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Originally Posted by Boomer
In 1981, film noir was back with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lang in a remake of “The Postman Always Rings Twice.” The original was with Lana Turner and John Garfield in 1946. Interesting to compare.
1981 was also the year of “Body Heat” with Kathleen Turner and William Hurt. She wants her rich husband, Richard Crenna, dead.
Kathleen Turner is gorgeous. William Hurt is stupid. Well, actually, not thinking with his brain. She even says to him, “You’re not too smart. I like that in a man.” But he was not listening, I guess.
An earlier film, 1944, with the same general plot is “Double Indemnity” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray — poor dumb Fred didn’t have a chance either.
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Originally Posted by New Englander
I had forgotten about Richard Crenna. Another great actor!
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My favorite television show when I was a kid was "Our Miss Brooks" starring Eve Arden, with Richard Crenna playing one of her students. That must be where he got his big break early in his long career.
(Whoops! TMI! My age is showing.) I wanted to be Miss Brooks when I grew up.
