B-Movie Gazette: THE AMAZING DOBERMANS (1976) - THIRD AND FINAL ENTRY IN THE SERIES CAME A FEW YEARS LATER WITH MORE STAR POWER BUT LESS ENTERTAINING

B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - KLONDIKE FEVER (1979)

Canadian director Peter Carter was best known for the B-movie masterpiece Rituals, which, many movie lovers think beat Deliverance at its own game. He died sadly at 49 of a sudden heart attack but not before leaving us with a few other gems like Highpoint with Richard Harris and this sorely overlooked Western drama. Klondike Fever tells the story of Jack London (Jeff East) and his partner (Robin Gammel) as they journey to stake their claim and hopefully take home their weight in gold. It's adventurous, epic in scope with a huge cast and suitable for the whole darn family. Of particular note is Robin Gammel, excellent and funny, Gordon Pinsent who kills it as the crafty "Swiftwater" and an '80's actress who I never tire of mentioning, the lovely Lisa Langlois. It's super cornball along the way and sometimes feels like an afternoon children's special but this is a great film and surprisingly it won a bunch of Genie awards to back that up. Klondike Fever, playing above and on Tubi which recently uploaded a much nicer version than the VHS transfer that they used to have. 2.75 stars/2.75

Thursday, April 27, 2023

THE AMAZING DOBERMANS (1976) - THIRD AND FINAL ENTRY IN THE SERIES CAME A FEW YEARS LATER WITH MORE STAR POWER BUT LESS ENTERTAINING

The third entry in the infamous Doberman Gang series produced by the Chudnow family went for more star power than the first two movies with Barbara Eden starring alongside Fred Astaire (who actually is really good in this) and good ole five-pack-a-day James Franciscus. This star power however did not translate to a better film and although there are some enjoyable parts (mostly scenes with just the dogs,) the film pales in comparison to the first two entries in the series.

Amazing Dobermans is and has been a very obscure film to come across with the only release on VHS long gone, very hard to find and pricey. There is currently a user up on YT which I put below, I would describe the quality as adequate or watchable. It's the only online version of any kind that I could locate. If you did like the first two films, then I still recommend this one. It has a good story and moves along at a nice steady pace. It's the actors that are phoning everything in, the dogs are spot-on though, heheh. 1.75 stars/2.75