in 1981 whilst visit california i have a vacant evening . and so free from visit friend and amusement park and not want to waste the evening look at four wall of a motel room or watch the novelty of 24hour tv ( remember this be 1981 and tv in the uk still close at around midnight ) i venture out to the local cinema to watch agency . from the tv trailer this promise to be an exciting story of the deceitful nature of advertiser who manipulate and lie so a to entice u and the unsuspecting general public towards the product . the trailer certainly work while unfortunately the movie itself be as far from the mark a i be from home . the whole of the story have already be tell in the 30 second trailer and there be nothing add to it . robert mitchum character be not give anywhere near the scope to fulfil the potential that such a hollywood movie idol deserves and the character of philip morgan play by lee major could have be play by any of a dozen or more actor . to sum up this be without doubt the bad movie i have ever endure at a cinema . have suffer the 94 minute ( be you sure it be only 94 minute it seem like an awful lot more to me ) and the four wall of the motel suddenly begin to have a certain attraction and a for 24 hour tv . if you ever get the chance to see this film do yourself a favour lock yourself in your house and throw the key out of the window and tape up your eye and plug your ear or good still stay in your room and look at four blank wall . the overall effect be the same but without the hassle and expense of go out .