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Uncle Charlie in Shadow Of A Doubt Next-favorite movie sleuth

I have always admired both actors and had seen many of their solo films but I never saw one they made together, so I watched San Francisco On Demand today. I thought it was great entertainment, I give it 8/10. Gable is the charming scoundrel and Tracy is the pious priest, both are excellent. Gable hires goody goody Jeanette MacDonald as a singer in his wild tavern, they fall in love though Tracy does not approve. even though both guys grew up together and have respect for one another. They don't have many scenes together but when they do there are fireworks, both at the top of their game.

Here's one, from a military academy, he may be in his 20s here.

The Sand Pebbles (1966) Next- Wait Until Dark (1967) 2 more with Richard Crenna

Pulp Fiction (1994) Starz On Demand 8/10 Several criminals have intersecting stories. A rewatch for me, first in many years. I saw this on first release and was very impressed. I still think it's excellent, maybe not one of the greatest of all time though. Tarantino's pop culture references and dark humor still work very well. My favorite sequence has now become the Jack Rabbit Slim restaurant scene. Hitman John Travolta is told by his boss to look after his wife Uma Thurman. The set is fantastic in this scene where you get a bloody steak or burger with a $5 milk shake, wait staff that look like Buddy Holly and Marilyn Monroe, a maitre d that looks like Ed Sullivan and a twist contest. I also liked the dialogue where Travolta explains that one waitress is Marilyn Monroe and the other is Mamie Van Doren. The infamous sequence with bocer Bruce Willis and boss gangster Ving Rhames is still shocking and disturbing. The later scenes with Harvey Keitel were less interesting to me now but it is still a great film.

The Family Way (1967) Newlyweds Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett move into the groom's parents house

They were in Under Milk Wood (1972) together though I never saw that one. Becket is great though.

That's a GREAT example, Bogart was two faced and turned into a sniveling coward when faced with the barrel of Cagney's gun.

Curtis & Lemmon were also in The Great Race (1965) together so that's a good example

This is for two actors who were paired together in more than one film but each were successful on their own as well. So this is not for regular comedy teams like Laurel & Hardy or Abbott & Costello. I thought of a few examples with my favorite of their films together, You can comment on the ones I have or list more of your own. Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas- Burt was the usually the more strait laced stolid one and Kirk his more roguish partner, but not every time. Favorite-Gunfight At The OK Corral (1957) Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi- They were usually enemies pitted against each other, Karloff usually the dominant role and Lugosi sometimes a supporting heavy. My favorite is Son Of Frankenstein (1939) the only time they were on the same side, both evil. Boris played the Monster for the last time and Bela was the wily Ygor, who uses the Monster for his revenge schemes. Bing Crosby & Bob Hope-Bing was the laid back crooner who was often a con man who uses his wisecracking, slightly dim friend Bob as the patsy. Favorite-Road To Morocco (1942) Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau-they were friends or frienemies in their films together, Lemmon was the average guy drawn into a scheme by his more shady friend Matthau. My favorite was The Odd Couple (1968) with Jack as neurotic neat freak and Walter as the grumpy slob. Paul Newman & Robert Redford-two fun loving guys who operate on the other side of the law. Newman was the older more experienced one and Redford the younger more impulsive one. Favorite is The Sting (1973)

5) Montgomery Clift was signed to play Joe Gillis but he dropped out.

The version I first saw was the 161 minute one. I always thought that was the best, the 178 one was still great but the added scenes with Eastwood and Wallach dubbing in their much older voices and an imitator filling in for the late Van Cleef seemed unnecessary.

Some of my favorites over 2 hours long over 2 hours but less than 2 1/2- Rosemary's Baby (1968) 138 min over 2 1/2 hours but less than 3- Nashville (1975) 159 min Over 3 hours- Barry Lyndon (1975) 183 min

The Private Files Of J Edgar Hoover (1977) TCM 4/10 The career of the FBI director (Broderick Crawford). This was a slapdash exploitation picture done just 5 years after Hoover's death. Crawford tries his best in the role but we rarely get to see his trademark toughness and bombast. The most interesting thing about it was large number of classic stars in mostly small roles-Jose Ferrer, Dan Dailey (as Hoover's longtime companion and aide Clyde Tolson), Lloyd Nolan, June Havoc (as Hoover's mother), Howard DaSilva (as FDR) and Celeste Holm. It has some newreel footage and some bad dialogue. Rip Torn plays a fictional FBI agent who wants to be a whistle blower. Some of the better moments have Hoover and Bobby Kennedy (Michael Parks) doing some sparring. The gay affair between Hoover and Tolson is mentioned only briefly, the two are seen privately denying it.

8. Jerry Fielding was nominated for an Oscar for his music score.

Blondie Takes A Vacation (1939) Movies! Channel 7/10 Blondie and Dagwood take Baby Dumpling and Daisy for a two week vacation at lakeview lodge. Another very good entry, the 3rd in the series. There are plenty of laughs but some sentiment and suspense too. It is also helped by two great character actors in supporting roles. Donald MacBride plays a mean grouch who gets in an altercation with the Bumsteads on a train. He later turns out to be the owner of the hotel they are staying at, he kicks them out. Donald Meek plays a lovable eccentric who turns out to be a pyromaniac. The Bumsteads then go to a rundown hotel owned by an old couple in dire straits. Blondie convinces Dagwood to help them and also find out MacBride is trying to take the business away.

Yes, I saw it many years ago but don't recall much about it.

Scent Of Mystery aka Holiday In Spain (1960) TCM 4/10 An English photographer (Denholm Elliott) uncovers a murder plot while vacationing in Spain. I saw this because I am a big Peter Lorre fan and wanted to add this to my list of his films that I have seen. It was pretty bad, Lorre does appear in most of the scenes but merely drives Elliott around and has a few quips here and there. Mike Todd Jr produced and seems to want to do a smaller scale version of his late father's Around The World In Eighty Days. The color and scenery are beautiful but the script is ridiculous. However it is almost worth it to see the surprise cameo at the end.

David And Lisa (1962) DVD 10/10 A boy and girl in a school for mentally ill teenagers strike up a friendship. I just rewatched this again, from my favorite year in film 1962. Keir Dullea plays David who has anger issues and a extreme phobia about being touched. Janet Margolin is Lisa, a schizophrenic girl who talks in rhyme. This movie just draws me in every time. It was well directed by Frank Perry (I recently re watched another of his films The Swimmer). There are some dream sequences which are quite disturbing, even today. Some interesting supporting actors like Clifton James as a staff therapist (he would be Carr the Floorwalker in Cool Hand Luke). Jaime Sanchez is another of the students, in 1969 he would be one of The Wild Bunch. Another troubled teen is Karen Gorney, she would be John Travolta's love interest in Saturday Night Fever (1977).

I love that one, a suspense thriller with humor. Steiger has a field day a serial killer who uses disguises, George Segal plays a Jewish cop on the case, he still lives with his mother Eileen Heckart.

Love Hate Love, an early 1970s TV movie with Ryan O'Neal and Lesley Ann Warren

Jack Carson, since I am more familiar with his work. Next- Rod Serling or Paddy Chayefsky?

That might be Arthur Housman, he was in The Live Ghost and a few others

Ugh, I came close but only 7 of them. I haven't seen Jamaica Inn, Topkapi or Weekend At Bernie's. Ulee's Gold is my favorite on the list, Peter Fonda seems to be channeling his father here.