Movies from 1973 in Other Words Quiz

Answer: The Sting

"The Sting" is a comedy drama starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It is the story of two con men who decide to con a rich mobster out of $500,000 because he had one of their friends killed.

Answer: American Graffiti

"American Graffiti" tells the story of a group of students in the early 1960s who are graduating from high school and their "last hoorah" before starting out in adult life. Harrison Ford has a small role as hot shot out of town drag racer Bob Falfa.

Answer: Live and Let Die

"Live and Let Die" is a James Bond film starring Roger Moore as Bond. In the movie, James Bond is sent to New York to investigate the deaths of some British secret agents. Bond finds himself the target of drug kingpin Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Kananga has the street name of Mr. Big and sells self-produced heroin and plans to take over the Western Hemisphere by converting everyone into heroin addicts.

Answer: Paper Moon

"Paper Moon" is the story of small time con man Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal) and an orphaned nine year old girl named Addie (Tatum O'Neal). After Addie's mother's death, Moses agrees to take Addie to her relatives in Missouri, but along the way, the two team up and run scams to con people out of money. Tatum O'Neal won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Addie Loggins.

Answer: The Day of the Jackal

"The Day of the Jackal" is a political thriller about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired by the militant French underground organisation (OAS) to kill French president Charles de Gaulle. While preparing to kill de Gaulle, the Jackal has to kill some other high ranking officials along the way. Clues in these killings allow investigators to somewhat track him down.

The Jackal does manage to get a shot off at de Gaulle but misses.

Answer: Enter the Dragon

"Enter the Dragon" is a martial arts film starring Bruce Lee. Lee plays a martial artist hired by the British government to infiltrate a heroin ring. Lee enters a martial arts contest being sponsored by a man named Han, who is the is the heroin gang's leader. At the contest, Lee discovers the entire drug operation and sets out to close it down.

Answer: High Plains Drifter

"High Plains Drifter" is a Western film about a gun slinging drifter with no name (Clint Eastwood) who wanders into the town of Lago. At first, the people of the town would rather he leave, but after he shows his prowess with a gun, the townspeople conclude that he may be able help them to ward off a band of criminals that are terrorizing the town.

Answer: The Exorcist

"The Exorcist" is a horror film about a little girl named Regan (Linda Blair) whose body is taken over by a demon. Her mother, after multiple trips to doctors to find out what is wrong with her daughter, settles on trying a religious ceremony called exorcism to bring her daughter back to normal.

Answer: Walking Tall

"Walking Tall" is a movie about a real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser. When Buford (Joe Don Baker) and his wife move to a small Tennessee town, he finds that the town is full of corruption. When he becomes a victim of that corruption, he runs for sheriff and wins. He then commences to clean up the town and uses a wooden club as his weapon of choice.

Answer: Papillon

"Papillon" is prison film based on the autobiography of the French convict Henri Charrière. It stars Steve McQueen as Henri "Papillon" Charrière and Dustin Hoffman as his friend Louis Dega. Henri is sentenced to life in an island prison for murdering a pimp. For years, Henri tries multiple escape attempts only to get caught and sent right back to prison.

Henri finally manages to escape by floating away on a raft made of bagged coconuts.