Been rinsing the Burt Lancaster films this week with three in a row. First up was Go Tell The Spartans followed by Atlantic City. Now I got the chance to watch the Cold War antics of two hit-men in director Michael Winner’s spies and espionage thriller Scorpio. Continue reading “Scorpio (1973) Cold War With The Reverend Tom Jones!”
I admit to have only watched Marlon Brando in abstract versions of himself playing total odd balls (Dr. Moreau), deranged minds in chaos (Apocalypse Now) or even hamster cheeked mob bosses (The Godfather). So wishing to expand his film archive I took a punt on this interesting sounding World War II sabotage adventure but low and behold he’s putting on another accent. To my relief he is far from mad in this film and holds this picture together with his immense presence and talent. The interactions between him and his co star Yul Brynner are magnificent.
Tagline – World War II, Espionage, adventure and human lives have never before been combined so explosively
