Neo-Noir Trois: The Big Fix (1978)
Review of the private eye thriller THE BIG FIX (1978), the oddball adaptation of Roger L. Simon’s novel, new on Blu from Twilight Time.
Review of the private eye thriller THE BIG FIX (1978), the oddball adaptation of Roger L. Simon’s novel, new on Blu from Twilight Time.
Roger L. Simon adapted his novel and probably retained the same tonal shifts which suggest both the author and director Jeremy Paul Kagan wanted to play with the private detective formula…
Anthony Spinner and Barry Shear reportedly bought the film rights to Roger L. Simon’s 1968 novel Heir in 1969, after which it was developed at United Artists with final producer Bernard Schwartz (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Roadgames, Psycho II) guiding what probably seemed like the right mix of cast & crew for a dark, black comedy-drama about spoiled heirs whose young lives and romantic interludes are ultimately turned upside-down by heroin…
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