Maxwell.
@cmcb09==Thanks but an explanation IF this is actually an OUTSIDER TV series episode?? as the time numbers on side of photo of film seem to make this a possible 2 PARTER OUTSIDER episode??? or maybe a TV MOVIE??? Thanks again☆☆☆☆ Watching while typing this comment I hear the name ROSS so probably an OUTSIDER!!!!!!
There Was A Little Girl is the title of this Outsider episode. Aired December 25, 1968. Whitney Blake is not listed in the cast. She is in the opening credits.
I r a c k e d my brain trying to think of the blonde actress course it was a wig that had the purple negligee and Alexa didn't know but out of the blue came out of my 89-year-old brain Marilyn Maxwell I'm pretty sure that was her I don't know how I thought of that I hadn't even seen her for years and years how did I do that or am I right.
The too many cuts too soon editing, and junk environment, is just what ended me watching crime on TV, or thinking the US had culture. Thanks for bringing this back though. It moves faster than a shark with a broken fin.
An interesting comment above helps with the cuts, explaining that this movie was pasted together from 2 tv episodes. We noticed lots of things not done very gracefully also.
I never posted that. I don't know about Kim Novak, but Blake Whitney had plastic surgery. A new nose, don't remember the rest, but I believe there was more work done.
I was once subscribed but canceled because you do not give a minimum description of the movies, not even a link to ImDB. As for this film, it is not Chinatown but is very good.
The channel that keeps disappearing with name like: *"British B Movies"* used to post such detailed descriptions, including twists, that I wouldn't feel like watching the film! I had to train myself not to read their descriptions! * I know what you mean, though; sometimes one really needs to have a nugget ....
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42:00. That was Jayne Mansfield. Not her in person, but her act, almost exactly. She was doing it in sleazy bars around the country at around that time, poor thing.
Hmm... plus her guy was "sick of playing doornan, bodyguard and Romeo" to her, just like her real life husband was. I wonder if this is a mini bio of Jayne.
A meeting of the society of the luminous path? Which in Spanish would be sendero luminoso (Shining Path), which coincidentally was the name of a Peruvian terrorist group. Is this the movie that inspired their name?
If it was the silvery lady in madonnas secret how many Helen's Helena Virna would be required. Cot o Cottage for Dickie Scottingdale 911 to be sure not surly of the wedding ring works blacksmith no pun
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I’ll watch anything with Darren McGavin in it. Certainly one of the most unusual character actors out there. Just a real pleasure to see him ham it up, with that dry, sarcastic wit. He instantly made anything he was in better with such style.
Night Stalker series and A Christmas Story are good.
Joan Blondell was such an awesome actress. Her and Shelly Winters as they aged they gain weight. They didn't hide away from the world. They showed the world they were real women who also could have a career being older and a little heavier. I loved all their movies and television appearances when they were older with the weight. They were beautiful and very talented women.
Great actresses, but doubling one's size is a bit more than "a little.."
@@miriwood2819 there was inflation even before Joe Biden
@@miriwood2819 They didn't double their size at all. Joan Blondell looks about 50 pounds heavier. And Shelly Winters gained weight at a gradual pace. And all together she looked like she gained about sixty pounds. Also I forgot to mention that both of these ladies as they got older. Along with Arlene Dahl who was a knockout in her day. Gained weight due to medication for different ailments. That happens to everyone who gets older. Stop with the negative remarks. It is so unnecessary!
@@sarafreeman5073 carrying excess weight is unhealthy. Age has nothing to do with it. Humans are not meant to be fat. You're just making excuses for their unhealthy lifestyles.
@@melinaesposito3434 You lost me with your categoric judgement. There are various reasons for people gaining weight at whatever age. Who are you to decide what "unhealthy lifestyles" are?
Nothing like a Movie made in the 60s & 70s!
This was a Good one! 😊
Joan Blondell was a trooper to the very end, and she goes way back. Always enjoyed her sassiness.
i love darren mc gaven as kolchak ,as any character he helped me through a rather crap time.
Thank you for posting. Most enjoyable. Darren McGavin was a very good actor and handsome to boot !
Darren McGavin is a good watch. Love the old woody station wagon. Had the bench seats that you could actually slide out the same side as the driver. Plenty of room.
So many great old movies on UA-cam. I'm loving it. 😊👌
The 60ies.... times with excellent movies ......and excellent soundtracks ...and excellent actors......here an example ❤
Jackie Coogan from The Kid to Uncle Fester was also a WWll commando.
Yes, he was a Flight Officer with the 1st Air Commando Group.
From Wikipedia: "David Ross was an ex-convict, who spent six years in prison for a murder he did not commit, then became a private investigator in Los Angeles. Though he received a governor's pardon, he is constantly harassed by police partly for his alleged past crime and partly because he is a private eye. He only resorts to violence when forced to, and his carry pistol is a tiny .25-caliber semi-automatic. *Many of his cases involve eccentric Hollywood or Southern California types, with whom he copes in a bemused fashion.*" Sounds like a Jim Rockford prototype.
Yeah, knowing the genesis of that show, I think Stephen J. Cannell must have decided to take Garner's Maverick and put him into the life of that guy.
Well, once they get a formula that sells those tickets they repeat over & over...
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The Older TV Shows & Movies are the Best…
No One Better than James Gardner ,
Jim Rockford in Rockford Files… My Favorite Private Eye..
Great film. McGavin had "it", a real star that could suck the oxygen out of a room. Hypnotic and super talented. That the main players hold their own on the screen with him is a testament to them. From Blonell to the beautiful costar everybody shines. Super tight plot and terrific writing. Real old school entertainment that holds up. Fast paced and even a bit scary. Thanks so much! Much love.😊
Very well put, good comment, x
@@michellefalleur960agree....😊
He had that rare talent of 'range'. Put him in anything and he shined.
You say "everybody shines". That could be very hard on my eyes....so i'll give this a miss.
Sucking the oxygen out of the room isn't a compliment, BTW. That's something emotional vampires do.
This is from a series called The Outsider which ran for one season 1968-69. Created by Roy Huggins who is using an alias here of John Thomas James in the credits.
It's two episodes of The Outsider, edited later into a movie-of-the-week. That's why it seems confusing, with scenes going back and forth between the cases of the missing child and the tell-all book. I think they did alright splicing it together like that. I kept thinking I recognized the teenager Marcie - turns out she played the wife of astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff. It was a difficult role, portraying a woman thrust into the limelight while suffering from a debilitating speech impediment. Both Marcie the teenager and Annie Glenn had the same wide-eyed look of actress Mary Jo Kennedy (who is the real-life mom of Zooey & Emily Deschanel). I really enjoyed this movie.
@svjim1 Thank you!
@@richardjanuary5168Thank you!!!
The style of 40s and 50s film noir set in the psychedelic late 60s. Love it! Whitney Blake of "Hazel" fame as Judy and Jean Carson, one of the "Fun Girls," from The Andy Griffith Show.
From the moment he spoke two or three words I knew it was Darren McGavin taking. His voice is so distinctive. I had a good friend kind of like that. I fell in love with his voice. He’s dead now and I wish that I had a recording of his voice.
I assume you've watched "A Christmas Story". I have about 100 times.
You actually do have several recordings of his voice. Every movie he ever made.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film they don’t make them like they used to. Thank you very much 🤗👍🥂
If you like television-style production.
I love Darren McGavin in about anything. The opening here sounds like a precursor to The Night Stalker series.
Easy to watch, like it was original. Thanks for making it available!
It was interesting seeing Ted Knoght in a serious role.
👍👌👏 Oh WOW! This is a great crime movie! Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing.
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
McGavin did so well as Kolchak the night stalker. It was a short series and 2 movies but it was a great show. He was also in the X Files and other Agatha Christie movies. He was such a great actor!!
I loved that series
Well, that was an unexpected pleasure ! As good as Chandler . Really deserves
to be better known...10 / 10...! 👍
Kolchak and Mission Mars are my favorite Darren McGavin vehicles. Love old movies I grew up with a black and white TV and never forgot it plus no remote.
Great old actors, thank you.
Thought I'd seen all his movies, but never heard of this one. I'd watch any with Darren McGavin in the cast. He was my "older man" crush when I watched re-runs of the old b&w Mike Hammer TV series. He could have been Hammer in this movie, it was the same style. He had his own style, loved his voice.
Thank you so much for sharing. McGavin's character reminds me a lot of Lew Archer, the Ross MacDonald creation
Good fast paced story. Very McGavinish. Enjoyed it. Thanks.
Darin Mcgavin was such a talented Actor able to portray any role. He certainly was not recognized for his worth or used more roles.
Excellent movie. Thank you for posting!
The same narrative opening as "The Night Stalker, with McGavin as Kolchak.
I highly recommend this movie. 10/10👍👍👍
This 1969 made for TV movie was created by pasting together two episodes of a weekly TV show that was called, The Outsider. The series ran for two years, 1968, & 69. It's interesting how much of this show's DNA was picked up for the Rockford Files which first aired in 74. The reason for the similarities is that the producer of The Outsider, was also a co-producer of the Rockford Files.
Thank you for Sharing 🎉❤🎉love those old school movies.
Thank you for the great movie.
Lots of suspense.
❤
Darren McGavin is so underrated. Great actor
Excellent find the wonderful series the outsider with the great Darren mcgavin
Really liked Darren McGavin
Yes, he was very handsome and sexy.
I was about Seventeen when this movie was made. What I wouldn't give to be seventeen again, knowing what I know today.
Two episodes of the TV series "The Outsider" (There Was a Little Girl & Tell It Like It Is... and You're Dead) edited together to create a TV movie
Thanks again Chris!
Thank you for this interesting film.
McGavin will always hold a special place in my heart as the dad in A Christmas Story--TY
I'm looking forward to watching this McGavin movie.
I hope to see the Mannequin leg desk lamp and a few strange monsters coming in and out of his office.
Am I the only one wh thinks there's a strong physical resemblance between actresses Whitney Blake (here), and Kim Novak?
@remmymafia3889 Fun fact: Whitney Blake is Meredith Baxter-Birney's mother.
I'm not sure how strong it is but there certainly is a resemblance. Good catch.
I agree, I thought the very same thing !
However, Whitney Blake had major plastic surgery.
@@gailfisher1350 So sad that we age- especially for those who make their living in front of the camera. Saw a pic of Lee Grant, from I don't know? ten years or so ago, she's had work done, and definitely looks like it. Then again, she was in her early 70's then, (and maybe even older, when I saw that pic. I think she's in her 90's now. Time is cruel.
OMG I have been dying to see this movie. It kept saying I had to pay to watch this. I"m so glad that I found your channel..... I"m working 12 hour shifts, so I guess this is what I'm going to binging. Lol
Think I was 17 when this was made... but know of these actors 😊❤ all are fondly remarkable
thanks for this.
A complicated story but entertaining.
Love these thank you....
Me gusta mucho esta serie, ojalá pongan mas gracias
This movie had some funny references. I liked when the one blonde actress mentions detectives looking like greasy penguins 😂
A blast from the past❤❤
Good movie. It was odd seeing Ted Knight as a bad guy. Also, Uncle Fester played an interesting role.
That front right fender dent was authentic.
The hair styles and false eyelashes of the late '60s were ... disturbing. I mean those of Marilyn Maxwell.
would the bulemia advocates stay away and watch something else😢
@cmcb09==Thanks but an explanation IF this is actually an OUTSIDER TV series episode?? as the time numbers on side of photo of film seem to make this a possible 2 PARTER OUTSIDER episode??? or maybe a TV MOVIE??? Thanks again☆☆☆☆ Watching while typing this comment I hear the name ROSS so probably an OUTSIDER!!!!!!
This would transfer well to a modern remake. Someone should do it.
He narrates this just like the Night Stalker series
Great movie.
There Was A Little Girl is the title of this Outsider episode. Aired December 25, 1968. Whitney Blake is not listed in the cast. She is in the opening credits.
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this looks like a "Movie of the Week" which I always liked.
Good eye! Because ABC used the same sets and establishing shots for various Columbos and their other movies of the week.
Who played Rusty? Why was he not listed on the cast list on IMDB ?!? He looks so familiar but I can’t place him.
Rusty was played by Jackie Coogan (aka Uncle Fester in The Addams Family)
@@merlinsclaw thank you :)
@@merlinsclaw AKA The Kid in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid
Jackie Coogan aka Uncle Fester, Joan Blondell?
I r a c k e d my brain trying to think of the blonde actress course it was a wig that had the purple negligee and Alexa didn't know but out of the blue came out of my 89-year-old brain Marilyn Maxwell I'm pretty sure that was her I don't know how I thought of that I hadn't even seen her for years and years how did I do that or am I right.
You are correct the opening credits do say " special guest star Marilyn Maxwell"👍🏾
Even before he was Ralphie’s dad, I liked Darren McGaven. Wasn’t he in a 50’s series called Riverboat ?
What a Cadbury at the Door
Love this cast!!
The too many cuts too soon editing, and junk environment, is just what ended me watching crime on TV, or thinking the US had culture. Thanks for bringing this back though. It moves faster than a shark with a broken fin.
An interesting comment above helps with the cuts, explaining that this movie was pasted together from 2 tv episodes. We noticed lots of things not done very gracefully also.
Well worth watching.
Yes, Marilyn Maxwell was the actress and she was mentioned in the beginning credits.
The Night Stalker!😁👍
Awesome movie..
Fra-gee-lay. Must be Italian!
:)
Not bad. Thank you for posting.
Mr McGavin🎉
Whos the actress who played judy? Cant find it in the credits.
The actress who played Judy was Whitney Blake.
@@gailfisher1350She also co-starred in the '60s TV sitcom "Hazel" for a couple of seasons.
@11:10 She crumples the bag, lays it on the desk.
@11:52 he picks the open, uncrumpled bag up from the desk.
Come´on director.....
Nice to see Uncle Fester had a side gig outside the Addams Residence.
The forerunner to the Night Stalker tv series?
Enjoyed!
Anyone know what kind of car he was driving?
I believe it was a 1960-61 Plymouth. You can Google that and find photos to be sure. Pretty cool car huh?
@@robheidel5627yes, a 1961 "pinch nosed"Plymouth sedan
I believe it's a 62 Chrysler. Model I'm not sure of, but Chrysler or Plymouth put out some ugly looking cars in the early 60's. Just my opinion
@@fokkerd3red618 it's definitely a 1961 Plymouth. They were smaller and looked better (not by much) in '62.
@@anthonybrooks5040 It was a wild guess on my part, but Thanks for correcting me.
David Ross or Carl Kolchak always great.
Best part of movie was 2 stories going on same time 👍
A book to be gone into page by letter. Aah Aah now Now Well Well
Moon of the wolf. All Cars Houses
I never posted that.
I don't know about Kim Novak, but Blake Whitney had plastic surgery. A new nose, don't remember the rest, but I believe there was more work done.
What are you talking about, and it was Whitney Blake not Blake Whitney.
I was once subscribed but canceled because you do not give a minimum description of the movies, not even a link to ImDB. As for this film, it is not Chinatown but is very good.
The channel that keeps disappearing with name like:
*"British B Movies"*
used to post such detailed descriptions, including twists, that I wouldn't feel like watching the film! I had to train myself not to read their descriptions!
*
I know what you mean, though; sometimes one really needs to have a nugget ....
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42:00. That was Jayne Mansfield. Not her in person, but her act, almost exactly. She was doing it in sleazy bars around the country at around that time, poor thing.
Hmm... plus her guy was "sick of playing doornan, bodyguard and Romeo" to her, just like her real life husband was. I wonder if this is a mini bio of Jayne.
Would've lived in Elston.....
This only works as an old movie tho' lol! Pre dna testing. Ty for posting🙌
A meeting of the society of the luminous path? Which in Spanish would be sendero luminoso (Shining Path), which coincidentally was the name of a Peruvian terrorist group. Is this the movie that inspired their name?
No, Sendero Luminoso took their name from a political quote by José Carlos Mariátegui.
Kind of corny, but, I love the old Hollywood, seeing their faces.
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Let's see what you look like when you hit seventy.
Those false eye lashes... 😅
I know smoking was prevalent back in the day but golly these guys were busy lighting up, weren't they? It's distracting.
typical Hollywood using curtain material for dresses.beautifully written.😊
If it was the silvery lady in madonnas secret how many Helen's Helena Virna would be required. Cot o Cottage for Dickie Scottingdale 911 to be sure not surly of the wedding ring works blacksmith no pun
"A Million Stories In The Naked City !"
Its not Kolchak but is not bad 😊