Question

A drunken speech by this actor was forced to be overdubbed by Nick Adams due to his actual inebriation. In that film, this actor’s character is described as “not even worth hitting” after almost getting into a fight with the rancher Bick. In a scene improvised by this actor, he hugs a character instead of running away after failing to give away $5,000. This actor is told to fire an annoying nurse in that film, which ends with him at the bedside of his father (*) Adam. This actor who played Cal Trask received his only (10[1])top billing in a film where he knocks a switchblade out of a character’s hand outside Griffith Observatory and plays a game of chicken with cars until Buzz falls off a cliff. For 10 points, name this actor who portrayed troubled Jim Stark in Rebel Without A Cause, (10[2])released shortly after his fatal car crash. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: James Dean
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Matthew SiffYale AMIT9410
Ethan LinnTuftsBU14210
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeisYale B14210
Maia WalzerHarvard BHarvard A14910

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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%0%142.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%143.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%0%131.75
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y580%0%20%133.50
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%121.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y367%0%67%134.00
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%0%25%136.75
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%0%0%124.50
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y250%0%50%91.00