tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post6238500385881590866..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Fear on Trial (1975)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-83918739675063645382017-05-22T13:19:19.475-07:002017-05-22T13:19:19.475-07:00And Laurence Olivier wound up giving some embarras...And Laurence Olivier wound up giving some embarrassing performances and selling cameras on TV. Some great actors can still wind up with deeply flawed bodies of work. Orson Welles did voice work for an early Transformers movie. No, I'll stand by Devane.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984112497088619496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-61716290884209288652017-05-22T09:48:24.536-07:002017-05-22T09:48:24.536-07:00William Blake Hall Yes, I'll admit Devane has...William Blake Hall Yes, I'll admit Devane has given some great performances in his career but there is a reason he ended up on Knots Landing in the 80's. Besides, he's a commercial pitchman selling gold for crying out loud.greg6363https://www.blogger.com/profile/01333310434804458515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-8089431968494844262017-05-21T14:22:36.703-07:002017-05-21T14:22:36.703-07:00Faulk himself got enough mileage out of this to be...Faulk himself got enough mileage out of this to become a regular on the popular syndicated version of HEE HAW that same year, sort of replacing the late Stringbean. The latter had been murdered in 1973 but the way the show was shot, he continued to appear for some time after that. Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-9264576332773147752017-05-21T11:47:29.989-07:002017-05-21T11:47:29.989-07:00In your cast callout, you didn't mention John ...In your cast callout, you didn't mention John Harkins, who played Vincent Hartnett.<br />Harkins, who passed on a few years back, was one of the best players of officious weasels in movies and TV; a few years before, he appeared in a TV-movie about the Sam Sheppard murder trial, playing the Cleveland coroner whose testimony turned out to be more speculation than science.<br />On the other hand ...<br />The part John Harkins will probably be best remembered for was on a classic <i>Mary Tyler Moore Show</i>: he was the minister at Chuckles the Clown's funeral. His total seriousness as he spoke of Mr. Fe-Fi-Fo and Senor Kaboom made Mary's inability to keep calm all the funnier.<br /><br />Also:<br />Mention should be made of the appearances - as themselves - of David Susskind and Mark Goodson, recreating their testimonies from the trial (the story of the child actress who couldn't be "cleared" is Susskind's).<br /><br />Also also:<br />Playing the presiding judge, Abraham Geller, was that gentleman's real-life son, Bruce Geller - who grew up to create <i>Mission: Impossible</i>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-50489204886286986762017-05-21T09:59:55.240-07:002017-05-21T09:59:55.240-07:00I most definitely need to track this down.I most definitely need to track this down.Eric Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18070340459213325558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-32646430313943926242017-05-21T09:32:58.894-07:002017-05-21T09:32:58.894-07:00Peter, thank you! (Honestly, doesn't Devane h...Peter, thank you! (Honestly, doesn't Devane have one hell of a filmography? The man is a star, pure and simple.) 42 years later and I still have a positive recollection of this. We do well to remember that McCarthyism did not end with Tail Gunner Joe, that others sought to make it their own franchise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984112497088619496noreply@blogger.com