It even wastes the romantic angle with the new female professor of the university. However the film fails as a silly knockabout comedy. It has the feel of The Absent Minded Professor and then it descends into mediocrity.Īs the film was released just as the Vietnam war started, I could overlook Jones thinking the US military would use the medallion for ethical purposes. Jones is an health food obsessed eccentric who enjoys his job.
Then at a party he is whisked away by some Russians. His colleagues at the university think he is behaving oddly. Jones goes to the military in Washington DC but they think he is a crank without even seeing his demonstration. Unsure what to do with the power of the medallion. It can cause a sharp stabbing pain or slow people down and even kill. Jones discovers that the medallion has special powers. When his niece receives an ancient mystical medallion, he is excited by the inscription in an ancient language. Professor Jonathan Jones (Tom Poston) is a professor of ancient languages at a university and bit of a goofball. It did remind me of those silly Disney comedies of the time. William Castle was well known for horror films with gimmicks. Reviewed by Prismark10 2 / 10 This coin has no magic These sort of brain-addled moments abounded in the film-and made it embarrassing and irritating to watch. When he was trying to demonstrate his powers for his boss, he didn't make sure he had the medallion on him. When he was kidnapped by the Russians, though he had these great powers he forgot to use them until the end of the film. Again and again, Posten's character (who was supposed to be a genius) behaved stupidly. There's more to it than this, but frankly it all seemed like a kooky and less well made version of THE ABSENTMINDED PROFESSOR.Īs I said above, the script was really sub-par. When he tries to show this to the US military, they think he's some kind of nut and the only ones who believe are the evil Russians. Posten is happy when he notices that he can read this medallion and finds that it's a powerful charm-allowing the user to cause pain by pointing at someone, make them slow down or even kill. His niece receives an ancient medallion from her boyfriend who is on a dig. The film starred Tom Posten as a goofy professor of ancient languages.
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The idea itself, though weird and silly, could have worked-but the movie failed again and again-mostly due to a dopey script. This is a movie that failed-mostly because the writing was very poor and because William Castle was not very adept at comedy (this film and 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS prove that).
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