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Trying again: *1.* Nostalgia junkies, Pt I. Late mid-20th Century. These two cowboys, see? One repaired appliances, the other demonstrated men's hair products on Butte TV. They quit these sensable jobs to ride the range. They could do pickup, Jeep or even helicopter when the job calls for it, but they are there for the horses and the saddles. (7,686)

BRIT -- Have an early bath. AMER -- Hit the showers. ...Quit or get kicked out of a game, lose a job, abandon a project, etc

_Two scraps of conversation:_ _MOTHER:_ "...I raised you to think for yourself." _DAUGHTER:_ "No you didn't. You raised me to think like you." AND "You're a stupid girl. You walk away from money to punish mother?"

Rose, Arthur -- Delroy Lindo in *The Cider House Rules*

I honestly expected this to be answered immediately, and had no clues prepared. But I still have hopes. The incarcerated mother starts a campaign for a new trial and a reversed verdict. This would be assisted with a little purjury from the daughter. Activist groups are put into action. When the defense lawyer meets the daughter, she immediately starts talking in terms of "...what you think you remember..."

One of the foster-home parents is a junkie-turned-bornagain fundamentalist who shoots the girl when she thinks her boyfriend is interested in the girl. Another foster mom, seriouslly depressed, commits suicide after coming under the spell of the imprisoned mother.

Katanga (Mr. Big) -- Yaphet Kotto in *Live And Let Die* (1973)

jim2; You've rounded out my knowledge of DMSO, but my question was something of a joke. The point was that this very dangerous woman made a trip to Mexico, where that substence is easier to get. She used it to help soak a poison through the skin of the man who had failed to worship and adore her as she felt she deserved. If you know the name of the movie, please post the title and enter a question of your own, if you like.

pastmen; I noted the same things. For me the big giggle was that Adams did have a win of sorts. He set out to be the first _TV star_ to even be nominated for a movie Oscar. At least he made it that far. I got on to that subject too early; there were things to say about themes, the script, characters. (James Gregory's prosecuter character was a real ****.) I got into sellout questions before I should have. Thread's open.

BRIT -- Break one's duck AMER -- Pop one's cherry (i,e, do something for the first time.)

Right both times. Did your research include going through the viewer comments and getting the lowdown on that Oscar nomination? Take it.

Hughes, Detective John -- John Barry in *Beyond Reasonable Doubt*

Actually, not until sellout time. It was _not_ a courtroom or crime drama. 1963 release. The defendent had just come off a 3-year series. He was Oscar nominated for this film.

*3.* The local lawyer assigned to Defense tries to get a change of venue due to local feelings about the case -- denied. (The actor in this role was on hiatus from a TV series that was quite popular at the time.

I didn't think this one would need a second clue, but here goes. The daughter narrates. " My mother was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. I think she was the most beautiful woman _most_ people had ever seen. She was also the most dangerous."

Negative re *Tattered Dress* *2.* The suspect named by the responding witness is her husband, a young Air Force veteran. He is arrested.

pastman; I had pretty much given up on this one, but then I noticed your careful no-gender comment on the character who hired the gunfighter. I remembered my own recent experience commenting on a movie titled *Judas Kiss* while suppressing the fact that an FBI agent was played by British actress Emma Thompson. With that focused, I re-examined and got lucky. Anyway: *1.* A murder case in the Southwest. The killing of a popular local citizen. A witness comes farward when a reward is offered.

Espionage context ; BRIT -- A marked bill AMER -- A planted pretext ...(Putting out false information for the apposing intel. service to pick up. The source in your own ranks who produces that false info as fact should then be examined to see if there is a mole in your own ranks.)

*Cat Ballou* ??

I'll keep a look out for it. I just got lucky when I started from the back end of the alphabet when I was scoping out 2-Oscar ladies. Want to try one of my one-clue-may-do-it gigs. It's from early in the present Century, but I just can't resist it. So: She visits him at his place, leaving her daughter to wait in the car while they make love. Then he asks her to go because he's expecting another woman to visit. Well, there's a trip to Mexico and back.(What's DMSO.?) He's dead. The mother is in prison. The viewer stays with the daughter in foster care, getting acquainted with religious fundamintalists, on suicide watch, defending herself from girls who don't like the way their boyfriends look at her, selling used clothing off of racks at a sidewalk market, and becoming quite a good sketch artist etc, etc, etc. What movie?

*Cry Of The City* ?? (Shelly Winters is in the cast.)

WILD guess here. *Seven Brides For Seven Brothers* ?? Howard Keel to Jane Powell?

Dan Akroyd, who usually worked comedy, was also adept with "straight" material, giving solid support in *Driving Miss Daisy* to Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.

*Shane* ??

*Youngblood*, Blane -- 1986 title role for Rob Lowe.