Name the film or TV programme from the dialogue...

said by a bloke with a limp?

who used to shout "Mr Dillon" all the feckin time

only playing finky. That would "Duel" with "McCloud" himself

I think you've got it

Correct of course Baphornet

here's one from an absolute classic... "I don't wanna die! please i don't wanna die! Oh please!"

Oh, is it: It's A Wonderful Life  ?

hardly

same period though

May 29, 2020 -- 5:24PM, Baphornet wrote:

only playing finky. That would "Duel" with "McCloud" himself

Denis Weaver, i always thought he was an underated actor

It sounded familiar and was waiting for the cogs to kick in , but obvs far out on that one then, lol...that's the trouble these days, power of recall is diminishing fast!

probably the film that influenced my life & obsession with the cinema more than any other

i agree Mr Buster; dunno whether he loved the industry that much though

It don't half sound familiar...sure I'll kick meself...I'll keeping thinking for a bit...

wanna clue?

Does sound very familiar that!

Angels With Dirty Faces!

Oh, of course...the final scene, after the priest asked him too to do it....doh!  Just couldn't recall it...terrible memory these days...nice one Nick

Nick reappears & pees finky right orf

Not at all, I was glad to see Nick get it . It was just a 'doh' moment for not recalling it...I wasn't getting there, not with this awful memory, lol!

for anyone who hasn't watched it; please do

just jesting finky. Love love love that filum

Sounded familiar but have to confess that I have never seen it.

I agree Baphornet, great film, one of the all-time best. My father also loves that one. I'm also tickled by the fact that it has an anagram of:

Wild Thief - stars Cagney

HGS: i cannot tell you how good it is

nice one finky; i shall remember that

Am I imagining this? Do bits of it get played in the Home Alone films or is that another film altogether? 'Keep the change you filthy animal!'

i watched it 1st with my dear mummy; it affected me greatly as i was one likkle twot at the time

Pat O'Brien was the priest, iirc.

^ I used it in a film anagram quiz on here a few weeks back.
I've obviously not watched it for quite a while, else would have remembered the quote (well, had a better chance of it anyway! Never trust my krap memory these days! ) I must watch it again, surely must be available for rent on Prime.

dunno HGS;  i have to confess i haven't watched that film

Jimmy Cagney & O'Brien remained friends for life

i struggled to get a stream of it last time i looked, finky

Also not seen Home Alone, but seem to remember someone else discussing that HGS, possibly on here. Not sure what the outcome was though...

Not on neftlix or prime or sky library.

Ah, cheers Baphor. I'll take a look around on the weekend anyway, see what's available...

Just googled. The film in Home Alone is Angels With Filthy Souls, and Angles With Filthier Souls in Home Alone 2, so, no. Both not real.

^ Ah! That answers that then! Cheers HGS. Strange, you'd think that film would at least be available for rent...these streaming companies need to sort themselves out!

Talking Pictures might be our best bet one day.

Ha, maybe copyright costs prevented them using it, so they made something up with a close name!

This one might be too difficult and totally unfair (as it might be the only time someone's quoted it! )

But it amused me when I heard it and it stuck in the mind (for a change!)  Another oldie (1940's) :

"Go milk a duck!"

ok i've found a stream for it. I've never used this site so if you have reservations - keep away. Believe it or not it's called the Humphrey Bogart Channel[:laugh:]
https://ok.ru/video/258634353315

It's an Alan Ladd film, and I think considered one of his best/most known.

Nice one Baphor, well found.

i know that finky, but will let it roll

i have been the guinea pig, watched 5 mins & it seems kosher

Thought you may have some recognition of it Baphor, as you're excellent on the classics. But will reveal for everyone else, as it's perhaps a wee bit obscure, and not exactly a quote that appears in quizzes a lot!

This Gun For Hire

That's good news, one for the weekend then...(I'll double-check if that quote still appears at the end of the film )

i wonder how tall he actually was? Be close between him & Gollum i would have thought

I think Veronica Lake had to stand in a ditch quite a lot! (or possibly on a box in a ditch, like Python did in "Scott of The Sahara!")

i read a book about Burt Lancaster tother day, & he recalled a time he hid Kirk Douglas's lifts just before they hit a big one to one. "Douglas was really pîssed" Burt recalled

  So Kirky was probably a lot shorter than he looked on screen as well then, lol.

Do you read a lot of cinema books Baphor? I used to read a fair few, until the gambling bug took over

oh god yes! Infuriates my good lady Lots of rumours about Burt apparently; although i suspect that was more todo with him being anightmare to work with, & a deep love of art & Michelangelo

Lol. Yes, I do recall hearing some 'strange' stories about Burt, and some of his preferences, and his behaviour at parties. I probably heard that on a documentary somewhere. The biog channel on Sky used to be very good, and then they strangely got rid of it.
I think he's great in some roles though. I especially liked The Swimmer, which by all accounts he had to partly finance himself in order to get it finished (all those details are no doubt in the book that you read, of course). And various production problems inc. change of director half-way through. But I still think it came out great; I really like it, despite it not being perfect (whatever 'perfection' may be!)

aye he apparently was not a great swimmer; which would of course have led to a few delays for resuscitation & massaging of limbs

Ah, that's a surprising and interesting piece of info. I just assumed he was good at everything, what with his gymnastic ability and apparent general fitness. Well there go, the movies can you make you believe anything! 

please excuse my outraguous last 5 words of innuendo, finky. You are a gent

... The killer is.... Ughhhh.   He,s dead.

I must be too much of a gent Baphor, not picking up on that, lol

I also thought he was great in The Dam Busters

hello finky. After watching Charley Van Tam just now - how about this "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

Gene?

no; he was a heavy drinker - mightn't help much tbh

70s film

It does a ring a bell, but for some reason I pictured Gene in The Producers....but sure I know it...I'll think of some drinkers and see of it connects...

his wife accepted his Oscar

another?

“Close, Colonel, but no cigar!”

Oh, right. Got it from the original quote now and you saying his wife accepted Oscar...his last film of course, with him having passed...

Peter Finch, Network

correct finky & a fine performance from Finch

Funny thing, that film came up only a couple of weeks ago, when discussing films to watch during the lockdown with a work colleague...and still, my power of recall is terrible...notorious for it in work!

another film quote above

Was indeed. A number of years since I've seen it now, so no doubt another reason the quote took a while to connect, esp with my rubbish memory, lol. And by one of my favourite directors too. Bought a book on him some years back, lent it to somebody and not seen it since! Have some DVDs like that too, you lend them out and some people just never return them

ummm, 'Colonel' makes me think of Lee Van Cleef in For a Few Dollars More, so I'll take a punt at that!

i hunt people down who don't return things, finky

clue?

Yes please! :)

This one not ringing as many bells, so might not know it

she was far less pretty in real life than the actress who portrayed her, who was the mother of cowboy in the 60s & a very expensive bloke in the 70s

the site is cracking up!

Barbara Stanwyck?

mother of Heath (Big Valley) who went on to become the 6 quid Man

Don't think it's one I know Baphor. Haven't seen that many Stanwych films, apart from D.I. and one or two others, inc one with Burt, and I can't even remember the name of that!  Probably not one I can get...

Annie Oakley; Directed by the wonderful George Stevens

Ah, right. Nice one Baphor, not one I've seen. But aware of Stevens of course. My parents were big fans of 'Giant', so that was always a 'sit down and watch' event whenever that was on tv!

very talented man; & one of the best Producer/Directors ever to sit astride a chair

"Sorry - wrong number" was the film, finky

Ah yes, cheers Baphor. That was a very good film, really enjoyed that one, a very effective thriller. Good early role Burt.

Burt was 32 0or33? when he made his screen debut; i think the film above with his 5th or 6th. Very fortunate to have such great films to start off in

Wow, that's quite old for a screen debut, I suppose. I guess everyone looked younger in black & white! Also remember seeing him The Killers, so yes definitely started his career in some very good films.

well that was his 1st film, finky well done

he was oldish to start because (as you know) he was involved in circus activity for a long time; & then along came WW2

A good one to start off with!  Of his later ones, have always had a liking for The Gypsy Moths. But I like most of Frankenheimer's stuff, and have probably watched The French Connection II more than the first FC. But big fan of both.

The Manchurian Candidate probably my fav

although 'The Birdman' with Burt another

Those two good shouts too. The latter also a big favourite of my father's.

Yes, of course that would explain (his late-ish start in movies). But always looked for his age I guess, as borne out by The Swimmer, when he was starting to get on a wee bit!

Anyway, the great news is, Bayern are winning 5-0, which is making up for my losses in the week!

he did a fair bit with Frankenheimer during  his early (the Directors) career. The Young Savages & 7 Days in May being another couple

good chatting, finky now i must eat dinner & then do some weightlifting. Speak soon

Cheers Baphor, thanks for the chat, have a good evening.

"Look, stupid, he's  10-1.  Tomorrow we'll have 20 overcoats."

Tony Curtis to Jack Lemmon

WD, Bap.  Some Like It Hot was n BBC2 yesterday afternoon.

would have taped it if i'd known, Nick. Always good to see Marilyn walk