Thursday, June 2, 2011

The Third Day (1965)


Warner Bros.
Directed by Jack Smight
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

George Peppard is involved in an accident and has amnesia. He stumbles around trying to figure out his old life. It turns out he is a wealthy playboy suspected of murder. He bickers with his wife, although the new George is a lot nicer than the old George. There is a long, boring middle section about the company he owns and an attempt to sell it. It picks up a bit at the end, but still is a poor imitation of Hitchcock. Instead of Bernard Herrmann we get Percy Faith for the soundtrack. Arte Johnson and Sally Kellerman are more interesting than the leads.

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