Alias Smith And Jones - Series 1 - Complete [DVD] [1971] | ![Alias Smith And Jones - Series 1 - Complete [DVD] [1971]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Vw7t%2Bp-GL._SL160_.jpg) | Directors: Leslie Martinson, Richard Benedict, Douglas Heyes
Actors: Ben Murphy, Pete Duel
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 6711
Format: Box set, PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 752 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3
EAN: 5050582478334
ASIN: B000O75I8I
Theatrical Release Date: 1971
Release Date: June 11, 2007
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 Good news! February 26, 2010
S. A. Bollongino (Berlin, Germany)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This series is superb, such attention to detail and the pairing of Pete Duel and Ben Murphy is golden.
Universal should be releasing Seasons 2 and 3 this summer, at least in America, I read on a message board yesterday. Season 2 has the last Pete duel episodes before his untimely death. I think Roger Davis took over as Hannibal Hayes but the magic was gone. Hopefully there will be some good extras on the new seasons DVD's and they will also be available in Europe.
For myself, I would have preferred that only the Pete Duel episodes were released on DVD but maybe that is not possible. He loved playing Hannibal Hayes and it shows, RIP Pete Duel.
 Alas it has dated very badly February 23, 2010
George Robinson (Sherwood Forest, England)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I remember following all these episodes when they were first aired in the 1970s, and thinking how cool these two guys were. Everything about it was a tonic... the theme music, the 'buddy' cameraderie between the two appealing lead characters - back then it was an unmissable treat, and, in my memory, light years ahead of the rest of the TV output at that time.
When I saw that a DVD box set was out, I thought: "Great! Got to have that!" and duly forked out the full price of £30 for this, the first series... only pausing slightly to wonder why it has barely been aired anywhere since.
We have Sky channels full of the same old dross churning round and round like washing in a machine... Only Fools And Horses, The Good Life, Last Of The Summer Wine. Even my hero Columbo's starting to pale as I see him take on Robert Culp and Patrick McGoohan for the 100th time. So how come Alias Smith and Jones never got repeat airings?
Sadly, the reasons become painfully apparent as you grind your way through each episode.
Obviously inspired by the then hugely successful Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the series kicks off with a pilot that's actually not bad, with a bit of a budget behind it and a good rollicking storyline establishing the characters and setting everything up nicely.
But then the Hollywood sausage machine factory conveyor takes over. The budget savings start to kick in... the scripts get ever weaker... whole episodes seem to drag for hours, even though they are only 50 minutes long. The stories are so thin they become tortuous. There's one episode where our heroes are trapped in a stagecoach resting post surrounded by outlaws, where the entire episode is pretty much a series of long, loud, ridiculous gun batttles, where nobody gets even wounded. It just goes on and on and on... and then just ends, with our two heroes simply riding off on their way. Nobody gets hurt, nothing much happens, and everyone's all smiles at the end as plinky-plinky music plays in the background. All's well with the world.
And that's one of the problems. You never feel they are ever in real danger, or that anybody's going to get hurt, or that there's going to be anything of any substance happening. It's like one long series of souffles, so lightweight you think your TV set might just float away.
Pete Duel is on record as saying he hated the show for pretty much the same reasons above, but as a naive young actor he had signed a seven-year deal and couldn't get out of it to try some more serious acting. In the end, as everybody knows, he ended up blowing his brains out at the peak of the show's success.
It says a lot about Universal Studios that on the actual day of Duel's death, they went straight out and hired the dismal Roger Davies as an instant replacement, and just carried on filming. But without Duel's charisma and acting talents, the show just as quickly fell out of the ratings and was junked a few episodes later.
It could have been a classic, but today, it's a piece of nostalgic lightweight froth. You might get a kick out of seeing the two boys in their prime, and perhaps one or two wry smiles, but that's about all. As for enjoying Western thrills and spills, you'd be far better off watching... well, just about any Wild West movie.
remember this February 14, 2010
A. Schofield (bradford west yorkshire)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
after watching this all most 40 years ago i was delighted to find it on dvd and even the fact that its all those years old i fell in love with it all over again realy enjoyed seeing it again.
 You're Really those Two Notorious Outlaws, Heyes and Curry! February 9, 2010
Paul Mason (Surrey)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Alias Smith and Jones Series 1 boxset consists of 4 discs with one 90 min and fourteen 50 min episodes. There is a commentary from creator/producer Glenn Larson on the pilot episode. The series starts well with a cracking pilot that sets the situation beautifully. The next two or three episodes are excellent with twisty, complicated plots, great dialogue and situations and starry support from veteran and reliable actors. Pete Duel and Ben Murphy are likeable attractive actors playing the most loveable outlaws ever created. They may have been bank and train robbers but their chivalry and sense of fair play are exemplary. With all this it is sad to report that the series gets weaker as it goes on. Duel and Murphy are very dependent on their scripts and carelessness sets in with some slow, unlikely plots lacking humour and action. Some mediocre acting from the younger supporting actors also appear and there is some "lyrical" photography and music very typical of the late 60s and early 70s. Here are two lists of the good and the mediocre episodes that may help:
GOOD;
Pilot (Susan James, Earl Holliman, James Drury)
The McCreedy Bust (Cesar Romero, Burl Ives, Edward Andrews)
Exit from Wickenburg (Susan Strasberg)
Wrong Train to Brimstone (JD Cannon, William Windom)
The Great Shell Game (Sam Jaffe, Diana Muldaur)
A Fistful of Diamonds (John McGiver, Sam Jaffe, Michelle Carey)
Stagecoach Seven (Keenan Wynn)
The man Who Murdered Himself (Patrick MacNee, Juliet Mills)
The Legacy of Charlie O'Rourke (Joan Hackett, JD Cannon)
MEDIOCRE:
The Girl in Boxcar #3
Return to Devil's Hole (Fernando Lamas)
The Root of it All (Judy Carne)
The Fifth Victim
Journey from San Juan (Susan Oliver)
Never Trust an Honest Man
The good episodes outnumber the mediocre 9 to 6 and even the mediocre are watchable if not exciting. The picture and sound are good.
Series 2 and 3 are not yet available.
Brilliant February 6, 2010
Andrew S. Finel (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this when it first came out (in the 70's?) and it is still good to watch. 14 episode plus the 2 part pilot. Pete Duel and Ben Murphy worked so well together. It's a tragedy what happened to Pete Duel he was such a talented actor. The western was very popular in the 60's and 70's. In my opinion this was the best. The quality of the DVD picture is excellent (as long as you set your TV to 4:3!!).
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