Q 01/05

In what year was the film Rosemary's Baby released?

A) 1968

B) 1970

C) 1973

D) 1976

Answer · why

A) 1968

It opened on June 12 and finished second only to The Lion in Winter in Film Daily's year-end critics' poll.

Q 02/05

Who wrote and directed the 1968 film?

A) William Castle

B) Alfred Hitchcock

C) Roman Polanski

D) John Cassavetes

Answer · why

C) Roman Polanski

It was his American debut. He read the galleys in one night and finished a 272-page screenplay in about three weeks, lifting much of the dialogue stra...

Q 03/05

Which author wrote the 1967 novel the film is based on?

A) William Peter Blatty

B) Stephen King

C) Shirley Jackson

D) Ira Levin

Answer · why

D) Ira Levin

It was only his second book, after A Kiss Before Dying; he later wrote The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil and the play Deathtrap.

Q 04/05

Who plays Rosemary Woodhouse in the 1968 film?

A) Patty Duke

B) Mia Farrow

C) Tuesday Weld

D) Sharon Tate

Answer · why

B) Mia Farrow

Her only prior feature credits were a supporting part in Guns at Batasi and the unreleased A Dandy in Aspic; her fame came from a TV soap and a headli...

Q 05/05

Who plays Rosemary's actor husband, Guy Woodhouse?

A) Robert Redford

B) John Cassavetes

C) Charles Grodin

D) Jack Nicholson

Answer · why

B) John Cassavetes

He was himself an acclaimed independent director; Polanski suggested him after they met in London.