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5.0 out of 5 stars
Super Sexy McShane in a Super buy!!, May 4, 2002
This is advertised as a duo, but it is actually all three of the Dick Francis novel to tele-movies McShane did in a joint Ireland/Canada venture. So you are getting three full length movies in this set. McShane is gorgeous as Francis' David Cleveland, Jock Club Investigator, who becomes involved with three mysterious outside of the track. In the Frame - Cleveland helps an old friend who has been robbed and his partner's wife is killed. The only trail to solving the murder is a painting that may be a forgery. Blood Sport - a multi-million dollar stallion was stolen and never seen again. Why would someone steal a horse they could not race or breed?? David is drawn into the mystery in Canada, where he must ride to save his life. Twice Shy - finds David helping his newphew's guardian. Her husband was killed in a rock climbing accident, and now someone is harrassing her. Kidnapping, ransom and a special code of picking winners lead David on a merry chase. Any McShane fan will wish to add this super buy to their collection.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
McShane is super!, December 18, 2003
This review is from: Dick Francis Mysteries - Twice Shy / Blood Sport / In the Frame (DVD)
three Dick Francis novel to telly-movies McShane did in a joint Ireland/Canada venture. So you are getting three full length movies in this set. Upfront, this is mainly for McShane fans rather than Dick Francis fans. They will be grumped because of the changes in the books. However... McShane is gorgeous as Francis' David Cleveland, Jock Club Investigator, who becomes involved with three mysterious outside of the track. In the Frame - Cleveland helps an old friend who has been robbed and his partner's wife is killed. The only trail to solving the murder is a painting that may be a forgery. Blood Sport - a multi-million dollar stallion was stolen and never seen again. Why would someone steal a horse they could not race or breed?? David is drawn into the mystery in Canada, where he must ride to save his life. Twice Shy - finds David helping his nephew's guardian. Her husband was killed in a rock climbing accident, and now someone is harassing her. Kidnapping, ransom and a special code of picking winners lead David on a merry chase. Any McShane fan will wish to add this super buy to their collection.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun stories but poor quality transfer, April 14, 2005
This review is from: Dick Francis Mysteries - Twice Shy / Blood Sport / In the Frame (DVD)
As others have said Ian McShane is fun in the lead role, and Patrick McNee makes for an entertaining (if slightly wooden boss cum side kick in two of the stories).
Things have changed a bit from the books but I'd guess that is mostly to do with the Irish/Canadian influences on location filming!
The style of filming and music is rather dated now but that doesn't detract from the entertainment too much.
What does detract from enjoyment is the DVD transfer quality. It looks and sounds as though it has been produced from an old VHS recording. Do you remember the slightly wobbly audio on VHS prior to the introduction of NICAM ?? Well that is what the sound often sounds like. The pictures are grainy and in 'Blood Sport' there were obviously some tape tracking issues or tape damage as there are a few brief episodes where there are distortions and interference typical of a poorly tracked VHS tape.
Overall I have given it 3 stars because the stories are worth watching but the audio and visual quality of the DVD transfer pulls down the score for me.
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