John D. MacDonald's curious sci-fi/fantasy novel about a pocket watch that stops time is given an even more curious treatment with the then-popular Robert Hayes ("Airplane!") and Pam Dawber ("Mork and Mindy") with a southern accent.
Zahra Lampert plays a woman who reminds me of a lot of ladies these days, who automatically assume (without reason) you're going to try something on them. Ed Nelson and Jill Ireland play an unpleasant couple after Hayes' secret (which he doesn't know, himself). Everyone is unpleasant except Maurice Evans ("Planet of the Apes"). It probably will disturb some people because Dawber, coming on at close to the 40 minute mark, basically rapes Hayes' character. But most people who spent the majority of their lives in the 21st century are in a lather about something all the time anyway and find lesser things than that crimes against humanity. I'd rather no be exposed to it myself, being a gentleman, but I take things for what they are. If you can't, don't watch this flick for God's sake.
The watch is a neat trick (and that's the only sci-fi/fantasy element here) but apart from a mystical dog carrying it around we're kept in suspense about what it does for an hour. They might have cut to the chase.
Read the book. It's better.
Zahra Lampert plays a woman who reminds me of a lot of ladies these days, who automatically assume (without reason) you're going to try something on them. Ed Nelson and Jill Ireland play an unpleasant couple after Hayes' secret (which he doesn't know, himself). Everyone is unpleasant except Maurice Evans ("Planet of the Apes"). It probably will disturb some people because Dawber, coming on at close to the 40 minute mark, basically rapes Hayes' character. But most people who spent the majority of their lives in the 21st century are in a lather about something all the time anyway and find lesser things than that crimes against humanity. I'd rather no be exposed to it myself, being a gentleman, but I take things for what they are. If you can't, don't watch this flick for God's sake.
The watch is a neat trick (and that's the only sci-fi/fantasy element here) but apart from a mystical dog carrying it around we're kept in suspense about what it does for an hour. They might have cut to the chase.
Read the book. It's better.