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In the category Original Names for 600 points...


He was born Issur Danielovitch Demsky. Who is he?

I knew this at one time but couldn't remember so I looked it up...how could I have forgotten this?!?

Right. Wish me look. Taking a punt...

Kirk Douglas!



If I'm right, lets open a proper category! Film Noir, for... 600.

Jon is correct for 600 points

In the category Film Noir for 600 points...


In Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, Lee Marvin plays Vic Stone, a two-bit thug who works for crime boss Mike Lagana (Alexander Scourby). When the cops finger Vic for the murder of Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion's (Glenn Ford) wife (Jocelyn Brando), he thinks his 'skirt' Debby (Gloria Grahame) sold him down the river. When Vic confronts Debby, they argue and the altercation turns violent. Vic does something to alter Debby's beautiful looks. What does he do?

"lets open a proper category", he says.

Maybe I should have bumped The Big Heat a bit further up the old wishlist, eh?

Quote from: Jon on March 15, 2010, 10:34:42 PM
"lets open a proper category", he says.

But you are so right Sir, it is a proper category. Film Noir is my favorite genre! 

It's possibly mine too, which is why this is such an annoying question!

Perhaps you jinxed yourself. 

I remember the scene, but I last saw it years ago. It was boiling liquid, coffee I think. If that is correct, we will continue in this category for 200.

Halo2 is correct for 600 points

In the category Film Noir for 200 points...


In the film The Killing, Stewart Hayden and a group of crooks pull off a daytime heist. What kind of business do they rob?

You keep hitting ones I've watched. They robbed a race track. Film Noir for 400.

Halo2 is correct for 200 points

In the category Film Noir for 400 points...


In The Maltese Falcon, when Mary Astor is taken away by the police, Det. Tom Polhaus (Ward Bond) turns to Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart, who is holding the black falcon, and asks him what the statue is. Spade looks up, and in a melancholy fashion states that the statue is something specific. What does Spade call the statue?