Wednesday, 16 August 2017

258 Night of the Big Heat ( 1967 )


This  sci-fi  horror  isn't  very  original, a  force  of  super-hot  aliens  start  taking  over  an  island    but  it  is  well  done  with a  good  cast  playing  well-rounded  characters.

Jeff  Callum  ( Patrick  Allen )  is  a  writer  who  retreats  to  an  island,  Fara,  where  he  owns  a  pub,  to  escape  his  mistress  but  she  follows  him  there, posing  as  his  new  secretary. That's  not  all  though, the  island  is  experiencing  tropical  heat. Perhaps  their  mysterious  guest,  rude  scientist  Hanson  ( Christopher  Lee )  has  some  answers

Jane  Merrow  ( as  Angela  Roberts )

Sex : Angela  has  been  Jeff's  mistress.  An  overheated  villager  tries  to  rape  her  but  she  fights  him  off

Death  : Survives


Jane  has  had  a  long  career  with  spells  as  a  successful  TV  actress  in  both  the  UK  and  US . She  is  still  a  working  actress  at  75.

Sarah  Lawson  ( as  Frankie  Callum )

Sex : No

Death : Survives


Sarah  was  a  former  Rank  starlet. She  was  Patrick  Allen's  wife  in  real  life  having  married  him  in  1960. She  appeared  in  many  British  films  in  the  fifties   then  appeared  more  on  TV  in  the  sixties. She  had  a  lead  role  in  the  series  Within  These  Walls.  She  retired  at  the  end  of  the  eighties.She  is now  88.

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