# Movies with misleading titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441 "2006-12-01T04:33:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/21 "2006-12-02T14:53:50Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] Been done before > **[Mis-named movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373357)** > > What movies have a blatant error in the title? Birdman Of Alcatraz except that Stroud spends most of the film in Leavenworth. And that’s where all his bird-keeping activity is done. He only tranferred to Alcatraz at the end of the film, and he’s... [/QUOTE] Seven months ago… it’s not really the done thing to resurrect seven month old threads to add the Cafe Society equivalent of “And another thing!” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/22 "2006-12-02T15:06:22Z")
**Chariots of Fire** They could have gone a lot faster if they had actually used horse drawn vehicles. **King Kong** Did he have any sort of royal lineage? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/23 "2006-12-02T15:09:35Z")
Talking of fire **Man on Fire** - sadly lacking in spontaneous human combustion ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/24 "2006-12-02T15:51:15Z")
“The Lady Killers” . No lady was killed “Krakatoa , East of Java” - It’s actually to the west. ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/25 "2006-12-02T20:09:52Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Although the life of Christ may have been **The Greatest Story Ever Told** at its time, it fails to appear on numerous lists of great books. However, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time, so it may still be the greatest in terms of volume. **The Neverending Story** actually ends at some point. … [/QUOTE] You say that like its a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/26 "2006-12-02T23:40:32Z")
Live Nude Girls- There were girls, and they were alive, but they were not nude. Unforgivable as a Delany sister was in this thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/27 "2006-12-02T23:47:36Z")
[Happines](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/). I can’t think of one happy bit in this miserable movie. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/28 "2006-12-02T23:57:31Z")
**A Fish Called Wanda** devoted little of its runtime to any fish at all. **Apocalypse Now** failed to end the world then or at any other time. **A Clockwork Orange** contained no mechanical fruit. > [@Martini Enfield](#): > > Return Of The King- Not about The Second Coming of Elvis There _was_ a distinct lack of necrophilia for some reason. I suppose his precious will remain a dragon unfought. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/29 "2006-12-03T00:01:57Z")
I just saw **Saw** for the first time last night. And while there were saws in it, they weren’t really the main focus, and not even really used much. (yeah, I figured it’s a shortened version of the villian’s name, but still) ---
**Author:** ![Asgardking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Asgardking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asgardking)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/30 "2006-12-03T03:57:21Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] **Duck Soup** contains neither ducks nor soup. [/QUOTE] and… **Monkey Business** had no monkeys nor businesses **Coconuts** had no tropical fruit **Animal Crackers** had no animals nor crackers. Well unless you count Groucho. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/31 "2006-12-03T06:47:55Z")
[QUOTE=Asgardking] and… **Monkey Business** had no monkeys nor businesses **Coconuts** had no tropical fruit **Animal Crackers** had no animals nor crackers. Well unless you count Groucho. [/QUOTE] But \*\*Horse Feathers \*\*had plenty of … never mind. ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/32 "2006-12-03T08:52:23Z")
The Postman Always Rings Twice…I never even saw one person get any mail! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441/33 "2006-12-03T12:59:30Z")
**The Long Kiss Goodnight** featured very little kissing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-misleading-titles/382441.md?page=1)