Diane Bond Movies
Derek Flint (James Coburn) is back in this James Bond-styled spy spoof sequel to Our Man Flint. Flint's boss Cramden (Lee J. Cobb) assigns him to stop a group of felonious females on the Virgin Islands who hope to take over the world; the bad femmes are kidnapping astronauts and replacing them with doubles to gain access to the world's missile sites. Andrew Duggan plays the U.S. President and his nefarious double. The feature was typical of the spoofs that followed in the wake of the successful James Bond spy films of the 1960s. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, (more)
- 1967
Felix Manderville (Vincent Price) is a traveling magician who manages to make young women disappear in this exploitation thriller. The trouble is, Felix drugs the femmes and sells them to white slave traders with the help of his mind-reading assistant Rebecca (Martha Hyer). Marie Armstrong (Anne Smyrner) and her husband Stephen (George Nader) are American tourists who fall into the trap of the felonious flesh pedlars. Price plays the part with his usual suave and sinister manner in this routine production. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vincent Price, Martha Hyer, (more)
- 1965
Featuring plenty of rock & roll, such artists as Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Righteous Brothers and the Rip Chords, this fun-filled bit of fluff tells the story of a trio of teens who try to scare up summer cash by running a dance pavilion at a lakeside resort. Raquel Welch made her acting and singing debut in this film. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Stacy, William Wellman, Jr., (more)
- 1965
An old, tried-and-true sitcom story line is trotted out for this episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. Jed Clampett receives a gift from his new friend, oil-rich sheik Ali Ben Ahmed (Dan Seymour). You guessed it: The "gift" turns out to be four curvaceous dancing girls. In a further complication, Sheik Ali expresses the desire to add Elly May to his harem. Announcer Bill Baldwin, who introduced each episode of the series, appears on camera as himself. "The Sheik" initially aired on September 29, 1965. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1965
In the second chapter of a three-part story arc, Elly May goes to work at Mammoth Pictures, the movie studio owned by her daddy Jed. She is cast in a picture opposite handsome Dash Riprock (Larry Pennell), who has been told to be very, very nice to Elly May. The plot thickens when Dash mistakes plain Jane Hathaway for Elly -- who can't understand why Dash avoids her like the plague! "Elly in the Movies" first aired on January 20, 1965. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Out of the beaches and into the boudoirs go Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and the rest of the gang in Pajama Party. Actually, the whole megillah is as innocent as a newborn babe, but there's plenty of smirking and snickering during a wild 'n' wacky girl's slumber party. Frankie Avalon has only a cameo, relinquishing center stage to Tommy Kirk, playing a teenaged Martian (!) studying the lovemaking rituals of Earthlings. Old-timers Buster Keaton, Dorothy Lamour and Elsa Lanchester also weave in and out of the proceedings, with Keaton the only one who doesn't look as though he wishes he were somewhere else. And of course there's good old Harvey Lembeck as good old Eric "Why Me?" Von Zipper. Director Don Weis took over for Beach Party's William Asher in Pajama Party, remaining in charge for the ill-fated sequel Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, (more)
- 1964
It's "Romeo and Juliet", Hooterville style, when rumors spread that Billie Jo Bradley (Jeannine Riley) is engaged to Dan Plout. Seems that Billie Jo's mother Kate (Bea Benadaret) and Dan's mom Selma (Virigina Sale) are bitter enemies, and they aren't about to let their families be united. Ironically, Dan Plout is played by Mike Minor, who in Petticoat Junction's fourth season would join the cast as Steve Elliott--the sweetheart, and ultimate husband, of Billie Jo's sister Betty Jo (played by Minor's real-life wife Linda Kaye). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
