Marion Morrison
Diamond Member
- Feb 10, 2017
- 59,298
- 16,852
- 2,190
- Thread starter
- Banned
- #21
I was looking for a forum to post at and thought I'd give this one a try.
It seems good! Looks like there's a decent mix of opinions and political leanings. I've been around some forums for a while and have already seen a familiar handle.
Hopefully I get to stick around.
Hello,
Did you know that John Wayne was originally offered the role of Harry Callaghan in "Dirty Harry" and for some reason he turned it down, so Warner Brothers went with Clint Eastwood.
Harry Callaghan was also offered bizarrely to Frank Sinatra, and also less bizarrely to Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum and Steve McQueen.
Clint Eastwood is Harry Callaghan, but he was the fifth choice for that role, pretty astonishing stuff.Harry Callaghan was also offered bizarrely to Frank Sinatra,
Why?
He did a couple of detective movies around that time.
Tony Rome, Lady in Cement...
Well I just can't envisage Frank Sinatra as Harry Callaghan myself.
"Tony Rome" and "Lady In Cement" are both good, as is "The Detective" from 1968, it's not a Tony Rome film, Frank Sinatra plays Detective Sgt. Joe Leland and it also stars Lee Remick, Robert Duvall and Ralph Meeker ("Kiss Me Deadly" is one of the great later period American Film Noir and Ralph Meeker is Mike Hammer)
The Detective (1968 film) - Wikipedia
Sinatra was more suited to a gangster type role.