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Can You Name This Film You can remember the plot briefly but can't recollect the films name?


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Old 09-08-2008, 07:20 PM
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Hello everyone. Not sure if this was fact or fiction - some men steal a suitcase which suddenly sprouts telescopic legs as an anti-theft measure. Driving me mad! Ring any bells? Apologies in advance if it's a really well known Brit film!

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I have seen this .... don't remember what it is but I am pretty sure it's a film.
"Do you know why fattries are called fattries .... it's because they are big and people make things in them."
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Thanks Bats. At least I have'nt dreamt it! I think it was 60s.
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Hello everyone. Not sure if this was fact or fiction - some men steal a suitcase which suddenly sprouts telescopic legs as an anti-theft measure. Driving me mad! Ring any bells? Apologies in advance if it's a really well known Brit film!
Yes, I saw something similar in one of those classic British 'B' movies I bought during the last year. I can't remember which one it was but I've a feeling one of the Houstons was in it.

Payroll, perhaps?
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Terry Pratchett has such a "character" in his novels. beginning with his first, "The Color of Magic". there's a walking suitcase alright. I understand there are several TV and/or other low-profile movies made after his novels. it might have been one of them.
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Yes, I saw something similar in one of those classic British 'B' movies I bought during the last year. I can't remember which one it was but I've a feeling one of the Houstons was in it.

Payroll, perhaps?
Absolutely not Payroll!!!
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Terry Pratchett has such a "character" in his novels. beginning with his first, "The Color of Magic". there's a walking suitcase alright. I understand there are several TV and/or other low-profile movies made after his novels. it might have been one of them.

Thanks, this was'nt a walking suitcase though, 3 or 4 metal legs shot out of the case rendering it very difficult to move and also making it conspicuous. I seem to remember it activating itself in the getaway car.
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Thanks, this was'nt a walking suitcase though, 3 or 4 metal legs shot out of the case rendering it very difficult to move and also making it conspicuous. I seem to remember it activating itself in the getaway car.
Ah, the one I'm thinking about did not activate in a car. It was outside a building and prevented the snatcher from running off. I'm beginning to wonder if this wasn't a public information film I saw or even a spoof one inserted into a film or even a comedy sketch-show!
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It's a sale's promotional film to aid crime detection from the sixties. A lot banks used to carry their money in suitcases for short journeys. With a increase in robberies this Heath Robinson device was pitched as a deterent.
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It was definitely used in a feature as well .... I also remember it being activated in the getaway car.
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It wouln't be "Malcolm" would it?

Australian, but it seems about right.
Malcolm (1986)
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It was definitely used in a feature as well .... I also remember it being activated in the getaway car.

It might well have been used in a film but I've never seen it. The clip I saw was part of a demonstration film and even included the obligitary patronising sixties commentary.
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I remember seeing this in a film as well - but also cannot remember from where.
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Hello everyone. Not sure if this was fact or fiction - some men steal a suitcase which suddenly sprouts telescopic legs as an anti-theft measure. Driving me mad! Ring any bells? Apologies in advance if it's a really well known Brit film!
Villain (1971)

Vic Dakin's (Richard Burton) gang have problems with the device when they rob a wages van.

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Villain (1971)

Vic Dakin's (Richard Burton) gang have problems with the device when they rob a wages van.

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..... thanks Dylan!
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