I Deal in Danger

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I Deal in Danger

This film is based on a 1960s TV series (Blue Light), and it shows. The movie (and its music) had a real "TV" feel, meaning that at times it felt kind of cheesy. For example, the big props in the underground scene looked like they were slapped together with plastic and glue (because they were). Then the American kills a man by putting his neck in an arm-lock for five seconds. And the main characters spoke of their plans in loud voices with the enemy just a few feet away. However, the movie as a whole wasn't too bad - it's still worth a watch. The one thing missing was the hundreds of starving forced-laborers, who in reality would have been working in the subterranean facility.

This is really just an FYI that this 1966 American spy "film" is actually a compilation of the first four ~25' episodes of a total of seventeen of the on-season series, "Blue Light, that aired on ABC-TV from January 12 to May 18, 1966: 101, Jan. 12, 1966, The Last Man 102, Jan. 19, 1966 Target, David March 103, Jan. 26, 1966 The Fortress Below 104, Feb. 02, 1966 The Weapon Within The negative critics really offer no legitimate criticism in view of how FAR worse much of today's stuff is.

This newly released "compilation" of the 60's show "Blue Light" is well worth a look if you grew up on 60's TV like I did. Combat, Rat Patrol, 12 o'clock high, if you loved those shows you'll enjoy this film/series. Robert Goulet was a singer in the mold of Michael Bolton in the 60's (along with his annoying wife Carol Lawrence) when they put him in this show. Surprisingly he is the best part of it. He's suave, and tough, and believable,(think Pierce Brosnon in the Bond films) and it's hard to figure out why he didn't take off in TV/Movies after this short lived show. It's obvious the producers were trying to capitalize on the Bond craze at the time when they made this series and maybe it just got lost in the shuffle. The story is pretty good; the production values not bad for 60's TV; and if they made more episodes I'd want to see them. Check this film out. 50kmwalk