Dana in a jet plane, on the way to England in Jacques Tourneur's classic British horror/thriller CURSE OF THE DEMON. Kept awake by cute Peggy Cummins, they'll soon realize each are connected to the film's spooky title. One of Dana's best latter films, and Dana and Jacques finished together with THE FEARMAKERS the following year.
The seventies' Western TAKE A HARD RIDE seemed to have several sub-genres at play, and yet, despite a small yet important role, Dana Andrews is the best representation since it's not a Blaxploitation despite stars Jim Brown (as Dana's friend), Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly, nor a Spaghetti Western with Lee Van Cleef on their trial, but more a modernized version of the kind of classic rough-and-tumble cowboy picture that Dana himself was a veteran of, from CANYON PASSAGE to THREE HOURS TO KILL, and before and beyond, including his last starring roles, TOWN TAMER and JOHNNY RENO.
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