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A 1960 episode of The Play of the Week by this director returned Jason Robards in his breakthrough stage role. This director described how critics of one of his “filmed plays” missed its progression of harsh light, wide lenses, and floor level shots in his book Making Movies. In a film by this director, (15[1])a doodling ad man floats ideas (15[1])with idioms like “let’s throw it down the steps and see if the cat licks it up.” Katharine Hepburn played Mary in this director’s classic film version of (*) Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Two identical (10[1])switchblades are stabbed into the table in a film by this director in which everyone in the room turns away one by one from a garage owner’s racist rant. For 10 points, name prolific theater adapter who depicted a sweltering jury room in 12 Angry Men. ■END■

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