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Holy cow! Have you ever seen the movie Pressure Point (1962) (Original Post) TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 OP
now i want to see it. MFM008 Oct 2017 #1
It's on YouTube for free. silverweb Oct 2017 #2
Eek! The YouTube video is sped up TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #3
Oh, no! silverweb Oct 2017 #4
Click on settings (bottom right) and select: Speed, normal. n/t FSogol Oct 2017 #8
Thanks, but it didn't work TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #9
I'll give it a look. Amazon Prime members can watch it free. nt procon Oct 2017 #5
I'll have to watch that. Kaleva Oct 2017 #6
No...but with Butternut running the show better watch Fail Safe Bengus81 Oct 2017 #7
Nah, they got it right the first time. Iggo Oct 2017 #10
Oh, I agree. But in the interest of getting a new audience TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #11

TexasBushwhacker

(20,217 posts)
3. Eek! The YouTube video is sped up
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 03:27 PM
Oct 2017

Everyone sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Thankfully there are DVDs and Blurays available on Ebay and Amazon.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
4. Oh, no!
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 04:39 PM
Oct 2017

I hadn't actually tried it, so didn't realize. If you search YouTube by the movie name, though, there was a second link for the same film. I'll check that one out when I get home.

Bengus81

(6,933 posts)
7. No...but with Butternut running the show better watch Fail Safe
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 07:38 PM
Oct 2017

Of course he'll be just the opposite of the President in that movie....

TexasBushwhacker

(20,217 posts)
11. Oh, I agree. But in the interest of getting a new audience
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 12:04 PM
Oct 2017

That's why I think a remake would be a possibilty. Instead of the racist (Bobby Darin) being involved with the German American Bund, he could be involved with the KKK or another contemporary racist group.

The thing I found so interesting was Darin's backstory as an unwanted and abused child. Granted, many of the new racists were raised that way, but many weren't.

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