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deavor. Astaire, the film's during testing. Tt
one true cinema legend, topples into the s?
gives a performance that in ^^2*1 ai
seems a doddering mercury^ipped n,
duplication of Stan Laurel? two-bit hood and t
thin, smiling, malleable but S P"rcha!
enduring. Melvyn Douglas,. ..A. happe
who died in October, is i 2!11 L11
visibly ill in the film, which anc* ^ere ?re 320
makes his presence all the sex unraveling the
more poignant. ' ev^ . . . . ,
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s The actual job O
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momentum it deserved. A turn?d free-lance
shame, because in his few employee, O Hara
good parts he was a perfect former employ
blend of elegant charmster
and foolhardy rogue. Of the i
four, his is the smallest Dart. UltJIlI I
Patricia Neal is wasted; two most vicio
tiny scenes give her hardly
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the audience, much less vporc 9 9
develop a character. J 1 s
The film is deeply flawed. ? : ??
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characters are ill-conceived world s most da
(for example, the convict Alm?st "othir
bum who inhabits the Chameleon. He app
haunted house). But the final ^nows hls tr]
result is an even balance of ^
weaknesses and strengths: e aid of a beai
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fit while the plot is a bit too nicknamed Magici
loose; the sex scenes are paced as the trio
unnecessary while the gore gathering informa
is essential. And the in- encountering all s<
dm tended effect? that tingling . ? ~? n0* wa?t
elation we all feel when m!?r!?n'
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a ? a victim of sabotage. ^ is only Diehl's sec
lother assassin shoots a the widely acclain
sedle into the neck of a recently made into
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an. The action is fast- best-sellers with th
dash around the world that made Trevaniz
tion on Chameleon and pleasure to read.
arts of dangerous types
them to complete their With the semester
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