Comments on: BULLETS, BROADS, BLACKMAIL & BOMBS >> Spies I Read in the Cold http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-spies-i-read-in-the-cold/ reading material to get excited about Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:15:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Kupperberg http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-spies-i-read-in-the-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-56689 Paul Kupperberg Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:46:57 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5823#comment-56689 Guinness was too soft for the role, I think. You needed a young Terrance Stamp or somesuch; someone with an edge. I love George Segal in so many other things (NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY, FUN WITH DICK & JANE, the list goes on) but he was a major box office draw in those days so I guess they went with front office thinking over art. Wotta shock! Guinness was too soft for the role, I think. You needed a young Terrance Stamp or somesuch; someone with an edge. I love George Segal in so many other things (NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY, FUN WITH DICK & JANE, the list goes on) but he was a major box office draw in those days so I guess they went with front office thinking over art. Wotta shock!

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-spies-i-read-in-the-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-56687 Bruce Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:46:32 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5823#comment-56687 I've been wanting Helm reissues for a long time for two simple reasons. The two books that I don't have to complete my collection. I'm not talking of the earlier books these are two from much later in the series. I might finally have to break down and get them off ebay. Yeah I enjoyed the movie also Paul, but I mean he is supposed to be British and Alec Guinness is in the film. So why not let him play Quiller instead of George Segal who is great in other things. I’ve been wanting Helm reissues for a long time for two simple reasons. The two books that I don’t have to complete my collection. I’m not talking of the earlier books these are two from much later in the series. I might finally have to break down and get them off ebay.
Yeah I enjoyed the movie also Paul, but I mean he is supposed to be British and Alec Guinness is in the film. So why not let him play Quiller instead of George Segal who is great in other things.

]]> By: Paul Kupperberg http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/bullets-broads-blackmail-bombs-spies-i-read-in-the-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-56677 Paul Kupperberg Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:57:29 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=5823#comment-56677 Donald Hamilton Rulz! Reissues would be great. The books deserve the audience, plus there's reportedly an unpublished Matt Helm he wrote before his death that I'd sure like to see. Also love the Adam Hall! I've got a bunch of Quiller PBs on the shelf and have read them all...I even liked THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM, the '60s movie, in spite of the liberties it took. (George Siegel as Quiller?) Oh, yeah, and Lawrence Block is another favorite. Read everything he writes, too. Good columnizing this week, Bruce. Donald Hamilton Rulz! Reissues would be great. The books deserve the audience, plus there’s reportedly an unpublished Matt Helm he wrote before his death that I’d sure like to see.

Also love the Adam Hall! I’ve got a bunch of Quiller PBs on the shelf and have read them all…I even liked THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM, the ’60s movie, in spite of the liberties it took. (George Siegel as Quiller?)

Oh, yeah, and Lawrence Block is another favorite. Read everything he writes, too. Good columnizing this week, Bruce.

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