Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

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• Film Noir

What 1949 Max Ophuls noir is based on Elisabeth Sanxay Holding's novel The Blank Wall?

Answer

The Reckless Moment

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• Film Noir

Which blacklisted writer was credited as Millard Kaufman on Gun Crazy's screenplay?

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Dalton Trumbo

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• Film Noir

Which actor plays gangster Mr. Brown in the 1955 noir The Big Combo?

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Richard Conte

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Which director made his feature-directing debut with They Live by Night?

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Nicholas Ray

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Which actor plays press agent Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success?

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Tony Curtis

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In The Woman in the Window, Edward G. Robinson plays a professor of what subject?

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Psychology

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• Film Noir

What 1950 film noir was originally released under the title Deadly Is the Female?

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Gun Crazy

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In the 1949 film noir The Set-Up, which sport is central to the story?

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Boxing

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• Film Noir

Which 1952 film noir has Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor on a train protecting a witness?

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The Narrow Margin

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• Film Noir

Which 1951 film noir stars Robert Walker as Bruno Antony, who proposes a murder swap?

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Strangers on a Train

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Which 1950 noir has Richard Widmark as London hustler Harry Fabian?

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Night and the City

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• Film Noir

Which French critic coined the term film noir in 1946?

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Nino Frank

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