Name Your Favorite (ONLY ONE!) Pre-1970 Movie!

[Alexander JL]

For me, its gotta be hands down, Casablanca! Its got it all, and then some!

[tedward]

I dont know "the great escape?"

Theres too many to choose from the black and white clasics like cassablanca and so many b-movies like king kong, the day the earth stood still and war of the worlds etc.

[Rizor]

Yep. Casablanca for me too.

[evenstar]

All of the above but Citizen Kane spec on new dvd is a fantastic movie

[Rabbit]

I make it a habit not to watch too many of those.

[FunnyBone]

12 angry men

[Mr.Matinee]

the original Planet of the Apes

[Bigee04]

Nothin scientific here. I just went through my top ten of all time and picked the first one that was pre-1970, and that was VERTIGO. Hitchcocks greatest and another one of Stewarts great performances. Just a masterpiece.

[Oj]

Originally posted by Rabbit
I make it a habit not to watch too many of those.

Terrible habit...

I'll have to say Vertigo, as well. But I really want to say 2001... Consider it a tie.

[JimmyDean]

The Graduate

[Knerys]

UI guess it would be Ben-hur...loved that movie since I was 6 years old.

[Colorado Cajun]

The Castle of Fumanchu

[Dracula]

the greatest film EVER, Citizen Kane

[Mat]

The Big Sleep

[LadyFireFly]

It's A Wonderful Life

[DangerMouse]

Pre-1970?

"Guns of Navarone"

[Bigee04]

Originally posted by Rabbit
I make it a habit not to watch too many of those.

Quite a mistake if you're truely a fan of movies.

[QUINNtheESKIMO]

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Originally posted by Rabbit
I make it a habit not to watch too many of those.
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Quite a mistake if you're truely a fan of movies.

-He's obviously not. This is a crap thread(just kidding) because its so hard to choose...it would be easier to name my favorite post-1970 film...How about "Nights of Cabiria", by Federico Fellini?

[Gandollum]

My favorite movie of all time would have to be Lawrence of Arabia, ive seen it 3 times. Others before the 70s are Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Rear Window, The Birds, The Hustler, Casablanca, Seven Samurai, Patton, and Saboteur.

[TheBatman_9]

i'm gonna go with...hmmm...FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. ohh um wait a tic...how about PHYSCO? yeah...well then again maybe...

[Onimar Synn]

I have to go with Hitchcock. And that would be a toss-up between Rope and Rear Window. Pretty sure that I like Rear Window better, but I've always been a nut for cinematic devices, and I just love that single shot technique in Rope.

[Tuco]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.... hands down!

[cg124]

The wizard of oz. Great movie

[Heavenllee]

I have many, but I'd have to say........


The Sound of Music (1965)

[Laterose]

Round up the usual suspects!!!!!!
(Casablanca)

[angelusrp]

Speaking for my Girlfriend who loves old classic movies ( not sure if theyre all before 1970);
Wuthering Heights
Gone with the Wind
Giant
Cat on a hot tin roof
The Ten Commandments
Cleopatra

others;
CasaBlanca
Psycho
Planet of the Apes
Wizardo of Oz
Ben Hur

[Krys D]

Back Street

[Halofan1]

Citizen Kane

[Peter]

Where Eagles Dare

[JohnnyBgood]

Lawrence of Arabia...

[Pave_Hawk]

Ice Station Zebra.

[IceGambit]

"Rear Window."

Actually in my top five of all time.

[Balrog of Moria]

The Wizard of Oz

[Sculder]

Sergio Leone`s "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" AKA "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

[Alexander JL]

Now for a NEW generation of CSers lol

[MazzaRedd]

The Sound of Music

[LOTRNUT04]

was the sting pre 1970's if yes, that was my favorite. If not then The Hustler would be.

[zamphir66]

2001, which is actually from 1968 and not 2001!

[Vader]

Gone with the Wind
...my wife's favorite movie, so I have to love it too.

[droidguy1119]

I have not seen many of these classic movies, because I will get them on DVD eventually. The oldest movie I can think of, though, in my collection, is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is three years off. I of course also enjoy classic Disney animation...

[Warren]

Dr.Strangelove (Or How I etc.)

was the sting pre 1970's if yes, that was my favorite. If not then The Hustler would be.

The Sting was 1973, I think.

[LOTRNUT04]

damn...that was an awesome movie. I like Chinatown too, i forgot about that movie

[RebelwithaCause]

All About Eve...one of the funniest and most awesome movies ever made!

[Pointy Shrub]

Rear Window
: i love watching that movie on a really hot summer night.

[Mat]

Touch of Evil

also Lawrence of Arabia, Vertigo, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Rope, The Seven Samurai, Dr. Strangelove, Paths of Glory, Psycho, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Searchers, Bonnie and Clyde, North by Northwest Duck Soup, All Quiet on the Western Front... among many others...

[Doomsday]

Originally posted by Knerys
UI guess it would be Ben-hur...loved that movie since I was 6 years old.

Haha me too!

[faceoffmask.com]

Night of the living Dead

[MovieDan82]

Casablanca

[O.C. 4000]

i agree with onmar that rope is one of the best but i'd have to go with hitchcock's vertigo

[MrMegadeth99]

KING KONG

[Optimus Magnus]

The Seven Samurai (or its literal Western brother, The Magnificent Seven)

[sunflower03]

gone with the wind

[JackBauer]

Modern Times with charlie chaplin

[starsprite]

To Kill a Mockingbird

[W_Fisk]

To Kill a Mockingbird is mine too

[RawDLack]

The Great Escape

["TURKISH/BACON"]

Pre 1970s would have to be "Arsenic and Old Lace". I love Cary Grant in that one. His facial expressions are wonderfully funny.