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41. A Boy Ten Feet Tall...

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 12:26 AM

Sunday

Also known as "Sammy Going South" w/ Fergus McClelland as the orphan + Edward G Robinson
as the "white hunter"/diamond smuggler...

A favorite: Pennies from Heaven w/ Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken + Jessica Harper...

Finally, Tampopo (available on Kanopy)... the first "ramen Western", a play on the term spaghetti Western...

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