Rod Taylor TV and Movie Buyer's Guide
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Here's an extensive resource for finding copies of Rod Taylor's movies and TV shows. The information below is based primarily on my own buying and trading experience. If I link to a seller or collector, it's because I have found that source to be reliable and/or easy to use. I do not receive a commission, cut or kickback for any links. This page is set up purely as a service to fellow fans. If a title is commercially available, you could probably find it via many online retailers. But I've linked primarily to Amazon.com because I've found it's quick, easy, informative and offers the widest array -- new and used. Amazon also ships internationally and has an international section with a limited amount of PAL-format tapes for European fans. Have any questions? Any leads? Find any broken links? Please contact me, Diane. |
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MOVIES |
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| Title (link to movie info) | Comment |
| Ask Any Girl | VHS available from Amazon.com. |
| The Birds | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. DVD version includes fine documentary, All About The Birds. |
| The Catered Affair | VHS available from Amazon.com. |
| Chuka | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. |
| Colossus and the Amazon Queen | VHS available from Movies Unlimited. Also, it's part of an Adventure DVD package available on eBay. This Italian-made movie is dubbed, thus Rod's voice is not his own. |
| Dark of the Sun (The Mercenaries) |
VHS available from Amazon.com. DVD available from Thailand, but it's really just a VHS transfer -- no bonus features or special restoration. |
| Darker Than Amber | VHS frequently available via Amazon.com zShops and on eBay. Beware sellers offering the "uncut" version, touting the fight scene as unedited; it's likely a bootleg copy of poor quality. |
| The Deadly Trackers | DVD available from Amazon.com; paired with "Man in the Wilderness" |
| Do Not Disturb | DVD available via Amazon.com |
| Fate is the Hunter | Not released on video. Occasionally on TV. "Unofficial" VHS and DVD copies often are on eBay. |
| A Gathering of Eagles | VHS available via Amazon.com. |
| Germacide (Blondy) | VHS frequently available via Amazon.com zShops and on eBay. Title may be listed as "Germacide," "Germicide" or "Blondy." But by any name, it's bad. |
| Giant | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. |
| Glass Bottom Boat | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. |
| Gli Eroi (The Heroes) | Released on video in Europe. PAL VHS version sometimes available on eBay from European sellers, often titled "Die Helden Von Afrika." |
| Hell on Frisco Bay | Not released on video. |
| The Hell With Heroes | Not released on video. Copy available from Linda, at The Pete Duel Site. Copies also have begun showing up on eBay. |
| Hell River (Partizani) | VHS frequently available via Amazon.com zShops and on eBay. |
| The High Commissioner (Nobody Runs Forever) |
DVD available from Amazon.com. |
| Hotel | VHS available from Amazon.com. |
| Inglourious Basterds | DVD to be released on Dec. 15, 2009. |
| King of the Coral Sea | Not released on video. ScreenSound Australia can make a copy. |
| Long John Silver | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. |
| The Liquidator | Released only in PAL-format video; not in U.S. |
| The Man Who Had Power Over Women |
VHS occasionally available used via Amazon.com and occasionally on eBay. |
| Marbella | VHS frequently available via Amazon.com zShops and on eBay. Sometimes titled "Hot Spot." |
| Mask of Murder | Released on VHS, but it's very rare. PAL version occasionally available on eBay. Now on on DVD, region 2. |
| On the Run | VHS available from TVideo.com. |
| 101 Dalmatians | VHS
and DVD
available from Amazon.com. Also, there's a two-disc platinum edition DVD. |
| Open Season | VHS available on Amazon.com -- about $95 new and $2 used. You pick! Also frequently available on eBay, cheap. |
| The Picture Show Man | DVD available on Amazon.com. It is in PAL format, released in Australia. It won't play on North American TVs, but it will play in your computer's DVD drive. |
| Point of Betrayal | VHS available from Amazon.com. It will come without shrink-wrap and amateurishly packaged. DVD available on eBay, from the U.K. |
| Raintree County | VHS available from Amazon.com. |
| Separate Tables | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. |
| Seven Seas to Calais | Not released on video. Sometimes on TV. |
| Step Down to Terror | Not released on video. "Collector copies" sometimes on eBay. |
| Sunday in New York | VHS available from Amazon.com. Buy it. Love it. |
| 36 Hours | VHS.and DVD available. |
| A Time to Die | VHS frequently available via Amazon.com zShops and on eBay. |
| The Time Machine | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. DVD version includes documentary Time Machine: The Journey Back, featuring short "sequel scene." The documentary is also available on VHS at 7th Voyage Productions. |
| Top Gun | Not released on video. This is a 1955 Western, not the Tom Cruise movie. Sometimes airs on TCM. |
| Trader Horn | Not released on video. Rarely on TV. |
| The Train Robbers | VHS and DVD available at Amazon.com. |
| The Treasure Seekers | VHS frequently available via Amazon.com zShops and on eBay. Title may be listed as "Contraband." |
| The VIPs | DVD available as part of a multi-disc Taylor/Burton set. VHS available on its own. |
| The Virgin Queen | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. |
| Welcome to Woop Woop | VHS available from Amazon.com. Will be available on DVD-R, on demand from Amazon.com starting Dec. 31, 2009. |
| World Without End | VHS and DVD available from Amazon.com. |
| Young Cassidy | Not released on video. Occasionally on TV. |
| Zabriskie Point | VHS available from Amazon.com. To be released on DVD June 20, 2009. |
| TV SHOWS | |
| Title (link to show info) | Comment |
| Goodyear Theatre | "Capital Gains" episode is available through e/p Partners; contact Ron Evans. |
| Bearcats! | Copies of the full series are available from Lee Money. Some episodes are available on eBay occassionally. The pilot for the "Bearcats! series, titled "Powderkeg," was released on video and frequently is available via Amazon.com zShops and on eBay. |
| Cry of the Innocent | DVD available on Amazon.com. Video is occasionally for sale on eBay. |
| Falcon Crest | Warner Brothers has announced that Falcon Crest will be release on DVD in the U.S. in 2010. News here. |
| Hong Kong |
e/p Partners
has 18 episodes available. The picture quality ranges from poor to OK. Contact
Ron Evans to inquire. Also watch eBay for Hong Kong videos frequently up for auction. |
| Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Video frequently is for sale on eBay. |
| Lux Playhouse | "Best House in the Valley" episode is available through e/p Partners; contact Ron Evans. Picture quality is poor, but it's a lovely story. |
| Masquerade | Series occasionally for sale on eBay. |
| A Matter of Wife ... And Death | Occasionally for sale on eBay |
| Murder, She Wrote | Cable network A&E shows re-runs occasionally; keep an eye on the TV Schedule. |
| Oregon Trail | Available on DVD |
| Outlaws | Seeking new source. |
| Palomino | Video is available via Amazon.com and occasionally on eBay. |
| This Is Your Life | Available from ScreenSound Australia. |
| Twilight Zone | "And When the Sky Was Opened" episode is available on DVD (Vol. 16, along with two other episodes). Also, the new "Deluxe Edition" DVD boxed set of The Twilight Zone includes the episode, with commentary by Rod. |
| Suspicion | "The Story of Marjorie Reardon" episode is available from Hollywood's Attic. |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | USA Network shows re-runs of the series. Redemption and Texas v. Cahill episodes available on the Season 4 DVD set. |
| Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy | Sometimes available on eBay under its original title, "The Osiris Chronicles." |
| RADIO | |
| Dambusters | CDs available through Radio of Yesteryear |
| AUDIO BOOK | |
| Rock Star Rising | CDs available through the author's Web site |