Oliver Reed's Character - King
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — These Are the Damned
mlhughes-1 — 18 years ago(October 23, 2007 09:33 AM)
Really enjoyed this film following recent screening on BBC2. Did anyone feel, like me, that there was something in King's past which connected him ( and therefore Joan also) with the boathouse, and possibly with the military establishment? There was a distinctive divide between King and the rest of the Teddy Boys. There was also some considerable chemistry between King and Freya in the boathouse scene, and a seemingly psychological connection between the two.
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Demarates — 16 years ago(October 18, 2009 12:49 AM)
"psychological" ? Try "incestuous".
Not sure what was more disturbing, that, the ageing yank forcing himself onto her or the implication that a member of the British armed forces would allow a thug to speak to him in such a manner.
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greenbudgie — 11 years ago(January 16, 2015 05:12 AM)
I thought that was a great shot of King in that cemetery. An interesting character. I wonder where he got that bowler from? It is strange that in the long-haired irreverent 1960s, that the John Steed character from 'The Avengers' now look so cool in the repeat of the series. He is conservatively dressed with a bowler on his head and carrying a brolly. So I think King is cool too. Wearing his bowler while leading a gang of teddy boy bikers.