# Describe a movie you saw and liked as a kid but can't remember its title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911 "2014-01-04T23:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/262 "2015-01-03T08:17:07Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I saw this as a small child and I can’t get it out of my mind to this day. When were you a child? That might help narrow things down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/263 "2015-01-03T09:28:10Z")
Honey, could it be _Cover Girl Killer!_?: > **[Cover Girl Killer (1959) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052709/)** > > Cover Girl Killer: Directed by Terry Bishop. With Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Spencer Teakle, Victor Brooks. Set in the sleazy world of a backstreet 1950s nightclub, a serial killer is believed to be murdering the models of a glamour magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/264 "2015-01-03T15:07:49Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > When were you a child? That might help narrow things down a bit. It would have been early 70’s when I saw it. I was maybe 8? ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/265 "2015-01-03T15:09:56Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Honey, could it be _Cover Girl Killer!_?: > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052709/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052709/) I’m sorry, that’s not it. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/266 "2015-01-03T15:54:59Z")
Tried real hard to find it, came across The Playgirl Murders, and Peeping Tom and Who Killed Teddy Bear…but none of these seem to fit. Here’s [Moira Shearer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira_Shearer) from Peeping Tom. She does have crazy eyes. And Who Killed Teddy Bear does seem to have memorable music, but it’s not it. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/267 "2015-01-03T16:00:41Z")
Maybe [Corruption?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxONfGlFurY) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/268 "2015-01-03T18:28:37Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > Well, I don’t know if I can honestly state that I actually _liked_ the film I’m going to attempt to describe (except maybe at a certain level), but it sure has stuck in my head for a long time! Scenario: my dad and I watching it on HBO (or Showtime) back in either 1978 or 1979 (when I was 11 or 12). IIRC the plot (if that’s what you want to call it) had to do with two young women (mid-20ish) making a “house call,” if you will, and basically “forcing” an older man to engage in some rather kinky sexual acts with him. I don’t remember how long the movie was although I seem to recall that it wasn’t particularly long. Also, that my mother, who caught us watching it together more than once, was NOT happy about me seeing it (come to think of it she probably wasn’t all that thrilled that my dad was watching it, either. But then my mom always has been somewhat of a prude). I tried posting a question about it on IMDB once and I don’t think it’s ever been answered. If anybody on the SDMB saw a movie back then that they think is the one I attempted to describe and they can remember the name of it and are interested in letting me know what that name is it would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks! It wasn’t on a premium channel, so not HBO or Showtime, but there was a movie called [_It Couldn’t happen to a Nice Guy_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Couldn%27t_Happen_to_a_Nicer_Guy) that has something like that happen to Paul Sorvino (sorry that there’s not a decent plot synopsis online). If you’re certain that it was on a premium channel, and was possibly too short to be a feature film, I wonder if it could have been an episode of _The Hitcher_, or perhaps some other short film anthology series. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/269 "2015-01-04T01:28:32Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Tried real hard to find it, came across The Playgirl Murders, and Peeping Tom and Who Killed Teddy Bear…but none of these seem to fit. > > Here’s [Moira Shearer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira_Shearer) from Peeping Tom. She does have crazy eyes. > > And Who Killed Teddy Bear does seem to have memorable music, but it’s not it. While looking at Peeping Tom on one site, at the bottom it gave me a list of other movies I might like, and there it was!! **Straight On Til Morning**. Of course I had to go to You Tube and… ::Shudder:: Thank you everyone!! ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/270 "2015-01-04T02:29:23Z")
I’ve asked this before, and been answered…and then like a dunce, I lost the answer… I promise to keep it safe from now on… There was a TV show, sixties I think, maybe early seventies. There was a group of people who had minor psychic powers. Not really strong mind-reading, but they could get mental impressions. They worked as a secret team, doing operations against bad guys, and also tried to keep a low profile so the world wouldn’t find out about them and kill them. I think the show opened with a shot of the high-pressure water-jet fountain in Geneva. ETA: AHA! I found it, by Googling the name of the fountain! (“Jet d’Eau.”) The show was “The Champions.” Yay the Internet! Thank you to everyone who would have told me the answer! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/271 "2015-01-04T02:36:37Z")
Sounds like [The Champions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AccLo_yQgFg). ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/272 "2015-01-04T03:59:43Z")
That’s the one! I watched that religiously, back in the day! I apologize for hopscotching you, and admire your memory of great old shows! ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/273 "2015-01-06T12:57:00Z")
Not a movie. But I remember renting a VHS comedy video when I was 16, and I forget the name of it. It was basically a bunch of very short comedy skits made by one man. I would estimate each skit had a duration of anywhere between 5 and 20 seconds. I think most were in black-and-white, made on film (then transferred to VHS), and it looked as if they were made in the 1960s or 1970s. I recall a couple of the skits: - He’s at the fruit section in the grocery, and peels some bananas before weighing them on the scale. The voiceover (his voice) says, “Here’s a consumer tip - peel your bananas before weighing them.” - He’s in his kitchen and grabs a new carton of milk. The carton is one of those old-fashioned kind, made of a paper product. He attempts to open one side of the carton but finds a label that says, “Open from other side.” So he turns the carton around and attempts to open the other side, only to find it also has a label that says, “Open from other side.” ---
**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 6, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/274 "2015-01-06T12:59:21Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Not a movie. But I remember renting a VHS comedy video when I was 16, and I forget the name of it. . . . Almost certainly _not_ what you’re remembering, but those types of oddball mini-sketches were typical of Ernie Kovacs. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/275 "2015-01-06T14:04:12Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Not a movie. But I remember renting a VHS comedy video when I was 16, and I forget the name of it. > > It was basically a bunch of very short comedy skits made by one man. I would estimate each skit had a duration of anywhere between 5 and 20 seconds. I think most were in black-and-white, made on film (then transferred to VHS), and it looked as if they were made in the 1960s or 1970s. I recall a couple of the skits: > > - He’s at the fruit section in the grocery, and peels some bananas before weighing them on the scale. The voiceover (his voice) says, “Here’s a consumer tip - peel your bananas before weighing them.” > > - He’s in his kitchen and grabs a new carton of milk. The carton is one of those old-fashioned kind, made of a paper product. He attempts to open one side of the carton but finds a label that says, “Open from other side.” So he turns the carton around and attempts to open the other side, only to find it also has a label that says, “Open from other side.” Doodles Weaver? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/276 "2015-01-22T15:20:11Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I have another one. I only remember the barest minimum: > > 60s or 70s, live action, had the feel of a made for TV, or a “B” movie. Someone was making their own nuclear weapon, in their basement I believe. The heroes finally tracked it down, and could not disarm it. One of the heroes, who had received a lethal dose of radiation, volunteered to fly the bomb out over the ocean with a helicopter. It detonated over the water. The end. > > Or at least, that’s how I remember it. One mystery solved! [Panic In the City](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062094/) I found an on-line version that had the sound about 2 minutes out of sync(!) but I was able to see the end and confirm that this is it. Howard Duff was the one to fly the bomb out over the water. It is available in a DVD so I’ll try to find one to watch. Thanks, new member **CotopaxiRon**! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/277 "2015-01-22T17:36:24Z")
I didn’t wade thru this entire thread, so I apologize if someone already asked this one. I remember seeing this movie in the 60s, but I’m sure it was older since it was on TV and I’m pretty sure it was black and white. It took place in a jungle and the plot had to do with killer ants that were overwhelming an area. The good guys were trying to figure out how to stop them. I seem to recall a scene where the ants killed and ate a man. I think it was resolved when there was either a big storm or a dam was destroyed so the ant-infested area was flooded and they all died. What was most traumatic - we watched this movie while spending the night at our grandparents’ place. It was summer in the city and they didn’t have a/c, so the windows were open. Right across the street from their house was an electrical substation that had a characteristic hum/buzz that was especially easy to hear in the quiet of the night. It sounded just like the ants as they rampaged thru the jungle. :eek: I didn’t sleep well that night. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/278 "2015-01-22T17:43:02Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I didn’t wade thru this entire thread, so I apologize if someone already asked this one. > > I remember seeing this movie in the 60s, but I’m sure it was older since it was on TV and I’m pretty sure it was black and white. It took place in a jungle and the plot had to do with killer ants that were overwhelming an area. The good guys were trying to figure out how to stop them. I seem to recall a scene where the ants killed and ate a man. I think it was resolved when there was either a big storm or a dam was destroyed so the ant-infested area was flooded and they all died. > > What was most traumatic - we watched this movie while spending the night at our grandparents’ place. It was summer in the city and they didn’t have a/c, so the windows were open. Right across the street from their house was an electrical substation that had a characteristic hum/buzz that was especially easy to hear in the quiet of the night. It sounded just like the ants as they rampaged thru the jungle. :eek: I didn’t sleep well that night. I haven’t tried IMDb for the right title, and there may be more than the two I think I recall._Them_ and _Maribunta!_(?) are ones I’d look for. Try: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047264/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_2](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047264/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/279 "2015-01-22T21:10:11Z")
_The Naked Jungle_ might be the right one - the date would be right, and I might be remembering it in black and white because my grandmother may not have had a color TV. Not on Netflix, tho… ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/280 "2015-01-23T03:03:12Z")
Okay, I’ve got one…I saw bits of it on TV as a kid, I think either on the Disney Channel (probably a late-night “grownup” drama block), or maybe on PBS, during the 1980s. By the film quality, I’d guess it was made in that decade, too. Anyway, it’s about a man and a woman, missionaries or aid workers or somesuch in what I think was sub-saharan Africa (a fairly arid portion), in the 40s. Their region was taken over by a force of Nazis, who—as we see in a dramatic shot—are setting up a V-2 like rocket for launch. I think the gist being that with this model and the location, they’d greatly extend the range. The next thing I remember was the missionary-guy trying to sneak into the Nazi base through a ditch or a creek under cover of night, to try and sabotage the Nazi’s operation. But that’s about all I can remember. 'Ring any bells? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911/281 "2015-01-23T16:09:24Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > While looking at Peeping Tom on one site, at the bottom it gave me a list of other movies I might like, and there it was!! > > **Straight On Til Morning**. Of course I had to go to You Tube and… > > ::Shudder:: > > Thank you everyone!! [See at 8:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJDP6Qghb9M) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-you-saw-and-liked-as-a-kid-but-cant-remember-its-title/677911.md?page=15)