# Guess the movie from the plot outline **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862 "2003-01-11T00:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/21 "2003-01-11T13:46:16Z")
Mine – (which I’m watching right now): Young musician teams with old musician on a road trip, each in search of something different. Young musician doesn’t find his goal, but helps the old musician find his and solve his problem. ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/22 "2003-01-11T13:49:11Z")
_Torgo A man dresses as a clown and amuses his lover’s husband._ Sleuth? An English aristocrat finds love despite cultural differences due to his African foster-parents. ---
**Author:** ![Fiat\_Lux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Fiat\_Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiat_Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/23 "2003-01-11T13:54:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raygirvan \* > \*\*_Torgo > A man dresses as a clown and amuses his lover’s husband._ > Sleuth? > > An English aristocrat finds love despite cultural differences due to his African foster-parents. \*\* Tarzan. Brilliant 😉 A New York book dealer takes a working holiday trip to Europe and finds love ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/24 "2003-01-11T14:01:46Z")
_KidCharlemagne A kid dreams of being brilliant, befriends a tycoon …_ Annie? During an international crisis, a man is torn between careers as a rescue worker and a journalist. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/25 "2003-01-11T14:05:15Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. An unsuspecting family buys a house without knowledge of the bizarre entities that lurk in it. (extra hint: a William Castle movie.) I was going to say “Beetlejuice” or “13 Ghosts,” but the William Castle bit threw me. I went to IMDB (is that cheating?), and I’m going to say “The Old Dark House.” ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/26 "2003-01-11T14:06:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Young musician teams with old musician on a road trip, each in search of something different. Young musician doesn’t find his goal, but helps the old musician find his and solve his problem. “Crossroads,” with Ralph Macchio? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/27 "2003-01-11T14:11:01Z")
You cheated didn’t you. I just posted that I was watching that in my LJ. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/28 "2003-01-11T14:14:52Z")
No, really. I was reading a reply from Gingy in my journal, but don’t even have my Friends page open. I knew it was that one. I love that movie. Ralph Macchio is so cute. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/29 "2003-01-11T14:34:04Z")
To Jack Batty and Kinsey: No. 8 was _The Three Stooges Go around the World in a Daze_ (in the story, they were traveling with Phileas Fogg IV, the great-grandson of the original Fogg); No. 5 was indeed _13 Ghosts_ (1960.) I saw it in the movie house–the Palms Theater in Culver City, CA–when it included the prologue and epilogue by Castle. As moviegoers entered the doors they were handed 3D viewers. One of the “ghosts” was a burning skeleton! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gris\_gris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gris\_gris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gris_gris)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/30 "2003-01-11T14:47:10Z")
ooh ooh! some dudes go to the amazon to catch this creature from a black lagoon. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/31 "2003-01-11T14:53:33Z")
> [@](#): > > No. 5 was indeed 13 Ghosts … I was thinking of the more recent “13 Ghosts.” The one with Tony Shalhoub. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/32 "2003-01-11T15:13:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gris gris \* > \*\*ooh ooh! some dudes go to the amazon to catch this creature from a black lagoon. \*\* _Anaconda_? Har har. ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/33 "2003-01-11T15:48:16Z")
An unwanted travelling companion sparks off life-changes that make a couple reassess their relationship. ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/34 "2003-01-11T16:04:25Z")
A con-man experiences the fury of a rural community after he impersonates the son of a rich local celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/35 "2003-01-11T16:14:40Z")
> [@](#): > > A con-man experiences the fury of a rural community after he impersonates the son of a rich local celebrity. “Six Degrees of Separation” ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/36 "2003-01-11T16:14:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*_Rushmore_ – ? \*\* DING! ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/37 "2003-01-11T16:22:55Z")
_Six Degrees of Separation_ Not bad, but not the one… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/38 "2003-01-11T16:30:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \* > \*\*DING! \*\* _The Bells of St. Mary_\* - ? ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/39 "2003-01-11T17:39:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raygirvan \* > \*\*A woman commits suicide following an unwanted pregnancy. \*\* Solaris ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/40 "2003-01-12T14:42:34Z")
**Jack Batty** , the DING! meant you were right. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862.md?page=3)