Again, very welcome. I know it can be quite frustrating when one cannot find "your" movie and that it leads you to think "maybe I dreamt it!" which is possible but not, I think, likely. I say that because I had a similar experience on the old, now sadly-gone IMDb Boards. Everyone was saying, "Salzmank, you dreamt it!" or some such thing, or that I was conflating two or three different movies. Well, it took a great deal of research, but I eventually found the movie--and my memories were correct. It was just that the movie was extremely low-budget and not well-known in the least. (It was called "Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour," by the way.)
I should let you know that someone on that board recommended the pilot episode of "Columbo," called "Prescription: Murder" as your movie. He said the only differences were that it was in color and took place on a plane rather than a train. When I pointed out that your memories were of its being in B&W, someone else chimed in to say that there was a prior (B&W) TV episode of it, without the Columbo character, under the title "Enough Rope," in 1960.
I don't think it's your movie, but I thought I might as well let you know.
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Abovethestars (21)
8 years ago
Awesome that you found yours!
Did you like it, or was it a let down?
Memories can sometimes make things greater than they are/were.
I have come across that columbo movie a few times While searching, and allthough its not the one I am looking for I actually did write it down on my "like to watch"-list, because of its likeness to it.
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salzmank (75)
8 years ago
Not even the B&W version, without the Columbo character?
To be perfectly honest with ya (sorry about this!), "Sarah Landon" was absolutely atrocious when I finally got around to watching it again. It wasn't "disappointing," though, because I expected it to be bad, I remembered it being bad, I just wanted to know what it was called because it seemed so rare that no one had ever heard of it (pretty much true, actually).
On the other hand, I was searching for ages for a little '40s b-movie in which the butler character says, "The phone don't phone!" I finally found that, too--another one where people said, "We can't find it, you probably dreamt it or are conflating two different movies"--and it was quite enjoyable. So... In other words, don't give up hope! ;)
I'll let the folks on the other forum know it's not the Columbo episode.
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Abovethestars (21)
8 years ago
No, it cant be that one either. I am certain it was on a train, not an airplane.
Okey, I know what you mean. Sometimes just finding that lost movie of yours is a reward enough. At least you no longer have to carry it in your head all the time and Wonder.
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