Word: montalban
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Thugs drill him with lead, he gets wet paint on his jacket, a bear trap snaps on his leg, and a window slams down on his fingertips. Nordberg's partner, Lieut. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), solemnly swears revenge. But before he has * brought the evil Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban) to justice, Drebin must do business with a killer fish, a body-stocking condom, a ballplaying assassin (Reggie Jackson) and the Queen of England. As Frank could tell you, it's the same old story: "Boy finds girl. Boy loses girl. Girl finds boy. Boy forgets girl. Boy remembers girl. Girl...
Naked Gun's script thrives on the same groaner puns and absurd hyperbole that distinguished Airplane! When the movie's villain, played with oily elegance by Ricardo Montalban, offers Nielsen a cigar he says, "Cuban?" "No," replies Nielsen, "I'm Dutch-Irish." Montalban's dignified demeanor is a perfect foil to Nielsen's hapless bumbling...
Priscilla Presley plays Montalban's innocent assistant, whom Drebin describes as having "the kind of legs you'd like to suck on," and is appropriately appealing as Nielsen's love interest...
Although Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize, were not on hand, the posh Hawaiian resort that opened last week could well be named Fantasy Island. The new Hyatt Regency in Waikoloa on the main island of Hawaii offers luxury accommodations for $195 to $375 a night. For $325 extra, guests can train for a day under a professional driver, then suit up for a mock Grand Prix auto race along the coastline. Those who seek Hemingway-style adventures can hunt wild Russian boar and Longhorn bull on an island safari...
Along with Bermudez, the Assembly returned three incumbent directors: Alfredo Cesar, Adolfo Calero and Aristedes Sanchez. They join Newcomers Wilfredo Montalban, Roberto Ferrey and Wycliffe Diego, a representative of the Miskito Indians who live on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Jr., a Bermudez foe whose family publishes Nicaragua's opposition newspaper La Prensa, lost his re-election bid. Calero and Bermudez have clashed in recent months over the handling of the war. But they appeared, for the moment, to have patched things...