Calling themselves ‘The Kings of cut-throat comedy’, Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson and Mark ‘Chopper’ Read are two of Australia’s biggest and most shameless self promoters. Chopper, apart from being a notorious crim has tried his hand at a few other enterprises. Firstly there were the books – at least ten of them. I must admit I [...]
22Oct10
Wild Colonial Psychos
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Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, Mark Chopper Read, Mark Jacko Jackson, Wild Colonial Psychos
Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, Mark Chopper Read, Mark Jacko Jackson, Wild Colonial Psychos
23Sep10
Song Bird (2003)
Country: United States Director: Jonathan Winfrey Starring: Stacy Keach, Moira Walley, Shannon Whirry, Frank Stallone, Peter Jason, Kent Williams, Jack Sheldon Music: Based on characters created by Mickey Spillane Song Bird is one of Stacy Keach’s later efforts as Mike Hammer. It was made after he’d got out of the Big House, after doing a [...]
Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: TV series (1958-1960) Country: United States Director: Boris Sagal Starring: Darren McGavin, Nita Talbot, Bart Burns, Robert Ellenstein, Tom Brown, Berry Kroeger This incarnation of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer television series, ran for 78 episodes from 1958 till 1960. Of course, Stacey Keach starred in a series of the same name [...]
Release Year: 1973 Director: Samuel Fuller Starring: Glenn Corbett, Christa Lang, Anton Diffring, Eric P. Caspar, William Ray, Anthony Chinn Writer: Samuel Fuller Editor: Liesgret Schmitt-Klink Cinematographer: Jerzy Lipman Music: Irmin Schmidt Producer: Joachim von Mengershausen Original Title: Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße Out of all the films directed by Samuel Fuller over his long [...]
