The Video Archives Podcast is skipping choir practice! Quentin, Roger and Gala go on a ridealong with the boys in blue in Robert Aldrich’s ensemble comedy The Choirboys. Then they’ll head to London on the hunt for an elusive explosives expert who’s been pushed too far, played by Rod Steiger in Hennessy. Once that hunt is over, they’ll keep heading east, looking for the even more elusive star of Russia’s landmark fantasy film Amphibian Man. I’ve got posters, film facts and VHS boxes on this globe-hopping Counter Talk, so let’s take the plunge…
Before I get into the films featured on today’s episode, allow me a moment to showcase last week’s Better Late Than Never art again (can you blame me?). This poster comes from the New Beverly’s collection, and now hangs in Quentin’s Tel Aviv office. In this full poster size, you can see the film’s dual taglines, and the promise that the film may end, but “the laughs go on forever….”