You givin' me the high hat?

April 16, 2011 5:55 PM

Help! Name that movie! I only remember a single scene: the movie is set in the 20s or 30s, I think, and one of the characters- who I believe is a chubby little guy with a moustache- is obsessed with the idea that people are "givin' him the high hat."

Note: despite Google's insistence, the movie is *not* Miller's Crossing.

posted by foxy_hedgehog to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Best answer: Miller's Crossing.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:01 PM on April 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

Are you saying it's not "Miller's Crossing?" Oe are you saying google is saying it's not?
posted by cjorgensen at 6:03 PM on April 16, 2011

I was coming to say Miller's Crossing too.
posted by OHenryPacey at 6:05 PM on April 16, 2011

Response by poster: It totally is Miller's Crossing! I am so wrong- I mixed up Miller's Crossing with Blood Simple and just wasted this week's question! Thanks all.
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 6:06 PM on April 16, 2011

Best answer: Jon Polito plays a chubby little guy with a mustache that says that in Miller's Crossing. I know you said it's not Miller's Crossing, but it's easy to misremember a movie or other media. For example, a lot of people insist that there's a Samsonite Gorilla, but it was really an ad for American Traveler luggage. Have you tried checking Miller's Crossing clips on YouTube?
posted by Calzephyr at 6:07 PM on April 16, 2011

It's Miller's Crossing, I swear to God.
posted by facetious at 6:07 PM on April 16, 2011

Best answer: An all-time great movie. Unquestionably and only Miller's Crossing. We only take yeggs what's been to college.
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 6:11 PM on April 16, 2011