Favorite Escape Movie Poll

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1. High Sierra (1941)
2. The Journey (1959)
3. One-Way Passage (1932)
4. Von Ryan's Express (1965)
5. Dark Passage (1947)
6. To Have and Have Not (1944)
7. Algiers (1938)
8. Night of the Hunter (1955)
9. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
10. The Night Heaven Fell (1958)
11. The Hurricane (1937)
12. The 39 Steps (1939)
13. I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)
14. This Gun For Hire (1942)
15. Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (1948)

I wanted to include Les Miserables, but I can't really say any version I've seen has lived up to the original story.
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MissGoddess wrote:1. High Sierra (1941)
2. The Journey (1959)
3. One-Way Passage (1932)
4. Von Ryan's Express (1965)
5. Dark Passage (1947)
6. To Have and Have Not (1944)
7. Algiers (1938)
8. Night of the Hunter (1955)
9. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
10. The Night Heaven Fell (1958)
11. The Hurricane (1937)
12. The 39 Steps (1939)
13. I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)
14. This Gun For Hire (1942)
15. Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (1948)

I wanted to include Les Miserables, but I can't really say any version I've seen has lived up to the original story.
Lonely are the Brave is a great one!
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Hey, Kids! Let's put on a Poll!

Remember, the nomination stage closes on Monday night.

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P.S. to Movieman1957 -- Are your movies in ranked order? (And we'll wave at you & your family sometime on Wednesday.)
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They are not in order. Should I put them that way?

Have a safe trip? I'll try and wave back.
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What a great idea for a poll! Thanks to everyone who gave such wonderful lists which makes it MUCH easier to scavenge form a list of my own.

1. High Sierra
2. They Live By Night
3. Night of the Hunter
4. The Wonderful Lie(s) of Nina Petrovna
5. Grand Illusion
6. One Way Passage
7. History is Made at Night
8. The Great Escape
9. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
(MissG, I just love your choices, sorry for stealing so many)
10. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
11. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
12. 49th Parallel
(great choice, Joel!)
13. Cleo from 5 to 7
14. The 400 Blows
15. To Be Or Not To Be


My apologies to the movies that didn't make the final cut of my list:

Chicken Run
Cool Hand Luke
Brute Force
Stalag 17
Prisoner of Shark Island
Flight of the Phoenix
Heavenly Creatures
Poseidon Adventure
Scarlet Pimpernel
We're No Angels
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Life is Beautiful
and Europa Europa
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Due to an incredible lack of foresight on my part, the results of this nomination round will be posted later this week.

Who made Thanksgiving so late and then said we have to travel? <sigh>

Have a fun-filled Thanksgiving.
Everyday people...that's what's wrong with the world. -- Morgan Morgan
I love movies. But don't get me wrong. I hate Hollywood. -- Orson Welles
Movies can only go forward in spite of the motion picture industry. -- Orson Welles
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ChiO wrote:Due to an incredible lack of foresight on my part, the results of this nomination round will be posted later this week.

Who made Thanksgiving so late and then said we have to travel? <sigh>

Have a fun-filled Thanksgiving.

The Two Most Beautiful Granddaughters, that's who! Enjoy your travels, judge. I'll be here to keep an eye on things..... :shock:
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That was the idea, but the prediction of freezing rain while driving through PA changed that. Instead, on the Hoosier farm with my parents.
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Texas is just a little further south. 8)
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