ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

[MaineWriter]

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with Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday

[southendmd]

[Ellemeno]

A film by Jean Renoir

[MaineWriter]

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The gay dog is a racing greyhound, owned by a man named Jim Gay. His wife, Sally Gay, is played by Petula Clark, who was 22 when this movie came out. I remember her as a singer in the 60s, with hits like "Downtown," and "Don't Sleep on the Subway."

[Meryl]

[Lumière]

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[IMDB]
Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them ?

[MaineWriter]

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This sounds like a doozie of a movie, but then I think Joan Crawford is a doozie anyway.

[southendmd]

From IMDb:  "Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his doll Clarence becomes mean and jealous. His fiancée Audrey leaves him and Jerry smashes his two dolls, Clarence and Terrence. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans to the top secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to use Morgan's dolls as a mailbox and hides the secret plan in the heads of the dolls. Another secret spy ring also wants to get their hands on Jerry's luggage and they *also* follow him. Eventually, Jerry is chased by both these organizations as well as the police, who suspects him of murder."

[Meryl]

[MaineWriter]

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Directed by Douglas Sirk, with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in his breakthrough role.