16mm Mitchell Movie Trailer Promotional Film Cult Rare Joe Don Baker Linda Evans
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Another vintage bizarre movie trailer on 16mm film.
This promotional commercial is for a 1975 feature called "Mitchell." MST3000 made it infamous.
Advertisement runs about :60 seconds, has rich IB Tech color and no vinegar odor. Vintage cars in chases, exploding car, Linda Evans - lots of fast edits.
Not a dupe. Booming sound. Cult film. Excellent condition.
Ships tracked First Class.
Check my other memes for sale. Put a few in yer cart & get p...aid.
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Mitchell (1975)
R | 1h 37min | Action, Crime, Drama | 10 September 1975 (USA)
A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life. This obscure film became infamous after Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) riffed on it.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglenWriter: Ian Kennedy MartinStars: Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon |
CastJoe Don Baker ... MitchellMartin Balsam ... James Arthur CummingsJohn Saxon ... Walter DeaneyLinda Evans ... GretaMerlin Olsen ... BentonMorgan Paull ... Salvatore MistrettaHarold J. Stone... Tony GallanoRobert Phillips ... Chief Albert PallinBuck Young ... Det. AldridgeRayford Barnes... Det. TyzackTodd Bass ... ChildJerry Hardin ... Desk SergeantLilyan McBride ... Rich Lady (as Lilyan MacBride)Rob Narke ... Customs Officer (as Robin Narke)Sidney Clute ... Rudy Moran
StorylineJoe Don Baker is Mitchell, a principled, hard-nosed, big-bellied cop with an affinity for porn and Schlitz. His latest assignment: taking down a crime boss, drug smugglers and a corrupt businessman while also keeping his own high class prostitute girlfriend in line. This obscure action crime drama became legendarily infamous after the cult comedy show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) featured it and extensively riffed on it on one of its most popular episodes.
Plot Keywords: detective | prostitute | helicopter | shot in the chest | sex scene |
Taglines: Murder...Cops...and Corruption
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
TriviaJoe Don Baker and Martin Balsam would later appear in Cape Fear (1991).
GoofsThe Cadillac that Mitchell picks up the old lady in is a 1975 model. When he later blows the car up, it turns into a 1967 model.
QuotesJames Arthur Cummings: What are you doing with those steaks? Growing them?
Alternate VersionsThe most often seen version of this movie is the version as featured on _"Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)"_ in 1993. This version was derived from a 1980s Lorimar TV print, which was then edited further by the MST3k producers (so they could wrap the host segments of the show around it). Because of this, several fairly important plot details in the original film are lost (making it seem more confusing than it actually is).
ConnectionsReferenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Wild World of Batwoman (1993)
SoundtracksMitchellWritten by Larry Brown, Jerry Styner & Steve HoffmanPerformed by Hoyt Axton
User Reviews Sometimes, Crap Can Be Amusing. Mitchell the cop is a slobby, beer guzzling, mass eating, uncharismatic cop who taunts children by stooping to their level, sleeps with his prostitute girlfriend (Linda Evans? Why?) and busts her when done (Community service, I guess?), and somehow, in God's mercy I suppose, nabs the bad guy at the end of the film. What a hero. What a guy.
Take all that, add a lame, one-dimensional bad guy and equally as weak supporting characters, a bland "been there too many times, even for the '70's" plot, and an unforgettable theme song "My, my, my, my Mitchell", and you have this movie. Joe Don Baker's cinematic opus.
Yet this film makes me laugh every time. Simply put: This movie is a hoot.
Then again, I could never watch this film without the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" treatment. Even I don't have that much self-loathing. I could see why Joel would jump ship after this one. It's a completely ridiculous film, but it remains in my video library. Maybe it's the Johnny Mathis look-alike villain, maybe because it's the bane of all that is considered good taste. One of the few films that I can somehow manage to simultaneously almost kind of recommend, yet warn people to stay away from like the plague. That's the kind of movie "Mitchell" is. Check it out for yourself. Or not.
This promotional commercial is for a 1975 feature called "Mitchell." MST3000 made it infamous.
Advertisement runs about :60 seconds, has rich IB Tech color and no vinegar odor. Vintage cars in chases, exploding car, Linda Evans - lots of fast edits.
Not a dupe. Booming sound. Cult film. Excellent condition.
Ships tracked First Class.
Check my other memes for sale. Put a few in yer cart & get p...aid.
• • •
Mitchell (1975)
R | 1h 37min | Action, Crime, Drama | 10 September 1975 (USA)
A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life. This obscure film became infamous after Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) riffed on it.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglenWriter: Ian Kennedy MartinStars: Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon |
CastJoe Don Baker ... MitchellMartin Balsam ... James Arthur CummingsJohn Saxon ... Walter DeaneyLinda Evans ... GretaMerlin Olsen ... BentonMorgan Paull ... Salvatore MistrettaHarold J. Stone... Tony GallanoRobert Phillips ... Chief Albert PallinBuck Young ... Det. AldridgeRayford Barnes... Det. TyzackTodd Bass ... ChildJerry Hardin ... Desk SergeantLilyan McBride ... Rich Lady (as Lilyan MacBride)Rob Narke ... Customs Officer (as Robin Narke)Sidney Clute ... Rudy Moran
StorylineJoe Don Baker is Mitchell, a principled, hard-nosed, big-bellied cop with an affinity for porn and Schlitz. His latest assignment: taking down a crime boss, drug smugglers and a corrupt businessman while also keeping his own high class prostitute girlfriend in line. This obscure action crime drama became legendarily infamous after the cult comedy show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) featured it and extensively riffed on it on one of its most popular episodes.
Plot Keywords: detective | prostitute | helicopter | shot in the chest | sex scene |
Taglines: Murder...Cops...and Corruption
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
TriviaJoe Don Baker and Martin Balsam would later appear in Cape Fear (1991).
GoofsThe Cadillac that Mitchell picks up the old lady in is a 1975 model. When he later blows the car up, it turns into a 1967 model.
QuotesJames Arthur Cummings: What are you doing with those steaks? Growing them?
Alternate VersionsThe most often seen version of this movie is the version as featured on _"Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)"_ in 1993. This version was derived from a 1980s Lorimar TV print, which was then edited further by the MST3k producers (so they could wrap the host segments of the show around it). Because of this, several fairly important plot details in the original film are lost (making it seem more confusing than it actually is).
ConnectionsReferenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Wild World of Batwoman (1993)
SoundtracksMitchellWritten by Larry Brown, Jerry Styner & Steve HoffmanPerformed by Hoyt Axton
User Reviews Sometimes, Crap Can Be Amusing. Mitchell the cop is a slobby, beer guzzling, mass eating, uncharismatic cop who taunts children by stooping to their level, sleeps with his prostitute girlfriend (Linda Evans? Why?) and busts her when done (Community service, I guess?), and somehow, in God's mercy I suppose, nabs the bad guy at the end of the film. What a hero. What a guy.
Take all that, add a lame, one-dimensional bad guy and equally as weak supporting characters, a bland "been there too many times, even for the '70's" plot, and an unforgettable theme song "My, my, my, my Mitchell", and you have this movie. Joe Don Baker's cinematic opus.
Yet this film makes me laugh every time. Simply put: This movie is a hoot.
Then again, I could never watch this film without the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" treatment. Even I don't have that much self-loathing. I could see why Joel would jump ship after this one. It's a completely ridiculous film, but it remains in my video library. Maybe it's the Johnny Mathis look-alike villain, maybe because it's the bane of all that is considered good taste. One of the few films that I can somehow manage to simultaneously almost kind of recommend, yet warn people to stay away from like the plague. That's the kind of movie "Mitchell" is. Check it out for yourself. Or not.
