Heres a brainteaser

[Paul Robson]

Ocanada,
Daniel Day Lewis as Dave? That is inspired casting!He would be brilliant.I don't think he's done a contemporary crime film so it would be very interesting.
Well done
Paul

[Jackie]

Paul, I agree that Brendan Gleeson is a natural for Clete. I would like to see him lose some weight and firm up some because Clete is big but not flabby - chinned or otherwise.

Jackie

[Dutch]

OO, OO, didn't Brendan Gleeson play Hamish in Braveheart? He was my very fave! So brawny and, well, hairy.

[Maisie]

Brendan Gleeson as Clete? Now that's an idea that just might work. He's already proven he can handle accents...he's a British actor, but very believable as Ruby's father in "Cold Mountain".

Hmmmm!

[Brad Branch]

60's dave-steve mcqueen; clete-robert mitchum; bootsie-kim novak; alafair-tatum oneal. 70's dave-kirk douglas; clete-gene hackman; bootsie-ali mcgraw; alafair-jody foster. 80's dave-kevin costner; clete-robert duvall; bootsie-kathleen turner. 90's dave-tom selleck; clete-david morse; alafair-christina ricci.

[Jackie]

Well well well Brad Branch - some interesting decade casting to ponder. Who was better than Steve McQueen? He was great in everything he did. And Gene Hackman as Clete in the 70s. Terrific. Of course.

Thanks for the post. And welcome!

Jackie

[Brad Branch]

Well thank you jackie for the comment, had to sit around for awhile racking my brain thinking about the subject and those guys were just about the toughest around for modern law enforcement film genre I could think of that fit the characters as seen in my mind. Got a mental block when I tried to think of who might make a good Helen, thought maybe shirley booth or the actress that played stella in cat on a hot tin roof, can't remember her name but she's a heck of an actress.

Im new to the forum so I was just cruisin different threads and just couldn't resist the input. Am thinking tonight of putting together a lampoon style cast, just for squirts and giggles, may have some inspiration to list tomorrow. Great to hear from you jackie, thanks for the response.

[Brad Branch]

I meant the gal that played blanche du bois in streetcar named desire, think it was jessica tandy, sorry bout the flub. anyway, hope I have things straight now, less rum, more cola

[Jackie]

Rack no more. Kathy Bates is Helen Soileau.

Jackie

[penelope]

If you folk will put up with my being a bit silly, what about this scenario?

The original Rat Pack -

Frank Sinatra as Dave
Dean Martin as Clete
Sammy Davis, Jr. as Batiste
Angie Dickinson as Bootsie

Don't know who could play Helen Soileau - Joey Bishop, perhaps?