hhs@hou2h.UUCP (H.SHARP) (10/08/85)
I recently saw a movie starring Gregory Peck that I liked but I missed the title. Gregory Peck plays a man with amnesia, who goes around trying to find out who he is. At first, he can't remember past two years ago (movie time). Also, there are people who are trying to kill him and a mysterious woman who is following him. Walter Matthau plays a detective who Peck hires to find out who he is and George Kennedy plays one of the men trying to kill Peck. One interesting thing about the movie is that there is a company involved called Unidyne which has a motto of "The Future is Here." This reminds me of _Buckaroo Bonzai_ in which there is a company called Yoyodyne with a motto of "The Future is Tomorrow." Any connection?
leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (10/10/85)
> Gregory Peck plays a man with amnesia, who goes around > trying to find out who he is. At first, he can't remember past > two years ago (movie time). Also, there are people who are trying > to kill him and a mysterious woman who is following him. > Walter Matthau plays a detective who Peck hires to find out who > he is and George Kennedy plays one of the men trying to kill > Peck. I believe the film you are describing is MIRAGE. I don't have any sources with me but as I remember Gregory Peck finds himself walking down the stairwell of a large building with amnesia during a power failure. He soon discovers the George Kennedy is trying to kill him and is in the pay of some sort of secret society trying to change over the world. All Peck remembers is that he thinks he was a cost accountant. But the office he thinks he had does not exist and there is only a blank wall where he thought the door was. He goes to a psychiatrist for help with his amnesia, but discovers that that is no help. He hires a priviate detective, Walter Mattheau, to help protect him. Eventually he discovers what went on just before his memory blacked out and why so many people want him dead, but I don't want to make this a spoiler. Diane Baker and Kevin McCarthy also starred in this black and white film. I would guess it came out about 1964. Mark R. Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper
mbate@ada-uts.UUCP (10/11/85)
The movie you're thinking of was "Mirage". I don't remember much
about it, except that it must have been made in the 60's, in B&W, and
quite enjoyable on a superficial level.
BTW, didn't Gregory Peck also have amnesia in "Spellbound"?jimc@haddock.UUCP (10/20/85)
> BTW, didn't Gregory Peck also have amnesia in "Spellbound"?
Yes, he did. That was a 1945 Hitchcock film, which also
starred Ingrid Bergman. Though New York film critic Andrew Sarris
calls it "minor", it is still a captivating and well-done film.
I won't divulge ANY of the plot. Just see it!
Jim Campbell
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