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"In Harm's Way "- Part 1

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Introduction:
"With over 30 well-known and not-so-well-know cast members, this 1965 Otto Preminger film begins on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The questions will deal with the members of the all-star cast."


1. The movie begins at a Navy Officer's Club dance on the evening of December 6, 1941. A beautiful, but highly intoxicated woman is dancing with an Air Corps pilot. What is her character's name?
    Patty
    Babs
    Liz
    Peggy


2. Lieutenant Mac McConnell is dancing with his wife at the Officer's Club. She reminds him that he has duty at 6 a.m. What duty does Mac have the following morning?
    Guard duty
    Ship's Captain
    Flight training
    Target practice


3. Navy Captain Rockwell Torrey, played by John Wayne, is shaving when a Marine appears at the entry to his ship's cabin. What does Torrey order for breakfast?
    Bacon and eggs
    Pancakes
    Waffles
    Orange juice and coffee


4. Captain Torrey finds his executive officer sleeping on a sofa, fully dressed with an empty liquor bottle nearby. Who plays Commander Paul Eddington?
    Robert Mitchum
    Kirk Douglas
    Robert Cummings
    Burt Lancaster


5. As he boards his destroyer, Lt. Mack McConnell is greeted by an improperly dressed crewman. What actor played the sloppy enlisted man?
    Lee Marvin
    Slim Pickens
    Claude Akins
    Chill Wills


6. Liz Eddington and her pilot lover wake up on the beach as the first wave of Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor. Who played the Air Corps officer?
    Richard Widmark
    Clint Eastwood
    William Holden
    Hugh O'Brien


7. On the morning of December 7, 1941, a crew member aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Cassidy advised Lt. Mac McConnell that their radio was picking up what sounded like plane-to-plane chatter in Japanese. What actor played this crew member?
    Bob Newhart
    Tom Smothers
    Dick Smothers
    Larry Hagman


8. What Navy admiral did actor Franchot Tone portray?
    Spruance
    Nimitz
    Kimmel
    Halsey


9. Veteran actor Dana Andrews played Admiral Broderick, whose military abilities were questionable at best. What was his recommendation following the Japanese attack?
    Prepare to repel an invasion
    Counter-attack
    Surrender to Japanese forces
    Retreat to San Francisco


10. Commander Burke, a member of Captain Torrey's crew, questioned his orders to break radio silence after their ship was hit by a torpedo. Torrey replied,"Burke, don't you think the Japanese know by now where we are?" What future television star played Commander Burke?
    Gene Barry
    Dick Van Dyke
    William Shatner
    Carroll O'Connor


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