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Directed by Mark Rydell Screenplay by Bill Kerby and Bo Goldman...
PROMISES IN THE DARK Directed by Jerome Hellman Screenplay by Loring Mandel...
Directed by Willard Huyck Screenplay by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz
AVALANCHE EXPRESS Directed by Mark Robson Screenplay by Abraham Polonsky...
...acting fully matches the wooden level of the screenplay. Why did Jill Clayburgh ever attempt this part? As Erica Benton she was delightful. As a high-powered diva, she's positively grotesque. Those station-wagonned suburban looks don't help and that fabulously skinny body certainly doesn't look appropriate. Who has ever seen or heard an anorexic Joan Sutherland or Beverly Sills? Clayburgh careens about the screen, wildly overacting. Trying so damn hard, Clayburgh becomes positively painful to watch. Matthew Barry reveals some vestiges of talent but when delivering lines like "I must go; she awaits...