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Yeah, except it was Fred Clark not Rains who, ahem, rounded up the usual suspects in THIS flick.

Thanks for asking this, Hibi. I've also been wondering about this. I do remember something being said later in the film that she had discovered some dark secret about Rains' character, but I can't remember what that actually was. And so, can someone help us out here? Now this I haven't been wondering about at all. Nope, and 'cause the answer to THIS was pretty much self-evident to me. It must have been because after this film was released, it became evident to one and all that the guy just couldn't act worth a damn, and something he himself must have come to realize once he watched himself in this movie. (...boy, I'm really hard on this poor guy, aren't I...but GOD he was terrible in this flick...yep, Curtiz needed Dana Andrews in that part...too bad he couldn't get him)

Actor Leon Ames (left), who owned a couple of Ford dealerships in SoCal, opens another one, circa the late-1960s. It appears to be actor Louis Quinn on the far right, perhaps best remembered as the comic relief character 'Roscoe' on the TV private eye series 77 Sunset Strip. (...and yes, and for those whose formative years took place in the L.A. area during this time, standing behind Ames that does indeed appear to be none other than Ralph Williams, the guy who would eventually take over Ames' dealerships and hawk his wares on television and become almost as locally famous for it as Cal Worthington was in the area)

I edited my post up there KR, and so if you'll go back and re-read it you'll see that I added the thought that I felt because of Mr. North's poor performance and his inability to in essence "carry his role" (and a role I might add which seemed pivotal and not peripheral to the storyline) and thus help carry the film, this lessened my enjoyment of the film in question and made me feel that this movie could have been a lot better if only.... (...well, you know)

So, lemme ask you a question here, chaya. Why do you think SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy! skits were always so funny? Easy! Because it played off the idea that MOST actors/celebs aren't usually the most "clued-in" types. Aren't usually well-versed in scholastic endeavors and subjects such as History, Geography, the Sciences. Nope, and in many cases, not even the history of their own chosen line of work. (...so there's your answer...maybe)

I'd love to have been the proverbial fly on the wall the day Jack Warner called Michael Curtiz into his office and asked him why in hell he cast a guy who couldn't act nor even had any screen-presence at all in this movie and that he had helped bankroll. Or in other words, I think I've found my new and latest "worst studio era actor of all time", and his name is...well, it's either Ted or Michael North...take your pick. (...or in other words AGAIN...all I kept thinking while watching The Unsuspected last night was how much better than film would/might have been if only the Steven Howard character had been played by as competent an actor as the rest of the cast was)

And now, who's this, James???

Yeah, looks like she did remove it, huh. And so Dawn. How about reposting that pic of that nice lookin' young actress again here? (...maybe someone can identify her)

I know, she DOES look familiar to me too, but like I said, I can't quite place her face here. (...BUT, we CAN at least rule out her bein' either Don Ameche or George Brent anyway, huh!)

Not necessarily, Cid! Maybe the sheriff got real lucky at the local Indian casino's blackjack tables just before he went lookin' for a station wagon, and so then decided to upgrade his ride. (...didn't think o' this, did ya)

Nice additions here Dawn, but I don't think the actress in the two-piece bathing suit you identified as Jane Wyatt is actually her, and who I had posted a pic of up there. (...she looks familiar, but I can't quite place the face)

I remember watching this film when Muller showed it on Noir Alley a couple of years ago but missed it during its recent showing, and so can't quite recall the car you're referencing in it. And so, here's the IMCDb webpage for this film... IMCDb.org: "The Man Who Cheated Himself, 1950": cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles (...would it be listed/shown here?)

Nice, and speaking of actresses primarily known for playing mothers on sitcoms of the past...

Yes, a wonderful review indeed, MissW. Thanks for reposting it here, as I missed catching your initial posting of it. And btw... I believe the correct word for this would be "anachronistic".

And all set to do HIS dance rendition to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock & Roll".

Arlene, it was never how you felt, but how you looked...and you looked marvelous! (...R.I.P., lovely lady)

Hey look! It's the REAL King of Cool and his "younger brother" standin' next to him! (...well okay, his "younger brother" in the movie Thunder Road, anyway)

This (the "wooden" thing) got me to thinking that perhaps the reason why I mentioned earlier I always thought he delivered his comedic lines so well on that show when he was a kid, might be because they were usually in a "deadpan" fashion.

Ah, what memories this brought back, NS! (...thanks for posting it)

Whoa! I had NO idea that Carole Landis was THAT... (...can we say the word "stacked" here???)

Sometimes... (...but I understand primarily only on or before December 25th of each and every year)

And, what's kind'a funny about this is that IF you watch the earlier edisodes and when Ricky was a kid, he was very often given the best lines on that show and was very often the funniest character on it, and especially whenever his line started with "Hey Pop" and then go on to question something that his father Ozzie did or had done. Maybe he should've stuck with comedy instead of venturing into drama. (...although probably not an option once he became a teen idol singing sensation)

Yep, I didn't know it either until I searched this out and after being prompted to do so by your pic and text up there. (...did always wonder why the A's had the pachyderm as their mascot, though)

Yep, and actually so did/do I. (...the previous was all for fun, of course)

You've probably come across the following website before, haven't you NS... The A's and Their Elephants, Together Since July 10, 1902 — Todd Radom Design