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(29,254 posts) Fri Aug 30, 2024, 10:17 AM Aug 30

Post a difficult to answer movie question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google [View all]

Last edited Sat Aug 31, 2024, 04:54 PM - Edit history (3)

Here's my question:
In the 1973 film "Charley Varrick," at one point Walter Matthau, playing Charley, is in a store buying the following items:
- Dynamite
- Time Delay Cap
- Mercury Switch and Emergency Compartment Lights, One, Two, and Three

The question is - How much did all that cost? (approximate cost)

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Post a difficult to answer movie question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google [View all] red dog 1 Aug 30 OP

dynamite for sale? Tetrachloride Aug 30 #1

It was for sale in the movie. red dog 1 Aug 31 #3

When I was a kid in St. Maries, ID, in the 1970s it was sold in two stores in town jmowreader Oct 25 #96

amazing Tetrachloride Oct 25 #97

Not all that amazing, considering where we were jmowreader Oct 25 #98

ah, my area was field stone and clay Tetrachloride Oct 25 #99

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The cat that Hungry Joe fights for sleeping on his face? JoseBalow Aug 31 #6

Actually, that wasn't the character I was thinking of, but you're right, his bunkmate Huple's cat was not in the movie red dog 1 Sep 4 #7

Yes! That's exactly what happened! JoseBalow Sep 4 #8

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Excellent guess, but no. red dog 1 Sep 8 #11

I shouldn't be guessing when there's an unseen movie involved. n/t Harker Sep 9 #14

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It'll be on my list to check out, Red... Thanks! n/t Harker Sep 9 #17

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