Day 9 of Noirvember: The Dark Quiz
For today’s Noirvember post, I thought I’d try something different and, hopefully, a little fun. Here’s a quiz with titles of film noir features, but with one word missing from each. To play, just fill in the missing word. The answers can be found by scrolling past the poster of Laura, at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!
- The Shanghai _______________ (1941)
- _______________ Lady (1944)
- Shield for _______________ (1954)
- Danger _______________ (1945)
- The Breaking _______________ (1950)
- Experiment _______________ (1944)
- _______________ of a Woman (1946)
- _______________ in the Night (1947)
- The _______________ Touch (1948)
- Don’t _______________ to Knock (1952)
- _______________ Hell 36 (1954)
- Where the _______________ Ends (1950)
- _______________ on the Wall (1950)
- The Killer That _______________ New York (1950)
- The _______________ Moment (1949)
- Appointment with _______________ (1951)
- Among the _______________ (1941)
- The _______________ Combo (1955)
- City That _______________ Sleeps (1953)
- Drive a _______________ Road (1954)
- _______________ Half Acre (1954)
- Crime of _______________ (1957)
- _______________ by Contract (1958)
- _______________ Against Tomorrow (1959)
- The _______________ Key (1942)
Answers:
- Gesture
- Phantom
- Murder
- Signal
- Point
- Perilous
- Shadow
- Fear
- Velvet
- Bother
- Private
- Sidewalk
- Shadow
- Stalked
- Reckless
- Danger
- Living
- Big
- Sleeps
- Crooked
- Hell’s
- Passion
- Murder
- Odds
- Glass
How’d you do? Let me know in the comments . . . and join me tomorrow for Day 10 of Noirvember!
shadowsandsatin 
This was fun! I missed #’s 7 and 8. For bonus points mix up the words to make new noirs: Perilous Lady, Among the Crooked, The Breaking Sidewalk…
Film Noir Mad Libs! Love it!!
I forgot the classic “Appointment with Odds”
Haha! Well played!
Ha! I want to see Among the Crooked!
starring Rita Grahame and Van Bogart!
It’s a classic!
I loved the concept of this post, but it exposed some serious deficiencies in my film noir diet. Which picture should I gobble up next:
Shield for Murder
Private Hell 36
Experiment Perilous
Shadow on the Wall
The Reckless Moment
Appointment with Danger
Among the Living
For sure Shield for Murder — it’s my favorite among those you listed. And it’s on YouTube. (At least it used to be — for the second time I went on YouTube today to find that a movie that used to be free is now only available to buy or rent.) And Private Hell 36 is another favorite of mine — Ida Lupino. You simply cannot go wrong.
“..,for the second time I went on YouTube today to find that a movie that used to be free is now only available to buy or rent.”
And this is why I will never stop loving physical media. YouTube has broken my heart too many times, lulling me into a false sense of security only to take away comfort content like old school E! True Hollywood Story videos, Mysteries and Scandals, and classic film star A&E Biographies.
(Both of your recs are happily available… for now! Thank you for weighing in!!)
I second Karen’s recommends plus if you’d like something of the Gaslight ilk then Experiment Perilous, some very cool effects in that too.
I’m planning on checking out Experiment Perilous soon myself! I’m not a huge Hedy fan, but I’m loving this new Gaslight Noir craze . . .
Gaslight Noir!
We need it now more than ever, no?!
Those themes are two great tastes that taste great together
LOL — you’re killing me!
You had me at “Gaslight ilk.”
Thank you for the rec!
So I just watched SHIELD FOR DANGER and y’all didn’t prepare me for a platinum blonde Morticia Addams!
Damn, that was a brass-knuckled picture. The closing line — “Write his story good” — was the perfect epigraph for both the Edmond O’Brien’s character and the film itself.
Thanks so much for the rec. It didn’t disappoint.
I’m so glad you watched it and enjoyed it. It’s been a favorite of mine ever since I first saw it.