![]() ![]() The slickest, swingin’est conman who ever took the world for a ride! Written and directed by veteran TV director Bernard Girard, this one-of-a-kind ‘crime caper art film’ dares to take the entire heist caper genre as a big joke, a joke partly on the audience. The new star picked and chose most of his projects wisely, which resulted in one masterpiece, Theodore J. It would serve him well twenty years later, when physical ailments began to settle in. His golden asset was a deep, resonant voice. Coburn’s huge toothy smile was no longer being compared to that of the horses he rode. Bruce Lee helped him with martial arts scenes, where Coburn would flail his long marionette arms like a madman. He made gangly and angular cool - men envied his long legs. The spectacular spy spoof Our Man Flint then gave him top billing as an unlikely sex symbol.Ĭoburn became a guru of hip for the Vietnam years. The role that pushed him over the edge was likely Arthur Hiller’s The Americanization of Emily. Coburn’s unconventional looks didn’t disqualify him for A-list stardom. He scored in action roles in John Sturges pictures ( The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape) and got attention as a villain in Stanley Donen’s Charade. He was still primarily doing TV work, but every feature supporting role he took enhanced his popularity. With the help of the newly-minted star James Coburn, writer-director Bernard Girard got to make a caper film unlike any other.Īctor Coburn found himself in a Hollywood Catbird Seat around 1965. The fun of the ‘Caper Film’ is seeing all the interlocking pieces of a heist come together and evaluating its credibility … we get to vicariously play master criminal. Starring: James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Nina Wayne, Robert Webber, Todd Armstrong, Michael Strong, Marian Moses, Severn Darden, Rose Marie. Street Date J/ available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Will Coburn’s brand of Cool prevail? The supporting cast mostly stays out of the way: Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Nina Wayne, Robert Webber, Todd Armstrong, Michael Strong, Severn Darden - and even Rose Marie.ġ966 / Color / 1:85 widescreen 1:66 widescreen / 107 min. It’s a low-key, non-violent puzzle picture about a perfect heist, and also a guessing game that skips from San Francisco to Denver to Boston to Los Angeles, all the while hiding an ironic narrative sting in its tail. James Coburn’s starring film career began with projects he deemed ‘far-out’ - and writer-director Bernard Girard promptly hooked him on this eccentric thriller about an infallibly seductive con-man. ![]()
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