The lesson to be learned from Jeopardy is that when you are going to a foreign country at least learn a few useful phrases of the native language. If Barry Sullivan and Barbara Stanwyck had learned a few rudimentary phrases of Spanish before going on vacation to Mexico they might have saved a whole lot of time and trouble. Especially to learn AYUDAME, (Help Me).
Barbara was finding it hard to get good material at this point because Jeopardy is barely more than a competent made for TV film. She and Sullivan and their son Lee Aaker are traveling to Mexico in Baja California to get in some good fishing. But Sullivan falls off an abandoned pier and gets his leg caught in pilings. After some attempts to lift the thing, Stanwyck goes for help.
But not speaking any Spanish she's out of luck. The first guy she runs into who speaks English is American Ralph Meeker who is an escaped prisoner on the run. Meeker's got other ideas including some ideas for Stanwyck.
Jeopardy was clearly B picture material, it might have made a decent enough TV film later on, but is so beneath the talents of all the players involved. It was also directed by John Sturges who certainly knew his action films, but was hardly a director for a film with a female star lead.
Maybe Barbara should have said Ayudame upon receipt of the script.
Barbara was finding it hard to get good material at this point because Jeopardy is barely more than a competent made for TV film. She and Sullivan and their son Lee Aaker are traveling to Mexico in Baja California to get in some good fishing. But Sullivan falls off an abandoned pier and gets his leg caught in pilings. After some attempts to lift the thing, Stanwyck goes for help.
But not speaking any Spanish she's out of luck. The first guy she runs into who speaks English is American Ralph Meeker who is an escaped prisoner on the run. Meeker's got other ideas including some ideas for Stanwyck.
Jeopardy was clearly B picture material, it might have made a decent enough TV film later on, but is so beneath the talents of all the players involved. It was also directed by John Sturges who certainly knew his action films, but was hardly a director for a film with a female star lead.
Maybe Barbara should have said Ayudame upon receipt of the script.