Derek and I give each film it’s time in the sun, digging
into the cast and crew with special attention paid to the various science fiction
and monster films they were involved with during their careers. We make note of
the actor’s most famous roles and speak with envy about the lucky marital
situations of a few key players. Since Richard Denning is a lead actor in both films,
we spend a good deal of time looking at his characters and his long career. I
had completely forgotten he was a regular on Hawaii 5-0! There is a discussion
of both film’s modeling of masculinity for the younger audience members and the
question of how these westerns often reflected the times they were made in
rather than the times they depict. We muse on the ways in which we might have
wished the stories had gone as well as the possible individual scenes that may
have been shot but discarded to meet that short running time. We have a pretty
good time examining these rarely talked about movies and we think you’ll enjoy
the show. I even throw in a Roy Orbison song when our conversation rambles too
far off-track.
If you have any comments about William Castle or westerns in
general thebloodypit@gmail.com is the
email address. I can also be reached on the Bloody Pit FaceBook page and Derek
can be found over on Monster Kid Radio every week. That man is so consistent it
puts me to shame! Thanks for listening.
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