Classic Film Noir

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Instructions: Dark shadows, femme fatales, and hard-boiled detectives -- how well do you know the world of film noir?

1.
Which 1944 film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray involves a deadly insurance scheme?
A
Double Indemnity
B
The Big Sleep
C
Sunset Boulevard
D
The Postman Always Rings Twice
2.
Who played private detective Philip Marlowe in 'The Big Sleep' (1946)?
A
Dick Powell
B
Robert Mitchum
C
Humphrey Bogart
D
Alan Ladd
3.
In 'The Third Man' (1949), who played the mysterious Harry Lime?
A
Trevor Howard
B
Joseph Cotten
C
Orson Welles
D
Alida Valli
4.
Which classic 1950 film noir features Gloria Swanson as a faded silent-film star?
A
In a Lonely Place
B
Night and the City
C
Sunset Boulevard
D
The Asphalt Jungle
5.
Who directed 'Touch of Evil' (1958), often considered the last great classic film noir?
A
Billy Wilder
B
Fritz Lang
C
John Huston
D
Orson Welles
6.
In 'The Maltese Falcon' (1941), what is the coveted object everyone is searching for?
A
A diamond necklace
B
A jewel-encrusted bird statue
C
A stolen painting
D
A gold coin collection
7.
Which actress starred alongside Humphrey Bogart in both 'To Have and Have Not' and 'The Big Sleep'?
A
Lauren Bacall
B
Veronica Lake
C
Ingrid Bergman
D
Rita Hayworth
8.
Robert Mitchum starred in which 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur?
A
His Kind of Woman
B
Crossfire
C
Out of the Past
D
The Big Steal
9.
Which 1944 film noir features a woman who may or may not have murdered her husband, starring Gene Tierney?
A
Scarlet Street
B
Laura
C
The Woman in the Window
D
Mildred Pierce
10.
In 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' (1946), who played the seductive Cora Smith?
A
Barbara Stanwyck
B
Lana Turner
C
Joan Crawford
D
Ava Gardner
11.
Which Fritz Lang film noir from 1953 stars Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame?
A
Clash by Night
B
While the City Sleeps
C
The Big Heat
D
Scarlet Street
12.
Veronica Lake's iconic peek-a-boo hairstyle became famous through which 1942 noir thriller?
A
The Blue Dahlia
B
The Glass Key
C
This Gun for Hire
D
I Married a Witch
13.
Which 1955 film noir features Robert Mitchum as a sinister preacher with 'LOVE' and 'HATE' tattooed on his knuckles?
A
The Night of the Hunter
B
The Big Combo
C
Kiss Me Deadly
D
The Desperate Hours
14.
Joan Crawford won an Academy Award for her role in which 1945 film noir?
A
Humoresque
B
Sudden Fear
C
Mildred Pierce
D
Possessed
15.
Which term describes the morally ambiguous, seductive women common in film noir?
A
Leading lady
B
Femme fatale
C
Ingenue
D
Damsel

Answer Key

Question 1

A. Double Indemnity

Question 2

C. Humphrey Bogart

Question 3

C. Orson Welles

Question 4

C. Sunset Boulevard

Question 5

D. Orson Welles

Question 6

B. A jewel-encrusted bird statue

Question 7

A. Lauren Bacall

Question 8

C. Out of the Past

Question 9

B. Laura

Question 10

B. Lana Turner

Question 11

C. The Big Heat

Question 12

C. This Gun for Hire

Question 13

A. The Night of the Hunter

Question 14

C. Mildred Pierce

Question 15

B. Femme fatale

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