Poignant moments


These seem to be particularly poignant moments in the movie, to me:
1. Seven-year-old Jill trying to communicate with the African men in English and Swahili, neither one of which they understand.
2. O'Hara and his futile effort to saddle his horse.
3. Gregg's animated conversation with Jill's housekeeper Kifa (who doesn't speak English) when he approaches the gate.
4. Primo Carnera's effort to give Joe the treatment he gave Max Schmeling or Joe Louis.
5. The drunks throwing a bottle at Joe, and pouring liquor on the vendor's cigarettes.
6. Joe's anguish when Paiva touches a lighted cigarette to his skin.
7. The entire wreck scene in the nightclub.
8. The courtroom.
9. The tramp wailing in Polish (language not identified in the dialogue) to the desk sergeant about a "monster in a truck!"
10. The unexplained stop of the truck in the intersection, and the driver's pugnaciousness.
11. The arrival of the truck at the orphanage, when one matron says "Two more children upstairs!" and then collapses.
12. The sight of the terrified little girl on the parapet, and the tree Joe has climbed up, falling with him on it holding the child.
13. Goodbye from Joe Young.

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My favorite scene was during the burning orphanage sequence. Jill & Gregg have run up to the top floor to find the little girls, gets trapped and screams. Joe whose still in the truck hears her, climbs up, destroys the outer part of the house to get to her and immediately grabs Jill and climbs back down! I loved that scene because Joe is so caring and loyal to Jill. He even left Gregg & the two girls up in the burning building to fend for themselves!! This made the whole situation even more believable.

Of course Jill's boyfriend saves them, so happy ending!

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I'm watching it right now for the first time (though I have seen the 90s remake a few times!), and I have to say that the scene in which Joe freed the lion from the cage moved me to tears.

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1. Those brave but foolhardy lions getting tossed around--poor kitties!
2. Gregg urging Joe to eat something while Joe sits forlornly in his cage at
the nightclub--a depressed Joe responds by dumping his bowl of fruit on the ground.



I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

Hewwo.

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