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Porterhouse Blue. British TV Comedy.
I missed this made for TV Mini series starring David Jason completely when it was first aired in the 1980’s while I was working overseas but finally managed to watch it in its entirety on YouTube the other night. A little pipe smoking although obviously not enough for me. David Jason looks determinedly masterful as the Porterhouse college porter wearing a bowler hat with a large quarter bent Rhodesian clenched firmly between his teeth while riding his sit up and beg bicycle around the university town of Cambridge, not sure if he’s smoking the pipe or not but there’s at least one scene where he’s truly on fire.
A series I’ve always wanted to see.
I missed this made for TV Mini series starring David Jason completely when it was first aired in the 1980’s while I was working overseas but finally managed to watch it in its entirety on YouTube the other night. A little pipe smoking although obviously not enough for me. David Jason looks determinedly masterful as the Porterhouse college porter wearing a bowler hat with a large quarter bent Rhodesian clenched firmly between his teeth while riding his sit up and beg bicycle around the university town of Cambridge, not sure if he’s smoking the pipe or not but there’s at least one scene where he’s truly on fire.
A series I’ve always wanted to see.
It’s a good flick about the horrors of trench warfare and what they endured.
Screenshot from that... Is this stem accurate? Seems really crude. I did notice the main character was puffing on an obviously unlit cigarette and they didn't bother to add CGI smoke afterwards.
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To me it looks like a broken stem still being put to use. The main character at the beginning & ending
however has another.
Recently came across a neat little western I watched years ago, Hellfire, remembered I had enjoyed it, so watched again. Positive recollection confirmed.
It’s a Republic B western vehicle for cowboy star William “Wild Bill” Elliott, with an excellent supporting cast including the lovely Marie Windsor, Forrest Tucker and Jim Davis.
Well-directed by veteran R. G. Springsteen, the movie is shot in a good color process with great production values, fine performances and script with an interesting story.
Elliott portrays Zeb Smith, an itinerant card sharp who is caught cheating and whose life is saved by an old preacher who steps in and takes a bullet meant for Zeb. Zeb promises the dying old man he will build the church the old preacher was raising funds to build, but is enjoined to follow “the Rulebook” (the Bible).
Zeb decides he will try to convince notorious outlaw Doll Brown (Windsor), who is searching for her lost younger sister, to turn herself in and donate the reward money to build the church. Brown is being pursued by Gyp Stoner (Davis) and his brothers who seek revenge for Doll killing their brother, who had forced Doll to marry him and abused her and her younger sister. Also in pursuit is Marshall McClean (Tucker), an old friend of Zeb’s, who has his own reason for wanting to end Doll’s criminal career.
It’s a tight little movie with a surprise ending. Elliott turns in a fine, understated performance, displaying what he could do with a script that didn’t require him to chew up the scenery. Windsor is excellent in a role that could have been silly if a lesser talent attempted it, and displays some good horsemanship in the process. Tucker is fine as well, and the supporting cast is uniformly good.
In several scenes, Elliott smokes a very period-incorrect pipe.
It’s in the rotation on Grit tv, haven’t seen it elsewhere in quite a while. A treat for western fans, the story, script, excellent production values along with the fine performances make it enjoyable for wider audiences.
I recommend ‘’it.
It’s a Republic B western vehicle for cowboy star William “Wild Bill” Elliott, with an excellent supporting cast including the lovely Marie Windsor, Forrest Tucker and Jim Davis.
Well-directed by veteran R. G. Springsteen, the movie is shot in a good color process with great production values, fine performances and script with an interesting story.
Elliott portrays Zeb Smith, an itinerant card sharp who is caught cheating and whose life is saved by an old preacher who steps in and takes a bullet meant for Zeb. Zeb promises the dying old man he will build the church the old preacher was raising funds to build, but is enjoined to follow “the Rulebook” (the Bible).
Zeb decides he will try to convince notorious outlaw Doll Brown (Windsor), who is searching for her lost younger sister, to turn herself in and donate the reward money to build the church. Brown is being pursued by Gyp Stoner (Davis) and his brothers who seek revenge for Doll killing their brother, who had forced Doll to marry him and abused her and her younger sister. Also in pursuit is Marshall McClean (Tucker), an old friend of Zeb’s, who has his own reason for wanting to end Doll’s criminal career.
It’s a tight little movie with a surprise ending. Elliott turns in a fine, understated performance, displaying what he could do with a script that didn’t require him to chew up the scenery. Windsor is excellent in a role that could have been silly if a lesser talent attempted it, and displays some good horsemanship in the process. Tucker is fine as well, and the supporting cast is uniformly good.
In several scenes, Elliott smokes a very period-incorrect pipe.
It’s in the rotation on Grit tv, haven’t seen it elsewhere in quite a while. A treat for western fans, the story, script, excellent production values along with the fine performances make it enjoyable for wider audiences.
I recommend ‘’it.
Not exactly a movie, but a scene from the 70s TV series QUINCY. Here's a doctor rushing down the hall in a hospital with a pipe in his mouth. Amazing, how times have changed. 
“Lonestar: Stevie Ray Vaughan” has some great footage of Albert King and SRV smoking while playing.
And it’s an awesome flick, his grasping recovery and making a great comeback is near and dear to me, and his early death was a true shame.
I’ll try to get some screenshots later.
And it’s an awesome flick, his grasping recovery and making a great comeback is near and dear to me, and his early death was a true shame.
I’ll try to get some screenshots later.
