Round 3: Tossup 12

The director of this film stated that its naturalistic cinematography arose out of his viewing of Costa-Gavras’ Z and that it reflected his own origins in documentary. In this film, a man in a gray plaid jacket and a man dressed as Santa sprint down various streets after a third man, apprehend him in a ditch, and drag him to an empty industrial lot where they continue to beat him. A smuggler in this film portrayed by (*) Fernando Rey brags “I haven’t done an honest day’s work since I climbed off the crane” while walking along the Marseille docks. After a hitman shoots at a cop and misses, he boards an elevated train which the policeman attempts in an iconic chase scene (10[1])from this film. For 10 points, Gene Hackman plays “Popeye” Doyle, an NYPD detective investigating the heroin trade in what thriller directed by William Friedkin? ■END■

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary