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The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
A Missing Scene?
Like most who've posted here, I love this film, never tire of watching it, and would never think of watching the remake.
One thing that puzzles me, though, is the unresolved fate of Carlos, the character who accompanies Captain Harris on his attempted march after Sergeant Watson feigns his ankle injury.
We know that Harris returns, but Carlos never does.
Now, somewhere in a distant memory I seem to recall a version where we get a shot of Carlos lying on a beach, barely alive, but apparently successful in having walked out of the desert!
Don't know if I'm confusing this with another movie, but if I am, then Carlos remains a hanging thread in all versions I've seen for many years.
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
they make them that way for a reason
Like so many others have already said, this is a great film, and one that I've watched many, many times since the late-1960's. Somewhere along the line, though, it was unceremoniously edited by someone who should've left it alone. The cut to which I refer involves an exchange between Maish Reynolds and Ma Greeney at the end of the film. Reynold's has narrowly escaped death at the hands of Greeney's goons, and in that moment, Reynold's vindictively intones to Greeney, "I wish you were a man." Greeney laughs out loud and replies, "Maishey darling, that's the nicest thing anyone ever said to me!" Maybe some of you remember it, but it has been many years since any version I've seen still has it.