Packet 1: Tossup 5

In a running gag in this film, a bank clerk and his awkward neighbor discuss how they would murder each other with increasingly sophisticated methods. A character in this film refuses to have his picture (15[1])taken by two detectives (15[1])who pretend to be surveying average American families. At the end of an icy monologue given in a profile shot at dinner, a character in this film responds to the interjection, (*) “they’re human beings!” by turning to the camera and asking “are they?” This film’s protagonist survives a murder attempt on a train after realizing that a dead woman’s name is inscribed on a ring given to her by her beloved uncle and namesake, Charlie. For 10 points, Theresa (10[1])Wright and Joseph Cotten star in what Hitchcock film about the Merry Widow Killer? ■END■

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