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RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN continued
also a dirty one — that Dr. Kildare should turn up in a movie based on lust and adultery.
You see, the story of "Twilight of Honor" (based on the novel of* the same name) is about this guy and gal — his wife — who are . hitchhiking through New Mexico. They are stopped by a law man, who forgets about his badge and exchanges meaningful glances with the gal. So what happens? Later that night, the guy and gal check into a motel. He goes out to bring back something to eat, and, when he returns, catches the law man and his wife in flagrante delicto.
This is bad enough, but what complicates matters is that his wife invited the man to share the sheets. Further complications. The guy becomes so infuriated that he kills the officer.
What does this have to do with Dick Chamberlain? Well, in the film he portrays a young Perry Mason type whose job it is to defend the guy. His chief argument: the old "unwritten law" that a husband is innocent if he murders another male whom he catches committing adultery with his wife.
So why all the furor?
Dick doesn't portray the adulterer or the husband. The latter is played by Nick Adams, and Joey Heatherton (remember her as the sweet young girl on Perry Como's show?) is the wife.
However, when the film was sneakpreviewed in the sedate community of Riverside, California, all Chamberlain broke loose. The mothers screamed.
It's a general practice at every sneak preview to have the audience fill out critique cards. Did they like it? Who was outstanding? Etc.?
Well, in this case, MGM obtained enough reaction to make them wish they had starred Dick in a re-make of "Flipper."
"It's a shame we can't send our daughter to see Dick in his first starring role," wrote one mother.
Another vehemently penned, "How can they film such trash?"
Another (Continued on page 67)