FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Montgomery Clift Movies Trivia Quiz

Good actor.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,628

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
634

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In 'From Here to Eternity', Clift's character was named after a famous ... Hint

President

Poet

Scientist

General

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. 'A Place in the Sun' was based on a novel by what author? Hint

William Faulkner

Henry James

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Theodore Dreiser

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. Clift was fine in 'Red River' with John Wayne. Who played Clift's romantic interest? Hint

Joanne Dru

Julie Adams

Ruta Lee

Polly Bergen

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. Clift played a priest in 'I Confess'. Who was the director? Hint

Fred Zinneman

Mervyn Leroy

Alfred Hitchcock

Howard Hawks

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. Clift had a small role in 'Judgment at Nuremberg'. He played a ... ? Hint

Reporter

Victim of the Nazis

Member of the Tribunal

German Defendant

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. Who was one of Clift's co-stars in 'The Misfits'? Hint

Richard Widmark

William Holden

Spencer Tracy

Clark Gable

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. Who played Clift's wife in 'The Young Lions'? Hint

Hope Lange

Shirley Jones

Vera Miles

Anne Baxter

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these movies starred Clift? Hint

'Raintree County'

'Madigan'

'On The Beach'

'Home From The Hill'

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. Clift starred in 'Miss Lonelyhearts'. Who wrote the novel? Hint

Irwin Shaw

Nathaniel West

James Jones

Arthur Miller

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. In a rarely shown movie, Clift starred as ...? Hint

Rembrandt

Sigmund Freud

Louis Pasteur

Robert Browning

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 'From Here to Eternity', Clift's character was named after a famous ...

Answer: General

Robert E. Lee Pruitt. Great movie.

2. 'A Place in the Sun' was based on a novel by what author?

Answer: Theodore Dreiser

'An American Tragedy'. Another great movie.

3. Clift was fine in 'Red River' with John Wayne. Who played Clift's romantic interest?

Answer: Joanne Dru

Top western.

4. Clift played a priest in 'I Confess'. Who was the director?

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock

Not the best for Hitch or for Clift.

5. Clift had a small role in 'Judgment at Nuremberg'. He played a ... ?

Answer: Victim of the Nazis

Late in his career.

6. Who was one of Clift's co-stars in 'The Misfits'?

Answer: Clark Gable

Also late in the career - for Clift, Gable and Marilyn Monroe.

7. Who played Clift's wife in 'The Young Lions'?

Answer: Hope Lange

With Brando.

8. Which of these movies starred Clift?

Answer: 'Raintree County'

Overblown stuff, with Liz Taylor. The others were Peck ('Beach'), Widmark ('Madigan') and Mitchum ('Hill').

9. Clift starred in 'Miss Lonelyhearts'. Who wrote the novel?

Answer: Nathaniel West

Miller did 'Misfits'. Shaw did 'Young Lions'. Jones did 'From Here to Eternity'.

10. In a rarely shown movie, Clift starred as ...?

Answer: Sigmund Freud

Hard to find this one.

Source: Author robert362

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor rj211 before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.