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A cunning character in this film asks, “so it’s number one, is it?” after asserting that the ideal way to murder him is by “banging away” “like a firing squad.” (15[1])In a shot from this film, a fire engulfs the frame as a man mutters to himself, “if you believe you got a conscience, it’ll pester you to death.” The Looney Tunes short 8 Ball Bunny parodies several instances in which this film’s protagonist hounds a “fellow American,” played by its director in a cameo, (15[1])for money. This film’s paranoid protagonist is taunted to stick his hand into a hole containing a (*) gila monster. (-5[1])At (-5[1])the end of this film, (-5[1])the discovery of empty bags during a dust storm (10[1])causes Howard and Curtin to laugh maniacally. (10[1])The director’s father Walter plays a (10[1])hardy old man in this 1948 adaptation of a novel by B. Traven. (10[1])For 10 points, a Mexican (10[1])bandit rejects (10[1]-5[1])a request for “stinkin’ (10[1])badges!” (10[2])in what John Huston western starring Humphrey Bogart as a gold prospector? ■END■ (10[4])

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