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The Film Noir Quiz You’ve Been Waiting For!

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Though they are quite old and primarily black and white films many film noir flicks are famous and well known today by film buffs across the globe.

How well can you score on this FILM NOIR QUIZ?

  • Question of

    Who played the female lead as the attractive and loyal but no nonsense secretary in “The Dark Corner”?

    • Dana Andrews
    • Lucille Ball
    • Betty Davis
  • Question of

    The 1958 film shot entirely in San Francisco starring Eli Wallach involving smuggling heroin in tourists luggage from overseas is which of the following?

    • Cry Danger
    • No Down Payment
    • The Lineup
  • Question of

    The well written but lesser known 1950 film “Woman On The Run” stars Ann Sheridan.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    “Kansas City Confidential”, made in 1952, partially takes place in which foreign country?

    • Mexico
    • Cuba
    • Canada
  • Question of

    The famous 1950 film “D.O.A.”, that takes place in San Francisco and Los Angeles, is the tale of a man who has been poisoned by what substance?

    • Arsenic
    • Radium
    • Live jazz music
  • Question of

    The 1955 film about a boxer and normally considered Stanley Kubrick’s first film was _________ ?

    • The Killing
    • A Kiss For A Killer
    • Killer’s Kiss
  • Question of

    In the 1945 movie “Detour” everything eventually turns out well for the piano player hitching his way to Los Angeles to be with the woman he loves.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    In 1947 Humphrey Bogart starred in “Dead Reckoning” with which actress who sings the song “Either It’s Love Or It Isn’t” during the film?

    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Lizabeth Scott
    • Molly McCarthy
  • Question of

    In this 1959 film Steve McQueen plays a young and inexperienced wheel man for a crime that goes badly.

    • The St. Louis Bank Robbery
    • The Killing
    • Suspicion
  • Question of

    The 1954 film “A Life At Stake” stars ……?…… who later becomes the star of her own TV series?

    • Barbara Stanwyck
    • Angela Lansbury
    • Lucille Ball

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Written by Howard Faxon

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    • That is a good score. Some of my friends who are fans of these movies did not do that well. And there are a couple of hard questions in there. Thanks for playing!

    • That’s pretty good. It was hard for people who had seen the movies. Some actors in these flicks ended up on television playing very different kinds of roles.
      Thanks for playing!

    • That’s good though. These are old movies and it wasn’t an easy quiz even for those who have seen them. A lot of time may have passed. Thanks for playing 🙂

    • Even for a fan of films, and this genre film, six is not bad. I feel the films in the quiz are watch- worthy but a few are lesser known. I was hoping it would be interesting to those, like you, who know the films a bit. Most all of them are available free on the internet at this point.
      You did great – DOA is of course one of my favorites.

    • 6 is really good. Some of those movies are very famous but some are not at all. In retrospect more than 50% of those questions are pretty hard. Thanks for trying it out. A majority of these can be watched on YouTube or through the internet archive at this point. Most from the quiz are worth watching I think.

  16. 6/10 – mostly down to good guesswork. I mean, “everything eventually turns out well” and “film noir” – what would anyone guess? 😉 Great quiz, Howard!

    • I should have offered yes, no, and hardly on that one where two were correct. Six is good. Lizabeth Scott is a bit obscure in spite of “Too Late For Tears”. Hey, the poisoned by “live jazz music” was inspired by one of your quiz questions. Thanks for playing.