BFI Membership Film Noir Quiz

Test your knowledge of film noir to win.

26 July 2024

To mark the end of our run of film noir screenings at Stephen Street, we wanted to test your knowledge about all things noir.

You can complete the quiz just for fun, but for the chance to win a Blu-ray of Out of the Past, please enter before Tuesday 30 July 8:30pm.

The winner will be notified by email by Friday 2 August.

When you finish, scroll down to view your score and enter our prize draw by following the link. Then fill in the short form and click submit. Good luck!

Which film is widely considered to be the first film noir?
- The Maltese Falcon
- Suspicion
- Stranger on the Third Floor
- They Drive by Night
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

What 1948 film noir is Bonnie and Clyde (1967) a remake of?
- Detour
- I Love Trouble
- Behind Locked Doors
- They Live by Night
Pickup on South Street (1953)

Which Pickup on South Street (1953) cast member received an Academy Award nomination for their role?
- Murvyn Vye
- Jean Peters
- Richard Widmark
- Thelma Ritter
The Dark Corner (1946)

What occupation does Lucille Ball’s character have in The Dark Corner (1946)?
- Secretary
- Journalist
- Detective
- Nightclub singer
Hollow Triumph (1948)

Where did Paul Henreid’s crook John Muller go wrong, when he assumes the identity of look-a-like Dr Bartok in Hollow Triumph (1948)?
- He spoke with the wrong accent.
- He carved a scar on the wrong side of his face.
- He didn’t recognise his secretary.
- He cut off the wrong finger.
Michèle Morgan with Jean Gabin in Le Quai des brumes (1938)

Le Quai des brumes (1938) is considered a classic example of a pre-noir drama. Which port city is it set in?
- Granville
- Le Havre
- Marseilles
- Calais
All about Eve (1950)

In the same year in which Marilyn Monroe had a brief appearance in All About Eve, she also had an early breakthrough role in which film noir?
- A Lady without Passport
- The Asphalt Jungle
- Born to Be Bad
- Shadow on the Wall
This Gun for Hire (1942)

Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake acted in several film noir movies together. Which of the following did they not appear in?
- Leave Her to Heaven
- The Glass Key
- This Gun for Hire
- The Blue Dahlia
The Big Combo (1955)

In The Big Combo (1955) what unusual weapon was used by Richard Conte’s Mr Brown to bludgeon Cornel Wilde’s Police Lt Diamond.
- Fire poker
- Hearing-aid
- Kettle
- Spade
The Big Sleep (1946)

Humphrey Bogart played perhaps one of the most famous incarnations of Raymond Chandler’s private eye Philip Marlowe – in 1946’s The Big Sleep – but which of these actors below has not played the celebrated detective?
- Dick Powell
- Robert Mitchum
- James Cagney
- Robert Montgomery