{"id":91887,"date":"2020-10-18T09:41:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T06:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jack-lord-has-a-devil-of-a-time-in-the-name-of-the-game-is-kill\/"},"modified":"2020-10-18T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T06:41:03","slug":"jack-lord-has-a-devil-of-a-time-in-the-name-of-the-game-is-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jack-lord-has-a-devil-of-a-time-in-the-name-of-the-game-is-kill\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jack Lord Has a Devil of a Time in &#8216;The Name of the Game Is Kill&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409ac955596\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a409ac955596\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jack-lord-has-a-devil-of-a-time-in-the-name-of-the-game-is-kill\/#What_is_%E2%80%98The_Name_of_the_Game_Is_Kill_about\" >What is \u2018The Name of the Game Is Kill\u2019 about?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jack-lord-has-a-devil-of-a-time-in-the-name-of-the-game-is-kill\/#What_makes_%E2%80%98The_Name_of_the_Game_Is_Kill_sublime\" >What makes \u2018The Name of the Game Is Kill\u2019 sublime?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jack-lord-has-a-devil-of-a-time-in-the-name-of-the-game-is-kill\/#And_in_conclusion%E2%80%A6\" >And in conclusion\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Jack Lord Has a Devil of a Time in &#8216;The Name of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> Is Kill&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><em>Welcome to\u00a0<strong>The Prime Sublime<\/strong>, a weekly column dedicated to the underseen and underloved films buried beneath page after page of far more popular fare on Amazon\u2019s Prime Video collection. We\u2019re not just cherry-picking obscure titles, though, as these are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> that we find beautiful in their own, often unique ways. You might even say we think they\u2019re sublime\u2026 and this week we\u2019re rewinding to the late 60s for a cautionary tale about bad Samaritans called The Name of the Game Is Kill!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSublime \/s\u0259\u02c8bl\u012bm\/: of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The moral of far too many thrillers seems to be that strangers can\u2019t be trusted, especially when they appear to be acting out of kindness. Don\u2019t take rides from passing strangers, don\u2019t accept invitations to spend the night with them, don\u2019t hook up with more than one sister\u2026 you know, the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s and cautionary tales about stranger danger. This week\u2019s Prime Sublime pick fits that bill, but it does it with a slightly atypical conclusion. It\u2019s enough to make it stand out from the pack despite no one having seen it in decades\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_%E2%80%98The_Name_of_the_Game_Is_Kill_about\"><\/span>What is \u2018The Name of the Game Is Kill\u2019 about?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Symcha Lipa (<strong>Jack Lord<\/strong>) is a Hungarian man wandering the dry roads of the American West when a kind woman named Mickey (<strong>Susan Strasberg<\/strong>) stops to offer him a ride. He accepts, but her end destination is a town that\u2019s no more than a speck on the map. With no other options, he accepts her extended kindness and offer for a place to spend the night. She lives with her two sisters, Diz (<strong>Collin Wilcox<\/strong>) and Nan (<strong>Tisha Sterling<\/strong>), and their mother (<strong>TC Jones<\/strong>), and while they\u2019re leery of the European, he\u2019s the one who should probably be worried.<\/p>\n<p>Another man who recently spent some time with the family was murdered, Diz is lying about it, Nan is a bit too affectionate towards her pet rattlesnake and tarantula, and mom? Well she has a secret of her own. Of course, Symcha is no angel as he\u2019s very insistent while coming on to Mickey. Next thing he knows, the poisonous snake is loosed in his bedroom and a car runs him off the road and over the side of a bridge. Someone\u2019s playing a game, and the name of the game is\u2026 murder.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_makes_%E2%80%98The_Name_of_the_Game_Is_Kill_sublime\"><\/span>What makes \u2018The Name of the Game Is Kill\u2019 sublime?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Director <strong>Gunnar Hellstr\u00f6m<\/strong> (<em>The Powers of Matthew Star<\/em>, 1982) and writer <strong>Gary Crutcher<\/strong> (<em>Stanley<\/em>, 1972) deliver a straightforward B-movie with <em>The Name of the Game Is Kill<\/em>. The stakes are made clear right up front \u2014 the opening scene sees some poor schlep getting beaned with a small Venus de Milo statue \u2014 but the decision to make Symcha sketchy in his own right makes for an unusual blend of antagonists. Crutcher originally wrote the film as a play at the age of nineteen before seeing it catch the eyes of Hollywood producers, and its journey to the screen teases a \u201cwhat if?\u201d scenario with some far bigger and better known talents.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Polanski was briefly attached to direct, and Rock Hudson was set to be his leading man. When that fell apart, Curtis Harrington came on board to direct with George Hamilton ready to play Symcha alongside Tuesday Weld as Mickey and Gloria Swanson as the women\u2019s mother. That last bit is most interesting to anyone who\u2019s seen the movie as Swanson couldn\u2019t have pulled off the reveal in the film\u2019s third act which suggests it wasn\u2019t always a part of the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Crutcher\u2019s script has plenty more darkness and questionable behaviors to offer, though, and they find footing well beyond the expected \u201ccrazy family\u201d dynamic.\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re the first girl who ever invited me to rape her,\u201d says Symcha, when he returns to the women\u2019s home and confronts Mickey \u2014 after being run over and told by the local sheriff that they just might be murderers \u2014 and it\u2019s made im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely clear that none of these people are exactly innocents. Who do you root for when the characters are all bananas in their own ways?<\/p>\n<p>Unlike something like <em>All the Kind Strangers<\/em> (1974) which sees a Good Samaritan fall into a deadly trap, here we\u2019re embedded with a bad man and four women suffering varying degrees of delusion. Each member of the family tells Symcha a different version of what happened to their father ranging from suicide to murder to abandonment and self defense. Nan\u2019s tale of how her dad left the family was reportedly built around Sterling\u2019s own personal trauma \u2014 her father, actor Robert Serling (<em>Show Boat<\/em>, 1951), abandoned the family when she was still a child.<\/p>\n<p>Each of them acts out of madness now and then, and it works to shape the mystery as to whom among them \u2014 or is it all of them? \u2014 are responsible for the murders both completed and attempted. The end reveal is pretty interesting, and depending on what you think you know about the mom throughout the film, the conclusion challenges preconceived notions and expectations framed by years of thrillers (including a few Alfred Hitchcock movies). Is it progressive? Maybe, maybe not, but it\u2019s definitely a different kind of dark, downer finale.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"And_in_conclusion%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>And in conclusion\u2026<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>The Name of the Game Is Kill<\/em>\u00a0is a B-movie through and through. There\u2019s a top tier version of the film that never was, but the movie we got still entertains with its characters, thrills, and over the top ending. The journey there is low-key more often than not, but the growing mystery finds some highlights in the form of murder and groovy dance scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Want more sublime Prime finds? 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