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1. A blonde woman in a white bikini emerges from the sea onto a Caribbean beach. In which of these movies is this an iconic scene?
2. A group of athletes runs along a beach to the haunting sound of music. From which movie is this a slow-motion scene?
3. There's something in the water that's causing fear and panic on a popular holiday beachfront. First, the body of a woman turns up on the beach and then the terror spreads Which movie features a scene in which dozens of holidaymakers flee the sea for the safety of the beach?
4. Children sit gathered around an old sea dog on an American beach. "Almost midnight", he declares, "Time for one more story". From which horror movie is this the opening dialogue?
5. Name the movie in which this scene appears. A king and a church leader meet on horseback on a windswept beach to make plans to circumvent the strictures of the Church Of Rome. The king is hoping his friend will make a good ally and take his side on all issues, but the friend takes his duties seriously and will not go against his conscience. Who will rid me of the idea that this movie provides one of the best beach scenes ever?
6. A drunken man lies fully clothed on a beach when a naked woman appears, kisses him tenderly, and disappears into the sea. From which movie is this tale (or should that be tail) taken?
7. A prisoner escapes, makes a clean getaway after an ingenious prison break and heads for Mexico where, years later, a former prison pal tracks him down. Which movie features this final, wordless, reunion scene?
8. A man tracks down his brother's killer to a polluted beach in the north east of England. They fight and one ends up being dumped with loads of coal slag into the North Sea. In which movie does this scene appear?
9. Surfing can be fun, but probably not when you come under gunfire from an intrepid enemy. Which movie features just such a surfing scene and a commander who really loves the smell of napalm in the morning?
10. A successful movie star helps a would-be young starlet find fame in tinsel town, even though he's conscious his own career may suffer. He doesn't count on the fact, though, that when his own career founders, it will pull her down too. Which 1954 movie tells of a star who walks away into the crashing waves of the Pacific rather than drag his protégé down with him?
11. A mysterious box, linked to America's atomic energy programme, is opened on a Malibu beach-front, and as the world turns white hot, a famous private detective and his secretary stumble towards the ocean looking over their shoulders in horror. From which 1955 movie is this an apocalyptic scene?
12. When their friend dies, two pals take his ashes to a cliff top overlooking the ocean but as they scatter them, the ashes are blown back it into their faces. In which movie comedy of mistaken identity does this fairly absurd scene appear?
13. A group of young mechanics sets off on a trip of a difference to deliver a double decker London bus to Athens, as part of a challenge. On the way they pick up a disparate group of passengers, including a talented American girl singer, who for some reason, is masquerading as a boy. Which adventure-strewn road trip ends with a happy party on a Greek beach?
14. Going to the seaside can be ideal for getting away from it all, but not when the beach turns into a battle ground. Which movie features scenes of a pitched battle between rival groups of young men?
15. Two lovers meet on a beach and, careless of the waves breaking over them - or the impending clouds of war - they kiss, and the kiss goes on, and on, and on... Which movie is this a scene from?
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