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The Savage Seven (1968) Directed by Richard Rush OK biker flick which meanders for awhile before the inevitable “all hells breaks loose” finale. The novelty here is that most of the conflicts take place between bikers and Indians. The soundtrack contains a few songs from Iron Butterfly and Cream. Adam Roarke and his gang ride into nowheresville, inhabited by Indians and a few white guys. Naturally the white guys, led by a large fellow played by Mel Berger, are keeping the red guys down, by having them work for low pay. Robert Walker Jr., as a blue-eyed Indian, is constantly getting beat up by everyone in the cast. Roarke sets his sights on Walker’s sister, played by Joanna Frank. Of course, this leads to another beatdown of Walker. But Walker and Roarke suddenly become best buds, and take part in raiding Berger’s store, supplying all the Indians with essentials like Frosted Flakes, Quaker Oats, and casino chips. When a couple of the bikers are arrested, Berger cuts a deal with Roarke. He will decline charges against the bikers, if Roarke agrees to burn down the shacks where the Indians live. Roarke agrees, then decides to back out of the deal. He spends the night with Frank, which leads to another beatdown of Walker the next morning. After one of the bikers is killed, Roarke thinks the Indians did it and orders his gang to destroy the village. This leads to the climax, with lots of motorcycle stunts, knifings, gunshots, people flying through the air, explosions, and one Indian having his dump in the outhouse interrupted. This is pretty mindless all the way through, so don’t expect too much. Roarke is good as a creep with a slight trace of decency. Perennial biker Larry Bishop is one of the gang, and acts mentally impaired. At least, I think he was acting. Did I mention Walker gets beat up? My favorite character was the heretofore unknown Mel Berger, who is built like Tor Johnson and is always smiling, even when he is shooting someone. Laverne DeFazio makes her screen debut. The film was produced by Dick Clark. Thankfully, none of the Indians say “How.” But I suspect most of the critics said “Why?” “So … you like ketchup on your steak???” “Haven’t I warned you about taking selfies?” Roarke tries out the local hair salon, SuperScalps. “Alright, but this is the last time. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!" This is a version of “bobbing for apples,” with a difficulty factor of about 9.5. A rare still from the failed Chuck Norris pilot Walker, Texas Reindeer.

You got that right! It’s pretty sad when the second biggest breasts in the movie belong to this drummer.

He was the guy who directed Marlene DeTrick in that airplane film The Blue Angels.

I am waiting for when Spartacus plays Central Park.

I keep thinking it might have been an episode of The Detectives, with Robert Taylor. But I just can't remember. Now I am really curious, because I have not thought about this in decades.

I don't know about this. Hopefully, they will charge high enough prices to discourage people from getting plastered. I recall when the Cleveland Indians ran a ten cent beer night back in the 1970s. That didn't end well.

So perhaps his DRY sense of humor had something to do with the WINE

Welcome to the boards, Fred. I've seen this, but I think it was an episode from a tv series. Maybe someone else will weigh in with the title.

Coming soon: The Savage Seven

And not a happy one either

If TCM does a retrospective, I hope they include the terrible The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood. Here is West with Richard Deacon:

This is an interesting film, about the capture/execution of Major John Andre during the American Revolution. As a bit of trivia, silent film actress/director Helen Gardner had her studio at Tappan-on-the-Hudson, the site of his capture and execution.

Thanks for posting this. This film was the first release for the Ocean Film Corporation. George De Carlton, who was a production manager for Ocean (and also an experienced actor), appeared in the film. The movie was banned by the Pennsylvania censor, prompting a lawsuit by the film company. I don't know how that turned out. In 1932, another film company got hold of the movie, and offered it to theaters as the original Frankenstein movie, which prompted Universal Pictures to seek and get an injunction against the company. I would like to know where the person who reviewed this in IMDb saw the film.

Carradine is blown to smithereens at the opening. When his corpse shows up, he is all in one piece. Well, this is science fiction.

When the producer is killing the writer in the screening room, that’s a tip that this film sucks.

Looks like he was the announcer on a musical variety show called 'It's Happening," at 9 pm on CJOH in Ottawa, during 1966.

Is this Rob Word (at left)? This photo is from 1967: Looks like he started hosting in the early 70s. Here is an ad from 1972: In 1973, Word opened the “Red Light Cinema” in Orlando, which showed porn movies. His objective was to raise enough money to open a theater which showed classic films. When authorities cracked down, he said “This is like Hitler started. Grab the minds of the media. Next we won’t be able to read Peanuts.” A few months later, he pleaded no contest to two counts of showing obscene movies. He sold the theater. There is an extensive writeup on him in IMDb (not including what I wrote above). Looks like he was/is a success.

I'll start working on a script. I think this is Keefe's Betamax commercial as Dracula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRfpdy5b8U

I think you misunderstood what lavender posted. I believe she was saying that showing an episode where someone supposedly dies, to pay tribute to someone who has in reality just died, is tacky.

Here is Keefe from a Detroit gig in 1965: Keefe was a classic movie buff. He spent a lot of time watching films at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and at some of the movie houses. His act consisted of “impersonating” those films for his audience. Apparently one of his finest “impressions” was doing the film Call Northside 777 just as he saw it in a run-down theater; badly chopped up and edited. He also included such gems as Bela Lugosi impersonating James Cagney, Emlyn Williams, Roddy MacDowall and Freddie Bartholomew reading Dickens, and performing a William S. Hart film in two minutes. He appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1961. In 1965, he appeared on “Candid Camera,” impersonating celebrities on the telephone. That same year, NBC signed him to an exclusive contract, and cast him in a failed pilot "Run, Jack, Run." In 1985, he had an act called “Adam Keefe is Loose Again,” playing in Hollywood. In 1986, he portrayed Ed Sullivan in an act called “Toast of the Town.” This guy would have made one great TCM host!

Maybe not so strange. What channel was it on? I watch Johnny Carson reruns on Antenna TV, and when a celebrity died, that same night they had a show with that person as a guest (Roger Moore the most recent), which had to be a last minute change.

Here is another photo of Keefe: Looks like he played a lot of clubs, and made appearances on Carson, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, the Gleason show and the Pat Boone show. IMDB says he died in 1994. I found he was still working in 1989, in Atlantic City. Apparently one of his favorite acts was impersonating Bela Lugosi as a standup comic in a Transylvania coffee shop.

When William Schallert has a brainstorm that the one way to get through to the alien is by using "the basic and universal language … geometry," Robert Clarke says "Excuse me, Professor, you’ve lost me. I'm the shadowy figure in the left background with the stupid expression on his face. I don’t get this mathematics." I used to show this clip to my students over and over.

Even I have standards, low that they may be. But I did enjoy your screen cap.

Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954) youtube Dull, cheap sci-fi about some one-eyed creature which rises from the ocean every time there is a full moon and sucks the cells out of some poor slob and/or animal. I couldn’t even find a decent screen cap to lampoon this ****. This was Producer Roger Corman’s first film venture. He was turned down by a bank when he asked for $18,000 to film this thing. The bank reasoned that no one could make a film for only $18,000. So Corman raised $15,000 himself and the rest is history. The two leads, Anne Kimbell and Stuart Wade, are adequate with what they have to work with. Director Wyott Ordung plays the part of a villager who thinks the only way to stop the monster is to sacrifice a chick (e.g, Kimbell). About half the movie features Kimbell in scuba gear and Wade (or his stunt driver) piloting a one-man submarine. Maybe there is something Freudian in that, but it escaped me. Even Kimbell in a bathing suit was not enough to keep me interested. Corman appears in a few scenes, mostly with his back to the camera (smart move). A guy named Dick Pinner plays a scientist. With that name, he was obviously making the wrong kind of films.