Duke Callaghan


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Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You Think I'm Too Old? First appearance of top-billed Robert Mitchum, in Los Angeles, as low-energy detective and WWII vet Harry, taking a call from war buddy and Tokyo-based businessman Tanner (Brian Keith), who’s just been threatened by Japanese gangsters, who mentions an old love interest (Keiko Kishi), in The Yakuza, 1974.
Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Justice, Peace And Humanity Complex exposition by director Sydney Pollack, from the screenplay by Leonard and Paul Schrader and Robert Towne, as Japanese-resident American WWII vet Wheat (Herb Edelman) explains for youngster Dusty (Richard Jordan), the son of another war-buddy, the background of Harry (Robert Mitchum), with whom he’s traveling, and his old-flame Eiko (Keiko Kishi), in The Yakuza, 1974.
Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Get Rid Of Thinking Director and producer Sydney Pollack introduces the celebrated Japanese actor Ken Takakura, in only his second Hollywood picture and his first substantial role, as Kendo martial arts guru and underworld figure Tanaka Ken, visited in Kyoto by American private eye and WWII vet Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum), to whom he owes a profound family debt, in The Yakuza, 1974.
Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Open, A Losing Number Stylish framing and staging in the opening, compromised maybe by dorky 1970's men's fashion which has, evidently, consumed Tokyo, with Kyosuke Machida as Japanese mob messenger Kato performing a rite (with Akiyama Masaru) in service of chieftan Tono (Eiji Okada), in Sydney Pollack's often-overlooked The Yakuza, 1974, starring Robert Mitchum and Ken Takakura.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- (Movie Clip) She's Called The Swan Unhappily allied with Del Gue (Stefan Gierasch), having accidentally obligated the Flathead (Indian) chief (Richard Angarola) to give him a substantial gift, Robert Redford (title character) receives Swan (Delle Bolton), then departs with his also-unwanted child (Josh Albee), in Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Being Of Sound Mind And Broke Legs Introduced with an overture and a theme song, having been instructed to “turn left at the Rocky Mountains,” aspiring mountain-man Robert Redford (title character) meets a deceased compatriot and loses a mule, early in Sydney Pollack’s Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Fine Target His first encounter with a living person in the post-Civil War western wilderness, novice mountain-man Robert Redford (title character) meets grizzled grizzly hunter Bear Claw (Will Geer), who isn’t overly friendly, early in Sydney Pollack’s Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- (Movie Clip) We Have Graves To Dig Now much more competent after spending the winter with an experienced trapper, Robert Redford (title character) comes upon a newly bereaved mother (Allyn Ann McLerie), victim of an Indian raid, in Sydney Pollack’s Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.

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