80 Film Noir Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who played Holly Martins in the 1949 film 'The Third Man'?
Answer
Joseph Cotten
What 1945 film noir, shot in Technicolor, stars Gene Tierney as a jealous wife?
Answer
Leave Her to Heaven
Which actor played the psychotic gangster Tommy Udo in the 1947 film 'Kiss of Death'?
Answer
Richard Widmark
Who played Vivian Rutledge in the 1946 film 'The Big Sleep'?
Answer
Lauren Bacall
Which actress played Norma Desmond in the 1950 film 'Sunset Boulevard'?
Answer
Gloria Swanson
Which actress won an Oscar for her role in the 1945 film noir 'Mildred Pierce'?
Answer
Joan Crawford
Which actor played Philip Marlowe in the 1944 film 'Murder, My Sweet'?
Answer
Dick Powell
Which actress played the title role in the 1944 film noir 'Laura'?
Answer
Gene Tierney
What 1955 film directed by Charles Laughton is the only film he ever directed?
Answer
The Night of the Hunter
What 1948 film noir was shot entirely on location in New York City?
Answer
The Naked City
In the 1955 film noir 'Kiss Me Deadly', what is the mysterious glowing box?
Answer
an atomic bomb
What 1947 film noir directed by Orson Welles features a climactic scene in a hall of mirrors?
Answer
The Lady from Shanghai
Which film noir starring Robert Mitchum was originally titled Build My Gallows High?
Answer
Out of the Past
Which 1950 film noir by John Huston is about a group planning a jewelry heist?
Answer
The Asphalt Jungle
Which film noir was set in post-war Vienna and features a zither theme?
Answer
The Third Man
What 1941 film is often cited as the first major film noir?
Answer
The Maltese Falcon
In Gilda, which actress plays the title role?
Answer
Rita Hayworth
What city is the setting for the film The Big Sleep?
Answer
Los Angeles
Who directed the 1944 film Double Indemnity?
Answer
Billy Wilder
Which actor played Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon?
Answer
Humphrey Bogart