Packet 10: Tossup 7

After this film’s protagonist is told by his ex-co-workers that they’re “all in the same boat,” he replies, “I’m in the boat. You’re in the water. Now let’s see how you can swim — buddies. ” In this film, a sheriff laughs upon discovering that chewing gum is the only food a captive rattlesnake will eat. This film’s protagonist is stabbed while he strangles a woman with her dying husband’s anniversary present, a fur scarf. This film’s protagonist lights his cigarette using a typewriter’s carriage return in an office containing a sign reading (*) “tell the truth.” Events (10[1])in Kentucky surrounding Floyd Collins inspired this 1951 film, (10[1])in which (10[1])smarmy New (-5[1])Yorker Chuck Tatum, bored of life in Albuquerque, orchestrates a furor around a man (10[1])in an Anasazi cliff dwelling. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Billy Wilder film in which Kirk Douglas plays a reporter (10[1])who finds a man stuck in a cave. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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