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dcwillis9	Payment Deferred	Lead	[-]
Jul 24 11 10:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	1931 pic with Laughton on TCM next month sounds pretty grim, but not horrific. Has anyone seen it here?
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Lady Tottington		#1	[-]
Jul 25 11 6:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, I have seen it once or twice and enjoyed it. Without giving anything away, which would ruin your enjoyment of the film, Charles Laughton is a bank clerk who is in need of money . A distant relative, played by Ray Milland, shows up. It is one of those nice little movies where you know who the criminal is---and wonder if it will be the perfect crime. It has a nice bit of a twist at the end. Please, be sure to watch it and report back and tell us if you, too, enjoyed it.
Mora		#2	[-]
Jul 25 11 10:13 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I agree. It's a quite enjoyable film . . . if a bit strange. Laughton, as usual, is terrific!
TomWeaver999		#3	[-]
Jul 25 11 10:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love PAYMENT DEFERRED. Another good Laughton movie, kinda sorta similar plotwise, is his slightly Hitchcock-ish THE SUSPECT (Universal, 1944), which (from where I'm sitting) never seems to be on TV any more.
JoeDoakes		#4	[-]
Jul 26 11 10:06 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: I love PAYMENT DEFERRED. Another good Laughton movie, kinda sorta similar plotwise, is his slightly Hitchcock-ish THE SUSPECT (Universal, 1944), which (from where I'm sitting) never seems to be on TV any more. I think I recall seeing that in the 1970s and liking it very much. Hopefully, TCM will show it sometime.
clore103051		#5	[-]
Jul 26 11 4:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ray Milland told a great anecdote about his experience on this film which was one of his earliest credited roles. He was doing a scene with Laughton and Charles was his over-the-top self, making wild faces and spraying his dialogue. This was in sharp contrast to what Milland had been advised about screen acting and he began to have doubts about his potential in the business. He approached director Lothar Mendes and asked him about the scene that had just been played. Apparently he had to pick his words carefully as he did not want to insult the director's handling of the scene or Laughton's abilities. Mendes responded "Oh, all that? Don't worry, he always gives a scene more than it needs, we'll just cut around it." Milland needn't have worried and indeed sixteen years later he made another film with both Laughton and O'Sullivan, only in THE BIG CLOCK it was Milland who had top billing.

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