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...Shalalco means Bringer of Rain. In movie parlance it merely means Stupefier of Audience. In this wildly improbable western, Bringer of Rain (Sean Connery) is a rugged cavalry scout dispatched to the unhappy hunting grounds of the Apaches. There, he discovers a troupe of junketing European aristocrats, including Brigitte Bardot, Jack Hawkins and Honor Blackman, sipping drinks with pinkies extended, trading salon witticisms and plugging mountain lions from close range. Classic examples of the unspeakable pursuing the uneatable, the hunters blithely pooh-pooh Connery's warning that the Injuns are on a scalptingling expedition. Miffed, Shalako sulks...
...record note, however, that Brigitte Bardot stars in the film, and that she is still a glorious beauty and a first-rate actress. Her English accent never fails to interest and amuse, though unfortunately her dialogue is mostly along the lines of "I have no more cartridges," or "You wanted me last night, do you still want...
...quarter of an hour. Still, after 90 minutes of slaughter, when the Indian chief makes a sign like Dave Garroway's and says, "No more killing, there has been enough bloodshed," you may regret that one or two more characters had not hit the Happy Hunting Ground before Bardot and Connery ride into the sunset...
...SPECIAL BARDOT (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). In her first U.S. television special, Brigitte sings and dances on location in Paris, London and on the French Riviera...
Shalako--Sean Connery and a heavily made-up Brigitte Bardot in a western which instinct tells us isn't much good. To be reviewed next week. At the PARAMOUNT, Washington St. across from Raymond...