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Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
I was a teenager when i saw the scarecrow of romney marsh on the Wonderful world of Disney, and about 30 years later i was able to
rent the movie from a video store. The movie was then called Dr. Syn Alias the Scarecrow. Needless to say over the years, the
tape wore out, and i would pay any amount to have the movie in
DVD. Patrick Mcgooan the actor who plays the scarecrow in the movie portrays him brilliantly. The movie is in my opinion a true classic, and should be rereleased in DVD. Hope it comes out
soon, hopefully by the end of 2002.

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
I would echo others in urging Disney to release this action packed family adventure on dvd soon. It's a must-see for any Patrick Mc Goohan fan. He was perfectly cast, and I saw the three-part version when it first came out. I would also like to add that if anyone at Disney reads this, please issue the long, (135-min) version, of the combined 3 part series. The 90-min. abbreviated version that was making the rounds 20 years ago was far too short.

The Greatest Scary Movie for a Little Kid
I too was one of those that the Scarecrow gave nightmares to. It is a great movie about a great time in history whether it is true or not. I would love to see it again and that is why I put my order in in March, 2004. I want it. Please let Disney know.

I can't imagine why Disney cancelled the re-release...
This movie is such a sure hit, if marketed correctly, that it makes me wonder if Disney is thinking of remaking it. Could that be why they cancelled a re-release...?

Wha-happened to August 3, 2004?
I was stoked when I saw that the Scarecrow was coming out on DVD. I even marked it on my calendar. But when I recently re-checked here on Amazon I found out that it was not coming out at all anymore. What happened? C'mon Disney, give it up! You don't seem to have any trouble getting out such classics as Bedknobs and Broomsticks! ... Read more

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Hayley Mills was well on her way to adulthood when she found intrigueand chaste romance on the island of Crete in this 1964 Disney attempt atHitchcock in one of his lighter moods. That means the principals do wind up in a hearse trapped on a narrow street by celebratory but ominous maskedparaders. And that seemingly good guys can and do turn out to be bad guys andvice versa. But it's Disney and Mills, so there are no deaths in thismystery, although gunplay and some scariness do earn it a PG rating. Based onthe Mary Stewart novel of the same name, this 118-minute film finds Mills andher aunt visiting a Cretan village on holiday. In the face of hostility fromtheir innkeeper's brother (Eli Wallach), the pair befriend a fellow Brit. Theyoung man's escapades with jewel thief Wallach draw a beguiled Mills into asometimes perilous adventure involving a harrowing ride upon the sails of awindmill, hiding out in an underground crypt, and a showdown with acheetah-loving millionairess (the scene-stealing Pola Negri) aboard heryacht. Probably a little too sophisticated for those under 8. --Kimberly Heinrichs ... Read more

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Hayley in her element
Hayley Mills stars in the Disney thriller THE MOON-SPINNERS, a sinister and menacing story set against the dramatic backdrop of the island of Crete.

Nicky Ferris (Hayley Mills) and her aunt (Joan Greenwood) are travelling through Europe. Her aunt is a music historian from the BBC and is recording folk songs from the remote villages.

They travel into Crete, staying at the Moon-Spinners Inn, run by a kindly lady (Irene Papas) and her young son. However, some shady dealings are being done, with the owner's brother (Eli Wallach) heavily into astrology and smuggling.

Nicky finds herself thrown into a world of espionage and theft, and finds the love of her life.

Also featuring Pola Negri in a rare film appearance, THE MOON-SPINNERS is one of Hayley Mill's best Disney films.

EXCELLENT MOVIE
I first read the novel "Moon Spinners" by Mary Stewart and enjoyed the book thoroughly. When I saw that there was a movie based on the novel I was a little skeptical, but Disney usually does a great job so I decided to give it a try. If you like Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries, you will definitely enjoy this movie. Hayley Mills is wonderful as usual and the movie contains great suspense and mystery with just a touch of romance. I liked it so much, that I purchased the movie so that I could watch whenever I wished.

Now I want to go to Crete and have an adventure!!!!
The Moon-Spinners has to be one of my favorite movies of all time. Hayley Mills is the all-american girl....err...except for the fact that she's English (it makes no sense, but it is completely true). She gives a genuine performance and most girls can relate to her. I will not deny that this movie is completely cheesy, but it is all in the best way. This movie has everything; adventure, romance, drama, mystery, and is set in the beautiful isle of Crete. The love story is unique and original and will make you smile all over. This movie was acclaimed for being Hayley Mill's first onscreen kiss and I have to admit that it's a good one. I love how this movie embodies the essence of crete, with the beautiful beaches and little villages. I recommend this movie to people of all ages.

I love this movie, but...
I will not buy the DVD until I can get it in a W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N Edition!!! What good is beautiful Crete if it's panned, scanned,sliced, diced, and squashed? I want the whole picture, not 2/3rds!

Great movie! Full of exitment and adventure!
I think this is a wonderful movie that can be seen again and again! The acting is very good and there are some exiting moments to add suspense.
Hayley Mills and Peter McEnerny are both exellent in their roles and the acting of Irene Papas and Eli Wallach was also very good. You should get this movie and watch it with your children, it will be a great experience! ... Read more

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This classic 1963 Disney film features child icon Hayley Millsas Nancy Carey, a teenage girl whose family moves from Bostonto the New England countryside as a result of their father's untimelypassing.Nancy writes to the kindly Mr. Poppem (Burl Ives) andsingle-handedly convinces him to rent the family a charming, if run-down,house for a mere $60 a year. Ever the optimist, Nancy brims withexcitement at the family's new life, but this "perfect world" has itsproblems--notably an absentee landlord who knows nothing about the Careyfamily's rental agreement.Through hard work and Mr. Poppem's continuinggenerosity, the Careys fix up the house and find life in the rural Mainetown quite satisfactory.Things become tense when their cousin Julia arrivesfor an extended visit, but eventually Nancy and Julia grow from oneanother's experiences and become good friends. You'll never guess whathappens when the absent landlord returns unannounced during the family'sHalloween housewarming party!

One section that may sit poorly with modern audiences features Nancy andJulia discussing how to emphasize one's femininity at the expense of hiding the real you--an indication of how much American thinking has changed in arelatively short period of time.Nevertheless, this is a charming talefeaturing toe-tapping ragtime music, wonderful songs by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman including "Summer Magic"and "The Ugly Bug Ball," and the incomparable talents of Mills and Ives.Take a trip down memory lane and don't forget the kids. (Ages 7and older) --Tami Horiuchi ... Read more

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wow!!!this really is SUMMER MAGIC
what can i say hayley mills is a disney legend,and this movie is one of her masterpeices beside THE PARENT TRAP,THE MOON-SPINNERS,POLLYANNA...and many other disney films this movie has an excellent plot and a wonderful cast i give this 5 stars!!!

Delightful picture
This picture may not be rich in plot but it has a wonderful air about it that will make you feel good all over.When I was a child I begged my parents to take me to this movie. My parents ignored me and took me to a movie they wanted to see. As it turned out the movie they wanted to see had a sneak preview of Summer Magic. For years I have resisted purchasing this Hayley Mills classic. I don't know why I waited. It is excellent.

Corny
This movie is very corny. It is also annoying. It is a little unrealistic that everything would work out so well for this family. It is horribly corny. It is unbelieveable because Hayley Mills has a British accent and her family does not. Burl Ives's role is also cheesy (what else is new), and the name of the dude who owns the house's name is stolen from the bass player is Aerosmith, Tom Hamilton. The movie glorifies old ideals, such as country being better than the city. U should stay away from this one. It is not worth a stinking penny.

It's really good!
I love the end part when the owner of the house shows up and they dance and everyone just stares at him. Isn't he cute?

Soft Summer Magic
Hi! I'm Becky age 14. I've watched this a couple times, and loved it all the times. It does not include any offensive words, or anything eles concernig PG-13 movies. I wasn't around when Hayley Mills was a huge star or seen the rest of her movies or anything, but she did a wonderful job of acting. The special effects aren't incredably great by todays standards, but include that Disney Magic. Oh yeah, and the plot it great, a little slow in parts, but still great. This got boring after a while, so rent it a video rental store before you by it. Have fun! ... Read more

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Where Angels Go, Boredom Follows
Although this sequel to THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS offers Rosalind Russell reprising her role as the Mother Superior of St. Francis and head of the convent's girls school, WHERE ANGELS GO TROUBLE FOLLOWS is a dismal sequel in which the girls make a cross-country outting--and in addition to playing pranks and flirting with boys also find themselves threatened by various unsavory characters they encounter along the way; meanwhile, the conservative Rosalind Russell strives to check the excesses of the ultra-liberal Sister George (played very stridently by Stella Stevens), whose determination to modernize the Holy Orders seems less progressive than just down right obnoxious.

Unlike its predecessor, the movie never strikes a good balance between comic and dramatic elements and the production values seem more akin to a television movie-of-the-week effort than a big-screen production. Russell is the saving grace of the film, a very young Susan St. James proves very attractive, and several supporting performances (including Binnie Barnes) are quite engaging--but they cannot overcome this film's many inadequacies. Miss it.

Pan and scan attrocity
This is one of my favorite movies of all time, and I anxiously awaited its release on DVD. It looks like I will have to wait a while longer until they decide to give us the movie the way it was meant to be seen....in widescreen.

Come on Columbia Home Video, do justice to this and its sister movie "The Trouble With Angels" and release them in "widescreen"!!!! These are such great, vastly underrated movies, it appears even Columbia doesn't think enough of them that they would give them this shabby treatment.

If you get a chance to see them (on Turner Classics), they are WONDERFUL movies....but wait to buy the DVD. Don't buy into these pan and scan attrocities that the movie companies seem determined to thrust upon us.

Sequel lacks the charm of the first movie
I recently acquired a copy of "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows." Being a fan of "The Trouble with Angels," I was intrigued by the notion that someone had made a thitherto-unknown-to-me sequel to it; however, watching it was a disappointing experience to say the least. Rosalind Russell reprises her role as Mother Superior, and--in contrast with the first movie--is easily the most sympathetic character in the film. The activist nun, Sister George (played by Stella Stevens), comes off as a caustic, spoiled little brat, as does Susan St. James's Rosabelle character. Marvel Ann (again played by Barbara Hunter) inspires less antipathy this time around, but only because she was such a curmudgeon in the first movie. Finally, the bit players brought in to lend the film more star power (e.g., Arthur Godfrey, Van Johnson, and Milton Berle) are given painfully stupid roles.

Thus there are no memorable characters, and the basic premise of the movie--the St. Francis girls' hitting the road to participate in a youth rally of some kind--is eminently forgettable. Even the theme song, penned by Boyce and Hart and sung poorly by other people, is extremely annoying.

I will say, however, that it's interesting to see what Hollywood thought was "hip" or "with it" in 1968. The film definitely has historical intrigue from that standpoint.

Now How About a Widescreen DVD?
Wear Angels Go Trouble Follows may not as good as The Trouble with Angels but I do think it's a good movie and I enjoyed it and thought Rosalind Russell and Stella Stevens were really good though I wish Hayley Mills and the actress who played her friend were in this too reprising their rolls from the first movie. I would like to own this and also The Trouble with Angels on DVD but I don't want to buy edited pan and scan DVDs, I will just wait until widescreen DVDs are released and until than I will just tape the movies from that classic movie network that shows them in widescreen.

Pan & Scan DVD - how disappointing!
Rosalind Russell is without doubt my favourite actress. What a versatile performer and genuinely good person she was. Roz appeared in many great films (she made 51 films in total), of which only a handful is available on DVD. These include "Auntie Mame", "His Girl Friday" and "Picnic". So, when the release of this delightful film and the film of which this is the sequel, "The Trouble With Angels", was announced as coming soon on DVD I was ecstatic. Coming from Columbia Home Video (who released both "Picnic" and "His Girl Friday") I expected the very best in preparation and presentation.
What a disappointment to learn that both films are to be released in pan and scan versions only. My question is...WHY??? In this day and age where widescreen televisions are so popular and where we have come to expect fully restored versions with plenty of bonus features on DVD Columbia offers what is essentially only part of each film. And, at full price! Additionally, "The Trouble With Angels" is regularly shown on cable TV in a widescreen print so one is available! Roz deserves much better!
I for one will not be purchasing this release. My advice: don't buy only part of this film. Columbia Home Video, if you read this review, do right by Roz and release both these films in their entirety! ... Read more

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Welch at her sexy best
Raquel is a go-go dancer in Vegas who runs for her life when a disgruntled husband of a co-worker blames HER for his bad marriage! Ingenious use of locations from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in a stark, engrossing thriller with nice support from the underrated James Stacy as a nice guy who gets involved. As for Welch: she's over-the-top in a movie that requires it. Sexy, smoky, occasionally hysterical. Get this one while it lasts(word has it that it's already fallen out of print). ... Read more

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RE: An Unlocked Window
To Beverly Ann Cameron, who wanted to know how to get the episode
called "An Unlocked Window".

I saw it as a child and remembered it vividly after many years. It is indeed scary. I purchased a copy recently from a internet video site called Finders Keepers, http://www.finderskeepersvideos.com

Click on the retro-tv button to find the listing. They have both
DVD and VHS. It's well worth having.

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Great Series....
To Beverly Ann Cameron who requested info. about the Alfred Hitchcock Hour featuring a nurse named Stella and a "nurse murderer" on the loose. I saw this when I was 12 and it scared the pants off me! It's called "The Unlocked Window". I am trying to find out how to get a copy, too. I saw a section of it on a PBS station a couple years ago....it was STILL scary and very intriguing. Anyone else know where they sell the whole anthology of the Alfred H. hour? The episodes contained on this video are all excellent, but the "Unlocked Window"...along with another spooky episode called "The Jar" are gems. Please pass along any info. on where to order the whole Hick TV series. Thank You.

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Open Window - Episode
Does anyone have the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, I think it was titled "Open Window"? The main charter was a nurse named Stella who took care of an invalid. Nurses were being murdered. The episode showed an open window thus the murder was able to gain access to the house. What is the name of that episode? How can I get it?

get now
Alfred Hitchcock{psyco,rear window,the birds}famous hollywood director came in 1955 to host and direct Alfred Hitchcock presents. In truth Hitchcock only directed 20 of the original episodes.The show ran on cbs from 1955 to 1960 and then from 1962 to 1964 and also on nbc from 1960 to 1962 and then from 1964 to 1965 and many future box office stars appeared on the show like Steve Mcqueen, Robert Redford,Judy Canova,Dick Van Dyke,Cloris Leachman,Peter Fonda,Gena Rowlands,Brian Keith and Charles Bronson and also as a director was Robert Altman{M*A*S*H,Nashville} the opening would show Alfred Hitchcocks silhouette would play the funeral march of a marrionette and Hitchcock would say gooooood eeevening. the shows best episodes were in the 50s on nbc in 1964 from a half-hour to an hour was called the Alfred Hitchcock hour and was one of the best shows of the 50s.

Nice Assortment Of Hitchcock Tales
This "GoodTimes Home Video" release contains four fine episodes of Alfred Hitchcock's 1950s television series, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". .......

"The Horseplayer" (with Claude Rains).

"Man From The South" (featuring Steve McQueen and a subtly ghoulish Peter Lorre, who appears more than willing to use that chopping knife he's holding above the hand of a nervous McQueen).

"Mrs. Bixby And The Colonel's Coat" (with Audrey Meadows starring).

"A Dip In The Pool" (Keenan Wynn).

I enjoyed all of these programs, with the Lorre/McQueen outing being the standout.

This VHS video is a good addition to anyone's Hitchcock Collection. ... Read more

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"The Worst of Shirley Temple"
This video contains practically nothing! I personally own this video (I received it as a birthday present) and personally hate it. The back cover is very dishonest because it says clips and inside features from Shirley Temple's first wedding-the clips are only 40 seconds. The video also contains "Pardon my Pups" and "Kid in Africa"-I have these films or shorts on tons of other Shirley videos. Don't waste your money!

You'll have to see it to believe it.
I don't quite know how to explain this video. It has three featurettes, two Baby Burlesks and a glimpse of Shirley Temple Black's wedding. The Baby Burlesks are--well, to a person who doesn't know what they're in for, it can be pretty harsh. I mean, it's cute, but strange that they would let toddlers do these things. They're take-offs of movies of the 1930s. I guess you would have to be from that time to really understand everything and get the jokes, but I guess it's kinda scary because I read that the Baby Burlesks producers didn't pay the children as much as they had promised and were cruel to them and had many dangerous scenes which the parents couldn't know about! I don't know this is true, but if it is, I don't really enjoy watching these shorts. I rates it only 1 star. The stories, I'm sorry to say after all the negative things I've said that the stories aren't very good. So if you want to buy this movie, you'd better be ready and armed.

In this movie there are a lot of cute scenes .
The main actress is in this movie is really cute and their are a lot of funny and cute scenes. ... Read more

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Two Good Episodes: Focus on Motivation not Action
In WORLD'S END and NEMESIS, both from the start of season two, directors Robert Butler and Jerry Hopper continue the high quality of scripting and plotting that came to characterize the first season. Since the audience was both large and loyal, the scripters thankfully did not feel the need to jazz up their scripts with ideas that abandoned strong character development and frequent use of Kimble's past. Suzanne Pleshette, who plays Ellie Burnett in WORLD'S END, is one of Kimble's most memorable leading romantic interests. Off screen, they were carrying on a real life relation and that chemistry showed. Miss Pleshette was also used successfully in another episode, ALL THE SCARED RABBITS. The booming voice of narrator William Conrad, besides being used to repeat the most famous example of a run on sentence in literary history that began each episode, also narrated prepared introductions that provided useful information. Conrad tells the viewer that Kimble is reading from his hometown newspaper and sees in the classifieds: 'Personal to R. K. Have information, regarding September 17th. Phone me at home. Urgent. E. B.' Unfortunately for Kimble, Lieutenant Gerard reads the Stafford Sentinel too and guesses correctly who 'RK' and 'EB' are. Burnette has long loved Kimble and will do anything to be with him. She has information about the one-armed man that disheartens Kimble--the one-armed man is dead, thus opening the way for Kimble to cease looking for him and perhaps settle down permanently somewhere with her. At the last moment, she receives word that her information was in error. The one-armed man yet lives. The dramatic focus is on Gerard's tailing Burnett to catch Kimble and on whether she will hide the error and keep Kimble or tell the truth and lose him to further searches. This episode is a fine one in that it explores the ethical limits that a woman will go to keep a man. Plus the aura of Gerard in the background generates further suspense.
NEMESIS is another superb episode because it contains a number of themes that enrich the complexity of the relation between pursued and pursuer. The focus is mostly on Gerard and his son. The audience has seen Gerard mostly as a monomaniacal hunter of Kimble. He seems to live and breathe his job to catch the fugitive. But this total involvement comes with a price. Every day that he is on the road chasing Kimble is one day less that he has for himself and his family. NEMESIS shows Gerard in one of his rare days of relaxation with his son as they go on a camping trip. The boy, well-played by Kurt Russell, likes his dad and looks forward to spending time with him. By coincidence, Kimble is working near where Gerard plans to camp. When a local cop notifies Gerard that Kimble is in the area, Gerard is seen as having to make a choice that he must make often in future episodes. He must sacrifice his family for his duty. He does so here, and asks the cop's wife to mind the boy for the duration of the hunt. A plot complication is the boy's decision to hide out in the sheriff's car which Kimble steals to escape. Thus Gerard's son, Phil Jr., is an unwitting hostage. When his father finds out where his boy is, he reveals a side of his personality that he tries hard to suppress, that Kimble may not be guilty of murder after all. Gerard does not show concern that Kimble might harm his son. He tells the sheriff: 'He'll feed the boy.' Phil Jr. tries to help his father by leaving clues as to his whereabouts. Kimble again shows his inner goodness by helping Phil Jr recover from an injury even at the risk of recapture.
This episode and its companion are well-written and show aspects of the universe of Kimble and Gerard that immeasurably enhance the pleasure of their watching.

The Fugitive finally gets his man!
I had seen this episode years ago when I was a kid. I remember everyone was so anxious for the conclusion the following week. I had looked for this episode for years, I was finally able to find it on Amazon.com. Anyone who ever enjoyed "The Fugitive", absolutly must have this. I only wish it was available on DVD.

Great Volume Of A Great Series!
These two episodes of David Janssen's 1963-1967 Classic TV drama, "The Fugitive", are both favorites of mine! The best episodes are the ones that feature that relentless of all police detectives, Lt. Philip Gerard (Barry Morse)! And both of these classics contain Gerard in all his chasing splendor.

Two fine guest-star appearances are on tap here as well. .........
In "Nemesis", a very young Kurt Russell is featured as Phil Gerard, Jr. (Kurt also appears in another Fugitive episode later in the series, but NOT as Lt. Gerard's son). Kurt is very good in "Nemesis", as he accidentally stumbles upon his dad's #1 prey. Slim Pickens also guest stars in this program. It's another one of the many stellar cat-and-mouse episodes in this series, with Gerard hot on the trail of Dr. Kimble, only to have him slip through the dragnet at the very end! It's implausible, indeed, when you stop and think about it, that Kimble could evade capture time and time again during the course of this series' 4-year run [especially considering such a shrewd pursuer as Gerard is chasing him]. But, heck, it's fun anyway! And, obviously, if he's captured, the series is over! So Kimble must elude the authorities each week.

The beautiful Suzanne Pleshette stars with Janssen in this volume's second offering, "World's End". Suzanne, like Russell, also was featured in other episodes of the series (at least 1 that I can think of), but not as the same character.

There's 98 minutes of chases and thrills on this VHS cassette, and you'll also get to see the episode previews (or "trailers") that were shown before the main titles on each show.

Richard Kimble vs. LT Gerard In Two Episodes Of TV Classic
This tape contains two episodes of the classic 1960s drama starring David Janssen and Barry Morse. Nemesis originally aired in October of 1964 while World's End aired in 1965.

Nemesis is the more fascinating of the two episodes. While driving his son Phil Jr. (Kurt Russell) on a camping trip, LT Gerard learns that Kimble is in the area. He leaves Junior with the wife of Sheriff Deebold, but the youngster hides in their car as they close on The Fugitive. Kimble steals the car - and is shocked to find the son of his enemy in his presence.

Junior does all he can to leave clues to Kimble's whereabouts - he leaves a trail of football cards (Kimble confiscates the cards, then mails them back at the end), he lights a campfire, then leaves a sweater folded into an arrow delineating their direction (Gerard Sr. notes that "Phil never folded a sweater that neatly before in his life"). Eventually the two fugitives are caught by a local hunter named Corbin (Slim Pickens), but Kimble beats him up and escapes. Junior pursues but steps on a bear trap. Kimble frees him, and Junior's view of The Fugitive changes completely. ... Read more

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Volume Three of a great series
Check out my review of the box set containing Volumes 1 through 4.

Apart from anything else, it includes episode listings for this and the other tapes.

My children love the Rifleman.
Could someone please tell us which episodes are contained in this volume ... Read more

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Volume One of a great series
Check out my review of the box set containing Volumes 1 through 4 of this series.

Apart from anything else, it lists the episodes included on this and the other tapes.

My children love the Rifleman.
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THE RIFLEMAN VOLUME 4
VIDEO ANNOTATION The video includes five episodes: "Man From Salinas" starring Robert Culp, "The Vaqueros" starring Sammy Davis Jr., "The Deadly Image" and "Waste Parts One and Two" starring Vito Scotti and Enid Jaynes. Total Running time 140 minutes

The Rifle Man
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Never Wave Goodbye: Among the Best of the Fugitive
During the four year run of THE FUGITIVE, there were two kinds of episodes that stood out as exceptional: the kind that dealt with Kimble's past and the trial (like LANDSCAPE WITH RUNNING FIGURES and THE GIRL FROM LITTLE EGYPT) and those that developed Kimble's relation with another character, usually a romantic interest, so that the inevitable pain on parting is seen as the price he had to pay to maintain his freedom. NEVER WAVE GOODBYE is an example of the latter type, not only because of the terrific chemistry between David Janssen and his love interest Susan Oliver, but also because of the almost unbearable suspense generated by the oh-so-close chase scenes of Lieutenant Gerard.
Kimble as Jeff Cooper is hiding out in Santa Barbara, California, as a sailmaker. He has been on the run for only several months, but he is already fatigued, both physically and emotionally. This two part episode is the fourth entry in the series and in each of the first three, Kimble has had fleeting relations with Vera Miles (FEAR IN A DESERT CITY), Patricia Crowley (THE WITCH), and Sandy Dennis (THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN). With all three women, Kimble has learned the dangers of permitting love to cloud his judgment. Yet he yearns for more than superficiality. Now with Karen, played convincingly by the lovely Susan Oliver, Kimble can reassess the cost versus benefit of staying. At first, he tells her that he will leave, but he changes his mind, partly because of his love for her, and partly because he has seen a newspaper article about the arrest of a one-armed man in Los Angeles, and he is determined to see if this is the same man who killed his wife. Gerard, too,has seen this article and correctly guesses that Kimble will go to the jail to see this man. Kimble does only to find out that this is the wrong man. Gerard spots him in the jail, but Kimble manages to escape. It is at this point that Kimble tries reverse psychology on Gerard. Kimble assumes that Gerard will think that he would leave the scene after having been identified, and so Kimble decides to stay. Unfortunately for Kimble, Gerard is smarter than that and decides to stay to search for him. And search he does. Gerard locates the sailmaking store where Kimble works, but Kimble and Karen escape in a rowboat with Gerard pursuing in a dinghy. Gerard's dinghy crashes on the beach and he would have drowned had not Kimble saved his life. Kimble tells Karen that despite his love for her, he is now sure that he must resume his search for the one-armed man. This episode is one of the best of the series. The viewer can see the weariness vanish from Kimble's mind as he allows himself the very temporary luxury of the good life with the woman he now loves. There is also the personal confrontation at the end when Gerard is still weak from his near death and tells Kimble, 'Give yourself up. I'll always be one step behind you.' The audience can sense that this cat-and-mouse game that had so believably been enacted on the screen must be re-enacted in the future. The chemistry between Janssen and Oliver was so intense that when the finale of the series was aired four years later, I hoped that it would be Susan Oliver who would wind up as Kimble's permanent partner. It wasn't but NEVER WAVE GOODBYE captures for a brief time the barest suggestion of what it must have been like for the Good Man to have to walk the fine line between having a semblance of a normal life and having the freedom to seek to regain that life.

Richard Kimble And Friend Go All Out To Escape Gerard
Never Wave Goodbye is the fourth story of The Fugitive TV series, and is one of the best, combining gut-wrenching emotion with some exciting action.

Kimble now works as a sailmaker in San Diego. Susan Oliver plays Kimble's girlfriend Karen, and Will Kuluva is her uncle, who knows Karen is in love with Kimble and wants him to marry her - much to the consternation of a rival sailmaker (Robert Duvall).

LT Gerard learns of the arrest of a one-armed perp in LA and wants to interrogate the man, believing it will help bring out Kimble. His superior, Captain Ed Carpenter, is reluctant to let Gerard go off like this, disturbed as he is by the lieutenant's obsession.

But Gerard gets his wish and flies out to LA, just as Kimble learns of the man's arrest. He travels to the LA jail and finds he is not the one-armed man who killed his wife. But as he leaves, Kimble stumbles into Gerard, and a chase ensues. Karen helps Kimble escape, but he has to leave.

Or does he? Unable to abandon the woman who so loves him, Kimble decides he and she should fake their own deaths in a sailing accident. Perhaps then they can share the life together they both so desperately want.

It is often painful to see the effort Kimble and Karen undertake to fake their own deaths. It truly draws the audience into loving these characters and hating Gerard - all the right requisites for superb storytelling. ... Read more

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A butler with a THEME SONG!
A series of extremely funny accidents take a butler, a boy and an independent young woman off to California for the gold rush.
They keep getting rich, and then losing it.
The whole movie is full of wonderful quotes that make you want to repeat them at random moments:
"Oh. Well, now I shall be forced to trounce the scoundrel!"

It's just an unwilling hero story, but so well done that you will always remember it. And who could pass up a butler with a theme song?

Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
One of the best Disney movies ever! A wonderful combination of great actors, a really good story, action and humor.

The best movie I ever saw!
I wished this video was in theatres again, or on television. It is the best western Disney ever made. ... Read more

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Johnny Shiloh
I always loved this movie as a child. It was one of my favoirte. ... Read more

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Is cutting off picture information "Family friendly"?
Oh, Disney! Disney! Why do you stab me in the heart so often?
This company seems to think that avoiding black little bars at the top and bottom of 4:3 television screens makes families happy and content. Why not consider us grownups instead, who are very saddened indeed to watch movies like this with the sides cut off?
Besides, what child or teenager today would tolerate viewing this movie anyhow, cropped or in letterbox format? This is definitely a film for people BORN in the fifties and sixties. Yes, it's overlong! Yes, it's corny a lot of the time! Yes, it's often dull and even boring! And yes, I still enjoy it for all its faults! But I would be ten times happier if Disney had given me this film on DVD in the correct aspect ratio of 1.78:1 - with anamorphic enhancement, of course! WHEN WILL THEY LEARN?

DVD vs VHS
I have been familiar with this film since I worked for Disney in 16mm film distribution in the 1970s. I started at Disney after just coming back from Europe, so the French settings were nice to revisit.

I am very familiar with the various negatives of this film. I agree with several reviewers that a DVD should contain the best possible picture and sound element. It should also present the film in its original, projected aspect ratio, which for BON VOYAGE was 1:85.1 (Academy 'flat') which gives the film a slight, rectangular image. However, full frame, 4 by 3 transfers of 1:85x1 pictures are not necessarily all that bad. You loose a little picture on the sides, but not really that much. Some work could have been done on color correcting, although the DVD's 'look' exactly matches the projected film.

I also agree that a few 'extras' would have been nice, even just the theatrical trailer. Walt Disney filmed 'everything' to do with his studio's product, so there must be a good amount of 'extras' for BON VOYAGE in the Disney film vaults. Why aren't they included?

Anyway, it's still nice to have this some-what overlong film back on the market. I grabbed a copy at BestBuy as soon as I spotted it. I have always felt that it was about 20 minutes too long, and that it incorporated two scenes (Fred McMurray and the French prostitute in Paris, and the attempted extortion of son Elliot on the Riviera) that should not have been in the script. The film might have done better with its intended audience. Tommy Kirk's performance as Elliot, however, is a treasure; he was a very polished actor, and gave wonderful comic relief it wasn't 'mugging' but was built solely out of his character.

Look for one mistake the original director made, and it's in the original negative, although it shouldn't have been included. When McMurray punches the Casanova in the casino at the film's end, immediately go frame by frame for a few seconds and you can see the sound stage floor, complete with ladders for the cameras, and even some of the crew in the background.

Some of the scenes bettween McMurray and James Callan (father to young suitor) still resonate even in today's society. And McMurray lost in the Paris sewers is still very funny.

THey ruined BOn VOyage!
I would like to quote a previous reviewer

"No wonder the company is about to be taken over and broken up -- DVD was introduced to be an alternative to video, to offer more than video: better picture, more extras, and most importantly, more picture. Letterboxing. Widescreen. The complete image. So what does Disney do? They take some of their most beloved live-action films such as this one, and dump it on DVD in full-frame editions. What is the point of that? Who isn't used to widescreen DVDs yet? Why should I waste my money replacing my old Disney videos with the same crappy full screen image as before? Disney just doesn't get it, and their sales show it. Quote From Viewer From New York"

I just watched it for the first time I bought it when it came out but didn't watch until today. In fact I am watching the DVD as I right htis review. I agree with you completely. The best part about it were the menus.

DISNEY DOESN'T GET IT!!!!!!
No wonder the company is about to be taken over and broken up -- DVD was introduced to be an alternative to video, to offer more than video: better picture, more extras, and most importantly, more picture. Letterboxing. Widescreen. The complete image. So what does Disney do? They take some of their most beloved live-action films such as this one, and dump it on DVD in full-frame editions. What is the point of that? Who isn't used to widescreen DVDs yet? Why should I waste my money replacing my old Disney videos with the same crappy full screen image as before? Disney just doesn't get it, and their sales show it.

BON VOYAGE!
I just ordered my dVD today from amazon.com

I have a VHS of it that I bought when it came out in 1986 but I was so anxious for this dVD to come out.

I wish that there were going to be special features on it but I bought it anyways.

Harry Willard(Fred MacMurray) and his wife Katie (Jane Wyman) go on a sea voyage to beautiful France with their 3 children. Amy (Deborah Walley) Elliot (Tommy Kirk) and Skipper(Kevin Corcoran). Amy is dead happy about the trip, Elliot couldn't care less, and Skipper is just happy anyplace. This movie starts out @ the Shipping Office in New York City. Where Amy runs into Playboy Nicholas O'Marra (Michael Callan) well they set sail on the classic ship S.S. Pacific ? I can't remember the exact name. And they have a lot of adventures on the boat. WHen they get to Paris they first go to the Eifel Tower. But Amy runs into Nick and that fumes Harry because He can't stand Nick. Well the movie rolls along and it has a lot of funny scenes. Like when Harry gets lost in the Sewer System of Paris. And when Harry meets the Lady with the mustache (ooh what a disgusting occurance). This movie ends when Harry punches the evil Rudolph for making advances to his wife in a Casino in the French Riviera. Watch for the grand theme song. Which is my favorite part of the movie.

I have been waiting for years for this movie to come out on DVD. ... Read more

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Enter Mark Twain was EXCELLENT
I can only describe this video as excellent in every way! ... Read more