[GreenKeys] Mice vs 15

[Bruce Gentry]

Absolutely correct! The alternate name of the film was "The Big Carnival".

On 7/24/17 4:58 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>    "Ace in the Hole" directed by Billy Wilder, with Kirk Douglas. Its 
> been many years since I've seen it. I don't remember the alternative 
> title (maybe "The Big Circus"?). One of the four film noir classics 
> Wilder made in his early Hollywood career. Its been too long since 
> I've seen it but at the time I thought it was not  up to the other three.
>    This was inspired by an actual incident that happened in the 1920s 
> where a fellow named Floyd Collins was trapped in a cave and the 
> rescue was covered day by day in the newspapers. See
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins
> for more.
>
> On 7/24/2017 1:44 PM, Bruce Gentry wrote:
>> You have evoked VERY powerful memories. The movie and especially it's 
>> theme song were quite popular. I was deeply affected when the Chinese 
>> mechanic was killed, and later when the one who was trained as his 
>> replacement was flayed in the "Death By 1000 Cuts", and shot to end 
>> his suffering by the Navy mechanic who had trained him. I have seen 
>> and projected "The Sand Pebbles" many times, it evoked many feelings 
>> for those of us serving in southeast Asia.  AND- the person I first 
>> saw it with was a squadron Teletype tech. After the movie he insisted 
>> I have a couple beers with him.  Can anyone name the 1951 film noire 
>> feature (it actually was released under two different titles)  about 
>> a washed up reporter exploiting a tragedy? It prominently featured a 
>> model 15 in several scenes.
>>
>>        Bruce Gentry
>>
>> On 7/24/17 4:03 PM, Jeffrey Angus wrote:
>>> On 7/24/17 2:53 PM, Thomas Tillson via GreenKeys wrote:
>>>> OK! You asked for it!!
>>>> Tom
>>>
>>> Let's see who catches this quote and the scene that preceded it:
>>> "Man stim stop walve."
>>>
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