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ONCE YOU KISS A STRANGER was a riff on the Hitchcock classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. In the film, after deliberately seducing golf pro “Jerry Marshall” (Paul Burke), pretty but dangerous “Diana” (Carol Lynley) offers to kill his rival if Jerry will kill her psychiatrist, who plans to have Diana committed. Of course, things go awry once Diana keeps her end of the deal, and Jerry begins to have reservations about his part in this deadly plot.
Lynley and Burke would reunite in a 1978 episode of "Fantasy Island" where she plays a hooker trying to have a weekend where no one knows what she does, and Burke ends up falling for her. A much happier ending for them in this one than in "Once You Kiss A Stranger".
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Sep 8, 2019 - 11:37 PM
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At the beginning of DARK TOWER, architect “Carolyn Page” (Jenny Agutter) watches in horror as a window washer plummets to his death. She claims he was pushed by someone or something on the scaffolding, but no one believes her, except for cop “Dennis Randall” (Michael Moriarty). The next day, a security guard dies mysteriously in an elevator. When Moriarty’s partner goes nuts and kills a bunch of people in the building, Moriarty goes on a quest for answers. Along with two paranormal experts, he tries to use his long-repressed power of ESP to put a stop to the supernatural happenings. Although she is fourth billed, Carol Lynley has a limited role as “Tilly,” Carolyn Page’s assistant.
The film was a troubled production. It was originally intended to star Roger Daltrey and Lucy Guttridge with Ken Wiederhorn directing. But Daltrey and Guttridge were replaced by Moriarty and Agutter, and Wiederhorn was replaced by Freddie Francis as director. The film has an unreleased score by Stacy Widelitz.
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Sep 9, 2019 - 12:16 AM
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In the 15 years that followed DARK TOWER, Carol Lynley appeared in only a handful of films, most of which went directly to video. Her last feature appearance came in the 2003 film A LIGHT IN THE FOREST. No, this was not a remake of her first film, THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST, but was a direct-to-video fantasy in which a teenage girl tries to save her school’s Christmas pageant from the forces of evil. The 62-year-old Lynley played a grandmother.
Carol Lynley was a force on the big screen during the 1960s, and on television, in TV movies and guest star roles, during the 1970s. Although she was rarely a lead, Lynley was more than a supporting player or a character actress. Call her a co-star. One who always improved the projects she was in. Farewell, Carol.
Carol Lynley in Irwin Allen’s FLOOD (1976)
Christopher Walken and Carol Lynley in “Kojak” (1977)
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Farewell, Carol.
Is this image from THE STRIPPER?
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Farewell, Carol.
Is this image from THE STRIPPER?
Yes Zap, it is. Great Jerry G score for that, but no match for THE SHUTTERED ROOM with some very bonkers and un-Lovecraftian brilliant jazz racket from Bazza Kirchin-Sink.
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Carol Lynley gave a memorable performance in "Voice in the Dark", an episode of MANNIX in which she played an embittered paralyzed swimmer(?) who was being stalked.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0641702/
Beautiful woman she was--like an even more gorgeous Jean Hale.
Yeah.
Hale was way too made up.
A Southern belle with perfect hair.
Lynley was a natural girl, a flower child!
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So many of those 1960s TV actresses had their careers end suddenly by the early 1970s. Either they married out of the industry or were deemed too old to continue in the type of roles that made them famous. It was always a pleasant surprise to see the likes of Lynley after their "prime" in something--anything--after, say, 1975.
I just saw Hale.in a tv show early 60s.
She wasn't all made up and looked great.
Yeah in.that era many actresses had short careers because they married and had children. It was still a puritan era in many respects.
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Earlier in her career she did some very lovely pinup-type shots.
I thought of linking one here but I am mindful this is a RIP thread.
They are easily found, in any case.
Link, man, link#
What better tribute?
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Bless you, boy!
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Watched “Bunny Lake Is Missing” last evening on TCM. Nice intro by Ben Mankewicz was recorded before Lynley’s passing. Had never seen film before due to luke warm reviews, but was pleasantly surprised. Beautiful B&W cinematography. How could you go wrong with Olivier, Noel Coward and a great cast of supporting players. Saul Bass did the unusual title credits. Relationship between
Lynley & Kier Dullea’s characters, sister/brother was a bit creepy. Effective musical score too.
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Yes, I too caught a decent portion of it on TCM last night. Coward & Dullea were both rather off the wall for sure.
Excellent score.
Lame film.
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