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Sergeant Deadhead
AIP Production #6510/6553

Jeff and Cheryl perform an interstellar experiment to determine if two Frankie Avalons are better than one in Sergeant Deadhead.

Directed by Norman Taurog
Written by Louis M. Heyward
Produced by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff

Starring Frankie Avalon as Sgt. O. K. Deadhead/Sergeant Donovan
Deborah Walley as Airman Lucy Turner
Cesar Romero as Admiral Stoneham
Fred Clark as Gen. Rufus Fogg
Gale Gordon as Captain Weiskopf
Harvey Lembeck as Private McEvoy
John Ashley as Private Filroy
Buster Keaton as Private Blinken
Reginald Gardiner as Lieutenant Commander Talbott
Eve Arden as Lieutenant Kinsey
Pat Buttram as The President
Donna Loren as Susan

Produced by Alta Vista Productions and released under American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on Amazon Prime, MGM+ or on Spectrum TV.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

For whatever reason, Batman’s producers decided that they would not do Peter Rabe’s Two-Face script (see last episode) as it was written. Instead, Lorenzo Semple Jr. adapted it into The Joker’s Last Laugh, keeping just enough of the story that Rabe got a “story” credit. This time we look at Semple’s first draft of that episode, which retains some aspects of Rabe that didn’t make it to the broadcast version, and a few other things that we kind of wish had made the final.

Also, the William Cheung piano version of the theme, William Dozier on casting the villains, and your comments on the two scripts we just discussed, as well as our discussion of “Return to the Batcave” in episode 156!

It's about time we got to talk about Batman. We've finally arrived to the Bright Knight himself, Adam West's Batman. Joined as always by his faithful sidekick, Robin, played by Burt Ward. Batman: The Movie also features one of the best lineup of villains every assembled; The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, and The Riddler.

 

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