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Classic Film Scene – A One Armed Spencer Tracy Surprises A Bully
The Aged P.com ^ | 27/06/11 | The Aged P

Posted on 06/27/2011 1:53:31 PM PDT by sussex

The bully picking a fight with the wrong man is probably one of the most repeated scenarios in storytelling from Jack the Giant Killer through David and Goliath into modern day film and TV but it never fails to give us that oh so satisfying tingle down the back of the neck.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: film; spencertracy

1 posted on 06/27/2011 1:53:35 PM PDT by sussex
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To: sussex

Knew what film it was going to be even before I clicked on the article. Not a bad film. Lot of stars in that one.


2 posted on 06/27/2011 1:56:33 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: sussex

Yes indeed, from A Bad Day at Black Rock.


3 posted on 06/27/2011 1:58:12 PM PDT by OKSooner (You can buy a plate of tacos but you can't buy a friend.)
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To: sussex

Spencer Tracy, thou art one liberal SOB.


4 posted on 06/27/2011 2:02:44 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: sussex

I love that scene!
Here’s the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhUBH6gpXV8


5 posted on 06/27/2011 2:03:55 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: sussex

Wasn’t the bad guy Ernest Borgnine?


6 posted on 06/27/2011 2:26:29 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: sussex

Notes on technique. While there were some constraints on the action, somebody consulted who knew Jujutsu, likely learned in postwar Japan.

The first chop across the throat was to hurt the trachea. Note how the bully was gasping for air. The rest of the blows were “stage”, except for the knee in the face. But, when he reenters the “judo flip” was classic Jujutsu, even though it went off course a bit.


7 posted on 06/27/2011 2:34:55 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: SVTCobra03

Yes, it was Borgnine. He also played Fatso in From Here to Eternity. Played a lot of bad guys back then.


8 posted on 06/27/2011 3:22:13 PM PDT by mc5cents (Noli nothis permittere te terere)
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To: sussex
Different movie but one of the GREAT classics of its' genres!


9 posted on 06/27/2011 3:30:10 PM PDT by newfreep (Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: sussex
Ass Whooping By Thumb

It's amazing what can be accomplished...when it's scripted.

10 posted on 06/27/2011 3:33:53 PM PDT by BufordP ("Drink me if you can't take a joke." -- Kool-aid)
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To: sussex
(Excerpt) Read more at theagedp.com ...

Could you post it all here so I can read it please?

11 posted on 06/27/2011 4:16:27 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Venturer
Spencer Tracy, thou art one liberal SOB.

IMHO: The greatest American actor though.

12 posted on 06/27/2011 4:17:28 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Pelosi: Obamacare indulgences for sale.)
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To: Mike Darancette

A great actor,no doubt about that, but watch his movies. Really liberal.


13 posted on 06/27/2011 5:31:18 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: BufordP
Here is a fight back against a bully that was not scripted.
14 posted on 06/27/2011 6:58:29 PM PDT by JimWayne
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To: JimWayne

Yeah, saw that one Hannity, BOR, et al. Most excellent!


15 posted on 06/27/2011 7:10:25 PM PDT by BufordP ("Drink me if you can't take a joke." -- Kool-aid)
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