Enough problems there as it is, but with water running low and the group coming apart due to differences and Barlow's scheming, it will be a small miracle if anyone makes it out alive. Fuller's performance is very stern and somber throughout. At the end of the Civil War, a million-dollar gold shipment is hijacked and buried in the desert. Lane was always going to be up against it as the sole female character, it is a token lady role and she isn't much of an actress. Incident at Phantom Hill Incident at Phantom Hill is a 1966 English Film stars Robert Fuller , Earl Bellamy , Ken Pettus , Frank S.
He locates the gold and falls in love with the Union leader's girlfriend. Variety published a lukewarm review of the film on June 1, 1966, based on a May 25 viewing at Universal with an 88-minute running time. Union soldier Fuller then leads the party in the search for the loot. The Apaches, outlaws and storms will make it not too easy. He makes it look easy doing these cowboy things but we really know how hard it is.
A sight for sore eyes to be sure, particularly when wearing an hour glass green dress. It stars Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane, Dan Duryea, Tom Simcox, Linden Chiles, Claude Akins and Noah Beery Jr. Fuller is an actor that knows how to ride a horse and shoot a gun. I had an opportunity to talk with Don Collier at a convention. As the group makes its way through the desert, Barlow tries to tempt Memphis and others with a share of the gold, if they will help him take control of the expedition. She betrays the rebel by tossing his gun to her Union love, who shoots the rebel. Both Union and rebel forces struggle to find it while threatened by the Comanche.
There's nothing fresh about this set-up, but old pro Bellamy stitches it together neatly and the picture never sags or loses sight of its traditional values. After being captured, the group's leader, Duryea, offers to tell where the gold is in exchange for his freedom. The story involves a Union gold shipment is stolen and buried in the desert. Incident at Phantom Hill is directed by Earl Bellamy and jointly adapted to screenplay by Frank Nugent and Ken Pettus from a story by Harry Tatelman. Salter Joseph Gershenson supervising and cinematography is by William Margulies. It is just as hard to play a cowboy as it is acting the role of Shakespeare or MacBeth in a play or movie.
Martin, his prisoner and a handful of men enter Indian territory in search of the precious cargo. I also attended a convention at which Robert Fuller was a celebrity guest, but there was always a long line of ladies at his table, so I did not get a chance to talk to him about working with Jocelyn. Martin talks their way out of the jam, saying that they are leaving quickly for Santa Fe, but the sheriff throws them a curve ball. I had no idea that he has such a strong following of female fans. Running time 88 minutes Country United States Language English Incident at Phantom Hill is a 1966 American film directed by and starring , , and.
Now, in order to avoid going back to prison, he has agreed to lead a group of soldiers to the gold's location. Salter Joseph Gershenson supervising and cinematography is by William Margulies. Therefore, a group of soldiers will have to make the trek in plain clothes and off-the-record. Duryea is good as the bad guy. Only one man knows the whereabouts of gold and the army sends captain Matt Martin to arrest him and come back with the gold. At the end of the Civil War, a major shipment of gold has been stolen and buried in the desert.
Simcox, however, is underwritten and Chiles is just poor and suffers in comparison to those around him. Only difference is I'm rich trash. But she positively sizzles with sexuality and delivers what the makers were calling for in the story. Only one man knows the whereabouts of gold and the army sends captain Matt Martin to arrest him and come back with the gold. He insists that they take a prostitute, Memphis Jocelyn Lane , with them to Santa Fe.
There's not much chemistry with Fuller, but I don't really think that is Jocelyn's fault per se. It's nice to see a Techniscope production at the best of times, but bonus here is that it's filmed at Universal City and features the rarely used in Westerns locations of Joshua Tree and Lake Piru in California. He had been let out of prison in Texas under a Confederate pardon in return for his service in the army. She was a great gal to work with. At the end of the Civil War, a major shipment of gold has been stolen and buried in the desert. The Union soldiers renege on the deal and keep his as their capture as they set out to find the gold.
One man who knows where it is hidden sets out to get it, but he must fight off outlaws who are also after it and rampaging Apaches. The problem is that the trek will go into Comanche territory, which is forbidden by treaties with the tribe. However, story is peppered with enough visual excitement to hold attention. After they are captured by Union forces, their leader secretly makes a deal with his captors and reveals the gold's location in return for his release. It is certainly is ashame that Mr Fuller did not get more movie leading roles back in the 1960's and 1970's but this movie shows us that he was and is still is a classic western hero! Jocelyn fans, however, should definitely make a point to see this one.