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This film’s absurdly high cigarette count includes a scene in which an actor refuses a smoke because he absentmindedly began the take with one already in hand. When told “I don’t want to die,” a man in this film replies “Neither do I baby, but if I have to, I’m going to die last.” This film’s leads share a last romantic night in a rain-soaked bungalow in Acapulco. In this film, a (*) deaf-mute teen pulls a hitman off a cliff with a fishing rod. Like the 1946 version of The Killers, this film begins with its protagonist pumping gas under a fake name. (10[1])Kirk Douglas made an early heel turn in this film as the gangster Whit Sterling, who hires a PI (10[1])to track down a femme fatale played by Jane Greer. For 10 points, Jacques Tourneur directed what Robert Mitchum (10[1])film noir? ■END■

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