# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 118

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2343 "2019-12-05T04:54:55Z")

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Movie characters with no proper name

1. The Mechanic - Two-Lane Blacktop
2. The Man with No Name - A Fistful of Dollars
3. Hot tub repairman - Hot Tub Time Machine (Chevy Chase)
4. The Narrator - Fight Club (Tyler Durden’s alter-ego)
5. The Stranger - Sam Elliot in The Big Lebowski
6. The Girl - The Seven Year Itch (Marilyn Monroe)
7. XXXX - Layer Cake (Daniel Craig)

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2344 "2019-12-05T12:21:55Z")

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Movie characters with no proper name

1. The Mechanic - Two-Lane Blacktop
2. The Man with No Name - A Fistful of Dollars
3. Hot tub repairman - Hot Tub Time Machine (Chevy Chase)
4. The Narrator - Fight Club (Tyler Durden’s alter-ego)
5. The Stranger - Sam Elliot in The Big Lebowski
6. The Girl - The Seven Year Itch (Marilyn Monroe)
7. XXXX - Layer Cake (Daniel Craig)
8. Juror #3 - Twelve Angry Men (Lee J. Cobb)

Only two of the twelve were referred to by name in the movie.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2345 "2019-12-05T13:04:05Z")

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Movie characters with no proper name

1. The Mechanic - Two-Lane Blacktop
2. The Man with No Name - A Fistful of Dollars
3. Hot tub repairman - Hot Tub Time Machine (Chevy Chase)
4. The Narrator - Fight Club (Tyler Durden’s alter-ego)
5. The Stranger - Sam Elliot in The Big Lebowski
6. The Girl - The Seven Year Itch (Marilyn Monroe)
7. XXXX - Layer Cake (Daniel Craig)
8. Juror #3 - Twelve Angry Men (Lee J. Cobb)
9. TV Repairman - Pleasantville (Don Knotts)

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2346 "2019-12-05T14:01:28Z")

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Movie characters with no proper name

1. The Mechanic - Two-Lane Blacktop
2. The Man with No Name - A Fistful of Dollars
3. Hot tub repairman - Hot Tub Time Machine (Chevy Chase)
4. The Narrator - Fight Club (Tyler Durden’s alter-ego)
5. The Stranger - Sam Elliot in The Big Lebowski
6. The Girl - The Seven Year Itch (Marilyn Monroe)
7. XXXX - Layer Cake (Daniel Craig)
8. Juror #3 - Twelve Angry Men (Lee J. Cobb)
9. TV Repairman - Pleasantville (Don Knotts)
10. Ralphie’s dad - A Christmas story (Darren McGavin)

Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2347 "2019-12-05T14:04:38Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer
2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2348 "2019-12-05T14:20:09Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer
2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer
3. Hanky Panky - Gilda Radner, ovarian cancer

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2349 "2019-12-05T14:21:38Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer
2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer
3. Hanky Panky - Gilda Radner, ovarian cancer
4. The Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney, lung cancer

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2350 "2019-12-05T14:26:36Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer
2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer
3. Hanky Panky - Gilda Radner, ovarian cancer
4. The Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney, lung cancer
5. The Conqueror - John Wayne, stomach cancer

> **[Did John Wayne die of cancer caused by a radioactive movie set?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/374/did-john-wayne-die-of-cancer-caused-by-a-radioactive-movie-set/)**

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2351 "2019-12-05T14:29:54Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer
2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer
3. Hanky Panky - Gilda Radner, ovarian cancer
4. The Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney, lung cancer
5. The Conqueror - John Wayne, stomach cancer
6. The Man Who Fell to Earth - David Bowie, liver cancer

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2352 "2019-12-05T14:35:59Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer
2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer
3. Hanky Panky - Gilda Radner, ovarian cancer
4. The Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney, lung cancer
5. The Conqueror - John Wayne, stomach cancer
6. The Man Who Fell to Earth - David Bowie, liver cancer
7. Red Dawn - Patrick Swayze, pancreatic cancer

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2353 "2019-12-05T15:05:23Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer
2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer
3. Hanky Panky - Gilda Radner, ovarian cancer
4. The Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney, lung cancer
5. The Conqueror - John Wayne, stomach cancer
6. The Man Who Fell to Earth - David Bowie, liver cancer
7. Red Dawn - Patrick Swayze, pancreatic cancer
8. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett, anal cancer

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2354 "2019-12-05T15:29:59Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer
2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer
3. Hanky Panky - Gilda Radner, ovarian cancer
4. The Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney, lung cancer
5. The Conqueror - John Wayne, stomach cancer
6. The Man Who Fell to Earth - David Bowie, liver cancer
7. Red Dawn - Patrick Swayze, pancreatic cancer
8. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett, anal cancer
9. A Hard Day’s Night - George Harrison, lung cancer

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2355 "2019-12-05T16:11:59Z")

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Movies where the stars later died of cancer

1. The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, esophageal cancer

2. The King and I - Yul Brynner, lung cancer

3. Hanky Panky - Gilda Radner, ovarian cancer

4. The Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney, lung cancer

5. The Conqueror - John Wayne, stomach cancer

6. The Man Who Fell to Earth - David Bowie, liver cancer

7. Red Dawn - Patrick Swayze, pancreatic cancer

8. Extremities - Farrah Fawcett, anal cancer

9. A Hard Day’s Night - George Harrison, lung cancer

10. Mother Wore Tights - Betty Grable, lung cancer  
Movies with Time-related Titles

11. High Noon

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2356 "2019-12-05T16:25:23Z")

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Movies with Time-related Titles

1. High Noon
2. A Hard Day’s Night

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2357 "2019-12-05T16:31:48Z")

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Movies with Time-related Titles

1. High Noon
2. A Hard Day’s Night
3. Time After Time

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2358 "2019-12-05T16:39:39Z")

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Movies with Time-related Titles

1. High Noon
2. A Hard Day’s Night
3. Time After Time
4. Nick of Time

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2359 "2019-12-05T16:40:37Z")

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Movies with Time-related Titles

1. High Noon
2. A Hard Day’s Night
3. Time After Time
4. Nick of Time
5. Yesterday

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2360 "2019-12-05T16:46:06Z")

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Movies with Time-related Titles

1. High Noon
2. A Hard Day’s Night
3. Time After Time
4. Nick of Time
5. Yesterday
6. The Day After Tomorrow

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2361 "2019-12-05T17:30:05Z")

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Movies with Time-related Titles

1. High Noon
2. A Hard Day’s Night
3. Time After Time
4. Nick of Time
5. Yesterday
6. The Day After Tomorrow
7. Night of the Living Dead

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/2362 "2019-12-05T18:21:38Z")

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Movies with Time-related Titles

1. High Noon
2. A Hard Day’s Night
3. Time After Time
4. Nick of Time
5. Yesterday
6. The Day After Tomorrow
7. Night of the Living Dead
8. From Noon 'till Three

nice little western romantic action/comedy with Charles Bronson and his wife, Jill Ireland.

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