Directed by Steven Hillard Stern
Written by Mickey Rose
Starring Bob Dishy, Joanna Barnes, Bill Dana, Harvey Jason, Severn Darden, Vito Scotti
I actually watched this one a while back, but have not
bothered with a review. At first I think I was overwhelmed, but now I think I
might have been underwhelmed.
Basic plot is that Jordan Oliver (Bob Dishy) has embezzled
money from his father’s company. His wife Clarice (Joanna Barnes) is leaving
him because he is worthless so he takes out an insurance policy and has a
contract to have her killed.
Then he realizes he can’t go through with it and tracks down
the hired gun. Unfortunately, the hitman hired another guy because he didn’t
need all the money.
This happens several times and eventually, Jordan is on his way to Las Vegas with an entourage of bizarre and
weird characters to stop the murder.
I don’t know. This should have been funny. The director has
done good work like ROLLING VENGEANCE, a personal favorite, but this is just
lifeless. The writer is a veteran of some pretty good television from the
Golden Age and everything just falls flat. The whole thing has a poverty row
version of IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD and seems grimy and worthless.
It was fun to spot all the people I have seen in television
and movies over the decades, I just wish it had been in a better movie.
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