Round 4: Tossup 11

A killer introduced doing this activity forces a man to shoot a can out of his friend’s hand in the Mexican desert. While doing this activity, (15[1])a character is told that the scratches on a man’s hand come from “a dame with claws.” A person who does this activity titles a cult noir directed by Ida Lupino. An almost naked (15[1])person doing this activity meets Mike Hammer at the beginning of Kiss Me Deadly. An out-of-luck pianist doing this activity assumes the identity of a dead gambler in (*) Detour. In a TV adaptation of a Lucille Fletcher radio play, (10[1])a person doing activity mysteriously keeps appearing while Nan Adams drives across the country. For 10 points, a Twilight Zone episode personifies death as a person doing what activity on the side of the road? ■END■

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