Hot Picks
|
|
|
Star Maidens - Kidnap
episode 5
UK/West Germany 1976
produced by James Gatward, Sylvia Anderson (associate) for Portman Productions
directed by Freddie Francis
starring Judy Geeson, Pierre Brice, Gareth Thomas, Terence Alexander, Derek Farr, Ursula Mellin, Philip Stone, Stanley Lebor, Hedger Wallace
written by John Lucarotti, created by Eric Paice, based on an idea by Jost Graf von Hardenberg, music by Berry Lipman, special effects by Alan Bryce
TV-series Star Maidens
review by Mike Haberfelner
|
|
|
|
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign scientists, led by one Doctor Gregori (Terence Alexander), have
realized the enormous potential the enormous scientific potential of
Fulvia's (Judy Geeson) mind, since she comes from a (female controlled
planet that's centuries ahead of us, scientifically. So, to exploit her
mind for his country, Gregori tries to seduce her with champagne and then
kidnap her - but he gets way too drunk himself to actually go through with
the kidnapping-part of his plan. Anyways, Adam (Pierre Brice), who was her
slave she was (and still) secretly in love with on their home planet
rushes to Fulvia's rescue once he learns another man is trying to seduce
her. Fulvia takes this as proof that Adam actually has some feelings for
her, and when Gregori shows up again at her doorstep, she doesn't throw
him out like she's supposed to but allows him to kidnap her for real this
time and even connect him to a brain duplicating machine, always knowing
Adam will rush to her rescue again - which he sure enough does ... and
once Adam and his friend Shem (Gareth Thomas) have taken her back to her
ship, she forces them aboard at gunpoint - but the ship won't start
because Adam has anticipated this trick and sabotaged the ship. And thus
he and Shem get away from Fulvia to spend at least one more day on earth
... Nothing great maybe, but there are some nice ideas in this
episode. Especially the scenes featuring the clumsy kidnapper are pretty
funny.
|
review © by Mike Haberfelner
|
Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned) |
The links below will take you just there!!!
|
|
|
Thanks for watching !!!
|
|
|
Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
|