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To: Leaning Right
I like his movies where he plays against the stereotype.

This movie is one of them; it was on TCM a month ago and I recorded it. Another was A Dispatch from Reuters, a biopic about the founder of the Reuters news service.

One of these counter-character movies that I liked was Brother Orchid, possibly the movie that Robinson made to break the stereotype that let him make more diverse films.

-PJ

16 posted on 08/17/2025 6:21:57 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too
That shouldn't count, because he's still a gangster!

The following films ( not including the one in this thread, nor THE TEN COMMANDMENTS and SOYLENT GREEN ) wherein he plays completely different types of roles are: 1) THE RED HOUSE 2)OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES 3) DE. ERLICH'S MAGIC BULLET 4) THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW; all really good films!

21 posted on 08/17/2025 6:48:01 PM PDT by nopardons ( )
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To: Political Junkie Too

I loved him in A Slight Case of Murder, where he played a comic version of his gangster persona.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Slight_Case_of_Murder


39 posted on 08/18/2025 10:11:12 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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