70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep 13—TWO MINUTE WARNING (1976)

Allen Broadman—aka Fischel Bocephus of HAPPYLAND and Monster Guitarist of Traci Lords’ Ex-Lovers—joins Mike and Ben to blast ecstatic rounds of praise upon Larry Peerce’s obscenely underappreciated sniper-in-the-stadium masterpiece, TWO MINUTE WARNING.

Astoundingly directed by Peerce and showcasing the likes of Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, David Janssen, Beau Bridges and “Joe” from RHODA, the movie supplies plenty to rave about—in between recollections of taking a hammer to Selwyn Harris’s alarm clock; quaking in terror beneath the seats of the Nostrand Theater; the transcendental power of DEADBEAT AT DAWN; Andy Sidaris’s GUNS blazing on 42nd Street; Mr. Johnson the Flatbush Child Stealer; and the deathless declaration, “You know what I say: Mother, Jugs, and Speed—but especially Jugs!”