It opens pretty funny, and continues with that weird 1970s off-beat comedy vibe. Actually, I could see the Coens remake this; desert Southwest, trailer houses, black comedy. Of course it is nowhere near that quality as it is, but it is fun. The director only did a couple things and they seem to be made-for-TV stuff.
A "poultry engineer" got a mail-order license to be a private detective. He lives in a town of about 120 people. However, someone comes…
The inspiring story of a small English town when the Germans send in troops dressed as British soldiers. The town goes into guerrilla mode and there are losses on both sides before they finally get word out. A very tense show.
What a waste of a great idea. If you decide to watch this, you can skip the first half-hour as all that happens is he's a photographer and something of a jerk. Finally, half-hour in he takes the photos that play in the plot. Then a bunch of nothing happens, then finally he develops the film and it's a great scene as he figures out just what he took pictures of. At 1 hour 34 minutes, we get to see The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. 1/2 star for the "blow-up" scene, and one star for The Yardbirds.
How can a movie I've watched for 30 years, every year, multiple times some years, how can a movie like that still cause me to tear up at the end? I know what happens, I've seen it before. That, my friends, is quality film making.
