LonesomePolecat Posted July 8 6 hours ago, shutoo said: edit: I've been trying to think of a film where a B'way producer has a 'nobody' pretend to be a French singing star, but I can't remember who was in it...anybody know? (the category made me think of it...) Doris Day does something similar in IT'S A GREAT FEELING -- Jack Carson tries to pass Doris off as a French movie star to get her into Hollywood 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 8 10 minutes ago, LonesomePolecat said: SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't mean to spoil the plot! My apologies. Urkel took over for a moment. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted July 8 THE USUAL SUSPECTS (spoiler alert!!!!!!) THE DOUBLE (also spoiler alert!!!!!) EVIL UNDER THE SUN (ditto!!!) THE THIRD MAN (spoiler alert if by some miracle you still haven't seen it yet) THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR -- Ginger Rogers pretends to be 11 to get a cheaper train ticket WILLY WONKA -- someone in South America makes a fake Golden Ticket Anything with con men including OCEAN'S 11, THE STING, & the TV show LEVERAGE NOTHING SACRED and its remake LIVING IT UP -- pretending to be sick with radium poisoning just to get a free trip to New York 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted July 8 17 minutes ago, TopBilled said: I didn't mean to spoil the plot! My apologies. Urkel took over for a moment. I was kidding, though I haven't seen it yet, I already knew the plot had twists and turns Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 8 2 minutes ago, LonesomePolecat said: I was kidding, though I haven't seen it yet, I already knew the plot had twists and turns I actually didn't spoil the BIG twist. You'll have to watch the movie and be surprised. The Kim family is revealed to be fraudsters in the first five minutes of the movie. But it's what happens later, a chain of events started by their fraud, where the movie really goes in some unexpected directions. PARASITE (2019) is currently available for streaming on Hulu. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted July 8 Every one of the ROAD TO movies MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON ELMER GANTRY THE MIRACLE WOMAN THE LAST HOUR 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 8 Incidentally I'm thinking of starting a support group for others that may be experiencing Urkel tendencies. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desilufan Posted July 9 Rogue's March (1953)- Peter Lawford's character reenlists into the military under a false name after having escaped from jail. (Peter as his character's alter ego Pvt. Harry Simms) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 9 14 minutes ago, Desilufan said: Rogue's March (1953)- Peter Lawford's character reenlists into the military under a false name after having escaped from jail. (Peter as his character's alter ego Pvt. Harry Simms) TCM seldom airs this film. I'd like to see it again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desilufan Posted July 9 42 minutes ago, TopBilled said: TCM seldom airs this film. I'd like to see it again. it should be on youtube if you look on there, i love this movie, its one of my favorites of Peter's 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 9 48 minutes ago, Desilufan said: it should be on youtube if you look on there, i love this movie, its one of my favorites of Peter's Thanks Desilufan. Appreciate the heads up! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 9 So many excellent examples yesterday. one thousand seven hundred sixty-third category Stranger arrives, changes everyone’s lives I LIVED WITH YOU (1933) MY MAN GODFREY (1936) THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted July 9 Mary Poppins (1964) Breezy (1973) William Holden picks up a young hitchhiker who changes his life The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) The Stranger (2020) mini-series about a blackmailer 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 9 HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973) is a good example in the western genre. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted July 9 1 minute ago, TopBilled said: HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973) is a good example in the western genre. How about Shane (1953) ? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 9 Mr. Belvedere in SITTING PRETTY (1948) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted July 9 The Bishop's Wife (Cary Grant) All About Eve (Ann Baxter) Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) Death Takes a Holiday (Fredric March) Susan Slept Here (Debbie Reynolds) A Prairie Home Companion (Virginia Madsen) Any Wednesday (Dean Jones) An Inspector Calls (Alastair Sim) Bachelor in Paradise (Bob Hope) The Day the Earth Stood Still (Michael Rennie) The Birds (Tippi Hedren) 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 9 Jack Palance's character shows up to rent a room in MAN IN THE ATTIC (1953). Little do the others know that the new lodger is Jack the Ripper. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted July 9 The Witches of Eastwick (1987) Daryl Van Horne 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marianne Posted July 9 Desperately Seeking Susan (1985): Rosanna Arquette plays Roberta, who isn't a stranger to the audience but she's a stranger to Susan when she runs a personal ad signed "Stranger." She's also a stranger to herself because she suffers from amnesia! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shutoo Posted July 9 8 minutes ago, TopBilled said: Little do the others know that the new lodger is Jack the Ripper. gave that one away, lol how about Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Nick Nolte) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 9 Oops, Urkel strikes again. Sorry! Incidentally, DOWN AND OUT is based on a French film, BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (1932). 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peebs Posted July 9 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 9 In PHONE CALL FROM A STRANGER (1952) Gary Merrill plays a writer who calls/visits the family members of people who died in a plane crash. It was a plane he had been on himself, meaning he met some of these fellow passengers before they were killed. His visits are powerful. His visits change lives. Highly recommend this film! Especially the last sequence where he goes to see an invalid played by Bette Davis. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaya bat woof woof Posted July 9 There is an older The Stranger with Loretta Young, Orsen Welles (sp?) and Edward G. R. Robinson is a Nazi hunter. They updated Return of Martin G. as Sommersby (sp?) with Richard Gere and Jodie Foster. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
