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Guys and Dolls
1955 · Film · 149 min
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a Salvation Army missionary to Havana, and unexpectedly they fall for each other. And the bet has a hidden motive ... classic song and dance ensues!
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I heard something like this about Guys And Dolls, too.
> Brando, knowing how much Sinatra hated cheesecake, had purposely flubbed each take so that Sinatra would have to eat piece after piece of cheesecake. The next day, they came back and shot the scene perfectly on the first take.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048140/trivia/
It's effectively a prop bet. If you're a world class table tennis champion and you bet someone you can beat them at table tennis on the proviso that they get to pick the bats, you can't really complain if you find out later that they have spent six months practicing with frying pans. You just have to pay up.
If you don't see the loophole before you agree, you pay. Actually there's a great little bit about this in the movie Guys And Dolls (1955), and what to do if someone bets you that he can make a jack of spades squirt cider in your ear.