Kit Taylor Movies
Lead actor, onscreen from the '50s. ~ All Movie Guide- 1994
- NR
In this romance, after they accidentally have a little fender bender, a lawyer's wife and a truck driver find true love in Australia. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jason Donovan, Angie Milliken, (more)
- 1993
In this suspenseful drama, a medium sized plane en route from the U.S. to New Zealand gets hopelessly lost over the vast Pacific after his companion plane crashes. Now his only hope for salvation is the small commercial jet liner with whom the lost pilot is in radio contact. As his plane runs out of fuel, the larger plane must somehow find him before it is too late. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Loggia, Scott Bakula, (more)
- 1987
- R
A psychic Australian woman can see the future--including the death of her mother. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tessa Humphries, Shane Briant, (more)
- 1984
In this run-of-the-mill suspense thriller, a woman fights for her survival on two different occasions. Kathy's (P.J. Soles) husband Joe (Kit Taylor) at first seems normal -- until Kathy catches him slashing a prostitute in the shower. She calls the police and Joe is institutionalized though not restrained enough -- he escapes and comes after Kathy. Terrified even after the sheriff dashes in and captures Joe, Kathy takes off for Australia to stay with her friend Gwen (Susan Stenmark) where new problems lie in wait. Gwen's landlord is deranged and spies on his tenants through hidden video cameras, a bad omen for Kathy's future safety. Although it is slow-paced and unimaginative, there is still enough suspense and action in this film to keep most viewers bracing themselves for whatever comes next. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- P.J. Soles, Kit Taylor, (more)
- 1981
A simple divorce investigation leads to the uncovering of a dead body in this whodunit. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1981
In this drama, three generations of the Wilde family vie for power and glory within the glamorous entertainment industry. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1981
A 1939 novel by Katharine Susannah Prichard was the source for this two-part Australian miniseries. Kit Taylor and Carmen Duncan headed the cast as young marrieds Greg and Elodie. Barely acquainted when they marched down the aisle, the couple soon realized that they had next to nothing in common. The next inevitable step was infidelity, with both Greg and Elodie seeking carnal knowledge of their closest friends. Intimate Strangers was first broadcast in 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carmen Duncan, Kit Taylor, (more)
- 1977
This Australian fox-and-hounds melodrama concerns an intensive manhunt for a suspected murderer. Polish immigrant Mark Gaweda is accused of killing a rancher's wife. Heading the posse is police officer Wyn Roberts, who hopes that by catching Gaweda he'll be able to live down an earlier tragedy caused by his negligence. John Waters, one of Roberts' men, begins to believe in Gawada's innocence, and ends up defending the fugitive against his accusers. Weekend of Shadows was based on a novel by Hugh Atkinson. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Waters, Melissa Jaffer, (more)
Early in his career, Australian director Bruce Beresford helmed Don's Party, which closely mirrors Shampoo in its basic premise and its edgy correlations between sex and politics. One pivotal election night, Don, played by John Hargreaves, throws a party for a group of friends, ostensibly so that everyone can watch the ballots roll in on television. But when booze is consumed in quantity, inhibitions are kicked downstairs. Particularly boorish under the influence of alcohol are Don's male friends, who indulge in a barrage of insulting verbal attacks on each other when they aren't trying to get each other's wives into bed. Unapologetically adult in its content and themes, Don's Party was adapted from a play by David Williamson; it marks one of the earliest classics of Australian New Wave cinema. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ray Barrett, Clare Binney, (more)
Two children ride the same pony in this Disney film, but neither one is happy about sharing the animal they both love. James Ellison is rich and wears leg braces; on the pony, she is not crippled. Scotty Pirie is a poor farm boy, and he loves to ride the pony as well. The two dispute the ownership of the pony, and the townspeople create many complications through their support of one or the other. Eventually, the two become friends, and while the ownership issue is resolved, it is not so important anymore because they have learned to share the pony between them. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Craig, John Meillon, (more)
- 1970
Someone is sexually assaulting and (usually) killing the students of a girls' school. There are entirely too many suspects to make the job of the Scotland Yard detective (Frank Finlay) an easy one. The girls' persistent use of the shortcut through the woods in which the crimes occur has only compounded the problem. Although one of the victims has survived the attack, shock has erased her memory of the event, and the detective's investigations are perforce guided by the vague impressions of the school's art mistress (Suzy Kendall), who witnessed something. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1966
Produced in Australia and distributed to such far-flung posts as the U.K. and Canada, the six-episode Interpretaris was a children's science-fiction serial. Set in the year 3000 A.D., the series found the courageous crew of the space ship Interpretaris embarking on a mysterious and dangerous mission for the World Council. The program is worth noting for the presence of future TV star Lorraine Bayly in the role of a Soviet cosmonaut. Interpretaris debuted in Australia on October 7, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorraine Bayly, Kit Taylor, (more)
- 1955
Robert Newton stars as Robert Louis Stevenson's legendary pirate. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, (more)
Robert Newton repeats his Treasure Island role as Long John Silver in this Australian adventure film--and if anything, Newton is even more out of control this time around than he'd been in the earlier picture. Paying only lip service to the Robert Louis Stevenson original, the film is made up of several marginally related episodes. In the first, Silver rescues a governor's daughter, managing to save the day and crooked line his own pockets in the process. In the second, Long John quells a mutiny and prevents his young friend Jim Hawkins (Kit Taylor) from having to walk the plank. And in the third, Long John and Jim arrive at Treasure Island, where they're forced to duke it out with the minions of Silver's old enemy Mendoza (Lloyd Burrell). Connie Gilchrist costars as Purity, Long John's on-and-off pubkeeper sweetheart. Long John Silver was later sliced up into three separate half-hours and released to TV as part of the 26-episode Long John Silver TV series, which of course also starred Robert "Arr, matey!" Newton. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, (more)
