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The younger man goes into action to try to help. Sneak into the Animal Shelter after hours, to try to get a look at the records. Confronted by a vicious, sadistic attendant who feels just great when he can cause distress to animals or to the owners. The boxer has his hands full here, but he carries the day, and he comes out with the name and address of the dog's new owner.

Negative re *Wagon*. *4.* An Indian with a college education is one of the kidnap crew. 1976 movie. Year of the story, 1908.

BRIT -- (from cricket) Sticky wicket AMER -- (from baseball) Two strikes against

*3.* There's a brawl that ranges over a couple of acres, cheering and side bets all over the place. (Think of the fights in *The Quiet Man*, *The Scalphunters*, *The Spoilers*.) The husband who refused ransom looks like the winner, but then the wife he refused to ransom steps in and knocks him clear down a hill into a drainage ditch.

TCM has this title on their list, with just a few sentences of comment. No copies for sale. Checking Amazon, I found no DVDs available, and VHS copies rare and prohibitively high. It was released in 1975.

The older man goes to the Animal Shelter, now able to pay all expenses for his pet's release. BUT... someone has adopted the adorable pooch, and the staff are forbidden to reveal where it is now.

Figured that title would come up. But the "Ransom Of Red Chief" scenerio has been used a number of times. That's not the one at issue here. *2.* They work a prize fight into the plot. And a grudge between former partners.

Whatthehay, I'll try another. *1.* A woman is abducted. A ransom is demanded. Ransom is not forthcoming. (7390)

*Alexander The Great* -- 1956 title role for Richard Burton.

Their sidewalk performances impress a passerby who books them for a party he's throwing at his mansion -- at a figure that impresses them to their satisfaction. At the appointed time and place for the party, the old hoofer finds one drawback -- a marble floor. "Not a dancer I know that wouldn't just love to break his ankles on it!" But the performance goes well, and they are well paid.

"At this distance, one really needs one's monocle!"

They need money to rescue the dog from the Shelter. The young man has a mouth organ and can play it passably. This gives the older fellow a course of action. He tells the other to start playing. This gets the attention of a few people and then the old hoofer goes into his act, and he is very,very good. The tossed donations becomes the basis for reversing their fortunes. (This dancer/actor has been seen doing some impressive work in better-known productions.)

*The Sons Of Katie Elder* (1965)

The older man's pet -- a little dog that he dearly loves -- is taken by the Animal Shelter people. He wants the pooch back, and we get one of those plots about a couple of nobodies having to deal with the System.

Xerxes -- Richard Egan in *Esther And The King* (1960)

*The Devil Wears Prada* (hmmm??)

One of the men, aging but healthy and fit, has a background as a hoofer in English music halls. The younger man trained as a boxer, but didn't last. "Can't take a punch." The setting and the filming site are in Canada.(2,624)

It happens to be one that I saw a couple of times and enjoyed. Should be seen in a lineup with *Sugarbaby* and *Rosalie Goes Shopping*.. And *War Of The Roses* just for the hellofit. Anyway; Mid 70s. Urban setting, coastal city. Two homeless men meet, form a friendship.

> {quote:title=cmvgor wrote:}{quote} > Okay, > > Name the computer that gave the following Special Directive: > ...Return alien to Earth for analysis. > ...All other considerations secondary. > ...Crew expendable. At the beginning of this thread last March, I posed question where I was missing one scrap of information that I wanted. And I misquoted slightly. Recently spotting *Alien* again, I got it right. The computer "Mother" displayed on the screen: Special Order 937 (the _order number_ was the part couldn't remember) Science Officer's eyes only. Priority One Insure return of organism for analysis. All other considerations secondary. Crew expendable. This all comes to the audience's attention only when the Captain is dead and command goes to Ripley (Sigourney Weaver). Ripley has to overide to a command mode, because Science Officer Ash, (the cyborg played by Ian Holm), is still present. Her coming into possessio of the info about Special Order 937 causes Ash to try to kill her. That causes her to destroy Ash -- and to discover for the first time that Ash is a machine. With Ash snuffed, the plot can go farward. I like clearing up the nagging little questions.

BRIT -- Journo (for journalist-- a term of hostility and contempt: "Lyin' f****** scum who'll write anything just to fill paper.") AMER -- Newspaper hacks. (In the movie where I ran across this term, it involved football (i.e. soccer) fans discussing sportswriters!)

Upson, Doris -- Lee Patrick in *Auntie Mame*

*Bagdad Cafe* (USA title) ??

*The Iceman Cometh* (1973)

*Waiting For Godot* (2000)

> {quote:title=cmvgor wrote:}{quote} > BRIT -- ****! * > AMER -- Damn!, #^(%@, etc, etc, etc. > ...* This one came to mind tonight when Helen Mirren, in the role of Queen Elizabeth II, used it when her vehicle broke down. (The Queen, 2007) On reflection, I'm reasonably certain that "Bother!" is a euphemism for "****".