– You boys care for a sandwich? Got tuna fish and minced ham on rye. – No, thanks. – It's nice and cold.
The Monster That Challenged the World (Arnold Laven, 1957)
Sep
7
National Salami Day
Coroner Nate Brown (Byron Kane) offering two cops a couple of nice cold sandwiches straight from one of the morgue coolers on his lunch break. DP: Lester White.
Arnold Laven's The Monster That Challenged the World is one of the earliest, if not thé earliest, example of this peculiar movie and television trope: the coroner's lunch break.
Having some cold cuts over some cold cuts never gets old. Or appetising.