Saturday, December 14, 2013

Whiffs (1975)

Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Ted Post
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Elliott Gould is in the Army Chemical Corps, volunteering as a guinea pig for tests involving gas and chemical warfare. After he becomes too sick to carry on, he is discharged with a minimum of reimbursement. He fails at a series of menial jobs but meets an old Chemical buddy one night in a bar. They come up with a plan to use Army gas in robberies. They start with bars and restaurants, but eventually gas an entire town in order to rob the banks. You need a unique sense of humor to appreciate it, but it does have a point to make. However, after awhile you just want Gould to go away, and his scenes with Jennifer O'Neill are downright embarrassing.

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