Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

JohnHowardReid U.K. release title: False Witness.SYNOPSIS: When he discovers he is dying from an incurable brain tumor, an insurance investigator decides to frame himself for an unsolved murder.COMMENT: Probably the most successful example of a TV style transferred to the cinema, Richard A. Colla's "Zigzag" is unrelentingly shot throughout in extreme close-ups, yet, because of its strong story- line and forceful performances (particularly by George Kennedy and Eli Wallach), it manages to come across with an impact that the use of wider long shots often dissipates. Admittedly, the plot is full of holes, but the method adopted by the screenwriter to expose the mystery is clever and ingenious enough to keep interest at a high pitch.Despite her billing, Anne Jackson has a small, unrewarding, unmemorable role — catalytic but peripheral. It's a wonder (and a cause for joy) that the writer wasn't asked to expand her part by adding a few tedious domestic scenes for her! As it is, the script rightly focuses on the Kennedy character.As might be expected, the budget is tight, but production values benefit from some on-location lensing.

Wizard-8 This thriller had all but been forgotten until it was recently resurrected on Turner Classic Movies, where I finally got to watch it. It has a neat premise - a dying man decides to frame himself for a kidnapping/murder so that his wife will get the reward money... but complications happen. The movie is never boring, and George Kennedy and Eli Wallach both give solid performances. Also, there is an ending that you probably couldn't get away with in a Hollywood movie today. It's a good movie, though there are a few things holding it back from greatness. The direction and feel of the movie come across more like what you'd expect for a television show of the era. Also, the movie is a little slow. I am not demanding breakneck speed, but I think the movie could have been tightened a little. It's still worth seeing, and women may get some extra enjoyment out of it because Kennedy appears nude in one scene.

sol ***SPOILERS*** Heart thumping thriller with innocent man wanting to be convicted for a kidnap murder that he didn't commit Paul Camron, George Kennedy, getting himself convicted. That so he can have his wife Jean, Ann Jackson, and daughter, Elizabeth Colla, collect the reward money-$250,000.00- that's to be deposited in a dummy bank account in him, by putting Jean's maiden name on the account, having her,or the name on the account, turn him into the police. This hair brained plot is concocted by Camron when he found out that he had no more then six month to live in him suffering from a malignant brain tumor. An on top of all that his life insurance policy doesn't cover brain tumors! Camron planned the whole thing out so meticulously that no one for a moment not even his attorney Mario Gambritti, Eli Wallach, realized that he was framing himself for the murder kidnapping even though he steadfastly proclaimed his innocence in the entire matter! What really screwed Camron up was after being convicted for murder-one he fell into a coma and miracle of miracle's his brain tumor was successfully operated on! Now with a new lease on life and facing either life behind bars or the San Quentin gas chamber Camron has to break out of prison and prove his innocence! Something that he did everything to disprove when he thought he didn't have that long to live!On the run from the law and trying to prove that he in fact wasn't responsible for the kidnap murder of Pam Pacific Inc. CEO John Raymond, Robert Patten, that he in fact framed himself for Camron gets some good news from his good friend and night club owner Morris Bronson, William Marshall. Benson tells Camron that at the time the Raymond was supposedly kidnapped was at least three hours later then at first reported. That was in a kidnap ransom note sent to Pam Pacific Inc.by the person or persons who actually murdered Raymond to cover up their tracks. It was in getting a hold of the bogus ransom note that Camron fabricated his well planned out scenario in his murder of John Raymond! As things turned out one of Bronson's employees singer Muriel, Abigail Shelton, was actually shacked up in Raymond's hotel room up until 9:00 PM! That's almost three hours after he was reported, in the ransom note, to have been kidnapped!***SPOILERS*** With Camron now being able to prove his innocence if he can get Muriel to talk he goes all out to find the person who really murdered Raymond! that takes him straight to hot and sexy Elanine Mercer, Pamala Murphy, in who's car a dark Mercedes Raymond was last seen alive! The big surprised in all this is that what lead to Raymond's murder was his womanizing not any sleazy deals that was thought to have him rubbed out! It was his fooling around and then dumping Elaine that spelled Raymond's doom! And it was Cameron who was so certain that he finally tracked down Raymond's murderer who ends up getting the surprise of his life when he found out, in him thinking it was Elaine, whom Raymond's killer really was!

Jonathon Dabell George Kennedy is an unusual actor for me. He is largely forgotten, yet has an Oscar to his name. He's in many of the films everyone remembers well, such as The Dirty Dozen, Airport and The Naked Gun, and yet he rarely catches the limelight as the leading man. He's also supremely talented, without ever appearing to be trying hard.In this superior thriller, he plays a man who discovers that he has a brain tumour. He arranges his own death, so that his wife can claim the insurance money. However, just as his plan is about to kick into action, he learns that he has been mis-diagnosed and that, in fact, he is not dying at all.This film stays one step ahead of the audience at all points. It is ingenious and interesting throughout, and has the added benefit of being a touch different to the majority of hard-boiled thrillers from this period. Perhaps it gets over-complex, and the downbeat ending is typical of the time. Nevertheless, this is a good film, and like some of the other user's who have reviewed it I am very baffled as to why it is unavailable on video.