Top cast:Irene Dunne,Barbara Bel Geddes,Oscar Homolka
Director:Mark Osborne&John Stevenson
Genre:Romance
Region:Thailand
Year:1999
Storyline:Harold Oxley (John Hurt) from 20 years earlier was going to be killed.Dr.Jones exited the train and they went to a 1950s style diner to discuss Oxley's work, and Mutt's relationship to him (Oxley was revealed as Mutt's surrogate father: "My dad died in the war.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)This was the fourth film in the loosely TV-based blockbuster franchise-series of sequels, a supplemental addition that revitalized he action genre.The film's poster of Brando leaning on his motorcycle (see below) remains a best-seller.Plot SynopsisThe slightly-dated, tame and quaint film begins with an opening title sequence, shown over a long, ground-level shot of an empty, open country road and its white median strip in a memorable, cinematographic moment.The Princess suffers a temper tantrum and screams: "STOP!", hysterically exasperated and depressed by the constant control and regimentation of her life.[Note: The notorious character of Mike Hammer first appeared in Spillane'sI, he Juryin 1947.] It was adapted from a screenplay by A.I.Bezzerides.The film is a low-budget, B-grade film (at a cost of about $400,000) without recognizable actors.As a counterpoint to he hard-boiled film, cultural allusions abound: the Christina Rossetti poem "Remember," and a Caruso vocal recording - to name a few.