# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/41 "2003-01-12T14:48:18Z")
_Badtz Maru: Solaris_ Correct genre. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/42 "2003-01-12T16:01:40Z")
**raygirvan** > [@](#): > > A con-man experiences the fury of a rural community after he impersonates the son of a rich local celebrity. Was this… something something Roxy Carmichael? [sub]Welcome Home, maybe?[/sub] * * * Eccentric inventor uses his greatest invention to track down infamous criminal, but “lets him escape,” in the end. ---
**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 12, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/43 "2003-01-12T16:38:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \* > \*\ ***Jack Batty** , the DING! meant you were right. 🙂 \*\* _Watch Where You’re Pointing That Butt-Plug_ – ?? It’s an obscure movie, maybe you haven’t heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/44 "2003-01-12T16:56:48Z")
Better Than Chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/45 "2003-01-12T17:39:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*S2: “Cop is assigned to protect a witness, witness gets shot, cop tracks down bad guys, fireball at gas station, cop solves case.” \*\* _ **Bullitt** _ ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/46 "2003-01-12T18:03:06Z")
_Skeezix Was this… something something Roxy Carmichael?_ No, but there was a Rox… \*Eccentric inventor uses his greatest invention … \* Time After Time? ---
**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 13, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/47 "2003-01-13T06:58:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raygirvan \* > \*\*_Badtz Maru: Solaris_ > > Correct genre. \*\* Alien 3 ---
**Author:** ![RavenStorme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RavenStorme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RavenStorme)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/48 "2003-01-13T07:19:04Z")
Man finds out that he’s dying. and get asks to jump into natural distater. Clue - one actress plays at least three differnt women in the movie ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/49 "2003-01-13T08:49:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RavenStorme \* > \*\*Man finds out that he’s dying. and get asks to jump into natural distater. > > Clue - one actress plays at least three differnt women in the movie \*\* **Joe versus the Volcano**? ---
**Author:** ![BarBQSauce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@BarBQSauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarBQSauce)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/50 "2003-01-13T08:50:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Man finds out that he’s dying. and get asks to jump into natural distater. Joe vs. the Volcano A decade and a half after seeing his father’s murder, a young man plots the murderer’s eath by gaining his trust and befriending him. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/51 "2003-01-13T09:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BarBQSauce \* > \*\*A decade and a half after seeing his father’s murder, a young man plots the murderer’s eath by gaining his trust and befriending him. \*\* Godfather II? A guy dies and goes to heaven, then has to go to hell to rescue his wife. ---
**Author:** ![LoN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@LoN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoN)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/52 "2003-01-13T09:10:49Z")
What Dreams May Come? and i never even saw the movie… just the ads… ---
**Author:** ![LoN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@LoN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoN)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/53 "2003-01-13T09:12:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BarBQSauce \* > \*\*Joe vs. the Volcano > > A decade and a half after seeing his father’s murder, a young man plots the murderer’s eath by gaining his trust and befriending him. \*\* **Gangs of New York** , though I wouldn’t call Priest Vallon’s death a murder… it was in the heat of battle (and in the beggining of the movie, thus no spoiler tags) ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/54 "2003-01-13T10:35:54Z")
_Badtzmaru: Alien 3_ Yes. ---
**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 13, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/55 "2003-01-13T11:22:35Z")
I guess nobody knew these: 1. _Who Done It?_ (Abbott and Costello; 1942) 2. _Damn Yankees_ (Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston; 1958) 3. _Fireman Save My Child!_ (Buddy Hackett, Hugh O’Brian, Spike Jones and His City Slickers; about 1953). 4. _Room Service_ (Marx Brothers, 1938). 5. _Dragnet_ (Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Ann Robinson, Stacy Harris, Richard Boone; 1954) 6. _Kid From Left Field_ (With Dan Dailey, from the early 50s; not the lame TV remake from the late 70s with Gary Coleman). Some more: 7. An escaped convict and his cohorts invade a private home and hold the family hostage. 8. A movie director, recovering from drink, says nary a word as he and two bumbling friends try to make another movie and coax big-name performers to appear in it. 9. A kid in high school stumbles on a chemical formula that gives him psychokinetic powers. 10. Story with strong military-political overtones. A boy in his mid-teens changes into a dog. 11. Told in flashback; an inmate of a mental institution recounts his experience with a prodigious young musician, with strong connotation of foul play. ---
**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 13, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/56 "2003-01-13T12:11:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BarBQSauce \* > \*\*A decade and a half after seeing his father’s murder, a young man plots the murderer’s eath by gaining his trust and befriending him. \*\* That sounds more like _Gangs of New York_ to me. ---
**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 13, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/57 "2003-01-13T12:12:31Z")
Oops. LoN already got it. Darn my eyes. ---
**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 13, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/58 "2003-01-13T12:15:51Z")
\*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* 1. An escaped convict and his cohorts invade a private home and hold the family hostage. _ **The Ref** _ 2. A movie director, recovering from drink, says nary a word as he and two bumbling friends try to make another movie and coax big-name performers to appear in it. _ **Silent Movie** _ – ?? 3. A kid in high school stumbles on a chemical formula that gives him psychokinetic powers. _ **Zapped** _ – ?? 4. Story with strong military-political overtones. A boy in his mid-teens changes into a dog. No clue. 5. Told in flashback; an inmate of a mental institution recounts his experience with a prodigious young musician, with strong connotation of foul play. _ **Amadeus** _ – ?? ---
**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 13, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/59 "2003-01-13T13:09:58Z")
You’re right, Jack, except that for No. 11 I was thinking of _The Desperate Hours,_ a 1956 movie with humphrey Bogart. ---
**Author:** ![BarBQSauce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@BarBQSauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarBQSauce)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862/60 "2003-01-13T18:24:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Gangs of New York, though I wouldn’t call Priest Vallon’s death a murder… it was in the heat of battle (and in the beggining of the movie, thus no spoiler tags) Yup Godfather II was more like 2 and a half decades, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-plot-outline/147862.md?page=4)