He was THE manly gunslinger. Stood to shoot, unrattled, gruff and terse.
Who was John Wayne?
100
Alfred Hitchcock usually appears in a cameo appearance in one of his films. When do we see him in North by Northwest?
What is "boarding a bus"?
100
Why do "Geraldine" and "Josephine" need to flee Chicago and pretend to be girls?
What is the St. Valentine's Day massacre?
100
Pigeon, canary, rat, cheese-eater. What do all these terms have in common?
They are all terms for informing on the mob.
200
This classic female "type" was tough as nails and hot to handle.
What was a femme fatale?
200
This is the name of the hide-out where Butch and Sundance go at the start of the film.
What is "Hole in the Wall"?
200
This is the hotel from which Cary Grant's character is abducted.
What is the Plaza Hotel?
200
What line does the Jack Lemmon character keep repeating to himself?
What is "I'm a girl, I'm a girl"?
200
This is the branch of the German military initially in charge of the stalag in The Great Escape.
What is the Luftwaffe?
300
This great actor played "the fat man."
Who was Sidney Greenstreet?
300
This is a tagline Ethan often says in The Searchers.
What is "that'll be the day"?
300
In North by Northwest, these are the initials of the character played by Cary Grant.
What is ROT?
300
This 1960s film start was well known for his love of motorcycle racing. He also played the "Cooler King."
Who was Steve McQueen?
300
While we didn't see this film, it is probably considered the greatest POW movie ever.
What is Bridge Over the River Kwai?
400
He played Joel Cairo in The Maltese Falcon and often played odd, foreign, creepy little fellows.
Who was Peter Lorre?
400
This director of The Searchers is considered the premier director of Westerns - uses symbolism and looks for deeper meaning in the conflicts he portrays.
Who was John Ford?
400
She is the "icy blonde" - one of several who Hitchcock loved to cast in her movies.
Who is Eve Marie Saint?
400
This tuneful little song was a number one hit in the 1960s, thanks to Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
What is "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"?
400
When Marlon Brando tells his brother that he could have been somebody, what else did he say he could have been?
What is "I could have been a contender, I could have had class, instead of a bum with a one-way ticket back to Palookaville."
500
This scene is our last glimpse of Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon and purposely echoes the appearance of prison bars.
What is the elevator door closing across her?
500
This is the name of Ethan's "mixed race" nephew.
Who is Martin Pawley?
500
It doesn't really matter what this plot device is - it's something everyone wants and propels the plot along.
What is a "macguffin"?
500
These is the great last line of what many consider the number one comedy in all of American cinema.
What is "nobody's perfect"?
500
This actor in The Great Escape who is last seen climbing up into a Swedish ship turned out to be a 1970s action hero.