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Apr-22-2013 09:11

Would you guys be interested in something along the same line? And perhaps a bit more Sleuthy :).

The object of the game is to find a film Noir character, who doesn't necessarily need to be a leading character, but not a third footman either, if he doesn't happen to be the murderer :). We need to guess the character's name and the movie he or she appears in. Googling is permitted, and I am the first to admit that I don't remember the names of characters in movies I saw years ago. In any case, it won't help if we don't know what we are looking for. The films should be "real" Noir movies, filmed not earlier than 1940 and not later than 1960.

I'll start:

I am a woman :).

May-26-2013 01:24

Thanks :).

Here's a new Noir puzzle: She is the female lead.

May-27-2013 21:06

Well, we can start with some easy questions.
1. Pre 1940, 1940-1945, 1946-1950, later?
2. Murderess, femme fatale, client, or innocent caught in the action?
3. Detective/Police drama or other?
4. American actress?

May-29-2013 04:28

Hmmm... an innocent caught in the action? Not particularly innocent, but we could say that she'd been caught in the action by chance, and she isn't a murderess either.


True:

1. Filmed in 1946
2. Femme fatale
3. Caught in the action by chance (more or less)
4. American actress


False:

1. Murderess
2. Client
3. Detective/police drama

May-29-2013 04:29

Oops, wrong detective again :)

Jun-12-2013 00:09

Was this an award-winner, either for the movie or the actress?? How bout the setting of the film?? New York?? Chicago?? Someplace else?? Was this actress starring next to a famous actor as her co-star??

Breit

Jun-14-2013 02:26

As far as I know, neither the film nor the actress won an award, and her co-star became a major actor as the result of his performance in this movie.


True:

1. Filmed in 1946
2. Femme fatale
3. Caught in the action by chance (more or less)
4. American actress
5. Co-star was a famous actor
6. Set "someplace else"


False:

1. Murderess
2. Client
3. Detective/police drama
4. An award winner
5. Set in New York
6. Set in Chicago

Jun-14-2013 04:59

Was it set in the desert? Arizona?
Was it directed by Orson Welles or Alfred Hitchcock?

Jun-14-2013 05:04

Don't worry, not what I was thinking of :)

Was it set in L.A?
Is it based on a book or comic?
Are there any famous noir images from the movie?( eg the man smoking under a streetlamp or a woman silohetted in a door or people on a misty street with a car)
Was more than one person murdered?
Does the character get hurt?
Does the character sleep with the murderer (or implied, did they show those things back then)?
Does the character sleep with the detective?
Is the character rich (a socialite)?
Or poor? Maybe working when caught in the action? (At a DINER I mean!!)

Jun-14-2013 23:27

Lol let's see how I can cope with the barrage.

Yes, it's based on a book, although not a famous one, and there is a famous image from the movie, but it's none of the mentioned. Does she sleep with the murderer? I suppose so, she's married to him :).

True:

Based on a book
Famous noir image
The character gets hurt, but not physically
Married to the murderer
She is married to a rich man, so probably rich
She may have been poor before that

False:

Set in the desert
Set in Arizona
Set in LA
Directed by Orson Welles or Alfred Hitchcock
More than one person murdered
The character doesn't sleep with the detective (who, by the way, is not the male star)

Hints: murder is not the central theme, and the male star is not a detective.

Jun-14-2013 23:34

True:

1. Filmed in 1946
2. Femme fatale
3. Caught in the action by chance (more or less)
4. American actress
5. Co-star was a famous actor
6. Set "someplace else"
7. Based on a book
8. Famous noir image
9. The character gets hurt, but not physically
10. Married to the murderer
11. She is married to a rich man, so probably rich
12. She may have been poor before that


False:


1. Murderess
2. Client
3. Detective/police drama
4. An award winner
5. Set in New York
6. Set in Chicago
7. Set in the desert
8. Set in Arizona
9. Set in LA
10.Directed by Orson Welles or Alfred Hitchcock
11. More than one person murdered
12. The character doesn't sleep with the detective