Deborah Lipp

1. A briefcase that glows from within.
Solved by maurinsky (comment #1).

2. A mute black man who fixes pinball machines.
Solved by Melville (comment #5).

3. “Speak now or forever hold your piece.” [spelling is intentional]
HINT: This movie is famous in part for its location filming in Phuket, Thailand.
Solved by Evn (comment #7).

4. A horse and buggy ride in Central Park heals the rift between Broadway co-stars.
Solved by Melville (comment #5).

5. “My son was FAT. He was so FAT!”
Solved by Evn (comment #4) and also by Roberta (on the phone).

6. A boy wants to know why water is leaking from the casket at a wake.
HINT: Based on a graphic novel.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #10).

7. “I rang a few people, to get a general picture of how ________ was regarded by those who met him. Fat seems to be a word people most connected with him. Terribly rude also rang a lot of bells.”
Solved by maurinsky (comment #2).

At first I thought none of them would be solved, but here they are, all solved by late afternoon on Wednesday. And question #1 features the most “solved by” notations I’ve ever done on a single clue!

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1. With a place name as a title, this Western has two male stars who have both played heroes in major film franchises.
Half credit to Melville (comment #9)
HINT: This is a 2006 movie, and one of the franchises is James Bond.
Not actually solved by George (comment #17).
Ultimately solved by George (comment #19).

2. One of the stars of this multi-generational Western was best known for musicals, and even though the movie isn’t a musical, she does manage to squeeze a song and dance routine in.
Solved by witless chum (comment #11).

3. The hero refuses to be publically hazed by riding “Old Thunder,” but then rides him privately.
Solved by Melville (comment #9).

4. Man 1: “What did you say your name was again?”
Man 2: “I didn’t.”
Man 1: “No. I guess you didn’t at that, did you?”
Solved by Melville (comment #9).

5. A woman gives birth on a journey to her husband, aided by an alcoholic doctor and a whore.
Solved by George (comment #3).

6. Man 1: “You call that a name?”
Man 2: “Care to try and change it?”
HINT: The name in question is the title of the film, but the real star is the woman he loves.
Solved by George (comment #16).
7. This “dark Western” features Rock Hudson as an Indian.
Solved by George (comment #3).

Two movies I very much enjoyed went unsolved. Oh, well.

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Here.

1. Colored string turns the recipe blue.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #1).

2. The cop interviews a victim’s parents in a barn full of turkeys.
HINT: Produced and directed by an Academy Award winning actor, this movie features lots of single-scene appearances by well-known actors.

3. Personal ads written as poems.
HINT: A crime thriller that features a well known character actor singing a bit of the song from which the movie derives its title.

4. “Faye is… well, now, Faye is special, isn’t she?”
Solved by maurinsky (comment #2).

5. “The idea was to kill myself, not feed the damn fish.”
Solved by Barbs (comment #6).

6. After her field hands quit because they haven’t been paid, she replaces them with a brand new tractor.
Solved by maurinsky (comment #4).

7. A man and his ex-wife play a game of popping a ball out of her person’s mouth, and then he catches it in his mouth (and vice versa).
Solved by Amy (comment #7).

Last minute save by Ben meant no hints needed and everything is now solved.

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