Showing posts with label William Beaudine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Beaudine. Show all posts

3.13.2008

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter




John Lupton and Cal Bolder in Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (dir. William Beaudine, 1966).



Narda Onyx experiencing perverse electrical pleasures ordinary persons can't even dream of.



Estelita Rodriguez taking careful aim.

This rendition of the Jesse James legend includes some notable episodes of the outlaw's life that are omitted by most other films, such as the time Jesse's muscle-builder friend had his real brain removed by a lady mad scientist and replaced with an "artificial brain." The great William "One-Shot" Beaudine's last film (you may remember that I reviewed his modern cattle-rustling yarn Tough Assignment here a while back). The Joe Bob Briggs commentary on the DVD is a blast (and contains some substantive info on Beaudine's career, the actors, etc.).

A minor point, perhaps, but I want to say in response to all those critics who have complained that the Maria Frankenstein character is not actually Frankenstein's daughter, as the title proclaims, but his granddaughter: think about it. Frankenstein's son is a Frankenstein too, thereby making the son's daughter Frankenstein's daughter. No problem.

11.16.2007

Tough Assignment




Don "Red" Barry and Marjorie Steele in Tough Assignment (dir. William Beaudine, 1949).



The Bureau of Livestock Identification.

Intrepid reporter and his plucky photographer wife uncover and infiltrate a gang of modern-day cattle rustlers. Sid Melton yucks it up as a mentally deficient outlaw. As good as it sounds? That would be telling!