#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | JUST "Z" MOVIE FOR YOU $400: Many movies have been made about this title swordsman, but in 1981, he was "The Gay Blade" Zorro |
#8132, aired 2020-01-07 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TV $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas, CA.) Yes, it's safe to look at the angels that adorn the top of the object of Indiana Jones's quest in this 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark |
#7874, aired 2018-11-29 | THE MOVIES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a journey on the monitor.) Leaving the West Coast, we retrace the movie journey of this 1981 adventure film character on his way to Nepal Indiana Jones |
#7625, aired 2017-11-03 | "R" MOVIES $1600: 1981:
Co-starring Karen Allen Raiders of the Lost Ark |
#6392, aired 2012-06-05 | ANCIENT MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Ye gods! Sea monsters, Medusa & Hades are but a few of the villains in this 2010 remake of a 1981 film Clash of the Titans |
#6169, aired 2011-06-09 | AUSTRALIAN MOVIES $1200: 2 Australian sprinters are sent to fight in Turkey during WWI in this 1981 film Gallipoli |
#5982, aired 2010-09-21 | MOVIES AT SEA $800: A captain & his inexperienced crew patrol the Atlantic in a sub in this 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film with a German title Das Boot |
#5535, aired 2008-10-03 | MILITARY MOVIES $1000: 1981:
Misfits take over & complete their own basic training; "That's the fact, Jack!" Stripes |
#5402, aired 2008-02-19 | REALLY OLD MOVIES $2000: Sean Penn & Tom Cruise were both cadets in this 1981 film whose title references a sad bugle's song Taps |
#5236, aired 2007-05-21 | HOT MOVIES $2000: This 1981 dramatic film about Stone Age man won the Academy Award for Best Makeup Quest for Fire |
#4957, aired 2006-03-14 | MOVIES OF THE MONTH $1200: (1981)
"First Monday in ___" October |
#4749, aired 2005-04-07 | IN THE MOVIES $1000: This 1981 Best Picture Oscar winner takes place in part at the 1924 Olympics Chariots of Fire |
#4430, aired 2003-12-05 | THE MOVIES $1600: Steve Martin was a lip-synch & dance man in this 1981 movie musical Pennies From Heaven |
#4320, aired 2003-05-16 | AMERICAN MOVIE IDOL $3,000 (Daily Double): He had a starring role in the top-grossing movies of 1977, 1980, 1981 & 1983 Harrison Ford |
#4163, aired 2002-10-09 | FONDA THE MOVIES $400: This 1981 movie, Henry Fonda's last feature, was the only one in which he appeared with Jane On Golden Pond |
#4073, aired 2002-04-24 | A "WOMAN" OF THE MOVIES $1600: 1981:
Lily Tomlin The Incredible Shrinking Woman |
#3856, aired 2001-05-14 | THE MOVIES $600: In 1981 Wallace Shawn came prepared to eat in "My Dinner With" this man Andre |
#3696, aired 2000-10-02 | THE MOVIES $100: This 1981 blockbuster introduced the hero Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark |
#3459, aired 1999-09-23 | MILITARY MOVIES $800: Harold Ramis co-wrote this 1981 service comedy in which he & Bill Murray join the army Stripes |
#3436, aired 1999-07-12 | THE MOVIES $600: John Larroquette played Captain Stillman in this wacky 1981 comedy about misfits in the Army Stripes |
#3200, aired 1998-06-26 | SONGS ABOUT THE MOVIES $800: 1981 Kim Carnes hit whose lyrics mentioned a then 73-year-old movie star "Bette Davis Eyes" |
#3181, aired 1998-06-01 | THE MOVIES $100: It's the 1997 sequel to 1981's "An American Werewolf in London" An American Werewolf in Paris |
#3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $100: In an early sequence of this film, Harrison Ford is chased by an enormous rolling boulder Raiders of the Lost Ark |
#3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $200: This film, Henry Fonda's last, was based on a play that initially had only 126 performances on Broadway On Golden Pond |
#3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $300: Vangelis won an Oscar for best score for this film about sprinters Eric Liddell & Harold Abrahams Chariots of Fire |
#3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $400: This film developed a cult following with theater patrons carrying wire hangers to the screenings Mommie Dearest |
#3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $500: In this Warren Beatty film about John Reed, Alexander Kerensky was played by one of his descendants Reds |
#2804, aired 1996-11-07 | WAR MOVIES $1000: This 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film captured the claustrophobic atmosphere of a German submarine Das Boot |
#2588, aired 1995-11-29 | THE MOVIES $500: John Wayne starred in "Fort Apache" & Paul Newman starred in this similarly-titled 1981 film Fort Apache, the Bronx |
#2530, aired 1995-09-08 | THE MOVIES $400: This wife of Bruce Willis made her motion picture debut in the 1981 film "Choices" Demi Moore |
#2331, aired 1994-10-24 | THE MOVIES $500: Composer Vangelis won a 1981 Oscar for his score to this film Chariots of Fire |
#1543, aired 1991-04-24 | THE MOVIES $100: Nicol Williamson soared as Merlin in this 1981 film named for King Arthur's sword Excalibur |
#1358, aired 1990-06-27 | THE MOVIES $500: His film debut as a cadet in "Taps" in 1981 might have prepared him for "Casualties of War" in 1989 Sean Penn |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $100: This Harrison Ford movie was the 1st collaboration by George Lucas & Steven Spielberg "Raiders of the Lost Ark" |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $200: Miles O'Keeffe played this title role in a film produced by Bo Derek & directed by husband John Tarzan the Ape Man |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $300: This film starring Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was produced by the Unification Church Inchon |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $400: This actor had his last theatrical film role as police commissioner Waldo in "Ragtime" James Cagney |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $500: In "First Monday in October", this actress played Ruth Loomis, 1st woman on the Supreme Court Jill Clayburgh |
#1166, aired 1989-10-02 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $400: Alan Alda's debut as a director was this 1981 comedy about 3 middle-aged couples on vacation The Four Seasons |
#172, aired 1985-05-07 | JIMMY CAGNEY $500: On doctor's orders, he returned to making movies after 20 years for this 1981 film Ragtime |