cmvgor

The year looks wrong, but: Flight Commander Harper (Don Amiche) in *Wing And A Prayer* ?? (Is 1943 the issue year of the movie, or the setting of the story?)

*8.* The two cowboys and the two rustlers cautiously decide to trust each other. They set up a plan to step up to stealing cattle by the tractor-trailer load. // One of the cowboys begans a romance with the detective's caregiver.

BR!T -- Man on the Clapham omnibus AMER -- Man on the street, Joe Sixpak

(Question posed at 2,889 Views; there has been some attention.) The older thief reluctantly takes on the younger one as an apprentice -- and soon regrets it. The younger man has no clue about being unobtrusive and avoiding attention. Rents an expensive apartment, forking over a fistfull of cash. The first place the police look. -- Who is suddenly flush after a score is made?

Addressing Dan; I'm in agreement with Sixes. Advise pay attention to the point about counting Views. Cheers, cmvgor

Capt. Vere (Peter Ustinov) in *Billy Budd* ?? OR Capt. Ahab in *Moby Dick* ??

Capt. Queeg in *The Caine Mutiny* ??

Gadabeeti, Cosmo -- Harry Dean Stanton in *Alpha Dog*

*7.* The old detective, who is partly crippled, is accompanied by a young woman acting as his caregiver. She fronts to the ranch personnel as an administering angel. Then she is seen by the audience as a secret drinker, actually caressing the whiskey bottle as she puts it back on the shelf. The two rustlers and the two cowboys cross paths while out on the town. They feel each other out over a game of Pong, which gives an idea of the age of this film. These two facts merge as the plot advances.

Uh..., HUH? And BTW, _what_ "pfotograph"?

> {quote:title=cmvgor wrote:}{quote} ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > I still want to try my one-clue approach. This time I'm using a film with a more appropriate issue date. > > A man in late middle age, with nothing to make him stand out for special attention. Lives alone in a house he owns; sometimes has friends in for poker. Goes away on business occasionally. On > these trips, he enters the homes of people who are out. He locates their wall safes, and disarms > the alarms, then opens them. Makes a good living this way. > > A young man, just barely into his 20s, if that. He goes into the homes of people who are absent, > helps himself to food, watches TV. Generally entertains himself, may steal something small. > > Now guess how they meet cute. Just guess. If you guessed that they break into the same house on the same evening, you're right. > > The film? Late 80s flick. No guesses?

BRIT -- Jam tomorrow AMER -- Pie in the sky (Promise of future reward or betterment, perhaps not dependable)

A real misjudgement on my part. I honestly thought this film was so well-known that it would not warrent a second clue. Maybe others just figured it for a chickflick and passed it up. 2002's *White Oleander* is the film. I recommend it. (closed out after 142 Views) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I still want to try my one-clue approach. This time I'm using a film with a more appropriate issue date. A man in late middle age, with nothing to make him stand out for special attention. Lives alone in a house he owns; sometimes has friends in for poker. Goes away on business occasionally. On these trips, he enters the homes of people who are out. He locates their wall safes, and disarms the alarms, then opens them. Makes a good living this way. A young man, just barely into his 20s, if that. He goes into the homes of people who are absent, helps himself to food, watches TV. Generally entertains himself, may steal something small. Now guess how they meet cute. Just guess. If you guessed that they break into the same house on the same evening, you're right. The film?

*39* "...and my hand to God, Manny, its better than cocobutter for getting this this damn base paint off your face!"

Yo, Sixes; Noted and appreciated. Its closing on midnight here. I'll let this one rest until morning, and if no one has named it, I'll give it up. The "role call" submitted earlier actually should solve it. Oh.-- Not *Mad Song*. I had to log off of this site and check it out to make sure it wasn't some alternate title or something. Memo to visualfest: As promised, I have entered *I Sent A Letter To My Love* on the "Suggest A Movie" site. Maybe it will help. Message was edited by: cmvgor

*6.* Two of the oldest characters in the story are _not_ influenced by romantic ideals about the past. Perhaps because they lived throught more of the past than the others, and have a clearer view of it. One is an elderly Indian, father of the Indian half of the rustler team. "The families, homesteads, schools, hospitals and happiness of Montana have been sold down the river to buy pickup trucks." The other is an aging reformed horse thief -- now a respected range detective -- who has been hired to deal with the rancher's theft problem. "All big money crimes are inside jobs."

Zola, (Madam) -- Florence Roberts in *The Life Of Emile Zola*

Yo, vis; Negative re Morrison, but thanks for letting me know someone is actually reading these clues. The author first wrote a short story from the standpoint of the person who felt she was the center of the universe, with the right to kill someone who insulted her. An editor suggested adding another character whose viewpoint would help with perspective -- a friend, co-worker, etc. She settled on the daughter-narrator, and it expanded into a novel. Much easier than understanding that much ego from the inside. (Compare *Amadeus* -- Mozart's story from the viewpoint of the envious Salieri, rather than from inside the mind of a genius.) I have respect for both the book and the movie. My own qualms about bringing up this film was timing -- a 21st Century title. I'm not a regular Oprah viewer, and I know little about her List. That item of information was available, and I passed it along. Cast roll (role) call: "Gillian Lewis" and "Katy Laughlin" had the key roles.

*X* -- drop it; keep going

*4.* The big rancher purchases an expensive prize stud bull; the rustlers promptly steal it and demand a ransom. With the ransom delivered, they send a message to go to a certain motel room for information about where to find the bull. When the rancher and lawmen arrive there, the bull is in the room.

*3.* Two cattle rustlers, see? One white, one Indian. They take one cow at a time, get it away from the crime scene with a pickup truck. Then they butcher it and wind up trading off beef by the quarter for such things as back rent, etc. They, too, feel part of a tradition. They are determined to avoid straight jobs, and they are also nostalgia junkies of a sort.

*2.* Nostalgia junkies, Pt 2. This married couple, see? Quite wealthy. Made their pile with a string of beauty parlors, and then cashed it in to become cattle ranchers. The wife sometimes regrets leaving the city, but they both are determined to make their spread a success.

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This story was based on a novel that became a best seller after getting the "Oprah-selection" treatment.

Toot-Toot -- Harry Dean Stanton in *The Green Mile*