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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Pilot episode and all 15 episodes from Season 1 of the 1970s series
set in the 1870s and starring David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine,
a half-Chinese, half-American Shaolin priest, who is roaming the
Wild West in search of his missing brother. In the pilot epsiode,
'Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon', Caine runs
away from his native China after accidentally killing the Emperor's
nephew. He ends up in the American West, where he becomes the
champion of the oppressed workers building the transcontinental
railroad. Bounty hunters are after Caine in 'King of the Mountain',
threatening the safety of a widow and homeless boy Caine has
befriended. 'Dark Angel' sees Caine mentoring Serendipity Johnson,
a poor preacher who has been blinded by the Indians, and helping
him to develop his other senses so that his blindness is less of a
handicap. In 'Blood Brother', Caine discovers that the
narrow-minded, bigoted residents of a small town have killed a
priest of whom they were suspicious and mistrusting. A young woman
approaches Caine in 'An Eye for an Eye' to enlist his help with
getting revenge on the soldier who raped her. In 'The Tide', Caine
relies on the protection of a beautiful and mysterious Chinese girl
to protect him from bounty hunters after sustaining serious
injuries. 'The Soul is the Warrior' sees Caine encountering a
sheriff who is facing imminent death. In 'Nine Lives', Caine meets
an Irish miner who has accidentally killed his camp's mascot: a
beer-drinking cat. In order to return to work he must find a
replacement - and quickly. 'Sun and Cloud Shadow' sees Caine acting
as mediator between a small Chinese mining village and a powerful
rancher who claims that the mine they are working belongs to him.
In 'Chains', Caine finds himself shackled to an angry and bitter
man, and teaches him how to control his hatred and be at peace with
himself. Jodie Foster, then a relatively unknown child actor, guest
stars in 'Alethea' as a young girl who speaks out against Caine,
testifying that that she witnessed him shooting a man, after he is
put on trial for a murder he did not commit. In 'The Praying Mantis
Kills', a young boy defends a jail against the gunmen who killed
his father, the sheriff. Caine is captured and forced to labour as
a slave in a silver mine in 'Superstition'. The mine then caves in,
trapping him and the other miners. 'The Stone' sees Caine get
tangled up in an affair involving a priceless diamond, a Brazilian
slave, and the three revenge-seeking sons of a woman spurned by her
lover. In 'The Third Man', a gambler who has been injured by
thieves is then shot by an anonymous gunman. Finally, 'The Ancient
Warrior' sees Caine attempting to honour the death wish of an
Indian warrior who wants to die at his predestined burial place -
which just happens to be in the middle of an Indian-hating
community.
Box set of eight classic Clint Eastwood films. In 'Play Misty for
Me' (1971) Dave Garland (Clint Eastwood) is a Californian DJ who
runs a late night call-in show, and receives regular requests from
a female caller for Erroll Garner's 'Misty'. The fan, Evelyn Draper
(Jessica Walter), turns out to be a maniacal stalker. In the
western 'High Plains Drifter' (1973) the unwelcome arrival of a
stranger (Eastwood) in the town of Lagos causes resentment and fear
among the locals. However, when they come under threat from a band
of escaped convicts, it is to the stranger that the townsfolk turn
for salvation. In 'The Beguiled' (1970), during the American Civil
War, a wounded Union soldier (Eastwood) is taken in by the
all-female staff of a Confederate Louisiana girls' school as their
'prize'. However, the soldier cunningly plays the women off against
each other, working on their sexual frustrations and biding his
time until he can make an escape. 'Breezy' (1973) is an
Eastwood-directed effort in which Breezy (Kay Lenz) is a teenage
hippy hitchhiker taken advantage of by a ruthless rotter who wants
to use her for sex. She escapes in a remote area and meets kindly
middle-aged man Frank Harmon (William Holden) whom she hopes will
take her in. Harmon is (rightfully) reluctant and his worst
imaginable scenario comes true when the impressionable teen falls
in love with him. In 'Joe Kidd' (1972) Eastwood plays a drunken
tracker coerced by American business tycoon Robert Duvall to go in
search of Mexican agitator John Saxon. The film is scripted by
renowned crime writer Elmore Leonard. In 'Two Mules for Sister
Sarah' (1969) a gold-digger (Eastwood) in old Mexico shows his
fundamentally noble nature by saving a 'nun' (Shirley Maclaine)
from being raped. She turns out in fact to be a prostitute, and the
odd couple team up, facing continual confrontation with the French
forces. In 'Coogan's Bluff' (1968) Eastwood is Arizona deputy Walt
Coogan, sent to New York city to escort a prisoner home. The
prisoner isn't ready to be transferred back to Arizona so Coogan
cuts a few corners. This helps the prisoner escape and, after
Coogan clashes with the Sherrif McElroy (Lee J. Cobb), he is
ordered back to Arizona. In 'The Eiger Sanction' (1975) college
lecturer Jonathan Hemlock (Eastwood) tops up his university
paypacket by carrying out the occasional assassination. His latest
assignment involves joining a climbing expedition up the Eiger,
identifying the Russian killer amongst the group, and then
neutralising his threat.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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