Q 01/05
A) Carol Reed
B) Alfred Hitchcock
C) Billy Wilder
D) Otto Preminger
Answer · why
He planned it as a light-hearted change of pace after Vertigo.
Q 02/05
A) Gregory Peck
B) Rock Hudson
C) Cary Grant
D) James Stewart
Answer · why
Lehman made the hero a Madison Avenue ad man, a job he had once held himself.
Q 03/05
A) Grace Kelly
B) Kim Novak
C) Cyd Charisse
D) Eva Marie Saint
Answer · why
MGM wanted Cyd Charisse; Hitchcock held out for Saint.
Q 04/05
A) George Sanders
B) James Mason
C) Claude Rains
D) Laurence Olivier
Answer · why
Vandamm is first met impersonating UN diplomat Lester Townsend.
Q 05/05
A) Robert Ellenstein
B) Edward Platt
C) Martin Landau
D) Adam Williams
Answer · why
Hitchcock spotted him on stage in Middle of the Night and told him, "You're now Leonard."
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