Guess the names of the 60 films from the cryptic clues given.
Example: UPPERMOST PISTOL would be TOP GUN
No two answers are repeated.
1. SHORT MEETING
2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR
3. COURAGOUS ORGAN
4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP
5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE
6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN
7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD
8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER
9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER
10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED
11. SHARP JOGGER
12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT
13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS
14. GENUINE GRAVEL
15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY
16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT
17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP
18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY
19. REAR BREEZE
20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION
21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE
22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT
23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN
24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION
25. COWARDLY JOG
26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'
27. PASTURAL FANTASIES
28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME
29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS
30. IMPRISON THE CATTLE WITH A COUPLE OF SMOLDERING KEGS
31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER
32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER
33. AN IMMENSE EVASION
34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS
35. EVERYDAY FOLKS
36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW
37. NOAH'S MISPLACED BOAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED
38. IMPULSIVELY INNATE ASSASINS
39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE!
40. THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD 25 HOURS
41. LET WILLIAM GO
42. LECTURER THAT MAY CONTAIN ALMONDS
43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT
44. A DOZEN UPSET GUYS
45. DEMENTED RAINCOATS
46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED
47. "I" ALMOST SHRIEK
48. A BIRD FROM VALLETTA, MDINNA OR NAXXAR
49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES
50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST
51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE
52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD
53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP
54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC
55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS
56. HAROLD IS FILTHY
57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT
58. CABBIE
59. SHADES OF CASH
60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END
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> 3. COURAGOUS ORGAN
Braveheart
> 4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP
Pulp Fiction
> 5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE
Gone With The Wind
> 6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN
Glad 'e ate 'er
> 7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD
Mutiny On The Bounty
> 11. SHARP JOGGER
Blade Runner
> 13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS
Dead Poets Society
> 14. GENUINE GRAVEL
True Grit
> 15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY
African Queen
> 17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP
High Noon
> 18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY
The Dirty Dozen
> 22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT
The Italian Job
> 23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN
The Hunt For Red October
> 25. COWARDLY JOG
Chicken Run
> 27. PASTURAL FANTASIES
Field Of Dreams
> 30. IMPRISON THE CATTLE WITH A COUPLE OF SMOLDERING KEGS
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
> 32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER
The Graduate
> 35. EVERYDAY FOLKS
Ordianary People
> 37. NOAH'S MISPLACED BOAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
> 38. IMPULSIVELY INNATE ASSASINS
Natural Born Killers
> 39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE!
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
> 40. THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD 25 HOURS
The Longest Day
> 41. LET WILLIAM GO
Free Willy
> 42. LECTURER THAT MAY CONTAIN ALMONDS
The Nutty Professor
> 43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT
Mission Impossible
> 44. A DOZEN UPSET GUYS
Twelve Angry Men
> 45. DEMENTED RAINCOATS
Mad Macs (ouch!)
> 47. "I" ALMOST SHRIEK
Shrek
> 48. A BIRD FROM VALLETTA, MDINNA OR NAXXAR
The Maltese Falcon
> 50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST
American History X
> 51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE
The Deer Hunter
> 52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD
Some Like It Hot
> 53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP
White Guys Can't Jump
> 56. HAROLD IS FILTHY
Dirty Harry
> 58. CABBIE
Taxi Driver
> 59. SHADES OF CASH
The Colour Of Money
> 60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END
From Beer To Maternity
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John Allinson wrote:
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> Cryptic Film Quiz
>
> Guess the names of the 60 films from the cryptic clues given.
>
> Example: UPPERMOST PISTOL would be TOP GUN
>
> No two answers are repeated.
>
> 1. SHORT MEETING
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> 2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR
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> 3. COURAGOUS ORGAN
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> 4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP
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> 5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE
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> 6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN
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> 7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD
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> 8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER
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> 9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER
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> 10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED
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> 11. SHARP JOGGER
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> 12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT
Full Metal Jacket
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> 13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS
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> 14. GENUINE GRAVEL
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> 15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY
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> 16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT
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Crimson Tide
> 17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP
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> 18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY
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> 19. REAR BREEZE
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> 20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION
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> 21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE
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> 22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT
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> 23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN
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> 24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION
Back to the Future
Wild Bunch (not right I know but I just can't think right just now)
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> 50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST
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> 51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE
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> 52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD
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> 53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP
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> 54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC
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> 55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS
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> 56. HAROLD IS FILTHY
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> 57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT
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> 58. CABBIE
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> 59. SHADES OF CASH
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> 60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END
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If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the
other trees make fun of it?
> > 49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES
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> Wild Bunch (not right I know but I just can't think right just now)
Looks right to me
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Gareth Owen
I don't want to play golf.
When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
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> 2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR
Last Emperor
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> 19. REAR BREEZE
Backdraft
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> 20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION
Rebel Without a Cause
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> 32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER
The Graduate
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> 35. EVERYDAY FOLKS
Ordinary People
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> 39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE!
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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> 46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED
Unusual Suspects
1. SHORT MEETING - BRIEF ENCOUNTER
2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR - THE LAST EMPEROR
8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER - TERMINATOR
9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER
10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED - UNFORGIVEN
12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT - FULL METAL JACKET
16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT - CRIMSON TIDE
19. REAR BREEZE - BACKDRAFT
20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION
21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE - WHERE EAGLES DARE
24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION - BACK TO THE FUTURE
26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'
28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME
29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS
31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER
33. AN IMMENSE EVASION
34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS
36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW
46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED
49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES
54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC
55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS - GOODFELLAS
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> John Allinson wrote:
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>> Cryptic Film Quiz
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>> Guess the names of the 60 films from the cryptic clues given.
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>> Example: UPPERMOST PISTOL would be TOP GUN
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>> No two answers are repeated.
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>> 1. SHORT MEETING
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>> 2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR
Last Emperor
>> 3. COURAGOUS ORGAN
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>> 4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP
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>> 5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE
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>> 6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN
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>> 7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD
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>> 8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER
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>> 9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER
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>> 10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED
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>> 11. SHARP JOGGER
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>> 12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT
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> Full Metal Jacket
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>> 13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS
Dead Poets Society
>> 14. GENUINE GRAVEL
True Grit
>> 15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY
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>> 16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT
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> Crimson Tide
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>> 17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP
High Noon
>> 18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY
Dirty Dozen
>> 19. REAR BREEZE
Back Draft
>> 20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION
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>> 21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE
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>> 22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT
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>> 23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN
Hunt for Red October
>> 24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION
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> Back to the Future
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>> 25. COWARDLY JOG
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>> 26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'
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>> 27. PASTURAL FANTASIES
Field of Dreams
>> 28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME
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>> 29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS
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>> 30. IMPRISON THE CATTLE WITH A COUPLE OF SMOLDERING KEGS
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>> 31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER
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>> 32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER
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>> 33. AN IMMENSE EVASION
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>> 34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS
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>> 35. EVERYDAY FOLKS
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>> 36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW
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>> 37. NOAH'S MISPLACED BOAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED
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>> 38. IMPULSIVELY INNATE ASSASINS
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>> 39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE!
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
>> 40. THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD 25 HOURS
Longest Day
>> 41. LET WILLIAM GO
Free Willy
>> 42. LECTURER THAT MAY CONTAIN ALMONDS
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>> 43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT
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>> 44. A DOZEN UPSET GUYS
12 Angry Men
>> 45. DEMENTED RAINCOATS
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>> 46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED
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>> 47. "I" ALMOST SHRIEK
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>> 48. A BIRD FROM VALLETTA, MDINNA OR NAXXAR
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>> 49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES
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> Wild Bunch (not right I know but I just can't think right just now)
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>> 50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST
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>> 51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE
Uncle Buck (?)
>> 52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD
Some Like it Hot
>> 53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP
White Men Can't Jump
>> 54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC
To Kill a Mocking Bird
>> 55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS
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>> 56. HAROLD IS FILTHY
Dirty Harry
>> 57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT
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>> 58. CABBIE
Taxi Driver
>> 59. SHADES OF CASH
The Color of Money
>> 60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END
From Here to Eternity
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> 28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME
My Fair Lady
> 54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC
To Kill A Mocking Bird
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We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
The Last Emperor
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As Good As It Gets
10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED
Unforgiven
> 26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'
> 31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER
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The French Connection
> 33. AN IMMENSE EVASION
The Great Escape
> 34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS
Shakespeare in Love
> 36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW
Silence of the Lambs
> 46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED
The Innocents
> 57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT
Good Will Hunting
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Mark Brader "It's simply a matter of style, and while there
Toronto are many wrong styles, there really isn't any
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
Could this be "Midnight Cowboy"?
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The Great Lie
(Someone else had "The Great Escape" but this fits the clue a little better)
>43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT
Mission Impossible
>51. HE MAY ASK IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE
The Deer Hunter
1. SHORT MEETING - Brief Encounter
2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR - The Last Emperor
3. COURAGOUS ORGAN - Braveheart
4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP - Pulp Fiction
5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE - Gone With The Wind
6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN - Gladiator
7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD - Mutiny On The Bounty
8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER - - Terminator
9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER - As Good As It Gets
10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED - Unforgiven
11. SHARP JOGGER - Blade Runner
12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT - Full Metal Jacket
13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS - Dead Poets Society
14. GENUINE GRAVEL - True Grit
15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY - African Queen
16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT - Crimson Tide
17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP - High Noon
18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY - The Dirty Dozen
19. REAR BREEZE - Backdraft
20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION - Rebel Without A Cause
21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE - - Where Eagles Dare
22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT - The Italian Job
23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN - The Hunt For Red October
24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION - Back to the Future
25. COWARDLY JOG - Chicken Run
26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT' - Chinatown
27. PASTURAL FANTASIES - Field Of Dreams
28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME - My Fair Lady
29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS
- The French Connection
30. IMPRISON THE CATTLE WITH A COUPLE OF SMOLDERING KEGS
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER - Midnight Cowboy
32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER - The Graduate
33. AN IMMENSE EVASION - The Great Lie / The Great Escape
34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS - Shakespeare In Love
35. EVERYDAY FOLKS - Ordinary People
36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW - The Silence Of The Lambs
37. NOAH'S MISPLACED BOAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED
- Raiders Of The Lost Ark
38. IMPULSIVELY INNATE ASSASINS - Natural Born Killers
39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE! - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
40. THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD 25 HOURS - The Longest Day
41. LET WILLIAM GO - Free Willy
42. LECTURER THAT MAY CONTAIN ALMONDS - The Nutty Professor
43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT - Mission Impossible
44. A DOZEN UPSET GUYS - Twelve Angry Men
45. DEMENTED RAINCOATS - Mad Max
46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED - The Innocents
47. "I" ALMOST SHRIEK - Shrek
48. A BIRD FROM VALLETTA, MDINNA OR NAXXAR - The Maltese Falcon
49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES - The Wild Bunch
50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST - American History X
51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE - The Deer Hunter
52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD - Some Like It Hot
53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP - White Men Can't Jump
54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC - To Kill A Mocking Bird
55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS - Goodfellas
56. HAROLD IS FILTHY - Dirty Harry
57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT - Good Will Hunting
58. CABBIE - Taxi Driver
59. SHADES OF CASH - The Colour Of Money
60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END - From Here To Eternity
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Gareth Owen
A Contrived Regime Of Nomenclature, Yielding Mnemonics.
All other answers are correct.
Regards
John A.
London UK.
On 30 Jan 2003 15:10:57 +0000, Gareth Owen
I thought that too but can't see why for them to be accused would be
UNexpected.
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I only put that because I had heard of the film. Is there a film called
Unusual Suspects? If so, then I would agree with that answer.
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