The Sam Peckinpah Showdown Quiz

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Test your knowledge on the legendary career of film director Sam Peckinpah.

Question 1: Before he became a famous film director, Sam Peckinpah created this popular television series.
The Rifleman
Route 66
Gunsmoke
Have Gun - Will Travel
Maverick

Question 2: Sam Peckinpah began his film career with this 1961 film starring Brian Keith.
The Deadly Companions
The Deadly Trackers
Ride the High Country
Monte Walsh
Major Dundee

Question 3: Sam Peckinpah's first critical hit, this 1962 Western film starred Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea in the twilight of their careers.
Ride the High Country
Wild Rovers
The Wild Bunch
The Train Robbers
Major Dundee

Question 4: Charlton Heston played the lead role in this 1965 cavalry epic, the first example of the difficulties that could arise during the making of a Sam Peckinpah film.
Chuka
Fort Apache
The Wild Bunch
Major Dundee
Rio Grande

Question 5: Blacklisted from the industry for the first time due to his notorious behavior, Sam Peckinpah staged a comeback of sorts with this highly-regarded 1966 made-for-television drama starring Jason Robards and Olivia de Havilland.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Amber Waves
The Jerico Mile
Noon Wine

Question 6: Sam Peckinpah's most famous film, this 1969 Western epic starred William Holden and Ernest Borgnine as the leaders of a gang of outlaws.
The Young Riders
Straw Dogs
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
The Long Riders
The Wild Bunch

Question 7: This two-time Academy Award winning actor played the title role in Sam Peckinpah's 1970 Western film "The Ballad of Cable Hogue."
Jason Robards
Dustin Hoffman
Lee Marvin
Gregory Peck
Robert Redford

Question 8: These veteran actors played Steve McQueen's parents in Sam Peckinpah's 1972 rodeo film "Junior Bonner."
Charles Durning and Anne Bancroft
Richard Widmark and Anjelica Huston
John Huston and Ava Gardner
James Coburn and Anne Archer
Robert Preston and Ida Lupino

Question 9: A big box office hit, this 1972 Sam Peckinpah action film detailed a modern-day bank robbery in southwest Texas.
The Brink's Job
The Hot Rock
The Getaway
Heat
The Killer Elite

Question 10: She played Dustin Hoffman's victimized British wife in Sam Peckinpah's 1971 dark action drama "Straw Dogs."
Vanessa Redgrave
Susan George
Glenda Jackson
Mia Farrow
Twiggy

Question 11: This popular singer not only played a role in Sam Peckinpah's 1973 Western "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid," but he composed the film's songs.
Mick Jagger
Johnny Cash
Jim Morrison
Willie Nelson
Bob Dylan

Question 12: This popular character actor played the lead role in Sam Peckinpah's bleak 1974 film "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia."
John Carradine
George Kennedy
Warren Oates
L.Q. Jones
Strother Martin

Question 13: What was the name of Sam Peckinpah's 1975 CIA thriller starring James Caan and Robert Duvall?
Madigan
The Killer Elite
The Osterman Weekend
Scorpio
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold

Question 14: Orson Welles called this 1977 Sam Peckinpah epic "the greatest anti-war film ever made."
Cross of Iron
The Bridge at Remagen
A Bridge Too Far
Paths of Glory
The Guns of Navarone

Question 15: Sam Peckinpah's greatest box office hit, this trucker extravaganza co-starred Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw - isn't nothing going to get in their way!
High Ballin'
White Line Fever
Cisco Pike
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Convoy

Question 16: Sam Peckinpah's final film as a director was the 1983 thriller "The Osterman Weekend." What actor played the lead role?
Rutger Hauer
Michael Caine
Harrison Ford
Robert Duvall
Alain Delon

Question 17: Once again blackballed from the industry due to destructive behavior and desperate for work, Sam Peckinpah did some second-unit directing on this 1982 Las Vegas comedy/drama starring Bette Midler.
Jinxed!
Swingers
The Color of Money
Leaving Las Vegas
The Rose

Question 18: Sam Peckinpah's final work as a director before his 1984 death from a stroke were music videos for what singer?
David Bowie
Julian Lennon
Michael Jackson
Kris Kristofferson
Willie Nelson

Question 19: Sam Peckinpah was fired from directing this 1965 gambling film starring Steve McQueen.
The Only Game in Town
Nevada Smith
The Cincinnati Kid
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Hustler

Question 20: Sam Peckinpah polished the screenplay and played a small role in this 1956 Don Siegel science fiction film.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
This Island Earth
The Thing
Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still

Question 21: Sam Peckinpah created this critically-acclaimed, short-lived 1960 TV series starring Brian Keith.
The Westerner
Death Valley Days
Cheyenne
The Smith Family
Custer

Question 22: This Academy Award-winning actor played the lead role in "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" and "Cross of Iron," while also serving as second unit director to Sam Peckinpah on "Convoy."
Robert Duvall
Kris Kristofferson
Ernest Borgnine
James Coburn
Maximiliam Schell

Question 23: This colorful supporting actor would play the role of Crazy Lee in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch," and would later go on to star in "American Graffiti" and "Midnight Express."
Strother Martin
Bo Hopkins
Paul Le Mat
L.Q. Jones
John Hurt

Question 24: Sam Peckinpah was offered the chance to direct two eventual blockbusters in 1976, turning down both opportunities to direct "Cross of Iron." What films were they?
Saturday Night Fever and The Deep
The Omen and Silver Streak
Midway and Rocky
King Kong and Superman
Grease and Hooper

Question 25: The first film Sam Peckinpah ever worked on under the tutelage of Don Siegel was this 1954 prison drama.
The Great Escape
Riot in Cell Block 11
Birdman of Alcatraz
Brubaker
Cool Hand Luke

Question 26: She played the love interest of the title character in Sam Peckinpah's "The Ballad of Cable Hogue."
Senta Berger
Helen Shaver
Stella Stevens
Susan George
Sally Field

Question 27: This Academy Award-nominated actor played the truck driver Pig Pen in Sam Peckinpah's "Convoy."
Richard Farnsworth
Ben Johnson
Warren Oates
James Caan
Burt Young

Question 28: This Sam Peckinpah project was finally made into a film in 1998 starring Woody Harrelson and Billy Crudup.
The Hi-Lo Country
Wag the Dog
Tombstone
The Cowboy Way
Barbarossa

Question 29: The climatic gun battle in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" took 12 strenuous days to film. What did crew members nickname the battle?
The Guns of Navarone
The Battle of the Bulge
High Noon
The Battle of Little Big Horn
The Battle of Bloody Porch

Question 30: Sam Peckinpah wrote the screenplay but did not direct this 1968 film starring Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum and Charles Bronson.
Hombre
Catlow
Villa Rides
Westworld
Hard Times

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