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Oh, yea, I know that, but there's a third film in there; the one I described.

the parachute torpedo and the explosion were scenes from that third film.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:16:14 PM EST
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Red Storm?

(Thunderstorm moving in. AGAIN. Sheesh. So much for living in a desert. Time to shut down.)

by ATinNM on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:22:41 PM EST
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No, it's quite tightly plotted between a US warship and a russian sub. the US captain is a bit of an aggressive prick and as he ramps up the tension a nuclear tipped depth charge is fired so the russian fires back. Mutally assured destruction.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:32:12 PM EST
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I think you're referring to The Bedford Incident with Richard Widmark and Sydney Poitier

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:20:42 PM EST
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Ah just beat me to it, food intervened in answering

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:33:05 PM EST
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that's the beastie, thank you

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:33:13 PM EST
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