Expert: April - 3/14/2008

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QUESTION: Hi, I am trying to find the name of an old,funny movie.I have only scant recollection of the end, as I never saw the beginning.I think it was black & white and at the end the main character was part of a chariot race in a Roman stadium.He was just about to come a cropper when he woke up under a tree,with a book. I got the impression that he had gone to sleep while reading a history book and the movie was his dreams of being involved in past events.
Hope you are a miracle worker and can help. Regards  Jen

ANSWER: after some research i'm afraid i've come up with nothing.   :(

do you remember when the film was made?  were there any stars appearing in it maybe?  any extra information you can provide would be helpful.

i'll continue to research this for you tho...

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QUESTION:  Finally found out the actors name, Don Knotts

Answer
hmmn.   offhand, nothing is ringing a bell for me.   here is a list of his films tho...maybe this will help?  i'll continue to research for you as it's driving me crazy now!


No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Move Over, Darling (1963)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968) (short subject)
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
The Love God? (1969)
How to Frame a Figg (1971)
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
Gus (1976)
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
The Prize Fighter (1979)
The Private Eyes (1981 film) (1981)
Cannonball Run II (1984)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) (voice)
Big Bully (1996)
Cats Don't Dance (1997) (voice)
Pleasantville (1998)
Tom Sawyer (2000) (voice)
Chicken Little (2005) (voice)
Air Buddies (2006) (voice)