In Harm's Way - Quiz
  • 1. For which Academy Award was In Harm's Way nominated in 1965?
A) Best Director
B) Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
C) Best Picture
D) Best Supporting Actress
  • 2. Which cinematographer was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on In Harm's Way?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Stanley Kauffmann
C) Otto Preminger
D) Loyal Griggs
  • 3. At which film festival was the movie screened in 1965?
A) Venice Film Festival
B) Berlin International Film Festival
C) Cannes Film Festival
D) Sundance Film Festival
  • 4. Who won a 1966 BAFTA Film Award for her performance in the film?
A) Ingrid Bergman
B) Patricia Neal
C) Katharine Hepburn
D) Elizabeth Taylor
  • 5. What is the Rotten Tomatoes rating for In Harm's Way?
A) 82%
B) 37%
C) 19%
D) 65%
  • 6. Who wrote a review for The New York Times that panned the film?
A) Otto Preminger
B) Bruce Eder
C) Stanley Kauffmann
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 7. Which critic called the film an 'overlong epic' with conventional story lines?
A) Loyal Griggs
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Bruce Eder
D) Stanley Kauffmann
  • 8. What publication did Stanley Kauffmann write for when reviewing the film?
A) Variety
B) The New Republic
C) AllMovie
D) The New York Times
  • 9. Who stated that the film has 'endured extraordinarily well'?
A) Bruce Eder
B) Otto Preminger
C) Stanley Kauffmann
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 10. According to Bruce Eder, what was the last big-budget, all-star Hollywood movie shot in black-and-white?
A) Skidoo
B) Bridge on the River Kwai
C) In Harm's Way
D) The Longest Day
  • 11. In which 1968 comedy film was In Harm's Way shown during the opening scene?
A) The Party
B) Barefoot in the Park
C) The Producers
D) Skidoo
  • 12. Who directed the film Skidoo?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Loyal Griggs
C) Otto Preminger
D) Stanley Kauffmann
  • 13. How long does Bruce Eder describe the film's pacing as feeling?
A) Three hours
B) Two and a half hours
C) Four hours
D) Ninety minutes
  • 14. Who was the writer of the script for the film 'In Harm's Way'?
A) Wendell Mayes
B) Saul Bass
C) Loyal Griggs
D) Otto Preminger
  • 15. What health issue did John Wayne suffer from during the filming of 'In Harm's Way'?
A) Heart disease
B) Stomach ulcers
C) Pneumonia
D) Lung cancer
  • 16. Which co-star of the film also died of lung cancer in 1968?
A) Stanley Holloway
B) Franchot Tone
C) Kirk Douglas
D) John Wayne
  • 17. Which ship stood in for unnamed cruisers due to retaining its wartime configuration?
A) USS Boston
B) USS Ward
C) USS Cassiday
D) USS Saint Paul
  • 18. What is an anachronism regarding the vehicles used in the film?
A) Use of the M151 light utility vehicle instead of a WWII jeep.
B) Use of modern tanks.
C) Use of horses instead of trucks.
D) Lack of any ground transportation vehicles.
  • 19. What role did Stanley Holloway play in the film?
A) A submarine captain
B) A naval commander
C) A ship's doctor
D) Australian coastwatcher Clayton Canfil
  • 20. Why did the producers use fake gun mounts on the destroyers?
A) For safety reasons during filming.
B) Because they ran out of real weapons.
C) To cover modern 1960s antisubmarine warfare gear.
D) To represent new experimental technology.
  • 21. Who created the credit titles sequence for the film?
A) Saul Bass
B) Wendell Mayes
C) Otto Preminger
D) Loyal Griggs
  • 22. What real-life incident involving the USS Ward is referenced in the film?
A) Saving a downed pilot.
B) Being sunk by an iceberg.
C) A mutiny on board.
D) Dropping depth charges on a Japanese mini-submarine.
  • 23. How did Wendell Mayes want the film to end?
A) With an open-ended mystery.
B) With John Wayne dying while his son lived.
C) With John Wayne surviving as a hero.
D) With both the father and son dying.
  • 24. What did the production use to substitute for a PBY Catalina?
A) A glider
B) A helicopter
C) A modern jet fighter
D) HU-16 Albatross
  • 25. What year was the film In Harm's Way released?
A) 1960
B) 1965
C) 1970
D) 1962
  • 26. The film In Harm's Way is based on a novel by which author?
A) John Wayne
B) James Bassett
C) Wendell Mayes
D) Otto Preminger
  • 27. What type of motion picture equipment was used to produce In Harm's Way?
A) Panavision
B) IMAX
C) Cinerama
D) Technicolor
  • 28. What is the name of John Wayne's character in the film?
A) Rockwell "Rock" Torrey
B) Egan Powell
C) Paul Eddington
D) Jeremiah Torrey
  • 29. What is the name of the operation to capture Levu-Vana?
A) Gavabutu
B) Skyhook
C) Pearl Harbor
D) Solomon Islands
  • 30. Who plays the role of the emotionally unbalanced officer Commander Paul Eddington?
A) Henry Fonda
B) Kirk Douglas
C) John Wayne
D) Dana Andrews
  • 31. What is the profession of Maggie Haynes?
A) Naval intelligence officer
B) Army Air Corps major
C) Navy Nurse Corps lieutenant
D) Ship's cook
  • 32. What happens to Commander Eddington's wife, Liz, during the Pearl Harbor attack?
A) She is hospitalized
B) She survives and divorces him
C) She is killed
D) She is captured by the Japanese
  • 33. Which Japanese super-battleship is mentioned as a threat to the U.S. fleet?
A) Kongo
B) Akagi
C) Yamato
D) Musashi
  • 34. How is Torrey's son, Jeremiah, killed?
A) During the attack on Pearl Harbor
B) During a nighttime PT boat action
C) In a plane crash
D) In a bar brawl
  • 35. What is the fate of Annalee Dohrn?
A) She is transferred to Hawaii
B) She marries Jeremiah
C) She commits suicide
D) She survives the war
  • 36. Who rescues a severely injured Admiral Torrey at the end of the battle?
A) Jeremiah Torrey
B) Egan Powell
C) B.T. Broderick
D) William "Mac" McConnell
  • 37. Why is Torrey initially removed from command of his heavy cruiser?
A) For failing to protect Pearl Harbor
B) For unauthorized romantic conduct
C) For insubordination to Admiral Broderick
D) For being torpedoed after boldly pursuing the enemy
  • 38. Who is the Vice Admiral that Torrey finds overly cautious and micro-managing?
A) B.T. Broderick
B) William McConnell
C) Egan Powell
D) Rock Torrey
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