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Okay, whadda we got here?

~ A future in which overpopulation causes the passing of laws that make pregnancy illegal. (Good luck with that, eh?)

~ A Big Game Hunter goes after the biggest game of all — A T-Rex!

~ A so-called comedy about the so-called Last Secret Agent. Nancy Sinatra sings the title theme one year before doing the theme for You Only Live Twice.
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The Last Child (1971 TV movie)




In 1994, overpopulation has forced the totalitarian government to prohibit couples from having more than one baby.

Michael Cole ("The Mod Squad") and Janet Margolin break the law by having a second child, after which they are forced to flee from authorities. Edward Asner ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show") is a government agent sent to track them down.

Van Heflin makes his last screen appearance as a retired senator who remembers the good old days and thinks the government has gone too far. He helps the fugitive couple avoid capture while they make their way to Canada.

An above-average TV movie with good performances by the fine cast and good direction by John Llewellyn Moxey.
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The Last Dinosaur (1977 TV US\Japan)

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A made-in-Japan movie with American stars, released theatrically in other countries but sold directly to American TV. This is like a movie produced by the United Nations!

Gravel-voiced, super-macho Richard Boone plays Masten Thrust (how's that for a phallic name?), the richest man in the world, who takes a small crew of scientist to a "lost world" inhabited by dinosaurs, a freak temperate zone near the North Pole (ala "The Land Unknown" — only in the hemisphere that has no land near the pole, just floating ice. Oops).

To get to this exotic local, Boone uses his "Thrust Polar Borer" (how's that for a phallic machine?), an idea perhaps borrowed from Burroughs "At the Earth's Core". (Okay, who am I kidding? Of course it's borrowed from Burroughs! Duh . . . )

And if you think the name of the character and his ego-boosting machine aren't phallic symbols, just study the poster above a bit more closely. Tell me the artist didn't laugh himself sick when he got away with positioning the "Thrust Polar Borer" right there in relation to that big old T Rex!

Oooh yeah . . .

Predictably the Tyrannosaurus Rex they find is (A) a man in suit, (B) four times bigger than it should be, and (C) not too well designed.

Most of Boone's dialogue is laughable at best, a lot of macho-type stuff like, "I'm gonna kill that monster if it's the last thing I do!".

But the wilderness locations are well chosen, the dinosaurs are nicely matted into shots with the actors, and there are special effects aplenty. Co-starring Joan Van Ark, Steven Keats, Luther Rackley, and Tatsu Nakamura. Directed by Alex Grasshoff and Tom Kotani. ____________________________________________________________________

The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966)

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If you're in the mood for a silly secret agent spoof, you could do a lot worse than this air-headed comedy starring the funny-man team of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi as two goofy American tourist who get roped into espionage, intrigue, and a whirlwind adventure with cute-as-a-button Nancy Sinatra.

The good-guy spies work for an organization called G.G.I.— which stands for Good Guys, Incorporated).

The bad-guy spies work for T.H.E.M. š — which doesn't stand for anything, just Them!

The gimmick weapon is a hi-tech, multi-function umbrella. T.H.E.M. is out to steal the world's art treasures, including the Statue of Liberty (ambitious, to say the least).

Supporting cast includes Lou Jacobi, John Williams, Sig Rumann, Harvey Corman (in a small part as a German colonel), Ed Sullivan as Ed Sullivan, and the luscious Edy Williams. Directed by Norman Abbott.

Miss Sinatra sings the title theme. On year later she sang the theme for "You Only Live Twice". Listen to both songs below, with slides shows and lots of Miss Sinatra to look at. Then watch the funny trailer, narrator by the great Art Gilmore

_____________________ You Only Live Twice


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__"The Last of the Secret Agents" - Nancy Sinatra


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_____ The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966) trailer


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)