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PlanetBev

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11. Yeah, Fred Astaire played the race car driver

Reply to Demovictory9 (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 11:16 PM

Apr 2020

He committed suicide by slamming his race car into a wall.

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Anybody remember the 1959 film "On the Beach?" [View all] PlanetBev Apr 2020 OP

I remember it SoonerPride Apr 2020 #1

See reply number 21. I posted a link to the full movie. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #23

I read the book. Skittles Apr 2020 #2

The incidents related in the novel still haunt me decades after reading it. n/t John1956PA Apr 2020 #6

Yes, good movie. yonder Apr 2020 #3

Based on‎: ‎On the Beach‎; by ‎Nevil Shute elleng Apr 2020 #4

Yes, I got the DVD from Netflix last year. SharonAnn Apr 2020 #5

I thought the film was wrenching. Aristus Apr 2020 #7

I saw it in 1959 and this is what happened: Chipper Chat Apr 2020 #8

Thanks for that. Brings back to mind how much additional impact... SuprstitionAintthWay Apr 2020 #16

I remember it. Gregor Peck starred in it lunatica Apr 2020 #9

yes. was Fred Astaire in it also? Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #10

Yeah, Fred Astaire played the race car driver PlanetBev Apr 2020 #11

Nitpick, not that it matters Ex Lurker Apr 2020 #13

I read the book but didn't see the movie. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #12

The book opens with lines from T.S. Elliott's poem hoosierspud Apr 2020 #14

Welcome to DU, hoosierspud. calimary Apr 2020 #20

If I believed in such a thing as an antichrist, wnylib Apr 2020 #24

Yep. That's fascinating and horrifying at the same time. calimary Apr 2020 #28

I think we'll see some permanently changed wnylib Apr 2020 #29

I probably shouldn't, either. calimary Apr 2020 #33

Hell saw it, a few years later Dan Apr 2020 #15

I watched it last summer, great film. nt yaesu Apr 2020 #17

I was young but I remember the book and the movie. LastDemocratInSC Apr 2020 #18

I have been thinking about this film EVERY SINGLE DAY for weeks if not months!!!! winstars Apr 2020 #19

On the Beach, Full Movie 1:51:46 littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #21

Oh wow!! Thank you ! SoonerPride Apr 2020 #27

You're welcome, SoonerPride. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #32

I read the book in 1962 when I was 12. wnylib Apr 2020 #22

I can't hear "Waltzing Matilda" without thinking of that film. spiderpig Apr 2020 #25

I remember it. Brother Mythos Apr 2020 #26

trump is the Coke bottle caught in the window shade GreatCaesarsGhost Apr 2020 #30

I remember kairos12 Apr 2020 #31