Tag: pamela franklin

Meeker behind the wheel

It seems almost every time I see Ralph Meeker in something, he’s driving a car.

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) – with Cloris Leachman

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, season 1, episode 1, Revenge – with Vera Miles

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, season 2, episode 20, Malice Domestic – with Lili Kardell

Food of the Gods (1976) – with Pamela Franklin

If you have never seen Revenge, I insist. It was based on a short story by Samuel Blas, and had already been adapted into an EC comic book story before Hitchcock got hold of it. Hitch himself directed Revenge, with one of his favorite actresses, and mine, Vera Miles. Don’t miss Francis “Aunt Bee” Bavier’s reaction to Vera in a bathing suit.

Boys need not apply

Stephen Spielberg’s Duel is probably the best known TV movie from the 1970’s. Equally noteworthy and memorable is Satan’s School for Girls, with Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd, Roy Thinnes, and a favorite of mine, British actress Pamela Franklin. Pamela is best known for her memorable role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, playing a part that today would undoubtedly be toned down considerably.

But Pamela was most often seen in horror films. Not gory horror movies, but ghost stories and tales of the supernatural. Thanks to YouTube user drelbcom, the entire TV movie Satan’s School for Girls is embedded here, to put you in the mood for Halloween.

http://youtu.be/KYF8hOPm_qM