10 Degrees of Jimmy Stewart Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

John Ford directed this classic western. This film teamed longtime friends Stewart and Wayne for the first time in their careers. It was also the first time Wayne referred to someone as "pilgrim" in a movie.

Answer: In Harm's Way

In the book "Let's Face It" by Kirk Douglas he wrote, "Wayne and I were a strange combination. He was a Republican and I was a Democrat. We argued all the time." This was the last role for Wayne before undergoing surgery for cancer.

Answer: Seven Days in May

Douglas had originally signed on to play the part of Gen. James Scott but realized that his pal Lancaster was perfect for that part, so he took the less flashy role of Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey. This was the fifth of seven movies that Douglas and Lancaster appeared together in.

Answer: The Professionals

Richard Brooks not only directed the film, but also wrote the screenplay. He received Academy Award nominations for Writing and Directing. The cast and crew stayed in Las Vegas during filming. Woody Strode wrote in his memoirs that he and Marvin pulled several pranks, one was damaging the neon cowboy sign by shooting it with an arrow.

Answer: Seven Men from Now

John Wayne had planned to play the lead, but he was busy filming "The Searchers", so he gave the part to Scott. Wayne's Batjack Production company produced the film. Howard Hughes got Scott his first acting part in the 1928 film "Sharp Shooters".

Answer: The Tall T

This film was based on a Elmore Leonard book "The Captives" and during the filming it was referred to as the original title of, "The Tall Rider". Just before release, the name was changed to "The Tall T" and no one connected to the film knew the reason for the change or what the new title was referring to. "The Tall T", the second of seven movies Randolph Scott and director Budd Boetticher worked with together between 1956 and 1960, all of them were westerns.

Answer: The War Lord

This film did not glamorize life during this period of time the way earlier Hollywood efforts did, it was dirty, violent and portrayed the feudal system in a more historically accurate sense. In his autobiography, Heston wrote that during filming, a young film school student hung around the set a lot, his name was Steven Spielberg.

Answer: The Big Country

Heston initially turned down the role of Leech because he didn't think it was a big enough part. His agent convinced him to accept the role because of the opportunity to work with Peck and director Wyler. Peck and Wyler had numerous arguments during filming and at one point Wyler told the press, "I wouldn't direct Peck again for a million dollars and you can quote me on that".

Answer: How the West Was Won

There were more than 12,000 extras that worked on this movie. It was one of the few films that was never cropped to 1.33:1 for television. Since it was filmed in Cinerama, if it had been cropped 65% of the picture would have been lost.

Answer: The Cheyenne Social Club

The two stars were best of friends but they were at opposite ends of the spectrum when it came to politics. Fonda a liberal Democrat and Stewart a conservative Republican. This was the last time that the two would appear together on screen. This film was also Stewart's last western.