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In "Charade", the search for missing money leads to what item?

    Rare Stamp. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn deal with bad guys such as James Coburn and George Kennedy. Walter Matthau has a straight role in this pleasant and suspenseful movie.

In "Northside 777", the search for evidence that will prove a man innocent of a crime leads to what item?
    Newspaper. James Stewart plays a reporter who tries to prove a man (Richard Conte) innocent of a crime for which he has been imprisoned. The date of a certain event becomes important.

What key item is contained in "The Music Box"?
    Old Photographs. Jessica Lange stars in this under-appreciated movie, as a woman attorney whose father is accused of Nazi war crimes. The search ultimately leads to the "music box".

In "Arabesque", Gregory Peck becomes involved in international intrigue when he tries first to understand - and then to hide - what item?
    Ancient Cipher. Peck is a college teacher with expertise in deciphering ancient writings.

In "The Deep", Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte go underwater to try and find what itmes?
    Treasure from a sunken ship. Off the coast of Bermuda there is a sunken Spanish galleon with treasure to be had. This movie was popular in the 70s.

In "King Solomon's Mines", the search is obviously for lost treasure. Who starred in the movie?
    Stewart Granger. Granger and Deborah Kerr go exploring unknown regions in this "okay" movie.

In "Stanley and Livingstone", the former is searching for the latter. Who plays the intrepid reporter, Henry Stanley?
    Spencer Tracy. Tracy goes into "darkest Africa" to find the "missing" Livingstone.

In "The Maltese Falcon", any number of interesting characters are looking for the black bird. According to Sydney Greenstreet (who plays Mr. Gutman), the falcon was intended to be a tribute to the king of what country?
    Spain. The story goes that the Falcon was intended to be a tribute to the King of Spain ... but was lost en route to him. Bogart was never better.

Which of the following movies does NOT involve a man who is looking for his memory (or believes that he is looking for his memory)?
    Out of The Past. Gregory Peck tries to recover his memory with the help of therapist Ingrid Bergman in Hitchcock's "Spellbound". Peck is again trying to recover his memory in "Mirage" with the help of Diane Baker. James Garner stars in "36 Hours" as a soldier in World War II who is deceived (by German Rod Taylor) into believing that he has lost his memory. "Past" is a classic film noir that starred Robert Mitchum as a man who would like to escape his past - but can't.

"Legend of the Lost" also involves a treasure hunt. Sophia Loren is the female lead; who is her unlikely partner as the male lead?
    John Wayne. John Wayne and Sophia Loren end up looking for ancient treasure in the desert. John Wayne and Sophia Loren?


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