{"id":29,"date":"2009-03-10T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2009-03-16T11:55:06","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T17:55:06","slug":"greydon-clark-visits-thrillville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Five Easy Questions: GREYDON CLARK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GREYDON CLARK<\/a> is a renaissance man of B movie cinema – actor\/writer\/producer & more over four decades of delectable decadence (and counting). Here is a brief but illuminating Q&A with this genre giant:<\/p>\n

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Will the Thrill:<\/em> Any standout memory or lasting impression of working with Al Adamson<\/a>?<\/span><\/div>\n

GC:<\/em> I was a struggling young actor when I first met Al Adamson. <\/span>He was the first director I ever came into contact with. <\/span>We met through a mutual friend. <\/span>I became his assistant (a glorified gofer) on a film that eventually became Hell\u2019s Bloody Devils<\/em><\/a>. <\/span>After that film, Al mentioned he had a treatment on a western he wanted to make. <\/span>I volunteered to write the screenplay. <\/span>When I told him I\u2019d do it for no fee he said to go ahead and give it a try. <\/span>I\u2019d only read one script and had no idea where to begin. <\/span>Somehow, a few months later we were sitting in Robert Taylor\u2019s<\/a> Malibu mansion offering him the lead role. <\/span>He agreed and ABC television gave us the go ahead for one of the first made for TV movies. <\/span>I\u2019d written a good role for myself and felt I was on my way. <\/span>Robert Taylor suddenly died and the project was shelved. <\/span>Al raised $50,000 for a low budget movie, but had no idea what to make.\u00a0 <\/span>I again volunteered to write something that could be done on that budget and came up with the idea and screenplay for Satan\u2019s Sadists<\/em><\/a>. <\/span>We made the picture near Palm Springs, CA in the fall of 1968. <\/span>It was a wonderful experience for me. <\/span>Al was not the most prepared director to ever stand next to a camera, but he was open to ideas and I constantly pestered him and the rest of the cast with \u201csuggestions\u201d – some taken\u2026 most not. <\/span>That was really the first film I worked on from conception to completion. <\/span>I sat with Gary Graver who was editing and learned a great deal from him. <\/span>Within a year I was directing my own. <\/span>I\u2019ve been very lucky throughout my career and I owe a great deal to Al Adamson and all those who allowed me to peer over their shoulder and learn from them.