Complete Clue List
Across
1. The 40s and 50s were the classic ____ for Film Noir
5. Major Heinrich Strasser character type in "Casablanca" (1942)
9. Clichéd manner of speaking of a femme fatale
10. Swashbuckling Mr Flynn
11. Marketing ploy for no-sugar soft drinks (2-3)
12. "Little Buddha" (1993) filming location in Nepal
13. 1989 film starring Peter Falk and Dianne Weiss OR Dagwood and Blondie's daughter
15. 1936 comedy drama starring William Gargan, Claire Dodd and Douglas Fowley: "____ of the Sky"
18. Nationality of actors Rachel McAdams, Neve Campbell, John Candy
20. Academy Awards informally
24. Label attached to Will Dormer (Al Pacino) in 2002 Christopher Nolan movie
25. Northern French city is the setting for the hilarious "Welcome to the Sticks" (2008)
26. Eponymous movie title from a novel about a Swiss orphan girl written by Johanna Spyri (1880)
27. 1987 American movie about Vietnam war starring Dylan McDermott, and Don Cheadle: " ____ Hill"
28. Stock character for film noir is men who have ____
29. A movie with no musical soundtrack (2,5) eg "Rope" (1948) and "M" (1931)
Down
1. "Angel on My Shoulder" (1946) and "The Exorcist (1973) have this type of character
2. Dutch island country off the northern coast of Venezuela
3. 1944 Billy Wilder thriller starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck (6,9)
4. A Film Noir Private Detective does not smile; he ____
5. Last drink of the night (often with dire consequences in Film Noir)
6. 1944 Musical starring Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien (4,2,2,2,5)
7. "The ____Love of Martha Ivers" (1946) American film noir drama starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin
8. Birthplace of Kevin Kline, John Goodman and Jon Hamm (2,5)
14. 1959 American courtroom drama crime film directed by Otto Preminger: "Anatomy ____ Murder" (2,1)
16. Initially an actor then a US president
17. Hungry
18. Overused phrases abound in Film Noir
19. More unpleasant or spiteful
21. 2005 Danish movie starring Helena Christensen OR to play fast and lively as a musical term
22. Ms Hewson (b.1950), English actress "Emmerdale" but not Ms Stringfield, American actress "ER"
23. Maverick's (Tom Cruise) nemesis in "Top Gun" played by Val Kilmer