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Belmondo, in the driver's seat all the way, highjacks the Triumph and takes off like That Man from Rio on an obstacle course that leads to Athens (hurling down stairways, stomping his pursuers unconscious), to Naples (driving off an Italian embankment in a hair-raising detour), finally to a full stop in Bremen (bed rest). By then, Backfire has gunned up a lot of excitement?for a movie operating on borrowed...
...powerful Indonesia would halt the flow of East-West shipping through one of the world's busiest waterways-the vital Strait of Malacca (see map). And since Indonesia lies athwart other passages north of the 10th Parallel, a sea voyage from Hong Kong to Rangoon would require a detour of some 7,000 miles. Should Viet Nam also fall, west bound jetliners that now fly to India via Thailand would have to be rerouted via Australia-double the distance...
Stupid plays cupid for a whisky-throated crooner named Dean Martin, played by Martin himself in an orgy of self-parody. En route to Hollywood from Las Vegas, the swinger has to detour through the town of Climax, Nev. "The only way to go," he leers. In Climax his Dual-Ghia is sabotaged by a garage mechanic (Cliff Osmond) and a piano teacher (Ray Walston) who want to peddle their songs. Martin's only interest is broads ("If I skip one night, I wake up with such a headache"). Unwilling to peddle his own wife (Felicia Farr) along with...
...Jenkins took a detour, headed instead for the Y.M.C.A. on G Street. Meanwhile, two plainclothes members of the Washington morals squad, Privates Lamonte P. Drouillard and R. L. Graham, walked through the front door of the "Y" into the lobby, then descended to the basement men's room. A 9-ft. by 11-ft. spot reeking of disinfectant and stale cigars, the room is a notorious hangout for deviates. During one five-hour period earlier this year, police arrested eight homosexuals there, including two college professors and several Government workers...
...your pictures leaves me very confused. The itinerary shown by the red arrow places the President very close to the Book Depository building on Elm Street. Kennedy might very well be alive had the motorcade followed the logical traject: straight along Main Street. What was that detour to Elm Street...