Question 1

We saw this actor make his film debut the 1946 drama "The Killers". He was the handsome boxer "Swede", who fell for the stunning Ava Gardner like a ton of bricks. Then came "Brute Force" (1947), and my personal favorite title "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" (1948). If you need one more small hint, he plotted to murder bedridden Barbara Stanwyck in the 1948 thriller "Sorry, Wrong Number". Who was he?

Accepted Answer

Burt Lancaster

Question 2

It was indeed "The Lost Weekend", and troubled writer Don Birnam was fighting a losing battle with the bottle. The Welsh-born star of this classic 1945 film won the Best Actor Oscar for it, and he gave what has to be the shortest acceptance speech ever for that honor. You may also remember him from Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" (1954), plotting to get rid of his unfaithful wife, played by Grace Kelly. Who was this versatile actor?

Accepted Answer

Ray Milland

Question 3

This actor did not often play the romantic leading man in '40's crime drama. A psychotic criminal or tough cop role suited him perfectly. He made his film debut in the 1947 classic "Kiss of Death", playing Tommy Udo, a villain who pushed a wheelchair-bound woman down a flight of stairs. He was one of the big names in film noir, also starring in "Road House" (1948) and "Pickup on South Street" (1953). Who was he?

Accepted Answer

Richard Widmark

Question 4

This actor was a teen-age escapee from a Georgia chain gang, who came to find work in the movies. He was the perfect tough guy, who became a star when he appeared in the classic "Out of the Past" in 1947. And let us never forget "Night of the Hunter" (1955). Who was he, the handsome smoothie with those famous sleepy eyes?

Accepted Answer

Robert Mitchum

Question 5

He was the decent one, the honest cop, the invaluable supporting character. He was "D.O.A." in 1950, a classic in which a dying man frantically tries to find out who has poisoned him before his own death. He was the the savvy insurance investigator in "The Killers" in 1946, and the undercover agent in the explosive "White Heat" (1949). Who was this Oscar-winning actor?

Accepted Answer

Edmund O'Brien

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