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P.J. (1967)

Director: John Guillermin

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From Time Out Film Guide

Peppard plays PJ Detweiler, down-at-heel shamus, in this unmemorable addition to the largely unmemorable private eye cycle of the late '60s. Hired (after undergoing a toughness test) by tycoon Raymond Burr - you know he's up to no good because he hoards his cigar butts - PJ gets to go to a murkily exotic island in the Bahamas as bodyguard to the tycoon's mistress (Hunnicutt) because someone has been trying to kill her. Beatings-up, attempted murders and red herrings proliferate before he solves the case. Gracelessly directed with a huge close-up to underline every plot point, it goes through the routine motions, offering very little apart from the odd wisecrack and a lot of thick-ear violence.

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Cast & crew

Director: John Guillermin

Producer: Edward J Montague

Cast: George Peppard, Raymond Burr, Gayle Hunnicutt, Coleen Gray, Susan Saint James, Brock Peters, Jason Evers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Severn Darden, Bert Freed full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 109 mins


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