History Radar / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'':
--> Fester, telling Gomez he wants a relationship with a woman: I have needs!
--> Gomez: Well, there's [[ADateWithRosiePalms Thing]]...

* Remember those old-time cowboys in [[TheWestern Westerns]] who would [[DrinkOrder mosey up to the bar]] and order sarsaparilla? A lot of viewers assume that this was a substitute for ordering alcohol, as UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode had rules against drug use (mostly alcohol and illegal drugs. Tobacco smoking was still kosher in those days). But sarsaparilla was actually not so much a drink as it was a traditional medicine, and in the 19th century was mainly used as a treatment for syphilis. It's supposed to be an aphrodisiac, as well.

* After watching Creator/PrestonSturges' classic comedy ''Film/TheMiracleOfMorgansCreek'', reviewer James Agee wrote, "The Production Code must have been raped in its sleep." How else do you explain a movie about a young woman who goes out with a bunch of soldiers, gets drunk, and can't remember what she did, except it turns out she's both married and pregnant? Not to mention the fact she has tries to trick the man who's been in love with her since they were kids into marrying her, so there's also bigamy involved. And that's not even mentioning the fact the whole movie is basically a parody of the Nativity story.
** This only shows the hypocrisy of the Hays Code. One of the things the Code claimed to promote was "The Sanctity of Marriage;" however this example only appears to give the impression of them arguing "as long as there's no sex before marriage, everything else is permissible."

* One of the most notable scenes in ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' (1960) has this little exchange between Marcus Licinius Crassus (Creator/LaurenceOlivier) and his slave Antoninus (Creator/TonyCurtis).
** All of this scene happens while Antoninus is ''bathing'' Crassus. They're talking about sexual preference, not seafood. Apparently this metaphor seemed so obvious to Universal executives that the scene was cut after its premiere to avoid the wrath of the censors. It was not put back into the film until 1991.

* Creator/FritzLang made many amazing films in his lifetime. One of his final films, ''Das indische Grabmal (The Indian Tomb)'', released in 1959, featured A-list Hollywood actress Debra Paget performing a dance basically in the nude, except for a few strategically placed pieces of cloth. Read that date again: 1959 was at the height of the Hays Code era when screen nudity - never mind sexy dancing while nearly nude - was forbidden.
** Since the Hayes Code only applied to films distributed in the US this is more a case of ValuesDissonance.

** "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away", a song InTheStyleOf Music/BobDylan addressing homosexuality.

* The 1935 film ''Film/DraculasDaughter'' features a steamy scene where Dracula's daughter, who is artistically talented, attacks and bites the female model she had hired for a head and shoulders portrait. The model is just wearing her bra with the straps pulled down, and the attack is quite intense, with lots of "No, don't touch me!" Maybe no one in the Hays Office wanted to admit that the first lesbian-vampire movie had just been made.
** The Hays Office was well aware of the lesbian implications of the scene, issuing detailed notes on the script so as to avoid any suggestion of "perverse sexual desire". Universal advertised the film with the tag line "Save the women of London from Dracula's Daughter!"

'''David:''' I'm sitting in the middle of 42nd street waiting for a bus.

* ''Film/{{Midnight|1939}}'': In the time of UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode swearing or referring to number two was a no-no, so this is a nice innuedo.

** ''Ghostbusters'' is a PG-rated movie that kids enjoy, has subtle innuendo. For instance, the one scene where a siren unzips Ray's pants in the middle of the night to do what would be implied as fellatio.

** In ''Film/YouNaztySpy'' as well as ''Malice in the Palace'' and ''Rumpus in a Harem'' the boys discuss going "over the Giva Dam". Not bad for the time periods of the films.

* Children's movie ''Horrid Henry'' has the naughty boy of the title threatened with going to a fee paying school called the Brickhouse Academy. Insert the word "shit" in between "brick" and "house" and you have something else entirely.
* In the first movie of ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'', there are some hints during the film suggesting that Dana, the elder daughter, goes to dates with boys to have sex with them, but they're kept as secret from her parents. Stronger if you pay attention to a scene near the end of the movie: the family is about to move from the house, but Dana is going out to see "some friends", her mother tells her the name of the hotel they will stay the night and Dana just says "oh, yes..." and smiles by it, implying that she knows that place pretty well and that she remembers something that happened there. Her mother catches this and asks her what was that, but Dana just waves it away by changing the topic. She leaves the scene and we don't see her until the end of the movie, where she returns home, sees all the ruckus and yells "What's going on?!". If you look closely to her neck on both sides, you will see lovebites...
* ''[[Film/ShortCircuit Short Circuit 2]]'': Both films have their fair share of Radar evaders, but this scene really pushes it: Fred is getting his loan from a loan shark ''in a stripper bar'', and the woman on stage at one point ''bares her breasts and shakes them to her audience.'' She's out of focus, but it's very obvious. Note: the film is rated PG.

* The community John builds on the farm in ''Film/OurDailyBread'' -- no private property, everything going into a common pot, everyone working together and sharing the proceeds equally, one big boss to run everything—is ''communism''. It's actually pretty amazing that director Creator/KingVidor got this film made and distributed in America in 1934. The film bears an obvious debt to Soviet propaganda films, specifically the 1930 silent classic ''Earth''.

* ''Film/DrJekyllAndMsHyde'': They managed to get away with a lot while staying with a PG-13 rating, such as Creator/SeanYoung briefly appearing topless, an obvious penis bulge and a visible erection.

%%** It’s been [[https://slate.com/arts/2017/12/the-last-jedi-is-the-first-genuinely-sexy-star-wars-movie.html argued]] that the BackTpBackBadasses scene between Kylo and Rey when they face off against the Praetorian Guard has the InterplayOfSexAndViolence as part of its subtext... including the MeaningfulLooks between Rey and Kylo, the previous FoeRomanceSubtext between them, Rey and Kylo working together and getting all sweaty and breathless in the process, the potential Freudian symbolism of lightsabers, Rey at one point grabbing Kylo's thigh and jumping onto his back to gain leverage, and the fact it takes place in a red room. And to top it off, after all is said and done, Kylo outright asks Rey to [[WeCanRuleTogether rule the galaxy with him]].

%%** It’s been [[https://slate.com/arts/2017/12/the-last-jedi-is-the-first-genuinely-sexy-star-wars-movie.html argued]] that the Back-to-Back Badasses scene between Kylo and Rey when they face off against the Praetorian Guard has the InterplayOfSexAndViolence as part of its subtext... including the MeaningfulLooks between Rey and Kylo, the previous FoeRomanceSubtext between them, Rey and Kylo working together and getting all sweaty and breathless in the process, the potential Freudian symbolism of lightsabers, Rey at one point grabbing Kylo’s thigh and jumping onto his back to gain leverage, and the fact it takes place in a red room. And to top it off, after all is said and done, Kylo outright asks Rey to rule the galaxy with him.
*** In addition, there’s his MrFanservice ShirtlessScene. Despite her deep loathing of Kylo, Rey seemingly [[DistractedByTheSexy can’t help]] [[EatingTheEyeCandy enjoying]] the sight of his glistening, sweaty [[MemeticMutation pecs]].

* ''Film/{{Splash}}'' is a PG-rated [[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney]]-distributed RomanticComedy {{Fantasy Film|s}} that showed Creator/DarylHannah's bare butt, breasts, nipples and genitalia.

* ''Film/{{Splash}}'' is a PG-rated Creator/{{Disney}}-distributed RomanticComedy {{Fantasy Film|s}} that showed Creator/DarylHannah's bare butt, breasts, nipples and genitalia.

* With Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', there is a rumor that this film was not passed for release because Janet Leigh's nipple (or more accurately, that of her body double) was visible during the shower scene. Hitchcock made no changes and merely sent it back, assuming that nobody at the Hays Office would bother to watch it.

* Radar/PiratesOfTheCaribbean

* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'': Fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, paedophilia, topless women, a young girl who takes her coffee black (like her men), pornographic magazines, suicides, and repeated drug use, and it gets a PG rating? (Granted, PG-13 didn't exist back then...) In an interview on Later With Bob Costas, Robert Stack was amazed A) that ZAZ got away with the 'Shit hits the fan' joke and B) that it made him laugh a lot.

** This only shows the hypocrisy of the Hays Code. One of the things the Code claimed to promote was "The Sanctity of Marriage," however this example only appears to give the impression of them arguing "as long as there's no sex before marriage, everything else is permissible."

* Remember those old-time cowboys in [[TheWestern Westerns]] who would [[DrinkOrder mosey up to the bar]] and order sarsaparilla? A lot of viewers assume that this was a substitute for ordering alcohol, as the Hays Code had rules against drug use (mostly alcohol and illegal drugs. Tobacco smoking was still kosher in those days). But sarsaparilla was actually not so much a drink as it was a traditional medicine, and in the 19th century was mainly used as a treatment for syphilis. It's supposed to be an aphrodisiac, as well.

** During the scene where Dana is captured by Zuul, several hands burst out of her chair and hold her down. One hand is very clearly grabbing her on the left breast.
*** For that matter, at the end of the film Dana is the "Gatekeeper" and Louis is the "Keymaster." Guess how it's ''very'' heavily implied they unlocked the door between worlds in order to allow Gozer through.

** For that matter, at the end of the film Dana is the "Gatekeeper" and Louis is the "Keymaster." Guess how it's ''very'' heavily implied they unlocked the door between worlds in order to allow Gozer through.

* ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'', being a film based off a Creator/DrSeuss children's story, has an unusually ''staggering'' amount of this.
** The former name of the '''S'''uper '''L'''uxurious '''O'''mnidirectional '''W'''hatchamajigger ([[FunWithAcronyms S.L.O.W.]]) is the '''S'''uper '''H'''ydraulic '''I'''nstantaneous '''T'''ransporter (S.H.I.T.).
--->'''Conrad:''' Oh, you mean--\\
'''The Cat:''' [[CurseCutShort Nooooo!]] [[{{Pun}} Quick! To the S.L.O.W.!]]
** Before announcing to Sally that he would perform the "Indoor Stair Luge," he gets a slice of bread from a loaf he put [[TrouserSpace between his trousers]]... [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain Yeah]].
** This bit when Conrad calls Lawrence "Larry":
--->'''Lawrence "Larry" Quinn:''' It's ''Lawrence'', you snot-nosed son of a ''[Joan walks in]'' [[LastSecondWordSwap WONDERFUL WOMAN who I'm ABSOLUTELY crazy about]]!
** The Cat (as a Chef) accidentally chops off his tail after arguing with the TV host (also the Cat). Once he sees the damage, he yells, "SON OF A B--(cue SoundEffectBleep)!"
** Before Larry's television set is repossessed due to a missed payment, there's a brief image on the television of a woman performing a suggestive dance, which can only describe Larry as a porn addict.
** Near the beginning of the film, Conrad asks how the Cat got in the house:
--->'''The Cat:''' Hmmmm....How do I put this? When a mommy cat and a daddy cat love each other very much, they decide that--\\
'''Conrad:''' [[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.]] Where did you ''come'' from?
** The Cat's "Fun" song has a rather risque verse:
--->''There was this cat I knew, back home where I was bred,\\
He never listened to a single thing his mother said,\\
He never used the litterbox, he made a mess in the hall,\\
That's why they sent him to a vet and they cut off his b--'' [[[CurseCutShort pauses]]] ...bo...bo...bo...BOY!''
** And then this deleted verse (which got featured in the soundtrack):
--->''There was a high-strung cat, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll who who thought she knew it all]],\\
And when she schedules out her day, it could drive you up a wall,\\
She likes to be the teacher's pet, always the head of the class,\\
It took a ton of TNT to kill the bug up her aaaaaaaaaaaaaa...aaaaaa...aaaaaaaaaa... ASK me was she fun, fun, fun?''
** The Cat finds picture of Joan Walden (the kids' mother), which soon [[{{Squick}} falls open]], [[{{Pun}} revealing]] something of a... dirty past. Once it falls open, [[SomethingElseAlsoRises the Cat's hats springs up with an audible *BOING* sound]]. A deleted scene took this UpToEleven, when the gang, [[spoiler:going after the Walden family's dog Nevins]], ends up in a stream of flowing water. The Cat, sitting on a flowing pool chair, reveals the ''entire picture'' to the audience for a few seconds.
** When the kids are signing the Cat's contract, there is one page covered by a "Spayed and Neutered" certificate, which the Cat promptly removes from the contract and declares, "This is nothing."
** The infamous "Dirty Hoe" sequence doesn't really need to be described. See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXLvn2sd6I here]].
** The [[spoiler:Mother of all Messes at the Walden House]] has the bathroom toilet ''shooting flames from the toilet bowl''. When the gang passes by the toilet while [[spoiler:riding Ms. Kwan]], the Cat asks the kids to "hold it for a while," and that "something like that would really burn my [[CurseCutShort aaaaaaAAAAH!!!]]" right as they reach a drop in the track.

** 1997 movie:. Dolores has just been sitting in the lap of [[CovertPervert Humbert Humbert]], only to rush out when her mother comes in.

** Not that the Creator/StanleyKubrick stints in this trope either; when Humbert goes to pick up Dolores from summer camp [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse after the death of her mother]] he passes a sign saying WELCOME TO CAMP CLIMAX. In another scene, the Farlows hint to Humbert that they're very "[[ThreeWaySex broad-minded]]". Likewise when Claire Quilty is checking into a hotel with his wife, he gets into a conversation with the manager that's laced with homosexual innuendo, as well as implying that his wife is something of a dominatrix.

* ''Film/TheSweeper'' has NC-17 style violence and really violent scenes that could make you sick. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiHsFmbuLqs these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUTtLu2OAaw scenes]] as examples. Note: The film is rated R.

** When Threepio remarks that the Master Codebreaker sounds like a guy who can do anything, Maz chuckles "Oh, yes... He can." in a very lascivious manner. The awkward looks on everyone else's faces really sell the moment. Note that when she says this line Maz is stroking a blaster.
** When reprimanding Poe, Leia angrily tells him to “get your head out of your cock[[LastSecondWordSwap pit]]” in a very Carrie Fisher-esque matter.
** [[spoiler: It’s been [[https://slate.com/arts/2017/12/the-last-jedi-is-the-first-genuinely-sexy-star-wars-movie.html argued]] that the Back-to-Back Badasses scene between Kylo and Rey when they face off against the Praetorian Guard has the InterplayOfSexAndViolence as part of its subtext... including the MeaningfulLooks between Rey and Kylo, the previous FoeRomanceSubtext between them, Rey and Kylo working together and getting all sweaty and breathless in the process, the potential Freudian symbolism of lightsabers, Rey at one point grabbing Kylo’s thigh and jumping onto his back to gain leverage, and the fact it takes place in a red room. And to top it off, after all is said and done, Kylo outright asks Rey to rule the galaxy with him.]]
*** In addition, there’s his MrFanservice ShirtlessScene. Despite her deep loathing of Kylo, Rey seemingly [[DistractedByTheSexy can’t help]] but [[EatingTheEyeCandy enjoy]] the sight of his glistening, sweaty [[MemeticMutation pecs.]]
** This movie also contains the [[ObligatorySwearing harshest language]] seen yet in the franchise, including words such as “bastard” and “big-ass””.

* In ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'', Austin is approached by two attractive Japanese twins named Fook Mi and Fook Yu. Due to their accents, and Austin's obvious reaction to hearing their names, it is very obvious that they are implying the word "fuck." However, as the film is PG-13, only one use of "fuck" is allowed throughout the entire film in accordance with MPAA regulations. By making it not technically the word, they get away with saying it multiple times.

* The 1955 movie ''Film/DoctorAtSea'' sneaked one in on its original release, with one character describing the ship's captain's fearsome and unpredictable temperament as being from a man whose father wasn't married (i.e. a bastard), whilst still maintaining it's U (suitable for all audiences including children) rating. Subsequent re-releases under different rating schemes have seen it bumped up to PG, although this was for the depiction of an attempted suicide by hanging.