A Strange Adventure

1956

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

4
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 299 299

hot rod singer held captive

Plot summary

A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.

Director

William Witney Photo
William Witney

Top cast

Thomas Browne Henry Photo
Thomas Browne Henry as Criminal Attorney
Peter Miller Photo
Peter Miller as Luther Dolgin
Marla English Photo
Marla English as Lynn Novak
Ben Cooper Photo
Ben Cooper as Harold Norton
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
643.82 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 10 min
Seeds 1
1.17 GB
1920*1042
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 10 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by alancmiller 7 / 10

A Good Print Makes A Much More Enjoyable Movie

I have just finished viewing this film on a Kino Lorber dvd, and it is one beautiful print. The sound is good, and the optics are as fresh and sharp as they must have been when the film first came out in 1956. Granted the script is a bit pedestrian, but Marla English sure looks great in a swim suit, and Ben Cooper's hot rod would be a winner at any classic car show. For those who are wondering, the State of California maintained a number of isolated mountain cabins for government hydrologists whose job it was to measure the snow pack throughout the winter. Luther and his sister Terry were state employees, and that is why a state-of-the-art "snow cat" would be sent to investigate when they stopped transmitting data. The Kino Lorber dvd includes a very informative audio commentary by film historians Toby Roan and Jay Dee Witney.
Reviewed by Red-Barracuda 5 / 10

An average adventure

This is quite an unremarkable 50's crime flick. It's about a gang of armed robbers who take a young hotrod hostage and hide out in the mountains in an isolated weather station, taking a further two innocent people hostage.The whole thing is quite contrived and although it's not particularly interesting it's not that bad either. It's a pretty cheap production but the cast acquit themselves OK, and the story moves along at a decent pace. Things are ultimately wrapped up what is close to a non-ending. It's a half-hearted resolution at best.Overall it's really not that strange an adventure. But, you know what, I've seen a lot worse.
Reviewed by planktonrules 5 / 10

Pretty good...until the end.

Colorized? Republic stagey look instead of Sierras stopped making films 1958"A Strange Adventure" is a film made by Republic Pictures shortly before the studio stopped making movies in favor of TV programs. As the studio was having financial trouble in 1956, it's not surprising that the film has no major stars and a relatively low budget. Also, while supposedly set in the Sierras, the film appears to have been made in a sound stage.A trio of crooks have committed an armored car robbery. However, the leader, Al, is a real head case. He kills the armored car driver for kicks and it's obvious he just enjoyed killing. So, when they capture three people along the way, it's soon apparent that he'll eventually kill them as well...so it's a case of the kidnapped folks biding their time to see if there's any chance of escape in their mountain hideout.So is it any good? Well, it's partly good. Jan Merlin is great as the psychotic boss. And, the story is GENERALLY good...but also falls apart at the end due to some serious logical errors...too many just to ignore.
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