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1. This was the first of four films in which Margaret Rutherford played Miss Jane Marple. It was adapted from the novel "4.50 From Paddington" by Agatha Christie. Miss Marple is travelling home by train, and when another train passes them going in the opposite direction she sees a woman being choked to death. What was this comedy/thriller?
2. Humphrey Bogart received a Best Actor Academy Award for playing a riverboat captain named Charlie Allnut in this 1951 classic directed by John Huston, and set in the dark continent during World War 1. Tell us the name of this great film.
3. This 1993 comedy/thriller was co-written (with Marshall Brickman), directed by Woody Allen, and starred Woody and Diane Keaton as a married couple. She comes to suspect that one of their neighbours has murdered his wife, and eventually involves her husband and two of their friends in the investigation. What is this film?
4. The second of the cycle of horror films which Val Lewton produced for RKO, this 1943 film is set on a small Caribbean island, and tells the story of a young nurse who becomes caught up in voodoo practices. Name this film, which was directed by Jacques Tourneur.
5. Adapted by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland from the novel by James Ellroy, and directed by Curtis Hanson, this 1997 film was a study of corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department in 1953. Name this film, for which Kim Basinger received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
6. Generally regarded as the finest cinema adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, this 1995 film gained Emma Thompson her second Academy Award, this time for Best Adapted Screenplay rather than for acting. What was this film, which started a surge in popularity for Jane Austen's novels?
7. A murder mystery set in a 14th century Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy, "The Name Of The Rose" was adapted from the novel by Umberto Eco, and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Who played William Of Baskerville, the Franciscan monk who solved the murders?
8. This 1955 film is based on the second part of a novel by John Steinbeck, and features James Dean in his first starring role. It is set mainly in the Californian town of Salinas around the time that America became involved in World War 1. Name this film, which was directed by Elia Kazan.
9. In 1959 Alfred Hitchcock directed this film which starred Cary Grant as an innocent advertising executive who is mistaken for another man and is pursued across the U.S.A. by an organization of spies, and also by the Police who believe him to be guilty of murder. What was this great favourite?
10. This 1950 film noir was directed and co-written by John Huston, from a novel by W. R. Burnett. It has an ensemble cast, and deals with the planning, execution and aftermath of a robbery. Name this film.
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