Product Details

• Actors: Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall, William Smith, Jane Russell
• Directors: Robert Clouse
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006OMQ52
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,615 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mystery on The Rocks, June 29, 2006

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Jason Troy (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Darker Than Amber (VHS Tape)

If you are a Travis McGee fan, this is one film which belongs in your collection. The movie mirrors the book and the fact leading man Rod Taylor has the role is no surprise as he is perfect for the part. In short the story is of Travis McGee, a Private detective hired to investigate the death of a woman who's sister has been murdered. McGee discoverers the murderer is none other than William Smith who plays Terry Bartell. Smith is awesome in this role and anyone who gazes on that extraordinary physique of his will be impressed his good looks match his formidable strength. Adding to the interest of this film are sympathetic Theodore Bikel as Meyer and Suzy Kendall who doubles as Vangie/Merrimay. Travis and his friends plan an elaborate scheme in which the victim will return to haunt her murderer. What they don't know is that their intended mark is as explosive, unpredictable and dangerous as a lit bundle of dynamite. The final physical confrontation is one of the finest ever recorded on film. So fiercely brutal and bloody that many versions of the movie are highly edited. Rod Taylor at his best and a must film for Taylor fans. ****

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why is this not on DVD?, October 22, 2007

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L. Cabos (planet earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darker Than Amber (VHS Tape)

Let's hope that someone will bring this out on DVD AND uncut! The fight between Taylor and Smith is one of the best ever filmed. Rod Taylor was simply perfect as MacDonald's "salvage expert" Travis McGee (and Theodore Bikel made a much better Meyer than Gene Evans would some years later in the tv production THE EMPTY COPPER SEA). A very lovely Suzy Kendall. Then there is Big Bill Smith,who made a career as the best crazed, over the edge psychos of all time. Addtion**** Nov. 2009
Recently acquired a region 0 DVD from the Netherlands of the movie. Not the greatest picture, pan and scan and with Dutch subtitles BUT IS THE COMPLETE MOVIE including the really brutal fight between Taylor and Smith. The rights to MacDonald's novel have been picked up for a series of films, starting with THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE. Rod Taylor left big shoes to fill.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Darker Than Amber, December 18, 2005

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Vince Deschene (St. Paul, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darker Than Amber (VHS Tape)

One of the best fight scenes ever made using mostly the actual actors. Still waiting for the DVD "UNEDITED VERSION".

Found a Danish subtitled version on ebay which claims to be spoken in english and completely unedited from Europe, but who knows. Does anyone know when the dvd will be out or where we can find out the answer. Thanks.