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Gangster Movie Trivia Questions
1. In which 1968 movie, directed by Peter Yates, is Steve McQueen involved in a classic car chase through San Francisco?
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Bullitt.
2. Who played Eliot Ness in the 1987 movie The Untouchables?
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Kevin Costner.
3, Who was the English director of the 2007 crime movie American Gangster?
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Ridley Scott.
4. What was the name of the character played by Marlon Brando in The Godfather?
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Vito Corleone.
5. Who starred as Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde?
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Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
6. The Two Jakes, released in 1990, was the less successful sequel to which 1974 Roman Polanski film?
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Chinatown.
7. Who starred as Arizona deputy sheriff Walt Coogan in the 1968 crime thriller Coogan’s Bluff?
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Clint Eastwood.
8. Which actress starred alongside Lee Marvin in the 1967 movie Point Blank?
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Angie Dickinson.
9. Who played aging gangster Lefty Ruggiero in the 1997 crime drama Donnie Brasco?
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Al Pacino.
10. Which screen goddess made an early big screen appearance as Angela Phinlay in the 1950 movie The Asphalt Jungle?
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Marilyn Monroe.
11. In Reservoir Dogs, what song is playing while kidnapped cop Marvin Nash is tortured?
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“Stuck in the Middle with You” by Stealers Wheel.
12. Which 1938 gangster movie, starring James Cagney, tells the story of the relationship between notorious gangster William “Rocky” Sullivan and his childhood friend who became a priest, Father Jerry Connolly?
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Angels with Dirty Faces.
13. Who starred as Roy “Mad Dog” Earle in the 1941 film noir High Sierra?
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Humphrey Bogart.
14. Which 1990 crime film chronicles the mobster life of Henry Hill from 1955 to 1980?
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Goodfellas.
15. Which 2019 crime drama is based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt?
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The Irishman.
16. Which 2002 period crime drama, starring Tom Hanks, featured the final movie appearance by Paul Newman?
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Road to Perdition.
17. Who starred as drug lord Tony Montana in the 1983 remake of the movie Scarface?
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Al Pacino.
18. Which 1973 movie was inspired by the real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff?
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The Sting.
19. In which 1991 biographical gangster movie did Annette Bening star as crime figure Virgina Hill?
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Bugsy.
20. In which 2004 British crime movie is the character played by Daniel Craig unnamed in the film and listed in the credits as “XXXX”?
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Layer Cake.
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