Round 8: Tossup 10

In a film titled for this action, the upbeat Greek mechanic Rick uses the catchphrase “va-va-voom!” The bald protagonist beats up a man who pulls off her wig in the opening of a film titled for this action about Kelly, a nurse who struggles to hide her past as a sex worker. A film titled for this action depicts its antagonist only with shots of his shoes until its final scene, (15[1])in which he references Cerberus and Pandora. The credits roll from top to bottom after the opening shot of a film titled for this action, which depicts a woman named after Christina Rossetti sprinting barefoot on a (*) highway after escaping an asylum. A 1964 (-5[1])Samuel Fuller film is titled for a “naked” sort of this action. Shots in the apartment scene in Pulp Fiction and the climax of Raiders of the Lost Ark were inspired by the sci-fi twist that ends a film titled for this action starring Ralph Meeker as private eye Mike Hammer. For 10 points, the title of a 1946 Robert Aldrich noir describes what romantic action as “deadly?” ■END■ (10[2])

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