# Another "help me ID a movie...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-id-a-movie/434917>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 25, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-id-a-movie/434917 "2008-01-25T03:39:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-id-a-movie/434917/1 "2008-01-25T03:39:35Z")

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…from an annoyingly vague description" thread 😃

For a friend’s mom:

Film or TV episode from the 50s/60s. She thinks it’s Bette Davis, but I can’t find anything that corresponds.

Elderly couple whose daughter keeps urging them to move in with her. They don’t want to. They are possibly toy makers - there is a trunk or a chest filled with dolls. They end up committing suicide rather than leave their house.

Any ideas?

VCNJ~u7h

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-id-a-movie/434917/2 "2008-01-25T03:56:52Z")

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Was it [Burnt Offerings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_Offerings_(film))?

Sorry…I missed the 50s/60s reference…never mind.

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-id-a-movie/434917/3 "2008-01-25T14:30:10Z")

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having vague notions of an Alfred Hitchcock episode, maybe…

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-id-a-movie/434917/4 "2008-01-25T15:20:45Z")

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I took the liberty of posting your question on the IMDB board, and one of the experts posited that it might be [Right of Way (1983)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086198/), which fits everything except the timeline.

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**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-id-a-movie/434917/5 "2008-01-25T15:42:33Z")

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Mr. Tucker:

I think we have a winner! Thank you!

VCNJ~

[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]  
I took the liberty of posting your question on the IMDB board, and one of the experts posited that it might be [Right of Way (1983)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086198/), which fits everything except the timeline.  
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