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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2023 13:47:35 GMT
Naw, it doesn't have to involve that classic and oft-repeated line, but does anyone have favorite and/or memorable cab drivers in films? Credit to Old Aussie for the thread idea. I'll lead off with Joy Barlow in The Big Sleep.  After ferrying Bogart's Philip Marlowe around town, she hands him her card: TAXI DRIVER: "If you can use me again sometime, call this number."MARLOWE: "Day or night?"TAXI DRIVER: "Uh, night's better. I work during the day." |
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Post by mattgarth on Jun 13, 2023 13:57:50 GMT
BULLITT -- Cop Steve McQueen gets assistance from observant San Fran cabbie Robert Duvall about the gunned down witness using a street pay phone:
"He made another call, long distance -- he put in a lot of coins "
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Post by marianne48 on Jun 13, 2023 14:07:18 GMT
Wallace Ford as cab driver Ellis Lofgren in Harvey (1950):
"After this, he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are! (I'm glad I met ya)."
I recently saw a theater production of the play, with a female actress playing the cab driver in a manner reminiscent of Melissa McCarthy's character in Bridesmaids. Still effective.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2023 14:18:08 GMT
BULLITT -- Cop Steve McQueen gets assistance from observant San Fran cabbie Robert Duvall about the gunned down witness using a street pay phone: "He made another call, long distance -- he put in a lot of coins " Ah, yes: Weissberg, driver of Sunshine Cab 6912 (one of several characters who had names in the credits that weren't mentioned in the film). I think Duvall had no more than a half-dozen lines, but he leaves an impression. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2023 14:56:46 GMT
Wallace Ford as cab driver Ellis Lofgren in Harvey (1950): "After this, he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are! (I'm glad I met ya)." I recently saw a theater production of the play, with a female actress playing the cab driver in a manner reminiscent of Melissa McCarthy's character in Bridesmaids. Still effective. Good ol' Wally Ford. He could play anything from avuncular nice guys to pathetic losers to comic relief. One of classic films' treasures. |
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Post by Rufus-T on Jun 13, 2023 16:45:03 GMT
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 13, 2023 18:06:52 GMT
Taxi (1932), starring James Cagney as a cabbie in love with Loretta Young. 
The Catered Affair(1956), with Ernest Borgnine as a cabbie.  On the Waterfront (1954), with Nehemiah Persoff as the cab driver taking Brando and Steiger to their destination.
 Midnight (1939), Don Ameche as cab driver for Claudette Colbert  
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Post by timshelboy on Jun 13, 2023 19:04:47 GMT
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jun 13, 2023 20:10:41 GMT
I've never seen this 1953 film. Young John Cassavetes has a bit part.  |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jun 13, 2023 20:17:20 GMT
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jun 13, 2023 20:22:51 GMT
that classic and oft-repeated line |
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Post by claudius on Jun 13, 2023 21:33:28 GMT
THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER had several gags involving cabs.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2023 22:43:26 GMT
Manhattan was never scarier. I remember Travis drove a Checker. They were the only cab company that manufactured their own automobiles. My mother worked for the company in her native Michigan. I read once that James Mason's first wife, Pamela, insisted on a Checker as her personal chauffeur-driven car, finding them roomy, comfortable and preferable to any Rolls, Caddie, Lincoln or Packard. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2023 22:51:05 GMT
Taxi (1932), starring James Cagney as a cabbie in love with Loretta Young.
The Catered Affair(1956), with Ernest Borgnine as a cabbie. On the Waterfront (1954), with Nehemiah Persoff as the cab driver taking Brando and Steiger to their destination. Midnight (1939), Don Ameche as cab driver for Claudette Colbert I've never seen the Cagney film or On the Waterfront (shhhh...don't tell anyone), but I love both the sincere and touching The Catered Affair and that dazzling screwball jewel, Midnight. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2023 22:53:46 GMT
I've never seen this 1953 film. Young John Cassavetes has a bit part. I understand John Garfield was preparing to play the role that eventually went to Dailey when he died so prematurely. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2023 23:14:16 GMT
Hildy Esterhazy is one of the cabbies I've been waiting for. Thanks for including the clip of Nancy Walker and Cris Alexander. Much as I love Walker, I have to say that Garrett and Sinatra put a bit more into the number on film. Notice how Walker calls after Alexander as he exits, "Wait, I can cook!" That's of course the lead-in to Walker's next number in the show, I Can Cook Too, which was omitted from the film but is my favorite from the score. |
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 14, 2023 1:21:25 GMT
Taxi (1932), starring James Cagney as a cabbie in love with Loretta Young.
The Catered Affair(1956), with Ernest Borgnine as a cabbie. On the Waterfront (1954), with Nehemiah Persoff as the cab driver taking Brando and Steiger to their destination. Midnight (1939), Don Ameche as cab driver for Claudette Colbert I've never seen the Cagney film or On the Waterfront (shhhh...don't tell anyone), but I love both the sincere and touching The Catered Affair and that dazzling screwball jewel, Midnight. OMG, Doghouse, you must, must, must see On the Waterfront!! It's a great film, which I'm sure you would love. And I'm so glad for your love of The Catered Affair, one of my personal favorites, and Midnight, which is indeed a screwball jewel. (But please do see On the Waterfront, one of the best American films with one of the most famous cab scenes in film history.) |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 14, 2023 2:20:36 GMT
I've never seen the Cagney film or On the Waterfront (shhhh...don't tell anyone), but I love both the sincere and touching The Catered Affair and that dazzling screwball jewel, Midnight. OMG, Doghouse, you must, must, must see On the Waterfront!! It's a great film, which I'm sure you would love. And I'm so glad for your love of The Catered Affair, one of my personal favorites, and Midnight, which is indeed a screwball jewel. (But please do see On the Waterfront, one of the best American films with one of the most famous cab scenes in film history.) Knowing of your fondness for Kazan's work, you top the list of people to whom I'm most ashamed to make that admission. As long as I'm in humiliating, full-disclosure mode, I'll mention that I tend to run hot or cold on his films. Boomerang, Gentleman's Agreement, Panic In the Streets, Man On a Tightrope, East of Eden and A Face In the Crowd all ones for which I have tremendous admiration. And I've said before that I'm wild about Wild River. Others like Streetcar, Baby Doll and Splendor, not so much. I recognize their artistry and craftsmanship, but they don't reach me. Waterfront presents an atmosphere and story that aren't usually up my alley, but I've no good reason not to give it a fair shot, and I'll do so. I'm sure you know how much I value your knowledge and opinions. We still friends? |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 14, 2023 3:48:54 GMT
Before the motorized cab. "Wait around the corner"... Robert Cummings as Charles D'Aubigny, incognito Duval, instructs the Parisian cabbie in Reign of Terror aka The Black Book (1949) period noir drama directed by Anthony Mann... Nice expansion of the topic. Whether powered by horse or horsepower, a cab is a cab (Hansom or otherwise, I guess). |
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 14, 2023 5:19:42 GMT
Nice expansion of the topic. Whether powered by horse or horsepower, a cab is a cab (Hansom or otherwise, I guess). Hi there, actually I am sorry that I did not read your opening thread correctly, and then going off on a totally different strand. Something more suitable, Kostas (1979) from down here in Australia, a touching clash of culture and class, a wonderful romantic drama from writer director Paul Cox.. Kostas (Takis Emmanuel), formerly a journalist in Greece, now a taxi driver in Melbourne, spots Carol (Wendy Hughes), a divorced mother of one, at the airport, follows her home, and asks her out for a dinner date.  " Taxi, y ou want a taxi ? " a handy line of approach on the doorstep for nervous cab driver Kostas ...  |
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