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The last line delivered by the stoic protagonist of a film titled for this action is “lotta crooks around these days.” The antagonist of that film titled for this action, a cop who recommends his colleagues read sports coverage to improve their policing, is played by Bruce Dern. Claude Lelouch was arrested for filming himself performing this action in the 1976 short film C’était (15[1])un rendez-vous. In the early 2000s, eight filmmakers like Tony Scott and John Woo directed a series of Internet (*) ads called The Hire starring Clive Owen as a character named (10[1])for this action. Nameless (10[1])characters like “The Detective” and “The Player” form the cast of a 1978 Walter Hill thriller titled for this action. That movie starring Ryan O’Neal inspired the aesthetics of a film titled for this action whose soundtrack features the synthpop songs “Nightcall” and “A Real Hero.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this action that titles a 2011 Nicolas Winding Refn film about a stuntman played by Ryan Gosling. ■END■

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