What are your favourite Rod films?
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pete-293 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 08:03 AM)
Dark of the Sun (one of my favorites) was shown a month or two ago on Turner Classic Movies. I saw it originally at the theater when it was first released.First time I've seen it in years. The basic premise was similar to The Wild Geese. Mercenaries in Africa on a mission (one to rescue civilians and diamonds the other to rescue a politician)
I thoroughly enjoyed his series "Bearcats"
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pouncemo — 11 years ago(September 29, 2014 06:33 PM)
Top three are:
Hotel
The Glass Bottom Boat
Sunday In New York
Also,
The Time Machine
The V.I.P.s
Fate Is The Hunter
My top three would be Desert Island top 20 (if I ever get stuck on a desert island). I still have a huge crush on Rod. I'll give The Train Robbers and 36 Hours a try per your recommendation! -
Maddyclassicfilms — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 05:56 AM)
My two favorite films of his are
36 Hours and Young Cassidy.
He nails it in both of them.
I haven't seen
Young Cassidy
yet but it's one I'm quite interested in.
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valis1984 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 05:56 AM)
The Birds
,
The Time Machine
and
Zabriskie Point
. Always enjoyed
Hotel
but haven't seen
The Mercenaries
since I was a kid (loved it then).
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hobnob53 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 12:34 PM)
Sorry to break in again, Maddy, but
Hotel
is one of Rod's very best films and best performances. Probably in my top three or so of his films. It's quite exciting, with a good cast, well-acted, and rather wistful in its way. I hope you'll like it.
Like
Dark of the Sun
it's available from Warner Archives, as are several other of Rod's films, such as
Chuka
and
The Liquidator
.
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hobnob53 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 10:13 AM)
My favorites:
World Without End
The Time Machine
The Birds
Fate is the Hunter
36 Hours
Hotel
Dark of the Sun
I could add some more but if I were limited to a "lucky 7" those would be the picks. I'm also not including films like
Giant
, which I like a lot, but in which Rod has only a smallish role. -
hobnob53 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 12:45 PM)
Me again! (But I can always talk about Rod Taylor.) Have you seen
Fate is the Hunter
? Rod's actually the second lead after Glenn Ford but the film works very well, with a great payoff. Ford plays an airline official investigating the cause of the crash of a jet airliner piloted by Rod, his old Army Air Force buddy. Very well done too, and also with a fine sup111cporting cast.
I think someone mentioned the World War II drama
36 Hours
and if you haven't seen that it's one of Taylor's most intriguing roles, as a
German
(!) medical officer behind an elaborate scheme to get the details of D-Day out of a kidnapped American officer (played by the late James Garner). I think Rod steals the show in that one too.
Both are on DVD, but you may have to look a bit.
36 Hours
is out of print but readily available if you look.
Fate
comes from the independent outfit Twilight Time, which releases its discs in limited editions of 3000. The DVD sold out a couple of years ago and copies today are kind of pricey last I saw. There is however a Blu-ray still available.
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Maddyclassicfilms — 11 years ago(January 10, 2015 04:06 AM)
Me again! (But I can always talk about Rod Taylor.) Have you seen Fate is the Hunter? Rod's actually the second lead after Glenn Ford but the film works very well, with a great payoff. Ford plays an airline official investigating the cause of the crash of a jet airliner piloted by Rod, his old Army Air Force buddy. Very well done too, and also with a fine supporting cast.
I think someone mentioned the World War II drama 36 Hours and if you haven't seen that it's one of Taylor's most intriguing roles, as a German (!) medical officer behind an elaborate scheme to get the details of D-Day out of a kidnapped American officer (played by the late James Garner). I think Rod steals the show in that one too.
Yes I've seen both of those films and liked them a lot. Of the two I prefer
36 Hours
, Rod played a very interesting villain and it's a great story.
It is my business to protect your majesty. against all things.