Walk the Dark Street

Definitely a takeoff on THE MOST DANGEOUS GAME, you have a contemporary big game hunter (well played by Chuck Connors) walking the streets of a big city --instead of a jungle --hunting down another human being. Character actor Don Ross, a familiar face, who appeared in scores of tv shows for decades, plays the man on the run, who Connors believes caused the death of his brother. The catch is both men are armed with rifles --and may the best shot win! It's not a bad premise, and even with a super low budget, the story has its moments; adventure and some chills, mostly filmed on the streets in 1950s Hollywood. Its also a neat time capsule. The film will hold your attention and it does move, and Connors is interesting, especially as he grows frustrated in his attempts to nail Ross, who is quite elusive. Regina Gleason is the female co-star here, likewise a veteran of hundreds of tv shows, though her claim to fame in the 1960s was her arrest for wearing "thick" sunglasses while driving in LA! Wyott Ordong, the low, low budget director whose name was more famous than his work, produced this adventure, also credited for such cult titles as ROBOT MONSTER and MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR. He also gave ole Ed Wood (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE) a run for his money, as not being the only director and producer to scrape together a few bucks to make cult movies! Ordong also managed to get a large movie studio involved, in this case Universal Pictures, at least to use their sound stages and leftover sets. Not a bad time killer, which in the last few years had turned up on dvd.