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 (10[1])received his only top billing (10[1])in a film where he knocks a switchblade (10[1])out of a character’s hand outside Griffith Observatory (10[1])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, released shortly after his fatal car crash. ■END■

ANSWER: James Dean
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Erik ChristensenKhalil v Carbolic Shisha Ball CoTOAD9110
Tejas Rajebruhwe jopping9610
Taylor HarveyStatler and Waldorfesque Former Penn Bowl EditorsWhy the Kremlin Hates Bananas10410
Mitch McCullarOh you like geography? Name every Forrest.Ill-Advised Buzz11210

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2024 Penn Bowl Playtest10/12/2024Y4100%0%0%100.75
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 UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%0%142.33
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 Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%121.00
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y250%0%50%91.00