Year
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Clue
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Answer
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1969
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Followers of this madman murder actress Sharon Tate
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Charles Manson
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1968
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Charlton Heston visits this planet, only to find out that it was Earth all along
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Planet of the Apes
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1967
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This movie features a soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel
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The Graduate
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1966
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Clint Eastwood stars in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", by this Italian director
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Sergio Leone
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1965
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Julie Andrews stars in this movie about a musical Austrian family
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The Sound of Music
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1964
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This actress marries Richard Burton for the first time
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Elizabeth Taylor
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1963
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This desert epic, starring Peter O'Toole, wins an Oscar for Best Picture
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Lawrence of Arabia
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1962
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Dr. No becomes the first movie to feature this character
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James Bond
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1961
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This film, based on a Leonard Bernstein musical, hits theaters
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West Side Story
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1960
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This director fights with censors to allow "Psycho" to be released
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Alfred Hitchcock
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1959
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Charlton Heston stars in this movie about a charioteer in the time of Jesus
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Ben-Hur
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1958
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This actress is born to Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh (give her first name)
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Jamie Lee Curtis
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1957
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This "Casablanca" actor dies of cancer
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Humphrey Bogart
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1956
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This singer stars in his first film, "Love Me Tender"
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Elvis Presley
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1955
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This rebel without a cause dies in a car crash
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James Dean
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1954
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Marilyn Monroe marries and divorces this baseball player
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Joe Dimaggio
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1953
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This actress has her first starring role in "Roman Holiday"
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Audrey Hepburn
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1952
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"What a glorious feeling" sings Gene Kelly in this movie
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Singin' in the Rain
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1951
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This actor stars as Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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Marlon Brando
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1950
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This comedian stars alongside Dean Martin in "At War with the Army"
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Jerry Lewis
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There may be a difference between the USA and Europe though which explains my surprise. In Europe, when people think of westerns, what they have in mind are Spaghetti westerns rather than John Wayne or Gary Cooper movies (remember that scene from Die Hard when Hans Gruber confuses the two?). And when you ask European non-movie buffs which directors they can name, Leone would likely be in the top 3, along with Hitchcock and Spielberg. Another funny thing from this side of the pond: Very few Germans have heard of The Sound of Music. But the older generations all know Doctor Zhivago.