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red dog 1

(33,662 posts) Mon Apr 6, 2026, 07:18 PM Apr 6

Post a question about a movie & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google

Re: "Benny & Joon"
A) Who was originally cast to play the role of Benny?
B) What actress was offered the role of Joon but turned it down?

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Post a question about a movie & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google (Original Post) red dog 1 Apr 6 OP
Who portrayed Sam Spade in the 1931 film "The Maltese Falcon"? Harker Apr 6 #1
Humphrey Bogart some_of_us_are_sane Apr 6 #3
Bogart played the part ten years later... Harker Apr 6 #4
Oh! Had NO IDEA some_of_us_are_sane Apr 6 #6
I borrowed an amped up edition of the '41 from a library that had the '31 film, too. Harker Apr 6 #9
Good question! red dog 1 Apr 7 #10
He shows up every so often when I'm reading about that era, or when I see the TCM schedule posted here. Harker Apr 7 #11
Ricardo Cortez? nt. boonecreek Jun 10 #25
Very good! Harker Jun 10 #27
Don't know, but here's one.... some_of_us_are_sane Apr 6 #2
Peter O'Toole as General Tanz in " Night of the Generals." Harker Apr 6 #5
YES!!! I LOVE that movie! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 6 #7
Yes, he was utterly horrifying! Harker Apr 6 #8
In Barton Fink, what was the name of the Hollywood hotel John Turturro stayed at? red dog 1 Apr 16 #12
In "Thunderball", what was the name of Largo's yacht? Harker May 15 #13
While we're bonding, what make and number golf balls were being played by Bond and Goldfinger in "Goldfinger"? Harker May 18 #14
Slazenger 7 VGNonly Jun 8 #19
"Here's my Penfold Hearts." Harker Jun 8 #21
Re: "Unforgiven" (1992) directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. red dog 1 May 21 #15
In Coal Miner's Daughter, what well-known person played Loretta Lynn's father. red dog 1 May 28 #16
Levon Helm Was also in The Right Stuff Brother Buzz Jun 7 #18
Steve McQueen starred in The Cincinnati Kid (1965) as Eric (The Kid) Stoner. Who co-starred as Lancey (The Man) Howard? red dog 1 Jun 7 #17
In the film More American Graffiti VGNonly Jun 8 #20
A Google search of Electric Haze comes up with a Swedish hard rock band that formed in 2014, red dog 1 Jun 8 #22
Check this. VGNonly Jun 8 #23
What actor was also in both VGNonly Jun 9 #24
Charles Dierkop. Harker Jun 10 #26
What Butch & Sundance costar was also in VGNonly 21 hrs ago #28
I'll have to make a guess, having only seen Little Big Man when it was first in theaters... Harker 20 hrs ago #29
Yes Jeff Corey! VGNonly 20 hrs ago #30
He's a treat. Harker 20 hrs ago #31
He always gave me sort of a John Carradine vibe. VGNonly 19 hrs ago #32
I can see that. Harker 18 hrs ago #33

Harker

(18,307 posts)
1. Who portrayed Sam Spade in the 1931 film "The Maltese Falcon"?
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:48 PM
Apr 6

Last edited Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Harker

(18,307 posts)
4. Bogart played the part ten years later...
Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #3)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:00 PM
Apr 6

smacking Peter Lorre in the role of Joel Cairo.

The earlier version has been largely forgotten.

Harker

(18,307 posts)
9. I borrowed an amped up edition of the '41 from a library that had the '31 film, too.
Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #6)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:13 PM
Apr 6

Speaking of "Dracula", Dwight Frye, who played Renfield in the 1931 Bela Lugosi film also played Wilmer the gunsel in the '31 "Maltese Falcon."

red dog 1

(33,662 posts)
10. Good question!
Reply to Harker (Reply #1)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 01:48 PM
Apr 7

I was curious, so I looked it up.

I had never heard of the actor who played Sam Spade.

Harker

(18,307 posts)
11. He shows up every so often when I'm reading about that era, or when I see the TCM schedule posted here.
Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #10)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 02:05 PM
Apr 7

Harker

(18,307 posts)
27. Very good!
Reply to boonecreek (Reply #25)
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 05:29 AM
Jun 10

That one was festering for a while.

Also of note... Dwight Frye portrayed Wilmer the Gunsel.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,836 posts)
2. Don't know, but here's one....
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:54 PM
Apr 6
What's the actor who starred in a GREAT older drama about a German officer who kills prostitutes and what is the name of the film?

Harker

(18,307 posts)
5. Peter O'Toole as General Tanz in " Night of the Generals."
Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #2)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:02 PM
Apr 6

An old favorite of mine.

Omar Sharif and Phillipe Noiret were good in it, too.

red dog 1

(33,662 posts)
12. In Barton Fink, what was the name of the Hollywood hotel John Turturro stayed at?
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:16 PM
Apr 16

Last edited Fri May 15, 2026, 01:48 PM - Edit history (3)

Harker

(18,307 posts)
13. In "Thunderball", what was the name of Largo's yacht?
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Fri May 15, 2026, 10:23 AM
May 15

What does the name mean in English?

Harker

(18,307 posts)
14. While we're bonding, what make and number golf balls were being played by Bond and Goldfinger in "Goldfinger"?
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Mon May 18, 2026, 09:19 AM
May 18

red dog 1

(33,662 posts)
15. Re: "Unforgiven" (1992) directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Thu May 21, 2026, 05:56 PM
May 21

Last edited Thu May 28, 2026, 03:41 PM - Edit history (1)

The script was originally optioned by what director, who failed to raise the money to develop the project any further?
(He's a famous director)

red dog 1

(33,662 posts)
16. In Coal Miner's Daughter, what well-known person played Loretta Lynn's father.
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:40 PM
May 28

Last edited Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:23 PM - Edit history (1)

(Hint: Actor/Musician)

Brother Buzz

(40,576 posts)
18. Levon Helm Was also in The Right Stuff
Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #16)
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:29 PM
Jun 7

Chuck Yeager: Hey, Ridley, ya got any Beemans?
Jack Ridley: Yeah, I think I got me a stick.
Chuck Yeager: Loan me some, will ya? I'll pay ya back later.
Jack Ridley: Fair enough.

red dog 1

(33,662 posts)
17. Steve McQueen starred in The Cincinnati Kid (1965) as Eric (The Kid) Stoner. Who co-starred as Lancey (The Man) Howard?
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:22 PM
Jun 7

VGNonly

(8,595 posts)
20. In the film More American Graffiti
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:07 PM
Jun 8

this real life musician played a role as the in the fictional band Electric Haze. He was originally from Texas, got busted, then moved to the SF Bay Area. He passed in 1999. Who was he?

red dog 1

(33,662 posts)
22. A Google search of Electric Haze comes up with a Swedish hard rock band that formed in 2014,
Reply to VGNonly (Reply #20)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:59 PM
Jun 8

is there also a fictional band called Electric Haze?
[I wasn't trying to answer the question, I was just curious about the "fictional band"]

VGNonly

(8,595 posts)
23. Check this.
Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #22)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:53 PM
Jun 8

IMDB More American Graffiti Soundtracks

A hint: do you know the song Mendocino?

VGNonly

(8,595 posts)
24. What actor was also in both
Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:03 PM
Jun 9

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting with Newman and Redford?

Harker

(18,307 posts)
29. I'll have to make a guess, having only seen Little Big Man when it was first in theaters...
Reply to VGNonly (Reply #28)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 07:35 PM
20 hrs ago

and True Grit only once many decades ago. I don't remember much of either of them.

Jeff Corey?




VGNonly

(8,595 posts)
30. Yes Jeff Corey!
Reply to Harker (Reply #29)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 07:56 PM
20 hrs ago

He was in B&S as Sheriff Bledsoe who tried to convince the outlaw duo to give themselves up. In True Grit he was outlaw Tom Chaney. In Little Big Man: Wild Bill Hickok.

VGNonly

(8,595 posts)
32. He always gave me sort of a John Carradine vibe.
Reply to Harker (Reply #31)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 08:39 PM
19 hrs ago

Like John C he was a very active character actor, a lot of offbeat roles, sometimes a bit creepy.



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