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1. Michael Caine's first starring role was in 1964, when he played a young British officer in a film which depicted the 1879 battle of Rorke's Drift, in which 150 British soldiers were attacked by 4,000 Zulu warriors. What was this film?
2. In 1965, Michael Caine played a spy named Harry Palmer, in a film adapted from the first published novel by Len Deighton. Name this film.
3. In 1966, Michael Caine played the title role in a film which told the story of an unscrupulous young womanizer who finally gets his comeuppance and comes to realize the consequences of his behavior. Name this film.
4. Also released in 1966 was a comedy in which Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine played two criminals who plan to steal a priceless antique statuette from the world's richest man. What was this film?
5. In 1967 Michael Caine made his American film debut, playing an unscrupulous, racist Southern land owner who is scheming to illegally gain possession of two plots of land belonging to his cousin and a young black sharecropper. The film was savaged by the critics, and was a well deserved failure at the box office. What was the name of this film, a definite low point in Michael Caine's career?
6. A heist film released in 1969 starred Michael Caine as the leader of a gang who plan and execute the robbery of $4,000,000 worth of gold bullion. It's best known for its car chase around the city of Turin in three Mini Coopers, and for its ending which is literally a cliff hanger. What is this cult favourite?
7. In 1971, Michael Caine played a London gangster who returns to Newcastle, where he was born, to investigate his brother's murder, and to take revenge on those responsible. Name this film, which has also achieved cult status.
8. In this 1972 film, Lawrence Olivier played Andrew Wyke, who invites his wife's lover, Milo Tindle (played by Michael Caine), to his home to propose a scheme involving a bogus burglary in order to set up an insurance fraud. The story is a battle of wits between the two, with first one and then the other gaining the upper hand. What was the title of this excellent film?
9. Adapted from a short story by Rudyard Kipling, this 1975 film starred Michael Caine and Sean Connery as two British soldiers in India, who resign from the Army and travel to Kaffiristan in order to set themselves up as kings. Which Academy Award winning director wrote the screenplay and directed this excellent adventure?
10. In this 1983 film, Michael Caine was cast as a professor of English Literature with the Open University. He works with a young, unhappily married, working class woman who is taking his course in order to better herself. The film focuses on their relationship, and how it changes both of their lives. Name this film, which made a star of Julie Walters.
11. Michael Caine received his first Academy Award for his role in this 1986 film, written and directed by Woody Allen. The film covers two years in the lives of a family of New Yorkers, and their relationships with one another. Michael Caine's character is married to Mia Farrow, while having an adulterous affair with her sister, played by Barbara Hershey. What is the name of this film?
12. In this 1986 film, Michael Caine played a supporting role as a gangster who hires an ex con, played by Bob Hoskins, to be a driver for a prostitute when she is visiting her clients. Name this film, generally considered to be one of the finest British films of its decade.
13. In 1988, Michael Caine starred in a comedy which was a very different take on the "Sherlock Holmes" stories, in that the real crime solving genius was Doctor Watson, and Holmes was a drunken, inept, out of work actor hired by Watson to play the part. Can you name this film?
14. Michael Caine played a sleazy theatrical agent in this 1998 film, in which a shy young woman with an uncanny gift for impersonating famous people is pushed unwillingly into show business by her overbearing mother. What was the name of this film?
15. Michael Caine received his second Academy Award for his role in this 1999 film, in which he played Dr. Wilber Larch, the director of an orphanage in Maine, who also performs illegal abortions. Doctor Larch has trained Homer Wells, one of the orphans in his care, in obstetrics, and although Homer has never attended school, Dr. Larch forges his qualifications so that he will be able to practice as a doctor. What was the name of this film?
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