I caught Magnum Force for the first time last night on cable then came here and read about it. All my questions were answered except one: Who was the girl that got shot up by the vigilante cops along with the two other guys? She's also the one that fell from the balcony. She had dialog but it doesn't look like she appears in the credits listed here.
Thanks.
I don't know i looked under stunts under the cast of magnum force and saw some female names but they don't name the stunts that they played, by the way that girl didn't exactly fall off the balcony if you noticed carefully it was a blown up doll.
shareThanks rj1321 for taking the time to respond. Yea, the scene of her falling didn't look right. I'm wondering if there is commentary on the DVD release of this movie that might ID her.
shareunfortunatly no there is no commentary through out magnum force.
sharewell i would hope so
shareWow,man! Imagine that someone told that blonde girl back in 1973: "You'll be hella popular for this particular role 30+ years from now, and bunch of horny guys will try to find out what's your name anyway, despite the fact that you'll be at that time a washed-up old woman in your 60-ies." LOL
shareI wondered that myself tonight when watching MF on AMC. She looks a LOT like a young Daryl Hannah, but simce DH would have been about 12 when this film was made, I have no clue.
shareHer name was Helen Sheppard, born August 14, 1951. She was born in Idaho and moved to Los Angeles when she was 17 to pursue a career in acting. She got into the porn business in 1969 and appeared as "Lana Lotts" in several long-forgotten bad porno flicks, "Wet & Frosty", "Love Sandwich" and "Rimmerama". Her bit part in 1973's "Magnum Force" was her only mainstream film appearance. Now 55, she lives with her husband in San Jose, CA, where she enjoys knitting and tinkering with old farm equipment.
shareI may have heard of Lana Lotts. But that's it. Hey, I don't think it's a bad sounding name anyway. At least she had that going for 'er.
shareThere is a commentary track on the new MF that is in the box set. John Milius does not say who she is, he was only the writer, but comments on the bad effect of the dummy falling.
shareyeah and there was a goof in that scene. She screamed right when she fell thru the glass AFTER being shot full of holes.
shareWhile I find the screaming AFTER being shot annoying, usually in action films where they fall off a roof with MANY multiple hits, she was only shot once, so the probability of her screaming while falling is legit. What's not legit is a 110-lbs woman being thrown back with that much force to not only go through a thick pane of glass, and about 6'or more over the balcony.
shareOh COME ON JRS!!! Farm equipment...??? Nicely done, but I think you took it just a tad past believability with that one...
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Barbie, as in Barbie doll. It looked terrible, i burst out laughing every time i see it. There's suspension of disbelief (like a colt python revolver with an attached silencer?!?!) and then there's a barbie doll falling from a scale model building. Or maybe it's a full sized doll and real building. whatever. I laugh everytime Brilliant.
shareRight up there with "King Kong" on the Empire State Building and Jennifer Jones in "The Towering Inferno" for funniest fake falls on film. Can't get enough of those blow-up dolls bouncing off the rails!
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Wow, this might actually be the answer.
Here's a website that claims its her. Not sure what research Lord Clane was able to do.
http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=65475
Here's the page with screen captures for just about everyone in Magnum Force
http://www.aveleyman.com/FilmCredit.aspx?FilmID=11868
Thanks for the name.
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Finally, I can sleep at night!
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