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In this film, a housekeeper tells a guest that the owners keep their liquor locked up, to which he responds “that’s alright, I always carry my own keys.” Two characters in this film plot a crime at a supermarket, but are interrupted by a woman (15[1])who complains that “they always put the one (15[1])I want on the top shelf.” After a woman in this film shoots a man, she tells him she loves him because she couldn’t shoot him a (*) second time. In the frame story (10[1])of this film, the protagonist, wounded by a gunshot, enters his office and records a confession addressed to his supervisor (10[1])Barton Keyes. The central scheme of this film involves two characters staging Mr. Dietrichson’s death to appear as though it occurred on a train. For 10 points, a salesman played by Fred MacMurray and a housewife played by Barbara Stanwyck attempt to take advantage of the title insurance clause in what 1944 noir directed by Billy Wilder? ■END■

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