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Cac Swan 19 toMnWAnd OM Lie. (1944) rcomeoy.Caryt3rant.Baw i r. barred used car salesman who feels hlsdouble-talklng talent makrs him prime political material. But to buy the nomination he needs to raise money and so uses ail means, fair and foul, to advertise and publicise his car yard while fending off the nasty owner of the yard across the road (Jack Warden), who happens be the brother of Russell's boss (Jack Warden). The film makessome effective satirical points about the ethics of advertising and the manipulation of the media andis directed with pace by Robert (Back Te The Fatare) Zemeckhv There is a wonderfully frantic procession of some 250 cars near the end-which features car stunts and a peculiarly American cultural tinge.

Not quite a viewing oasis SAHARA Chawal7tSapiii.WadnedBy THE woman with the world's most impressive set of eye-browsleariy runs out of good judgment sometimes when it comes to choosing movies, it -Brooke Shields sort of struck tt lucky with this overlongbut passable romahttc 'adventure- fairy. Brooke plays a plucky little 1920s feminist who takes the short but dangerous route across the. Sahara in a car ratty she needs to win to secure a lucrative future making cars (which IsJ'a man's domain, She conies across a tribal war, gets stuck wittone of the warring factions and suffers at the sex-1st hands -of an obnoxious nomad and Us inevitably attractive and 8J0omL AdvenajntiTyrone rQweriCharMef was in a treny over the bdsktel of Peart as -ftagar to flock to a fUm aboat American courage, sniam and laterttty AtthottghtheClmisweU aeerW, minutes longaad -istore" than 49 years old. It Issp-angefy Achantlng to watch today as clearcut as they were supposed to be back theav Thk Ja tlHkUad ef film Oliver North probably saw a' couple of hundred Hmetj as' a' kid instead of Walt Disney cartoons. hurnor'-C awJtSPOH 'wN a wMs)HsMa8iE 8SS.

SJ8pw, Saturdaf arms is the' time'jnW 1954 Italian comedy chestnut has Aastmlia ni what fuaay. neatly, constructed farce It mC A nephew tries to connive money out of his rich aade by telling him that he needs it to run a mental -asylum. The uncle Is wilting but wants to see the asylum for himself and so goes- avWttng- with iWs wife. The nephew doesnt -have an asylum handy to show uncle and so has to make do with the local hotel, which is crammed fall of highly eccentric guests. The film is an entertaining, iaugh-a-mlaute ramp with heaps of fi--fcitwg rtjaHrtsr.

fuaay-charac- ten, -comic set-pieces (watch: for the acrobatics routine) aad an inspired performance by Tote as the confused and bemused Uncle Felice. Highly recommended for Italians and non-Italians. tv From in the slow SBtm, Monday THIS engaging story of a famous Spanish photographer who finds that he to a little more anoaymous than he wants to be when hcmoverto New York for 'inspiratiOBi. moves at its own I leisurely pace and isaot dictated by aay major themes or plot devetopmeat. As much a documentary as it is a comedydrama, the film charts the ef fortsrol 5ustavo Fernandez (Antonio? Reatnes) to get work, 'make friends; girls aaaMearn English (wlUc accswta for about half the fl'fT't iffittrigfff iinMg it acceptable fpr those with Admirably, writer Fernando Cotomo keens a gentle emphasis on the stoiy-s threads and doesnt finch from delivering anemorable and genu- taety Hi Bfootce Srselas (Chawwl 7, 82Dtm.

VMuioam ThfBrter (1881) Greek II i Mai Wig ttwoirittia (S86- WfChafliWIIJOpm: ous, scheming cousin with scrumptious relaA. The film Is based on the best-selling novel by Daphne du Maurier, and was Hitch's Ant foray into Hollywood and the American market; Hence he didnt -take too" many chances. He stuck as close as possible to the book and was under strict orders from: producer David Selznick not to mess around. QnematicaUy, Ir is uncharacteristically conventional (except for the beautiful opening -shot) and probably a bit too carefully made; but at least Hitch was being careful for the right reasons. Timestot ho ung matter MONSKUR HOLOT8 HOLfOAY egiHE second Jacques Tail film is probably the closest he got to pure pantomine as he takes a trip to a lazy little seaside towa and runs into a relentleas, gentle stream of visual gags.

Some of the gags are beautifully set up and the bilarlouft scene of beacbsidepaaic.is a particularly memorable -piece that predates Jaws than 30iyears. figging SERGEANT YORK Channel 10. noon, AARY Cooper's performance as the naive. alMaerican yokel VJ who, becomes: a hero In the trenches of World Warl is probably his most famous rote and won aim BMMly HO MMiffi (tw) Kurt Rus (Channel 10.a30pm). tlqrllS33)feSpaih comechHtrama, Amonto Reslnes liberal-minded nephew and -commander.

As long as your brain Is In low gear and you're willing to excuse the way Brooke manages to keep her 'Cosmo' cover looks Is the middle of the i desert, there is enough cut-rate Iadiaaa Jooea4ype action (including a congenially nasty torture scene) and some mild mannered romance to keep you amused, even if, at 110 minutes, the film does tend to plod. Hitch with a different twist REBjECCAUio---Channel 9, SOpm, Saturday ITS always easy to get stuffy and clever when talking about such classie films as Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca but ue plain fact is that it's a great yarn. It's not vin-tage, or even typical, but it is a highly involving and enc tertalniag tale of love, hate, murder and An innocent girl (Joan Fontaine) is swept off her feet by a bereaved, despondent suicide and incredibly rich widower, Maxim J)e Winter. (Laurence Olivier) who tafeerer to Maadertey. his huge estate.

She eel uncomfortable; bei hg-ta charge of a huge estate and a battery of servants, and she gets no help from the head maid and resident bitch, airs Danvers (Judith Anderson), who thinks this tart upstart cant bold a candle to De Winter's first wife, Performances throughout are sturdy If a little too polished. Aa'-. dersoa Is outstanding and George Sanders plays the horrible, villain WEEK COENCJNG: 23 JULY 1S37 Kkm. ME)WNW0HOMMOn 4 1 11 12 13 24 5 12 10 34 2 IS 7 TMOn 2S 3 A good idea 8N.VERA0O Channel lO.J0pm, Sunday KirnH as many cUcMs aad ar-I chetypal frontier characters fas could muster, rence Kasdan keped that Us loving-; ly made Western make a bundle but Bisa herald fee rebirth of the genra Itdkf aetaer, which is a bU pity. Maybe wedl need another rash of dusty Western films but the film delkdous energy ami OAtirky humor certainly deserved a bigger audience than it got 1 Although Kasdan, who wrote and directed die piece, clearly loves the West, he didnt want to take himself too seriously and so peppered his story with lively, likeable characters and plenty of humor, An impressive cast (including.

Danny. Glover. Kevin Mine and John aeese) performs with verve and gusto and there are plenty of snoot-outs and action sequences that serve as affectionate homages. The only real problem is the final shoot-out where the film falls to break away from Its loving salute to the Western. For a finale, it really is too staid and loyal to the cinematic techniques of old and so is a tech-nical and emotional letdown to what is otherwise a fine, enjoyable, often very funny.

film. A moral amid vvieeis and USED CARS -Channel 10, 8.30pm, THERE'S not a tot about the stereotype of used car salesmen (sorry, salesperson) that Used Cars doesnt confirm, except that, somewhere deep down in their souls, they are capable of sacrificing their own setfish interests fori the noble good of someone else, That's the moral at the end of this -r crude but- effective parable of American consumerism and It's not- reached without first exercising just how amoral a salesperson can get to sen us product and protect bis business. Kurt Russell displays a radiant comic flair as the typical motor-mouthed, swindling, no-holds- AtCUS CHART 1. suwemrwHEMwCT -Sanjotir 2. WHmev.

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