Sunday, August 28, 2011

Ring Of Fear Synopsis #24 (From Eric Beheim)

Although usually successful in keeping his psychotic outbursts under control while around others, O’Malley is occasionally provoked into revealing his true nature, such as during a confrontation with an old show hand who catches him tormenting one of Clyde’s tigers. These occasional lapses do not go unnoticed by the observant Jack Stang.
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Posted by Buckles at 8/28/2011 06:55:00 AM

5 comments:

Eric said...

This toothless old guy has to have been some veteran show-hand from the Beatty show who had been around since the days of James A. Bailey and Al Ringling. Does anyone recognize him and know who he is?

28 August, 2011 11:26
Chic Silber said...

The covering of the cage wagon

sides seem to be chain link on

the 1st one & hardware cloth on

the 2nd if that is possible

28 August, 2011 11:48
Roger Smith said...

This fine old actor is Harry Hines, who had lines here, but remained uncredited. Hines had a long career in such roles, seen often as drunks, bindlestiffs, Western types, and that old Hollywood generic--"townsman". He is seen briefly as a barker in the Tony Curtis biopic, HOUDINI.

28 August, 2011 13:25
Roger Smith said...

Another uncredited actor from Beatty's past was the ever-reliable Vince Barnett, seen in ROF as a Vendor. In his first book, THE BIG CAGE, Beatty wrote of the filming that a camera box was placed in the arena, with the operator and director Kurt Neumann inside. After shooting one scene, Neumann asked if all the cats were gone before he and his cameraman came out. Beatty assured him they were. Andy Devine and Vince Barnett, playing cagehands in the film, had pulled on a tiger suit and hid around back. When Neumann cautiously stepped out, they charged him with loud roars. Neumann almost hurt himself trying to duck back inside. With the tiger suit on the ground and the whole cast and crew in convulsions, Neumann stormed out demanding fistfights with everyone in sight.

28 August, 2011 13:43
Frank Ferrante said...

Eric -
My copy of "Ring of Fear" arrived from Amazon on Saturday morning. I promised myself that I wouldn't run ahead of your series... so much for empty promises. I enjoyed the film MORE because of your series. ~frank

29 August, 2011 10:28

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