In the mid 70”s i was on the Queen Mary in Long Beach with a woman I was dating. When we boarded the ticket taker told us one of the decks was closed that day for “maintenance” and we could not go there. I had noticed that there were several large bob tail trucks parked at the gangway. Being naturally inquisitive I tried to get on that deck and ran into a security guard who said it was closed for maintenance. So we toured the ship and I purposefly worked my back to the stern and got onto the deck in question. Worked our way up to the place where it was blocked off by what was clearly movie making. We were standing there watching and wondering if there was some big star inside the cabin when we heard the director yell “cut”. A few seconds later Mitchum came out of the cabin and headed straight for us. When he pulled up he looked at me and said “Got a light?” I said “sure” and lit his smoke. I then held my hand out and said “Wow, Robert Mitchum, I always wanted to meet you!”, He shook my hand and said “What is your name?” I replied and he said “Wow Mad, I always wanted to meet you!”. Turned and went back into the cabin, left me laughing my a$$ off at how cool that was.
Thats is one cool story.....