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Never mind that it often seems a parody of Zane Grey. MacLean's tale gleefully highballs along at a brisk, cinematic clip. Funny touches are provided by the English understatements of MacLean's Pinkerton-man hero. He is the sort of chap who, on examining an arrow embedded in the heroine's shoulder, might mutter, "Mmmm, Apache, I shouldn't wonder...
Romeo's servant Balthasar, though seen, has nothing to say until near the play's end, when he comes into his own. Franklyn Seales, a recent Juilliard graduate, brings marked talent to the part. He is a chap who clearly bears watching...
...other singles matches, John Ingard defeated Mark Jee, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, while Chap Baird disposed of Steve Merchant, 6-3, 6-2. Charlie Crusan, playing fifth singles in place of the ailing Joe Hone, overcame Bob Bristow, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, and Gary Reiner defeated Desi Dundics...
...shot flings one Jumper out of his pyramid. It seems to be a gag until he bleeds. Next day the cadaver turns up in the bedroom of ex-Singer Dotty Moore, at whose party he was mysteriously murdered. A good deal of esprit de corpse ensues until the poor chap is lugged away by his fellow Jumpers in a huge plastic bag. The deceased in fact is a professor of logic named McFee. Like McFee, all the Jumpers are professors of philosophy at the college where Dotty's husband teaches. They have been organized as gymnasts by the vice...
Holmes shot me a look of concentrated venom. Strange chap, Sherlock, skittish as an undergraduate sometimes...