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The Rebel Set

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The Rebel Set	comment	The Rebel Set is a low-budget 1959 crime thriller directed by Gene Fowler Jr. (I Was a Teenage Werewolf).Three down-on-their-luck beatniks — John Mapes, an aspiring actor; Ray Miller, a failed writer; and "poor little rich boy" George Leland, the neglected son of a famous movie star — are hired by an amoral coffee house proprietor to help pull off an armored car robbery during a rail trip. The heist goes off swimmingly; but afterward, on the train to New York, the conspirators begin dying, one by one.For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode see here.
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The Rebel Set / int_1f862cf	type	Dare to Be Badass
The Rebel Set / int_1f862cf	comment	Dare to Be Badass: Part of Tucker's sales pitch, including a "The Reason You Suck" Speech. ("You're not Beat, you're merely beaten; you're not detached, you're unemployed!")
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The Rebel Set / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
The Rebel Set / int_2a090d00	comment	He even lampshades this early in the movie when his lackey compliments his ability to play chess, and Tucker replies that he merely makes a point to play against people he knows are worse than him.
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The Rebel Set / int_32d0784e	type	Stop, or I Will Shoot!
The Rebel Set / int_32d0784e	comment	Stop, or I Will Shoot!: The cops have no qualms about shooting a fleeing man in the back. To be fair, they think he's a murderer.
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The Rebel Set / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Rebel Set / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Tucker clearly considers himself a master of this. He chooses for his accomplices people who are known to be desperate, this way he can easily turn them on each other if they don't turn on each other first, and he's chosen people who he is confident are competent enough to follow his plan but not enough to successfully betray him. Even if there are any left standing at the end, he has crafted himself a reputation as an eccentric but otherwise upright business owner. He disguises himself as a priest expecting that this will automatically make anyone investigating the robbery or the murder pass him over. This works to his advantage in the climax when John is chasing him, as the railworkers who intervene side with Tucker because all they know is some guy is beating the tar out of a priest. He even lampshades this early in the movie when his lackey compliments his ability to play chess, and Tucker replies that he merely makes a point to play against people he knows are worse than him.
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The Rebel Set / int_3eee0728	type	Captain Obvious
The Rebel Set / int_3eee0728	comment	Captain Obvious: The Gossipy Hens get in a good one:
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The Rebel Set / int_405b0c46	type	Armed Blag
The Rebel Set / int_405b0c46	comment	Armed Blag: The plan — steal the money, bury the evidence, and get out of town on the train before anyone knows what happened.
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The Rebel Set / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Rebel Set / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Tucker is defeated and John is cleared of murder. He still has to answer for his part in the armored car heist. And how is Jeanie supposed to get home? She spent that dollar an hour ago.
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The Rebel Set / int_4371a515	type	Beatnik
The Rebel Set / int_4371a515	comment	Beatniks: The early scenes are set in a bar full of them. MST fans were quite happy that the show finally got a movie with actual beatniks, unlike the one that was erroneously called The Beatniks.
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The Rebel Set / int_48b9731f	type	Paper-Thin Disguise
The Rebel Set / int_48b9731f	comment	Paper-Thin Disguise: A clean shave and a priest's collar is all Tucker apparently needs to disguise himself as a priest. The episode guide for the MST3K episode notes that the first time the MST3K crew watched the film, it took them all quite a while to realize it was supposed to be a disguise.
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The Rebel Set / int_518de95b	type	Always Murder
The Rebel Set / int_518de95b	comment	Always Murder: Leland's death. This leads to a Xanatos Gambit on Tucker's part; it's fine and good if Leland's staged "suicide" is taken as such, but he's set the evidence up to point to the other henchmen, thus making it easier to get them out of his way.
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The Rebel Set / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
The Rebel Set / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Sidney.
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The Rebel Set / int_5d397b9c	type	The Mountains of Illinois
The Rebel Set / int_5d397b9c	comment	The Mountains of Illinois: It's awful hilly just outside Chicago. You keep expecting the Duke boys to come careening around the bend any moment.
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The Rebel Set / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
The Rebel Set / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Rita Leland provides her son George with all the Freudian Excuse he could possibly ask for. She does finally decide to (very publically) reconcile with George at the end... while not noticing his corpse being wheeled past her mid-speech.
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The Rebel Set / int_737a65f4	type	The Watson
The Rebel Set / int_737a65f4	comment	The Watson: Sidney seems to be in the film mainly so Tucker can explain "the Alpha and the Omega" of his evil genius.
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The Rebel Set / int_7bd44eb9	type	Smart People Play Chess
The Rebel Set / int_7bd44eb9	comment	Smart People Play Chess: Tucker at the start of the movie. According to him he rarely loses, but only because he makes sure to play against bad chess players — which is why he chooses stupid people to help him with his schemes.
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The Rebel Set / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
The Rebel Set / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Miller, the writer, is introduced stone-drunk at a beatnik party.
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The Rebel Set / int_842426f3	type	Grande Dame
The Rebel Set / int_842426f3	comment	Grande Dame: Inverted with the rich, snobby woman who desperately wants to be Beat.
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The Rebel Set / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The Rebel Set / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: With his utility to the plot expended after the heist, Sidney completely vanishes from the film. But hey, someone had to drive the car home.
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The Rebel Set / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
The Rebel Set / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: Tucker down dresses Sydney for pinching the new waitress only because he hasn't had the chance to.
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The Rebel Set / int_8e4a0f15	type	Dumb Blonde
The Rebel Set / int_8e4a0f15	comment	Dumb Blonde: The waitress, Karen. Possibly more gullible than outright dumb; she does know what "adulterate" means (even if she can't quite pronounce it).
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The Rebel Set / int_b1a7cd14	type	Tap on the Head
The Rebel Set / int_b1a7cd14	comment	Tap on the Head: "Father" Tucker gets in an egregious one on a sentry cop; seriously, he doesn't even use the weighted end of his cane!
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The Rebel Set / int_b5dded87	type	Gossipy Hens
The Rebel Set / int_b5dded87	comment	Gossipy Hens: The two old ladies "Father" Tucker befriends on the train. They always have something (negative) to say about everyone and everything, and always seem to be lurking about the fringes of the scene as if snooping.
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The Rebel Set / int_bc3cb7ff	type	Clear My Name
The Rebel Set / int_bc3cb7ff	comment	Clear My Name: Due to Tucker's clandestine manipulations, everyone thinks John killed George Leland. The only time any ambiguity creeps in is when Ray Miller disappears (his typewriter was used to create Leland's phony suicide note).
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The Rebel Set / int_bd79d896	type	Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot
The Rebel Set / int_bd79d896	comment	Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot: Discussed. Tucker strictly enforces a drinking ban at his coffee house (i.e. a business with no liquor license) even in a secret meeting plotting a robbery specifically to avert this. His exact phrasing is "I don't believe in breaking small laws".
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The Rebel Set / int_dd2fe8c3	type	Porky Pig Pronunciation
The Rebel Set / int_dd2fe8c3	comment	Porky Pig Pronunciation: "Did I see you adulterat... adultering... oh, spiking that Coke?" — although if you listen closely you can hear the actress pronounce "adulterating" correctly both times.
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The Rebel Set / int_f1d3f0c9	type	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
The Rebel Set / int_f1d3f0c9	comment	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Tucker is surpassingly eloquent. When confiding with his main man Sidney, his dialogue nearly degenerates into an Expospeak Gag.
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The Rebel Set / int_f6b30338	type	Murder Is the Best Solution
The Rebel Set / int_f6b30338	comment	Murder Is the Best Solution. "One less share to dispense, and now Mr. Miller... there'll be still another share less."
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The Rebel Set / int_fecc7486	type	Trick Dialogue
The Rebel Set / int_fecc7486	comment	Trick Dialogue: We are introduced to the lead character, John, who is in the midst of a melodramatic argument with an off-camera woman. The woman turns out to be an actress' voice-over on a "learn how to act" record collection.
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