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| Third Man Out 2005 - Canada, USA - 99 min. - Feature, Made for TV, Color Director - Ron Oliver |
| Genre/Type - Thriller, Gay & Lesbian Films DVD Street Date - August 8, 2006 Languages - English Subtitles - none Screen Format - Widescreen Features - None DVD Sides -1 Cast Mark Acheson .... Fake Dik Steele #1 Chad Allen .... Donald Strachey Kwesi Ameyaw .... Reporter #1 Sonja Bakker .... Jean Kevin Blatch .... Nathan Zeich Sean Carey .... Ronnie Linkletter Richard Cox .... Steve Blatch Nicola Crosbie .... Reporter #2 Lisa Dahling .... Fake Dik Steele #2 Moneca Delain .... Nurse |
| Plot Synopsis A gay detective is hired to find who has been been threatening a notorious member of the gay community noted for outing people. Reviews IMDb User Rating Alan Hickman |
This is one of the most satisfying "gay" films I've seen since "Beautiful Thing," and one of the best mystery-married pairings since John and Sherlock, or should I say Nick and Nora. It's the story of Donald Strachey, tough guy P.I. with a shady past and a sweet tooth for guy pal Sebastian Spence. It's a good story, not a great one, with a sultry jazz score and topical references to such controversial subjects as celebrity outing and pedophiliac priests. What makes it work is the unconventional casting of Chad Allen (who is gay himself, but doesn't look it--although one character dubs him "Nancy-boy Drew") as Strachey, who just happens to be very happily married to Timothy (played by Sebastian Spence, who is apparently straight, and maybe that's why his character overdoes the nelly a bit). Allen, as Strachey, is developing very nicely as an actor, and he's more interesting looking now than he ever was as a child. In "Third Man Out," he gets solid support from QAF's Jack Wetherall and Sean Young. Apparently, this is the first in a series, based on the novels by Richard Stevenson and set, contrarily, in Albany, rather than in New York City or San Francisco. Hopefully, it will prove popular enough with its intended audience that other books in the series will also be filmed. Apart from the rather pedestrian direction (by Ron Oliver) and a couple of too obvious twists in the plot, "Third Man" is entertaining throughout. |
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