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Iron Man (1951)
Mild-manner man become killer in the ring
This is an entertaining movie, but one that goes for the cheap, easy ending, where Jeff Chandler's character of Coke decides to fight clean and loses to Rock Hudson's Speed. I think it would have been a better to have Coke be so angry about his former friends abandoning him that he approaches the O'Keefe fight with such fury, displaying it in the ring as well, that he ends up either killing or seriously injuring O'Keefe. Only then does he realize what his style of fighting can do. Perhaps, in the end he redeems himself by fighting with more restraint in the next battle, and losing, or maybe, as someone pointed out here earlier, his win at all costs drive makes him an outcast. Let me say, that despite the rather cheesy ending, The Iron Man is a good movie, well acted and worth watching.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Silent Saboteurs (1965)
VTTBOS as a spy show
This episode is an attempt to make Voyage have some "Man from UNCLE"-type stories, which it also had in the first season. This one works primarily because of the cast (David Hedison, Del Monroe, Terry Becker) and the two supporting players (George Takei and Pilar Seurat). The latter two are especially believable as the eventual villain and heroine of the story. It was also done at a time when VTTBOS was still using women as guest stars, something that didn't occur for most of the third season and all of the final one. Note: There are also several continuity problems in the episode, most likely the result of Irwin Allen being too cheap to redo a scene. In one, Capt. Crane prepares to leave the flying sub carrying an underwater flashlight and with a waterproof holster (gun inside) strapped to his weight belt. When he exits the sub, they're gone, although the holster is back on his belt when he gets to shore. Also, when a lone diver (Seurat's character) approaches the sub, her regulator is on the left and her dive knife is strapped to her right leg. She also uses her left hand to activate her voice transmitter. Once aboard the sub, her equipment is reversed and she is obviously right handed. The film of her swimming to the sub was likely "flipped".