# Pink Floyd's The Wall--Identify the Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyds-the-wall-identify-the-movies/88325 "2001-10-19T00:16:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyds-the-wall-identify-the-movies/88325/1 "2001-10-19T00:16:40Z")
I’ve sometimes been curious about this in the past, and it didn’t occur to me until just now that this would be a great place to figure it out: What movies/TV shows are featured in the background of _The Wall_ (album or movie, but mainly album). It’s been a while since I’ve listened to it, but the only one I can recall ever recognizing is the obvious one, “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!” from _Gomer Pyle, USMC_. That’s probably all I’ll be good for. Know any others? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyds-the-wall-identify-the-movies/88325/2 "2001-10-19T00:23:50Z")
Well, there’s _The Dam Busters_. I’d have to watch it again to I.D. some more. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyds-the-wall-identify-the-movies/88325/3 "2001-10-19T04:11:54Z")
I always wondered where that bit including the line “your father will be after us before long” (or that’s how I’ve interpreted it) came from. Maybe that’s what it says. I’d have to listen to it again, too, can’t remember the exact lines. It sounds like John Wayne or somebody similar.