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Best interrogation scene in film

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It’s time for the interview. A pure formality, of course: we’re simply investigating your ten favorite interrogation scenes on film. It’s not unthinkable that you must have a basic instinct for this kind of thing—the cat-and-mouse word-play, the bombastic blocking, the two-way mirrors, the parental shakedowns. Nice guys grilling, bad guys pumping, worse guys torturing: filmmakers love a mind game! It’s time to file the report, so do your homework, Larry, ’cos we wanna know where the rabbit’s foot is. Your prize is some hard candy. One more thing: do you know the Muffin Man?

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