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]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/watermelon-man-m100003375/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/watermelon-man-m100003375/ Jeff Gerber, a racist insurance agent and fitness freak, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But Jeff’s bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight. As Jeff tries to come to terms with this unexplained phenomenon that has befallen him, he soon becomes the victim himself, when all of his friends and neighbors suddenly shun and harass him.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/the-man-from-the-diners-club-m100065942/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-man-from-the-diners-club-m100065942/ Mobster Foots Pulardos, who operates a health gym as a front, plans to flee to Mexico to evade government tax officials. His girl friend, Sugar Pye, suggests that he first arrange for the cremation of a man having his own peculiar identifying characteristic–feet of different sizes–and then apply for a Diners’ Club card for use in paying his fare. The request for the credit card comes to the desk of Ernie Klenk, a timid clerk. Nervous about his forthcoming marriage to the boss’s secretary, Lucy, Ernie inadvertently okays the application, then, discovering his mistake, rushes to the health gym to recover the club card he has issued.

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