Book and Film Titles with One Letter Changed

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  • Cecil B. DeMille‘s epic Technicolor cinematic event, shot in stunning VistaVision, telling the thrilling story of electrical connections and the engineers who make them:

    The Tin Commandments


    (This is where I note that in the traditional accents of parts of the US, including my part of the US, tin and ten, like pin and pen, have the same vowel sound.)


  • Baked Lunch - William S Burroughs gives his favourite recipes
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    And, of course, who can forget that great British sci-fi show Doctor Why and its memorable first episode: An Unearthly Chill?
  • Two Wives - William Trevor's novel on lives complicated by bigamous marriages.
  • Wordsmith rues the fact that there is no-one nearby to hear his awful jokes:

    The Loneliness of the Long-distance Punner.
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    edited February 6
    Tender is the Right - Nigel Farage dresses in pink and comes to terms with his feminine side.

  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Comforting reflections and practical gardening tips from everyone's favourite grandmother -

    A Nan for All Seasons
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    Dial J For Murder

    A wrong number leads to terrible consequences
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    The Silt Path - the tele-docudrama of the exposé of the original novel by Raynor Winn and the film.

  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Wordsmith rues the fact that there is no-one nearby to hear his awful jokes:

    The Loneliness of the Long-distance Punner.

    Oh, how I know the feeling!
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Enoch wrote: »
    Tender is the Right - Nigel Farage dresses in pink and comes to terms with his feminine side.

    Also: Tender is the Right - rare short documentary by British Transport Films, beloved by railway enthusiasts, about the difficulty and relief of finding a suitable attachment to a non-tank BR steam engine.
  • Sipech wrote: »
    Dial J For Murder

    A wrong number leads to terrible consequences

    Clever!
  • Abort a Boy

    Nick Hornby's shocking expose of Malthusian selection
  • Wesley J wrote: »
    Enoch wrote: »
    Tender is the Right - Nigel Farage dresses in pink and comes to terms with his feminine side.

    Also: Tender is the Right - rare short documentary by British Transport Films, beloved by railway enthusiasts, about the difficulty and relief of finding a suitable attachment to a non-tank BR steam engine.

    With suitable deadpan commentary and scripted spontaneous conversations between the crew members.
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Christmas Carol - gritty film from 1960, probably still black and white. Bob Cratchitt's great-great-grandaughter finds womanhood via the office party.

  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Ruminations of a shop floor employee at GUM

    One Day in the Lift of Ivan Denisovitch
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    The Outrider

    Albert Camus' existential novel about the day he made his mother ride on horseback to escort someone he didn't care about.

    Or, if you prefer the more literal translation, The Stringer - where the story is about playing in the first team for a sport he is good at, but is totally cold to.
  • The Shape of Things to Comb - a futuristic prediction of hairstyles.
  • Apologies if this has been thought of earlier:

    Lord of the Rungs

    The top provider of ladders to the building/DIY trades...
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    Oliver Twit

    A very stupid boy lives in the workhouse.
  • The Old Curiosity Ship

    A floating antiques emporium...
  • A book and film about intrigue in the upper echelons of the Civil Service...

    Lord of the Files

    Not to be confused with the same author's raunchy novel

    Load of the Flies
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    An alternative explanation of global warming:

    Animal Fart
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    The Wand in the Willows - Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger meet Harry Potter.
  • As opposed to the time they ambled among the trees and got lost:

    The Wend in the Willows.
  • And of course the time when the pigs were rooting around there.

    The Wind in The Wallows
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    Luther's Thesis

    "Indulgences are bad. You can all figure out where it goes from there, right?"
  • Footsteps in the Bog - a sad tale of a woman sucked down in the mire
  • Footsteps in the Bog - a sad tale of a woman sucked down in the mire

    What was the original called? - I'm intruiged.
  • I'm guessing Footsteps in the Fog - a 1955 film with Stewart Grainger and Jean Simmons.
  • jrwjrw Shipmate
    Out of the Silent Plane – Leslie Neilson has difficulty remembering which film he is in.
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    edited February 7
    Planet of the Tapes. Astronauts discover that earth technology has been taken over by advanced cassette players and videos.
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    edited February 7
    A young girl is brought up by the family of her uncle the butcher, in Mansfield Pork.
  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    What was the title of that one?
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited February 7
    I think it's probably Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen (1814).
  • The Silence of the Limbs - a science film about intravenous WD40 curing creaky arthritic joints.
  • Groat Expectations - a novel whose hero hopes his small amount of money will somehow expand...
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    HarryCH wrote: »
    What was the title of that one?
    Hospitable Hostly Hint: Enter the new name into a search engine of your choice, and they'll ask you 'Are you looking for...' and probably provide a suggestion. :) - Wesley J, Circus Host
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Alfred Hitchcock's Bear Window

    A temporarily disabled wildlife photographer and his girlfriend observe from a lookout
    members of the Ursidae family (order Carnivora), and nearly get eaten by one
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Drainspotting

    A fascinating look at urban waste water management.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Heathcliff takes up bodybuilding:

    Wuthering Weights
  • Death of a Drain (sequel to Drainspotting).
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    The Resurrection Of The Son Of Gob

    N.T. Wright's exhaustive exegesis of Arrested Development
  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    Sorry, I missed "pork".
  • Sawing Private Ryan -- Ryan finds work as a magician's assistant

    Grime and Punishment -- Raskolnikov is sent to Siberia for fouling an old woman's windows.
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    edited February 8
    Sorry. Could not resist this one, especially with the alliteration.

    Prime and Punishment - Raskolnikov gets a 25 year sentence labouring in the warehouse of a large sales and delivery internet and mail order company.


  • Porky and Bess ....
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Porgy and Hess

    Book, play and opera; Porgy attempts to rescue Nazi grand Rudolf Hess from the clutches of Hitler by having him solo fly to Scotland.
  • Ziegfeld Jollies - a group of vaudevillians take a coach trip.
  • Arnie - a musical retelling of the life of a well-known body-builder, actor and sometime Governor of California.
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