The Gypsy Moths (1969)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

6.2/10   

Regisseur:

John Frankenheimer

Drehbuchautoren:

William Hanley (screenplay)
James Drought (novel)

Premierendatum:

28. August 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Werbezeile:

When you turn on by falling free... when jumping is not only w way to live, but a way to die, too... you're a Gypsy Moth.

Plot:

Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.

Plot Keywords:

Skydiving | Based On Novel

Nutzerkommentare:

Kerr revealed

Besetzung

Burt Lancaster	...	Mike Rettig
Deborah Kerr	...	Elizabeth Brandon
Gene Hackman	...	Joe Browdy
Scott Wilson	...	Malcolm Webson
William Windom	...	V. John Brandon
Bonnie Bedelia	...	Annie Burke
Sheree North	...	Waitress
Carl Reindel	...	Pilot
Ford Rainey	...	Stand Owner
John Napier	...	Dick Donford

Alternativ:

Die den Hals riskieren (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

107 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG (TV rating) | West Germany:18 (f) | Canada:14A (video rating) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Australia:G

Drehorte:

Abilene, Kansas, USA

Firma:

John Frankenheimer Productions Inc.

Dies und das:

This film is one of John Frankenheimer's favorites of the films he has directed.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: During the parachute jump that opens the film, the Gypsy Moths jump from the exact same plane flown by the same pilot they meet and hire -- supposedly for the first time -- in another town several days later.

Dialogzitate:

Malcolm Webson: Remember what you always said when I first started with you? "Be careful." That's what you always said. "That's what's important in this business kid. BE careful."
Mike Rettig: Is that what I always said?
Malcolm Webson: Why are you taking so many chances now? What are you trying to prove?

Querbezüge:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in The Sky Divers (1969)

Kerr revealed

Being an aviation enthusiast, but not a jumper - I was drawn to this movie. Burt Lancaster plays "Mike Rettig" in the sort of role he is best at, plenty of action, with an eye for a pretty face. The pretty face in this case being Deborah Kerr. Miss Kerr was approaching 50 years of age when this movie was made, but was able to been seen close-up and naked with Burt Lancaster in what what must be one of the few (if the only) scenes where Miss Kerr reveals all. A far cry from the many Nuns she has played in her career. Compare her in this with "Heaven knows, Mr Allison" with Robert Mitchum. Gene Hackman provides good support as the reckless carefree "Joe Browdy", seeking out the local haunts for loose women. William Windom brilliantly plays Kerr's isolated and betrayed husband. A good film that happily TCM repeats regularly - thank goodness!