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Venom (1971) - Italian Poster

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Man in a Suitcase: Variation on a Million Bucks - Part Two (1.5, ITC, 1967)

"So, money and women make fools of us all. Which is making an idiot of you, Mr. McGill?"

"Both."

"Then you are twice damned."

#man in a suitcase #blood tw #variation on a million bucks #itc #classic tv #1967 #stanley r. greenberg #robert tronson #richard bradford #ron randell #yôko tani #anton rodgers #norman rossington #gay hamilton #harry landis #warren stanhope #jeremy wilkin #simon brent #harry tardios #ricardo montez #a neat wrap up to probably McGill's biggest adventure. of all the two parters ITC tried out in the late 60s with an eye to editing for #cinema release‚ i think this is perhaps the most successful. it does suffer bc of the revised transmission order‚ like part 1: US #intelligence explicitly know that McGill is innocent of the treachery he was accused of 6 years previously‚ something which will only be #revealed as a twist at the end of the next episode (in fact the pilot). I'd forgotten how downbeat the series could be‚ marking it out as a #real change in style and tone from ITC's previous fare; McGill rarely wins‚ and isn't always the most likeable lead. notably this ep #touches briefly on bigger themes about greed and the value of money‚ as well as obsession and mortality. it's also another fairly bloody ep #with McGill getting stabbed before act 1 is even over. also of note is McGill's killing of a man in the ep's conclusion; where The Saint #and others brush over this kind of standard violence for adventure tv‚ it's treated here as a serious issue with potential fallout that's #only avoided bc of the interference of the US government (likewise McGill seems to treat it more somberly than Simon Templar or such would)#a rare straight role for sitcom stalwart Norman Rossington as the corrupt ship's captain who smuggles McG into Lisbon

The Legend of Spider Forest aka Venom (1971) Italian Poster

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VENOM

Alternative title: The Legend of Spider Forest

"They say I'm dangerous.

If anyone touches me, the

spiders come. Does that

frighten you?"

Neda Arneric in Peter Sykes's Venom (1971)

Somewhere in the middle of a convoluted story of Nazi scientists and stolen paintings is the tale of a feral girl in a forest who believes she's cursed - any man who touches her will be set upon by incredibly venomous spiders and killed instantly.

As such, whenever she gets close to anyone they die a horrible death, which has caused her to adopt an increasingly outcast life that strengthens the superstitious feelings of the local townspeople.

Like a female version of Martin, she has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, preferring to die with her mad doctor father in a laboratory fire than to escape with the chance of a normal life.

This is the debut feature (if you don't count the hour-long psychedelic satire The Committee) of Peter Sykes, who subsequently made Demons of the Mind and To The Devil a Daughter.

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Fragment - Norman J. Warren - 1965

Maureen Roche, Simon Brent

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