Die Hard with a Vengeance down to his foreign hideaway (this version is very similar to Alec Guinness' character's situation in the British heist film "The Lavender Hill Mob" made some 45 years earlier in which the stolen gold was turned into Eiffel Tower paperweights). McClane is keen to take his problems out on Simon, who he invites to play a game called "McClane Says". This involves a form of Russian roulette with a small Chinese rocket launcher that has had the sights removed, meaning it is impossible to determine which end is which. McClane then asks Simon some riddles similar to the ones he
Alec Guinness in the "Motion Picture Herald". Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness, (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including "The Ladykillers" and "Kind Hearts and Coronets" in which he played nine different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in "Great Expectations" (1946), Fagin in "Oliver Twist" (1948), Col. Nicholson in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince