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(60,651) Small-town farming country in the West. Conditions made bad by a prolonged drought.

Drifted back to page 4, brought farward, then drifted back to page 3 again. Abandoned question; abandoned thread. Mid-1950s, color. Family-friendly story templated on an older, more famous film, with a popular novel behind that.

six days idle = abandoned thread A lead and (chorus) counterpoint each other: I'm mean I'm mean I'm mean Ya know what I mean (He's mean he's mean) Ya know what I say (He says he's mean) Ya know what I mean (He's mean he's mean) Mean (He's mean he's mean) Ya know what I mean (He's mean he's mean) I say what I mean (That's true that's true) I mean what I say (He do he do) I'm so mean I had a dream of beatin' myself up I broke my nose I broke my hand I wrestled myself to the ground and then Choked myself to death and then broke the choke and woke up That's how I mean I'm mean Ya know what I mean (He's mean he's mean) I practically lost (The fight of his life) And it took me all night (All night all night) But I came out all right (All right all right) Because I'm so mean. Film? Character? Singer? Edited by: flashback42 on Mar 19, 2012 5:07 PM

This guy works as a waiter, but he's also a safecracker. Breaks into a unit where (unknown to him) crooked cops are keeping their stash, and there's a lot more money there than could legitimately be expected.

Statement was made in the 1960s, in the speaker's Playboy Interview.

Correct. *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007). Albert Finney and Philip Seymour Hoffman in that hospital scene. danjw's thread

Quilligan, Patrick Michael -- William Bendix in *Don Juan Quilligan* (1945)

Something went badly on a planned caper, because the wrong henchman was brought in.

"Charlie! They took my thumb!"

Not clear from the wording of the question, but... If TV series-to-movie examples are incluced, then 1954's *Dragnet* is another addition. If series-to-movie examples are not included, then PLAYHOUSE 90's *Judgement At Nuremberg* (10 Apr 1959) is an addition.

Not MacLaine; it was a man. A solid Name in the Biz, but not considered a Ratpacker.

Abandoned thread. Next up, not from a script; from an interview: "(Frank) Sinatra doesn't mess with me. I've got a copy of *The Kissing Bandit* put away in a safe place, and I know how to use it." ???

*Nora Prentiss* -- 1947 title role for Ann Sheridan

*Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo* (1944) Historical. Some five months after Pearl Harbor, the Us accomplished the feat of dropping a few bombs over the Japanese capital. Unimpressive military results, but a GREAT national morale booster.

The fictitious place: Santa Bella, Cal, and Santa Bella High School. Russ Tamblyn as the Student/ undercover Narc/ drivetime shaver. Sixes' thread.

B-) Gotcha. (But I didn't show up in time to log 28 Days Later )

A scene in this movie led to an incident that resulted in a minor news item. Behind the opening credits and a soundtrack song, a young man gets into a convertible and pauses to rub his chin. He takes out an electric razor, plugs it into the cigarette-lighter outlet. and drives along while shaving himself. Arriving at school, he parks and puts away the shaver. In real life a California traffic cop caught a motorist emulating that act while driving on the Expressway. Stopped him, ticketed him. (The portable shaver that could be used in the car was a new item then, and was being widely advertised on TV.) It wasn't supposed to be used while driving.

The man killed by his father -- He has done something criminal and stupid which brought about the death of his own mother.

"Captain Freedom" has directed several films starring a waterboy.

Tried a PM, but got no response. Would like a ruling from donjw: A 1957-59 TV series (Western) was named "26 MEN". (That referred to the manpower of the Arizona Rangers at the time period portrayed.} That number would be useful to this Thread at this point. Question for danjw: Is it acceptable to use TV titles in this game? A ruling from the Thread creator would be appreciated.

Couple of bottom-rung operatives. Second cousins or something like that. "That's like twin brothers to the Irish."

lavender, I'm having similar trouble working the clues on that thread about TVMs. Ask.Com led me to a breakthrough on your question, I think. Let me try. Gloria Grahame had the royal lineage, the Oscar, and the father-and-son marriages. Co-guest star Shirley Knight had the Oscar nominations. // 7 Apr. 1964 episode The Homecoming. Series *The Fugitive* is already revealed. If I'm right, open the Thread. I'm working a couple of other plots right now. Edited by: flashback42 on Mar 16, 2012 6:19 PM

Early in his career, "Captain Freedom" had a support role in a film about a family discovering their son was gay -- at a time when that was a fresh and daring subject. He played the roommate of the youth in question. Later in his career, he played the nerdy father of a nerdy teen who tried to buy love (actualy, buy popularity).

The killer in this scene has received five Oscar nominations. The victim has won an Oscar, and has been nominated on two other occasions.

Back from page 3. No rationale to call it anything but an abandoned question and an abandoned Thread. ((19,377) Next up: The local Wiseguy honcho runs a small bar where he holds court over the neighborhood Family folk. Keeps a dangerous looking bulldog on hand as a persuader. A couple of underlings stage a revolt and are creating a ruckus. Bulldog comes snarling to the door. One desperate man turns and shouts at him. Bulldog hesitates, backs down, goes under a table and lays his chin on his paws. Early 1980s. ???