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1. A common storyline has valiant cowboys outnumbered by menacing Indians. In "They Died With Their Boots On", the massacre at Little Big Horn is dramatized. Who played the doomed Custer?
2. Another western example is in the classic story of outnumbered Americans confronting Mexican forces in "The Alamo". John Wayne was the star; what role did he play?
3. In "Spartacus", the outnumbering forces were the great armies of the Roman Empire. Kirk Douglas starred - along with Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton and Peter Ustinov. Who played the up-and-coming Julius Caesar?
4. Switching from early Rome to early Greece, who was the star of "The 300 Spartans"?
5. Sometimes it's just the "good guys" against the "bad guys". In "High Noon", Gary Cooper is all alone against several gunmen who are out to kill him. Grace Kelly played Cooper's wife; who played Cooper's old girl friend?
6. Sometimes the bad guys are Nazis. In "The Diary of Anne Frank", Anne (and her family) are surrounded by enemies. Who played Anne?
7. Another western example has John Wayne sealed up in his jail while trying to resist the superior number of men who are working for his prisoner's brother. Who was NOT among the men who fought it out with the bad guys to the end in "Rio Bravo"?
8. In "Bad Day at Black Rock", Spencer Tracy is outnumbered by a bunch of tough guys in an uncaring town. To make matters worse, Tracy has a physical limitation. What is it?
9. One may also be outnumbered as a military prisoner. In "The Great Escape", which prisoners are re-captured and returned to the camp alive?
10. Sometimes one may be outnumbered by the good guys who are (wrongfully) looking for you. Who starred in "I am a Fugitive From A Chain Gang"?
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