I'd say the showdown there was in the sewer rather than on the ferris
wheel (which is different from a merry-go-round - although it
certainly may have had an influence of sorts on later films).
H
> Third Man (1949), ferris wheel? Kind of showdown anyway.
>
> On 9 May 2007, at 19:46, Henry Taylor wrote:
>
>> A question for buffs: did Hitch's Strangers On a Train create this
>> paradigm of the showdown between the good and bad guy on a merry-
>> go-round?
>>
>> H
>>
>>
>>
>>> Bad thrillers always like to use merry-go-round rides.
>>> How about the Eastwood/Dirty Harry movie _Sudden Impact_ and (I
>>> think) Jonathan Demme's _Last Embrace_.
>>>
>>> best
>>> Damian
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