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Rated M for ManlyA 1987 action film starring Reb Brown.In it he plays Michael Ransom, one of the eponymous strike commandos sent into Vietnam to blow up a base.
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In Play Misty for Me Clint Eastwood's character plays a game of "Crybastion" with his barkeeper to get a woman to strike up a conversation with them.
Source: Calvinball - War Front Turning Point plays this straight with the Allied nuclear strike in alternate history WWII.
Source: Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke
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Strike and Plays. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plays/strike
Plays & Strike. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plays/strike>.
Strike or Plays. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plays/strike.
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