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The film I am seeking is a noir thriller from France, that came out in the early 1960s. The version I saw was dubbed, not subtitled. A young woman is murdered in a small French village. It is brutal and with sexual overtones. She was a student (I think) boarding with a local couple. The investigations turns up the victim's diary, and passages in that document reveal that she had a fascination with the husband of the couple who were hosts. The hosts are a conservative couple, living a life almost without passion. In a memory passage recounted in the diary, he reads a description of an incident when she was putting laundry on a clothesline and she laughed when he got flustered at seeing her handle some lingerie. The movie ends with another murder, and the perp is caught in the act, but the revelations about the host couple's marrage have occupied much of the story. I saw the film in a post theater while stationed in Germany in the Army. And again on the troop ship while returning to the US. Have never been able to trace it down since. Is this familiar to anybody?

Check out *Ran* (1985). It parallels the plot of King Lear in the story of a ruler who doles out his kingdom among his sons while still alive, and produces a civil war. I remember the point of the blind balladeer who tells the story pausing at the end, on the edge of a mountaintop, unable to see what is one step away from him.

Aside from the star mentioned earlier, there are no widely familiar names in the cast. Early '70s. Distributed by Universal. I caught the last half of this film on MeTV this weekend. The star appeared frequently in Westerns.

(1,699) An hallucinogen-producing frog.

REVIVING THE THREAD: Miami Airport. Two New Yorkers, hit men, are leaving town after a wasted trip -- a hit that did not come off. Exiting from their cab, they drop a bag and their scoped rifle falls out. They freeze. A uniform police officer, female, stops and looks at the situation. Picks up the rifle, checks it; unloaded. She's here on very pressing business, and has no time for this. She removes the bolt from the rifle, shoves it under her gunbelt, and hands them the rifle. Curt comment about "enjoy your trip", then she catches up with her own group. First hitman: "You know, Miami sucks, -- but the cops are nice." Second hitman "You got that right!" Film?

Eliot, T.S. -- Willem Dafoe in *Tom and Viv* (1994)

A student selected as the Professor's aide is unaware of the fact that he's actually there to be the first human to get combined genetically with the cobra species. He has begun a romance with the Prof's daughter, but that is doomed.

Guess no one is interested in a copout/giveaway. *West Side Story.* Susan Oakes in the role of "Anybodys." Open thread. Edited by: flashback42 on Apr 10, 2012 10:32 AM

Bob Hope in *Beau James* Next: Joseph "Shoeless Joe" Jackson

Getting close, cujas. That was Maria. Character and actress on the first quote? Oh, and title? Edited by: flashback42 on Apr 9, 2012 7:44 PM

Thanks, lavender. I have a few things going right now, and nothing in mind suitable in this vein. Open thread.

I'm guessing Anthony Dawson. 1. Born in Edinburgh. 2. Worked in *Dial M. For Murder* for Hitchcock. 3. Made three of the James Bond flicks, in two of them playing the supervillian Blofeld, and one of those uncredited. I'm guessing it was that one, *Thunderball* in which only his hands were seen. ???

> {quote:title=flashback42 wrote:}{quote}Thanks, Sixes. > > > > "I've realized now that I'm too old to die young." I'm retiring this question and substuting another. I feel confident in my memory that Robert Redford had that line in *Havana* (1970), but I've been unable to confirm it, which means that others may not be able to look it up. NEW QUOTE: "Chino has a gun! I heard Chino tell the Sharks something about Tony and Nardo's sister. And he said he was goin' to kill Tony." (pantomimes pistol) "And then he pulls out the bad news!" ???

Another point, endearing to this movie fan: A character actor of solid background and sterling reputation has his one and only starring role here, as the professor. Top billed. The Man.

A local rancher falls for her, seriously, and courts her. But he wants her to come and be a housewife and that would stunt her plans for the business she is working to build. The wildcatters find oil on his land now, and he joins the ranks of the newly rich. With his new clout, he influences the local banker to finance the expansion of her business, because that's what she wants. Her fashionable store becomes a local institution.

Late 1980s. Set against a mid-century time of crisis, nearing revolution.

Heroin's planned nuptials are canceled by a business scandal while she is traveling cross country for the wedding. Stranded in a cowtown - turned oil boomtown, she unpacks her trunks and winds up selling most of her trousseau. In a town with suddenly more money than fashion, she makes enough to start herself up in that business -- a dress shop.

Lefors is mentioned, but is not portrayed on screen. Some fleeing felons have a great deal of respect for him.

He decides that reptiles will have the best chance of surviving in the future. He plans to meld humans with the King cobra. One feature of this romp. -- Actual snakes were used, handled by the actors. The only fake snake was a giant python, seen after he swallowed a nosy scientist who had gotten too close to figuring out what the professor was planning.

Crown -- Brock Peters in *Porgy and Bess* (1959)

(7,751) The professor is, in fact. smarter than most of those around him -- Staff, faculty, students. And the police, when it comes to opposition.

(1,329) Clue: No actor's name involved.

Thanks, F.P. Next: A love across twenty years. Background: Discovery of oil and the resulting boom. Issued mid-1950s. Storyline straddles the 1940s.

*143* "You sure you want to mess with me? I have flying monkeys on call, Bozo!" And I'll get you and your little dog too!" Edited by: flashback42 on Apr 9, 2012 7:42 PM

Thanks, Sixes. Next up: Lefors