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Revisionist Westerns - 1960s

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Revisionist Westerns 1960s game quiz
"Revisionist Westerns are a subgenre of Westerns where traditional heroes and villains give way to a world where morality is blurred and shades of gray dominate. This quiz will focus on movies from this subgenre made in the 1960s. Warning: Spoilers!"

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1. In 1973, Yul Brynner played a robot gunfighter in the futuristic movie "Westworld". This robot is based on a character from a movie Brynner made in 1960 that features an ensemble cast and is a remake of a 1954 Akira Kurosawa classic. Which Revisionist Western is this?
    Hang 'Em High
    The Professionals
    The Wild Bunch
    The Magnificent Seven


2. "Sergeant Rutledge" is a movie about a black sergeant (Woody Strode) who is accused of rape and murder and is defended by his white troop leader (Jeffrey Hunter). Which director, known more for Traditional Westerns including the classic "The Searchers", directs this movie?
    Sam Peckinpah
    John Ford
    Don Siegel
    Robert Aldrich


3. Marlon Brando only directed one movie in his career, a Revisionist Western. What is the name of the movie that sounds more like something you might find in a poker game than as a movie title?
    Deuces Are Wild
    The Queen of Hearts
    One-Eyed Jacks
    The Suicide King


4. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" features John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, and Lee Van Cleef. Of these four men, which one's character actually shot Liberty Valance?
    Lee Marvin
    John Wayne
    James Stewart
    Lee Van Cleef


5. Lee Marvin and Robert Ryan appeared in four movies together. Of these four movies, which one was considered a Revisionist Western? (It tells the story of four mercenaries sent to Mexico to rescue an American's kidnapped wife around the turn of the century [1900s].)
    The Dirty Dozen
    The Iceman Cometh
    The Professionals
    Bad Day at Black Rock


6. This next movie is the first movie to have Sam Peckinpah as director in which he controlled the script and is the last movie role of Randolph Scott. Which movie is this that tells the story of two aging former lawmen who must guard a shipment of gold as it travels out of the mountains into town?
    3:10 to Yuma
    Ride the High Country
    Ride in the Whirlwind
    High Plains Drifter


7. "Hombre" is a Revisionist Western starring Paul Newman that is based on a novel of the same name by which author, who started out writing Westerns but went on to great fame as a crime and suspense novelist with such books as "Get Shorty" and "Jackie Browne"?
    Louis L'Amour
    Elmore Leonard
    Dashiell Hammett
    Raymond Chandler


8. Jed Cooper is lynched for a crime he did not commit but survives the ordeal. Afterwards, he becomes a US Marshal and seeks revenge on those who lynched him. Which Clint Eastwood movie does this describe?
    Unforgiven
    High Plains Drifter
    Hang 'Em High
    Pale Rider


9. What name do a Sam Peckinpah movie and Butch Cassidy's gang share?
    The Misfits
    Lincoln County Regulators
    The Cowboys
    The Wild Bunch


10. "Rain Drops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a Number One song by B.J. Thomas and is from which Revisionist Western's soundtrack?
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
    Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson


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Compiled Jun 28 12