[geeks] "Must See" movies.

R. Lonstein rlonstein at pobox.com
Wed Mar 27 08:22:46 CST 2002


On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 03:52:56AM -0500, Mike Nicewonger wrote:
    [snip]
> That was a terrific film. Thanks for reminding me of it.
> Geez, whom can forget Lee in The Dirty Dozen? Neat stuff.
> He actually was in the Marine Corps fighting the Japanese
> in WWII.
    [snip]

I think I saw it on A&E's Biography that Lee Marvin was wounded and
returned home. He ended up working as a plumber and while at a theater
where they were doing summer stock someone (I forget who) saw him and
asked him to fill in for a missing actor. The rest is history.

- Ross



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