Robert Mitchum Dick Cavett 1971

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  @victorcasale7013 · 3 years ago

  Met him in Tokyo in 1974 when he was filming, The Yakuza, drank sake with him. I thought he would have wanted some scotch and water, however, he smiled and said, When in Rome...thank you. Cool  guy in his 50s, and I was 24 trying to be cool. I had been a script advisor for a film starring David Niven, called, Paper Tiger. My job was to teach the Japanese boy actor, Ando, his lines in English for the film. Through connections, I ended up meeting Mitchum and Takakura Ken. Also a super cool man with a lot of class. Great memory. Down the road, I ended up being an actor based in Japan doing a lot of TV and  some films.

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  @SirArthurStreebGreebling · 4 years ago

  This is a great explanation of why those 'stars' like Mitchum, were stars. They lived a life before acting. So they saw life and knew life. Now famous people are famous from age 6 on youtube, and all they have to talk about is clothes and hits and followers, and its SO dull. And interviews are never unscripted & uncontrolled like this. Great stuff

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  @richardsiciliano7117 · 2 years ago

  The SECOND he walks out, the cool factor goes up 120%. The shades, the paper cup of booze, the strut.....no one quite like Robert Mitchum.

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  @toddlacroix0211 · 7 years ago (edited)

  I was in the Navy and in New York City in port for 4 days and was in the audience for this taping.!!!!   I remember it well.!!!  Something i will remember for the rest of my life.!!!!

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  @rubberface1424 · 4 years ago

  Mitchum's got to be the most charismatic sleepwalker ever.

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  @joycegibbs5267 · 4 years ago

  in my pathetic youth, I didn't really take much notice of the old school actors but boy, I worship them now.  So down-to-earth and REAL.  He was soo handsome too.   Old Hollywood was magical.

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  @Lasher500 · 8 years ago

  "Found guilty for mopery with intent to gawk." Mitchum is a classic.

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  @joeanon5788 · 3 years ago

  Man, the body language, the hip talk, the nuances, this is gold !!!

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  @bettyblack545 · 4 years ago

  Robert mitchum always comfortable in his boot's per say.   Very handsome and that voice it could melt butter 🧈🧈🧈😻😻😻😻

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  @martinhyizna3299 · 1 year ago

  Left with his scotch and cigarette gotta love it

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  @misonoresoconto · 4 years ago

  Mitchum at his best. Great raconteur.  Smooth, masculine, funny, relaxed. One of Cavett's best interviews.

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  @AceofKnaves1966 · 5 years ago

  Robert Mitchum had the perfect voice.

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