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SOURCE-Kino Lober Blu ray
I couldn't have been older than 8 when I first saw this movie. Was a Sunday afternoon. Flipping between the 6 channels we got I saw a movie was starting. Then saw Vincent Price and decided to watch it.
Price is Milton Parker an elderly toy company Billionaire. He dies and in his will tells 5 teams of people that whoever wins a huge Scavenger Hunt will get his money.
Yep this is pretty much a late 70s remake of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World. And with my being born in the mid 70s this cast is perfect for me.
Richard Benjamin and Cloris Leechman are the greedy relatives of Parker and our lead heels. We get a team made up of the mansion's staff,with James Coco Cleavon Little Roddy McDowell and the maid is played by a lady I know I saw in many things but have no clue her name. Got another team of Dirk Benedict and Willies Ames plus some brunette lady in a custom van,well it is the late 70s. Tony Randal leading a team of him and his kids. Then Richard Mulligan,who adds Scatman Crothers to his team early on,as a cab driver.
Yea this is just crazy set piece after crazy set piece. And I doubt if I hadn't seen this as a kid I would give a shit about it now. Pretty much now if it gets any mention it is cause it is one of Price's last few films and one of Arnold Schazenger's first roles.
I have been rocking a rip of a vhs release for close to 20 years. Got it in the early days of bit torrent. And this Blu ray looks great. Sounds great. Has a ok commentary,which has a few parts of silence. Then 2 interviews with 2 members of the cast.
If you love madcap comedies give this a watch. I am betting it is streaming on some service.
Scavenger Hunt gets a B+
Also Only a few days to the busiesst month every year here at the Blog. Yep 31 days of horror starts Oct 1st.
