They Only Kill Their Masters

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Blu B @RT43513976 Aug 14, 2025 It's ok. Biggest problem is the editing isn't good. The reveal and twist makes sense and isn't bad honestly. But everything leading up to it is so jumpy and muddled. I thought this was gonna be a like a buddy cop K-9 kind of movie but no, the dog is barely in it after the first scene. #FalseAdvertising Than Gardner's relationship with Moss is never really tied in that well despite kind of being important. Than jumping aorund between all the different leads and people along the way gets so muddled and meandering at times. It isn't clear why one scene leads to the next honestly. Everything else though is pretty basic though and inoffensive. This is a very easygoing type of film to watch. Most of it is because of Gardner's easy going likability. Also the 70's elevator music sounding soundtrack doesn't fit for a detective crime movie. The whole thing takes place in a Mayberry type of town. The characters are all very forgettable honestly despite kind of a interesting mystery setup. It just isn't executed well at all and needed to be way more cohesive and have more interesting characters and performances. Skip this. Not the worst thing ever but very forgettable. See more Felix M @RT89282040 Sep 8, 2024 My wife and I saw this movie in the theater during our second year of marriage in 1972. We were both big fans of James Garner, and living in a coastal town on Cape Cod, we enjoyed it very much. See more Sep 18, 2017 Wait for it...what a twist, what a slice of history. Extremely CONTROVERSIAL & AHEAD of its time. See more Oct 6, 2013 James Garner is the sheriff of a small costal California town (modern day, not old west) investigating the murder of a woman in this Raymond Chandler-like mystery. Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, June Allyson, Tom Ewell , Peter Lawford, Edmond O'Brien and Arthur O'Connell are among the suspects, but sadly the film is rather slow and not all that engaging. Garner is always easy to watch on screen, so that helped hold my interest compared to if there had been a lesser actor in the lead. See more Sep 27, 2013 one of those dog movies first saw this at the drive-in See more Feb 15, 2008 A "whodunit" with an interesting premise - did a Doberman actually kill his master or is there something more sinister behind it all? Unfortunately, this narrative hook is handled in a very straight-forward and obvious manner that is more adequate for an episode of, say, "The Rockford Files" (which, or course, features Garner as well). The direction is rather workman-like (again, TV quality) but the performances are strong enough to maintain interest (especially Garner). Sadly, this is nothing more than a good episode of a some detective show and not the quality of a feature film. If it's on television, give it a watch, but don't go out of your way to see it. See more Read all reviews

They Only Kill Their Masters

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