Met him some years ago in a play in Cambridge... He signed my dvd covers and said many thanks for coming to see the show... It was wonderful to meet him.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
I met him at a burger bar one night here in Perth West Aust. ,he was over here for the premier of Breaker Morant , he seemed like a nice bloke, I didnt hassle him about autograph or anything,just told him I was a big fan of his,he thanked me shook my hand and gave me a couple of double passes for the movie premier ,amazing thing to happen!
its so difficult to decide what to do when we meet famous people. i ve not met many famous peeps, i met one of red dwarf cast, i like the actor. but a momentary hello and appreciative i think your v funny was all i could muster.
Spoke to him in a hotel in Edinburgh a couple of years before his death. He was there with his wife Michelle and the Dotrice family.Lovely bloke and picked up my Durham accent straight away.Sadly missed.
YES, CAN WELL IMAGINE A MAN WHO IS GENUINE AND LIKES OR LOVES HIS FELLOW MAN NOTICING THINGS LIKE THAT. SWEETNESS AND KINDNESS FLOWS FROM SUCH THOUGHTFULNESS
Thank you for uploading . One of my all time favourite Tv shows. And the unforgettable Edward Woodward. A brilliant actor good singer and a thoroughly decent guy.
Great performance from Ed Woodward ... gritty and realistic without going over the top and complemented by the others including Russell Hunter who was perfectly matched as "Lonely" ... top acting
given the age of the film i'm surprised that it's so popular - watch it regularly - if only the t.v. series was made to the same standard we could watch the series over and over
What a simple yet thrilling film with a top cast of Seventies' British acting talent. I missed this sort of thing being very small back then, but I find this the antidote to the rot that can be found on the crap-pump these days, and relish the meandering but clever storylines and the actors acting and not merely standing there looking pretty. Thanks, John. As an additional bit of hilarious interest, I see that big Dave Prowse has had his Wurzel accent dubbed again!
Yes - I wondered about that. I was going to add the factoid that the big guy Callen killed was Darth Vader - I should have known that someone would already have commented on this. Dave was even dubbed for green cross-code stuff th-cam.com/video/CRUBMBi_lp4/w-d-xo.html with a weird mid-Atlantic accent. Don't forget to keep robbing from the rich and giving to the poor Robin of Loxley
@@prendoso You've done well, old son. I'm from Sherwood, but what I (we) grew up with is now long gone. It's good to know that it's not just me speaking into the ether about what went on fifty years ago. My hat off to you. If you have other interesting insights, share them with your old friends, and youth be damned.
I walked passed Russell Hunter at a glasgow scottish parliament rally in 1987,, he said "hello" to me as he walked passed me. I thought he was nice guy to to say hello.
Decade before he became “the Napoleon of Crime” aka Professor James Moriarty, the criminal mastermind and formidable enemy of Sherlock Holmes (the late and great Jeremy Brett)
Yes. London in 1974 no " pollution" then. 2024 the pollution has over run the country let alone London. And no films like this anymore.When Britain was still great ( just).
Just so glad to watch Edward Woodward. An incredible actor, singer and what a sense of humor. They can't find another "Equalizer" either. He's the best. Love him, Michele and their daughter Emily Beth. May God bless them. 🌹
I saw this film recently on television. The Jaguar in the car chase was manufactured in 1968 according to the registration number so would have only been five years old in 1973. A shame such a relatively young car got wrecked. In the 1971 film Villain starring Richard Burton a 3.8 litre Jaguar S Type, manufactured 1963 - 68, gets destroyed in a getaway scene.
Thank you very much for posting this clip. I always thought Russell Hunter was just so damn good. That fear he projects on screen - it's like for real. Just like Woodwards anger. Great stuff.
This is excellent, can't believe I've not seen or heard of this before. Feels so fresh even all these years later. The lengths he goes to to prevent Schneider's weekend trip was very enjoyable to watch!
People often use the word "underrated" when referring to very good actors! Woodward was not underrated but on the contrary, he was highly rated as a serious actor and rightly so.
What a brilliant anti-hero, been wanting see this film for along time. Thank you for uploading this film. Old Woodward was a very good, much missed actor.
Edward Woodward was a superb actor- one of the very finest of his generation. He was always compelling to watch, and entirely convincing. Callan was an outstanding series with a fantastic cast of quality actors, gritty plots and intrigue. Callan made Bond look like a social worker.
I was 7 years old when a magnum for Schneider was first show on TV, over the years I've watched it many times and each time it becomes more relevant in many ways, it must have been 50 years ahead of its self, Woodward played Callan well but lonely (my favourite, Russel Hunter) was a great supporting actor you couldnt help feeling sorry for him, allways in way above his head and as he often said "Mr Callan, i dont want to do this dont make me" . . Meres. Toby Valentine was also a great actor .they dont make them like that any more,
@@JohnMillingtonAEIOU They were making 'Callan' TV shows for about a decade before this film came out. 'The Section' as described in 'Callan' is a fantasy, they spend their time hunting other spies.
Thanks for sharing , I was 13 /14 I enjoyed the characters very much , was thereafter able to recognises similar people the Honest decent ones, and a Nack for identifying those projecting A CLOAK OF RESPECTABILITY . Appreciative new old sub here ,
+Villy Vassell John says... We could have had a thriving film industry, knocking out a dozen good films like this a year. Alas, the Treasury thought the money would be better spent on expanding the secret services and Trident.
i can see why people use to like this i was born in 1968 but i can just remember my mum watching this better than any show on today with such a great actor
A beautifully spartan & understated movie drama that typified Callan as a TV cult series. Just enough extra money and interesting location shooting to give it a sense of `place', and - but for the charming absence of technology - would pass muster even today. Many thanks for sharing...
What a great film! I loved this series on T V and for once the big screen didn't ruin it. Brilliant acting as well. One small criticism, the fight between Toby and Callan. Hmm, I reckon Emma Peel could have finished them both off with a swift kick to the cobblers. It didn't spoil it though, well done, John, thanks for sharing this.
The scenes where Callan visits Hunter are very reminiscent of the scenes when Harry Palmer visits Colonel Ross in The Ipcress File. Never noticed that before.
Superb! Dave Prowse was one of my father's best friends in the 60's -- they were both BAWLA weightlifting champions. I remember thinking he was a real giant when I was a little boy. :0)
what happened to the swinging light globe (evoking sinister subterranean rooms and secret goings on) and haunting 'Callan' theme music. One of the best intros ever
@10th mountain division You're not forced to read mine either. And as to "what of it?", how does your whining about black people have anything to do with this rather enjoyable and unfairly overlooked film?
A real document of the time Eric Porter is at his duplicitous best, Peter Egan, great as the smarmy ex Guardsman and Edward Woodward peerless as the world weary yet experienced working class Callan,
I am so enjoying watching this Callan "movie" I assume it was a spin off from the original Callan series. Wonderful to see some of the old cast. Edward Woodward was my "hero" when I was a youngster, he was a not to miss actor back in the day. Wish I had been a bit older to have appreciated all the little quirks. I loved the series, this is a bonus!
Callan is a brilliant discovery by this Yank. Thank you so much for uploading this film! I've started watching the series episodes as well. Of course I watched the Equalizer but Callan has more depth. Great!
If you could take the very best of what you know of Edward Woodward and distill it into a TV series spanning both the black & white and colour generation along with a movie and the occasional special, then Callan would be it.
+rdjhardy John says... This holds its own against Hollywood "blockbusters". It gives me nightmares to think it nearly went out of the public domain. Thanks for watching it and keeping it alive. John.
i never understood his treatment of lonely. seemed unnecessarily cruel and petty. BO he knew he had it and was sensitive about it. Seemed an easy target, bullying relationship. yet he seemed to like him.
Superb big-screen adaptation of the 1967 pilot A MAGNUM FOR SCHNEIDER. Great acting, loads of action, Callan conditioning his hands in a bucket of sand before chopping down huge David Prowse. Pity Anthony Valentine couldn't reprise his role as Meres, but at least we had wonderful Russell Hunter as Lonely. This was Callan's only big screen adventure as far as I know. Time for a remake?
Yes, a great little film. We could have head a world-class film industry producing twenty films of this quality every year but the shadow government is too small-minded and rely on the t.v., radio and print medium to keep people's thinking in line. Best, John.
Great film. Thanks for posting it. I just ordered the box set for $20. My wife is American and has never seen this but we prefer old programmes. They are usually much better than what's around now. Try The Sweeney. (Second season is rubbish). Thanks!
Met him some years ago in a play in Cambridge... He signed my dvd covers and said many thanks for coming to see the show... It was wonderful to meet him.
Remarkable guy.
he was my father
@@redorblue8124 how lucky were you... Wow, Edward woodwood for a dad.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
Not if you create things, they last
These types of British tv programmes still are the best. Good acting,first class plot and a touch of reality. Still enjoyable
You might enjoy Danger Man aka Secret AGent Man with Patrick McGoohan (the Prisoner)
Absolutely agree. Just thought the music was naff.
And no wokeness.
@@dornierdo2172 Worth watching for that reason alone !
@@shelbynamels973 - don't forget "get carter"
I met him at a burger bar one night here in Perth West Aust. ,he was over here for the premier of Breaker Morant , he seemed like a nice bloke, I didnt hassle him about autograph or anything,just told him I was a big fan of his,he thanked me shook my hand and gave me a couple of double passes for the movie premier ,amazing thing to happen!
Sweet
You´re such a lucky bastard
Breaker Morant was an impressive film and he certainly played his part
its so difficult to decide what to do when we meet famous people. i ve not met many famous peeps, i met one of red dwarf cast, i like the actor. but a momentary hello and appreciative i think your v funny was all i could muster.
Something you'd never forget 👍
There WERE things worth watchng on TV at one time
PC wont allow the good stuff any more nor comedy from then
Absolutely! A superb performance from Edward Woodward.
I miss 1970s and 80s telly. Worth watching before the PC squad took over!
1970s was the best time for me with tv now its all realaty shows cooking
@@thegreyman7449 and when it's not the pc squad, it's reality programmes with celebrities.
Spoke to him in a hotel in Edinburgh a couple of years before his death. He was there with his wife Michelle and the Dotrice family.Lovely bloke and picked up my Durham accent straight away.Sadly missed.
YES, CAN WELL IMAGINE A MAN WHO IS GENUINE AND LIKES OR LOVES HIS FELLOW MAN NOTICING THINGS LIKE THAT. SWEETNESS AND KINDNESS FLOWS FROM SUCH THOUGHTFULNESS
Terrific series! Made back in the day when tv was worth watching
Just as well you don’t watch any tv now then.
@@billpugh58 Sad and shameful. Complete cr@p these days.
Thank you for uploading . One of my all time favourite Tv shows. And the unforgettable Edward Woodward. A brilliant actor good singer and a thoroughly decent guy.
if you haven't watched it.... endic.at/Papillon-1973.mkv
Let's not forget Russell Hunter as 'Lonely' a perfect foil for 'Callan'.
Great performance from Ed Woodward ... gritty and realistic without going over the top and complemented by the others including Russell Hunter who was perfectly matched as "Lonely" ... top acting
Ah, Katherine Schell... beautiful morphing Maya from Space 1999.
am sure she popped up in the sweeny as well as a few others , yeah she was a cracker , aye !
Yesssssss! She showed up in the Lazenby Bond film listed as Von Schell.
Remember Russell Hunter playing Captain Uvarnov in the Robots of death(Dr Who-Tom Baker era) Great actor and distinctive voice.
This is great viewing! Made back in the day when television was worth watching
given the age of the film i'm surprised that it's so popular - watch it regularly - if only the t.v. series was made to the same standard we could watch the series over and over
What a simple yet thrilling film with a top cast of Seventies' British acting talent. I missed this sort of thing being very small back then, but I find this the antidote to the rot that can be found on the crap-pump these days, and relish the meandering but clever storylines and the actors acting and not merely standing there looking pretty. Thanks, John. As an additional bit of hilarious interest, I see that big Dave Prowse has had his Wurzel accent dubbed again!
we know a mini-classic when we see it... glad you rate it... for out of this world acting try endic.at/Papillon-1973.mkv
Yes - I wondered about that. I was going to add the factoid that the big guy Callen killed was Darth Vader - I should have known that someone would already have commented on this.
Dave was even dubbed for green cross-code stuff th-cam.com/video/CRUBMBi_lp4/w-d-xo.html with a weird mid-Atlantic accent.
Don't forget to keep robbing from the rich and giving to the poor Robin of Loxley
@@prendoso You've done well, old son. I'm from Sherwood, but what I (we) grew up with is now long gone. It's good to know that it's not just me speaking into the ether about what went on fifty years ago. My hat off to you. If you have other interesting insights, share them with your old friends, and youth be damned.
Couldn't believe my luck when i spotted aCallan DVD pack of 8 programmes in a country op shop for $1. So good to watch them after 50 years.
Callan was and still is top notch TV.
Was this on TV? Good Lord, no wonder you got yourself that Brexit! This explains a lot. Do more grown up people like this BEEEEEEEEEP?
Russell Hunter, brilliant actor. I used to love this series.
I walked passed Russell Hunter at a glasgow scottish parliament rally in 1987,, he said "hello" to me as he walked passed me. I thought he was nice guy to to say hello.
Decade before he became “the Napoleon of Crime” aka Professor James Moriarty, the criminal mastermind and formidable enemy of Sherlock Holmes (the late and great Jeremy Brett)
My mum loved watching Callan when it originally aired. Russell Hunter was her favourite - you'd never guess he was from Glasgow!
One show not mentioned yet is 1990, which I had the pleasure of working on in 1978.
ASH-Authorised Systemic Harassment
Edward Woodward had screen presence. A top notch actor. Some have it and some do not - he did.
He and Anthony Hopkins would have made a great team. "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Throw in Robert Morley as their Boss.
I think he was classically trained.
Look at what my country used to look like..
Whoever thought would end up here back then ?
One thing that hasn't changed is all the people back then who grew up in the 1910s going "who'd have thought we'd end up here back then"
Without a crystal ball, who did.
Yes. London in 1974 no " pollution" then. 2024 the pollution has over run the country let alone London. And no films like this anymore.When Britain was still great ( just).
@@6teethEnoch Powell did.
Best bit was Miers smacking the fat Greek arms dealer so casually just as he woke up😅😅
Just so glad to watch Edward Woodward. An incredible actor, singer and what a sense of humor. They can't find another "Equalizer" either. He's the best. Love him, Michele and their daughter Emily Beth. May God bless them. 🌹
have you seen papillion? ... endic.at/Papillon-1973.mkv
Denzil Washington did a superb job as The Equalizer and I cannot think of a better person to have continued Woodward's exemplary legacy.
I saw this film recently on television. The Jaguar in the car chase was manufactured in 1968 according to the registration number so would have only been five years old in 1973. A shame such a relatively young car got wrecked. In the 1971 film Villain starring Richard Burton a 3.8 litre Jaguar S Type, manufactured 1963 - 68, gets destroyed in a getaway scene.
Five years was old for a car then. They rusted away as you looked at them.
Most wrecked cars were not usually the ones shown driving about. Older cars, often with one side destroyed were used for the final shots.
All the villains drove a Jag.
Remember the Sweeny.
Very high quality english movie...Eric Poter ...from Forsythe saga.....many years ago....Thanks a lot....
Brilliant, thank you for up loading . A clever plot and brilliantly acted .
have you seen Papillion... endic.at/Papillon-1973.mkv
Cracking show... Darth Vadar Dave Prowse. RIP
Thank you very much for posting this clip. I always thought Russell Hunter was just so damn good. That fear he projects on screen - it's like for real. Just like Woodwards anger. Great stuff.
and to think he was first choice to play Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served
between this film and "get carter" we've got two of the best british films
Much underrated film but to me a CLASSIC !
It's good for re-watch every couple of years.
Glad you like it.
Good for watching every year or two.
This is excellent, can't believe I've not seen or heard of this before. Feels so fresh even all these years later. The lengths he goes to to prevent Schneider's weekend trip was very enjoyable to watch!
Loved Callan, I happen to think Edward Woodward was so underrated as a serious actor.
Let's not forget that dude playing his boss he was perfect in The Wild Geese .
talking of good acting. have you seen Papillion?..endic.at/Papillon-1973.mkv.
Not by the likes us Rob
@@johnlmillington3126yes
People often use the word "underrated" when referring to very good actors! Woodward was not underrated but on the contrary, he was highly rated as a serious actor and rightly so.
Doubt I've seen Callan since it was actually on the TV. Enjoyed this, thank you
you're welcome - download it and spread it around
Whoever's arranged for this film to reach me, thank you so much, an absolute classic.
Thank you for posting this, I'd forgotten what a great series this was, proper story telling and great acting!
have you seen... endic.at/Papillon-1973.mkv
Another British tv good cast
Who ever put robert langsing with edward woodwood.was a genius. That really showed both guys chemistry
Chemistry is true, great acting by both.BRITISH THRILLERS ARE COOL.
Lovely singer Edward 👍 had a beautiful tone/ voice etc = good all rounder ✅🙏
From a time when watching shows like Calan on TV were compulsive viewing and a week waiting to view the next episode seemed like forever.
Arguably one of the best car chase scenes in the movies
A realistic chase, without needless stunts. A shame they destroyed an immaculate S-type Jag...a beautiful car. Callan's Range Rover was cool too.
What a brilliant anti-hero, been wanting see this film for along time. Thank you for uploading this film. Old Woodward was a very good, much missed actor.
It's good for a re-watch every few years.
The trick is to leave it as long as possible between views.
th-cam.com/video/NkVP0cgxaAU/w-d-xo.html
Best spy drama ever put on the tube. Too real.
A great film. Thank you for uploading it. Please upload more.
Excellent movie, first class acting and another brilliant performance by Edward Woodard.
Brilliant.... So is the series. And a big thank you to John.
Don't forget to watch his recommended... Outstanding...'The Sweeney'
Good to see the London streets of old. I enjoyed this. Start to finish Ad free.
Edward Woodward was a superb actor- one of the very finest of his generation. He was always compelling to watch, and entirely convincing. Callan was an outstanding series with a fantastic cast of quality actors, gritty plots and intrigue. Callan made Bond look like a social worker.
The title is A Magnum for Scheinder, I saw it years ago.
*Schneider
Very accurate title.
Anyone here see Woodward in The Fuzz? At an old age he was still killin' it!
*Hot Fuzz
frst time I have watched this movie, what a gem!
Peter Egan in this, playing a character that Martin probably always suspected he really was.
Seen him on stage in Newcastle NSW good singer too
I was 7 years old when a magnum for Schneider was first show on TV, over the years I've watched it many times and each time it becomes more relevant in many ways, it must have been 50 years ahead of its self, Woodward played Callan well but lonely (my favourite, Russel Hunter) was a great supporting actor you couldnt help feeling sorry for him, allways in way above his head and as he often said "Mr Callan, i dont want to do this dont make me" . . Meres. Toby Valentine was also a great actor .they dont make them like that any more,
Loved this show
Best TV Programme ever and a great film
@@JohnMillingtonAEIOU They were making 'Callan' TV shows for about a decade before this film came out.
'The Section' as described in 'Callan' is a fantasy, they spend their time hunting other spies.
well in my top ten british dramas
@@drogomuircastle7175 Callan run from 67-72, the movie come out in 74.
I used to love Callan, RIP Edward Woodward.
Thanks for sharing , I was 13 /14 I enjoyed the characters very much , was thereafter able to recognises similar people the Honest decent ones, and a Nack for identifying those projecting A CLOAK OF RESPECTABILITY . Appreciative new old sub here ,
So this is what the Equalizer was up to before he decided to tweak his name and relocate to New York. Awesome 😅
You got it Guvnor 😂😂😂😂😄😄
Then he did THIS show the year before he died: th-cam.com/video/ODZ0hguSVts/w-d-xo.html
Tweak his name?
@@rosebarry well he's not called Robert McCall here...
@@M1tjakaramazovor queen Latifah garbage
Cracking old school British Movie ,,
+Villy Vassell
John says...
We could have had a thriving film industry, knocking out a dozen good films like this a year.
Alas, the Treasury thought the money would be better spent on expanding the secret services and Trident.
+john l millington We spank the yanks when it comes to quality films but we do not have the money,,
We have got the money.
It all goes into the class structure, the M.O.D., and the secret services.
i can see why people use to like this i was born in 1968 but i can just remember my mum watching this better than any show on today with such a great actor
My mum too was a big fan of the show back then.I'd sit with her and watch it but rarely understood it(well,iwas about six).
A beautifully spartan & understated movie drama that typified Callan as a TV cult series. Just enough extra money and interesting location shooting to give it a sense of `place', and - but for the charming absence of technology - would pass muster even today. Many thanks for sharing...
What a great film! I loved this series on T V and for once the big screen didn't ruin it. Brilliant acting as well. One small criticism, the fight between Toby and Callan. Hmm, I reckon Emma Peel could have finished them both off with a swift kick to the cobblers. It didn't spoil it though, well done, John, thanks for sharing this.
The scenes where Callan visits Hunter are very reminiscent of the scenes when Harry Palmer visits Colonel Ross in The Ipcress File. Never noticed that before.
Roller chalk boards, haven't seen those since the 70's.
And working on Saturday, those were the days.
Excellent film - thanks for making it available.
Superb! Dave Prowse was one of my father's best friends in the 60's -- they were both BAWLA weightlifting champions. I remember thinking he was a real giant when I was a little boy. :0)
You can see his abs through his thick jumper.
Brilliant tv series as with modern "music "they can't make quality like this anymore
Good to see the late Edward Woodward in action again as Callan.
A great film - thank you!
what happened to the swinging light globe (evoking sinister subterranean rooms and secret goings on) and haunting 'Callan' theme music. One of the best intros ever
there are some of the old black and white ones on 'groovey scene ' channel
This is the movie version...
Wow, the equalizer, one of my favorite tv shows, loved the episodes, guest stars, the music, it was so cool.
Back in the day when almost every car was British. Good memories.
yeah, Ford, Vauxhall, Hillman - all American at the time
@10th mountain division 😂😂😂
Oh dear get a load of "Racists Corner".
@10th mountain division You're not forced to read mine either. And as to "what of it?", how does your whining about black people have anything to do with this rather enjoyable and unfairly overlooked film?
@10th mountain division Go to a failed white supremacist insurrection somewhere.
Amazing that this was also done in 55 minutes for the Armchair Theatre pilot in black and white .
Always gonna remember him as sargent Howie, searching for Rowan Morrison...
Comprende?
Great film, thanks for sharing!
Was obsessed with this as a kid made a lot of career choices from this
I was only a corporal once.
A real document of the time Eric Porter is at his duplicitous best, Peter Egan, great as the smarmy ex Guardsman and Edward Woodward peerless as the world weary yet experienced working class Callan,
Have watched it a dozen times.
Soon be ready for another view of it.
Best, John.
Anthony Valentine was a better Toby Meres.
This was meant to be the film which introduced Dolby Stereo = but the playback equipmenyt was not ready.
Thanks for uploading! Superb stuff!
Great to see Moriarty ( Jeremy Brett Holmes ) !!
2:18 Our school had blackboards like that!
I remember this show from back in the day. Thank you!
I am so enjoying watching this Callan "movie" I assume it was a spin off from the original Callan series. Wonderful to see some of the old cast. Edward Woodward was my "hero" when I was a youngster, he was a not to miss actor back in the day. Wish I had been a bit older to have appreciated all the little quirks. I loved the series, this is a bonus!
Ruthless Soames from TV series ...Forthsyte Saga ....Eric Poter....
Loved this as a kid, miles better than American shows
Don’t you ever take a bath ….no wonder they call you lonely ….love callan ….50 years on 2024
Callan is a brilliant discovery by this Yank. Thank you so much for uploading this film! I've started watching the series episodes as well. Of course I watched the Equalizer but Callan has more depth. Great!
I'm really glad so many of you like it.
Thanks to TH-cam as well.
john l millington i think i am on my 4th viewing since July last year.. great film, thanks again!
If you could take the very best of what you know of Edward Woodward and distill it into a TV series spanning both the black & white and colour generation along with a movie and the occasional special, then Callan would be it.
The Wooden Tops more like it 😜🤣😗
Lonely played the role of Ferret in Minder alongside George Cole.
Russell Hunter also starred in a sitcom with Bill Maynard years ago. It was called 'The Gaffer'
Excellent film and I love tge series. Eric Porter was a creepy Moriarty in Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes
His redemption arc from rapist to respected patriarch in The Forsyte Saga made him a living legend.
Thank-you for the up-load, Sir.
+rdjhardy
John says...
This holds its own against Hollywood "blockbusters".
It gives me nightmares to think it nearly went out of the public domain.
Thanks for watching it and keeping it alive.
John.
Russell Hunter playing Lonely , great Actor 👍🏻
Radio operator in Cockleshell Heroes I saw recently on tv
i never understood his treatment of lonely. seemed unnecessarily cruel and petty. BO he knew he had it and was sensitive about it. Seemed an easy target, bullying relationship. yet he seemed to like him.
Lonely was my mum's favourite character in Callan.
Who'd believe Russell Hunter was really from Glasgow!
Thanks for the fun movie. I had never heard of this series before and really enjoyed it!
Superb big-screen adaptation of the 1967 pilot A MAGNUM FOR SCHNEIDER. Great acting, loads of action, Callan conditioning his hands in a bucket of sand before chopping down huge David Prowse. Pity Anthony Valentine couldn't reprise his role as Meres, but at least we had wonderful Russell Hunter as Lonely. This was Callan's only big screen adventure as far as I know. Time for a remake?
th-cam.com/video/NkVP0cgxaAU/w-d-xo.html his very last one.
Gtreat show. I was too young to watch this when it was on tv. Really very good period piece
Men and their toys mmm? Love Callan, loved the series firt time around.
Mr Woodward was a serious wargamer himself and even hosted a special TV series on the hobby.
And don't you love it, that men love playthings?
1:01:15 Russell Hunter was a great character actor.
This is a new comment. Super series. Fine acting. Much missed
Brilliant. I used to watch the series but this is even better,
Yes, a great little film.
We could have head a world-class film industry producing twenty films of this quality every year but the shadow government is too small-minded and rely on the t.v., radio and print medium to keep people's thinking in line.
Best, John.
I wish there was more of this. This is class.
Have you seen Get Carter ?
Yes. The only thing I didn't like about it was the ending. Michael Caine was brilliant.
they are repeating the show on talking pictures from monday 4th of march.
I remember this, great series well done for uploading ah the Rover 2000 policecar, that brought back memories, brilliant motor
Great film. Thanks for posting it. I just ordered the box set for $20. My wife is American and has never seen this but we prefer old programmes. They are usually much better than what's around now. Try The Sweeney. (Second season is rubbish). Thanks!
It holds up really well - I'm going to see if I can find any more.
I love Callen, very sensitive chap, bit paranoid, but has a Conscience, Mind you, you don't want to upset him. Do you !
Should have got more reconition
If only there were some real-life versions of him
I loved Callan- he always had a compassionate side to him as well as being ill at ease with his trade
I thought Anthony Valentine was the original Toby Meres. I didn't realise that Peter Egan played him first.
Anthony Valentine wasn’t available for the film so Peter Egan took the role. Peter Bowles played the role in the tv pilot .