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  1. Presented only for the purpose of elimination, I think.

     

    Music Box (1989) involves tracking down a person who was instrumantal in perpetrating

    the Holocaust. The machine of the title is used as the hiding place for some incriminating

    photos and document. The documents come slipping out when it starts playing.

     

    Is that the reference?

  2. I'm not really good at posing the questions needed on this thread, but I'll make one more try.

     

    Do you know me?

    I'm one of those who entered the business through having made a name for myself in competetive

    sports. I look OK, I can remember my lines, and, surrounded with a competent cast, I can throw in my own abilities and carry a story. And my name is still useful to those advertising physical-

    fitness products.

     

    It was written by a Time Magazine reviwer that (1) I am more in control of my career than most athletes-turned-actor, and that (2) I may well be "the most bankable truly bad actor since Audie Murphy". Who am I?

  3. It was Kansas City Confidential (1952). John Payne as the wrongly accused. Neville Brand,

    Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam on the robbery crew. Preston Foster as the investigating ex-cop.

    Pretty good American 50's Noir.

     

    Thie thread needs new blood. Can someone else pick it up?

  4. 08/05/08 PHOTO:

     

    The set for Dead End ??

     

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    CAPTION:

    " and on a clear day, you can see all the way to the 14th Street Pier!"

  5. Thanks, Dan. I happened to have watched the Oscarcast in which Keith sang that song, and then later was back on stage to receive his award. Have always liked his work, including his recent cable series appearences (Deadwood, Dexter).

     

    I'm new to this type of foremat, but I've worked up a few notes, and I'll try this:

     

    Who am I?

    I was born in Mexico early in the 20th Century. As a teenager I took part in a 1923 rebellion that did not succeed, for which I was sentenced to 20 years in prison. But I escaped and went to California and lived in exile. I drifted into the film business by hiring out as an extra in the movies they were beginning to make there.

     

    Returning to Mexico on an amnesty in 1933, I took my film experience to the developing Mexican Cinema industry and developed as a scriptwriter, director and actor. It is said by some that I

    "created" the outside world's view of Mexico and its citzens. In all I directed 42 films and won a number of international prizes. I am credited with being, for a time in mid-century, the most improtant person in Mexican Cinema.

     

    Oddities and other facts.1) In my youth, I reluctantly consented to pose nude for the making of the

    "Crusader Knight" statuette that became known as "Oscar." 2) I may be still the envy of many film directors, based on the fact of having shot a film critic. 3) I shot and killed a farm laborer, and

    served six months of a 4&1/2- year sentence. 4) I also maintained an American presence, being active in as an adviser, second-unit director, and supporting player in many American films made in Mexico. Some prestigious American directors found my work dependable.

     

    Who am I?

  6. Clue #10

     

    ..."Alright, I'll pinpoint it for you, Chum. Pete Harris and I did a duce together at Joliet."

     

    ..."That makes you a phoney."

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    ..."Hey, Tony. I know a sure cure for a nosebleed. A cold knife in the middle of the back."

  7. Clue #8

    An honest and ethical Detective, who was pushed off the force by politics, takes an interest in the

    investigation. So does his daughter, who is just wrapping up her education for a law degree. So does an insurance agent, who is anxious to pay a recovery fee rather than pay the full sum of the stolen money.

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