# 27 actors, 1 movie (a really hard game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951 "2005-10-12T20:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/241 "2005-10-13T21:02:20Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Here’s the next puzzle. Don’t solve it until **Shib** ’s is done. I just need to post it here now because I’ll be away from any computers for a little while. Sorry for the intrusion. I’ll repost this in the open for you when they solve this one, which should be any minute now at this rate. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/242 "2005-10-13T21:03:23Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Emilio Estavez, once again. No, there are, as far as I can tell, no more repeats. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/243 "2005-10-13T21:03:35Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I’ll repost this in the open for you when they solve this one, which should be any minute now at this rate. Thanks you! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/244 "2005-10-13T21:05:06Z")
Molly Ringwald? No, wait… Paul Gleason ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/245 "2005-10-13T21:06:39Z")
Groundhog Day Brian Doyle Murray Breaking Away Paul Dooley Grosse Point Blank Joan Cusack? **Sixteen Candles**? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/246 "2005-10-13T21:06:47Z")
is the target movie Sixteen Candles? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/247 "2005-10-13T21:07:25Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > is the target movie Sixteen Candles? No wait, Molly Ringwald! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/248 "2005-10-13T21:08:57Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Molly Ringwald? No, wait… > > Paul Gleason Paul Gleason is correct for _The Breakfast Club_, assuming that’s what you meant. (You may have just been having some bizarre out-in-the-open sexual fantasy for all I know 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/249 "2005-10-13T21:10:29Z")
> [@BigDummy](#): > > Groundhog Day Brian Doyle Murray > Breaking Away Paul Dooley > Grosse Point Blank Joan Cusack? > **Sixteen Candles**? That is correct. BTW, it’s been driving me nuts that Google Ads has been trying to spoil this by advertising Joan Cusack’s new flick! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/250 "2005-10-13T21:10:52Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Paul Gleason is correct for _The Breakfast Club_, assuming that’s what you meant. (You may have just been having some bizarre out-in-the-open sexual fantasy for all I know 😉 ) No, wait, Paul Gleason! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/251 "2005-10-13T21:12:12Z")
Holy crap. You thought that one was bad, try this can of spaghetti: Puzzle 5 Bob Balaban Drew Barrymore Elizabeth Berridge Helena Bonham Carter Jeff Bridges Matthew Broderick Simon Callow Billy Crudup Joan Cusack Danny DeVito Bridget Fonda Jodie Foster Crispin Glover John Goodman Hugh Grant Philip Seymour Hoffman Anthony Hopkins Deforrest Kelley Jessica Lange Lucy Liu Bill Murray Leonard Nimoy Edward Norton Tim Robbins Kristin Scott Thomas William Shatner Danny Woodburn ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/252 "2005-10-13T21:14:11Z")
so now we’re down to Edward Scissorhands AMH St Elmo’s Fire Ally Sheedy The Outsiders Emilio Estevez these equal The Breakfast Club with **Paul Gleason** Parenthood Jason Robards The Royal Tannenbaums Bill Murray Tootsie Geena Davis these equal Quick Change with **Randy Quaid** which leaves Groundhog Day Brian Doyle Murray Breaking Away Paul Dooley Grosse Point Blank Joan Cusack which equal Sixteen Candles with **Molly Ringwald**? which leaves us with ??? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/253 "2005-10-13T21:14:28Z")
Hey, wait, that’s not the final answer. There’s still one more patch to go. And I see you’ve borrowed some of my spaghetti strewn ways. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/254 "2005-10-13T21:15:17Z")
Then Molly Ringwald for Sixteen Candles, and Paul Gleason, Randy Quaid & Molly Ringwald for **Not Another Teen Movie**? ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/255 "2005-10-13T21:15:31Z")
Shatner, Nimoy and Kelly were all in all the Star Trek Movies but that’s probably too easy. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/256 "2005-10-13T21:15:58Z")
Good summary, **Anyrose**. And **BigDummy** puts it all together. Now for Round 4, I think. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/257 "2005-10-13T21:19:59Z")
> [@BigDummy](#): > > Then Molly Ringwald for Sixteen Candles, and > Paul Gleason, Randy Quaid & Molly Ringwald for **Not Another Teen Movie**? YAY YOU! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/258 "2005-10-13T21:20:54Z")
Helena Bonham Carter Billy Crudup Danny DeVito Jessica Lange Were all in _Big Fish_… But Billy Crudup Edward Norton Drew Barrymore Were in _Everyone Says I Love You_ So let’s move Crudup to the second pile… how’s that? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/259 "2005-10-13T21:21:32Z")
i’m going to sit this one out i’ll be signing off soon, and won’t be home til after 11 tonight bu i’ll be back for whatever round is active at that point BTW - thanks \*\*tdn \*\* for such a great game ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/260 "2005-10-13T21:22:02Z")
Oh, yes, very well done on mine, everyone. Did the interwoven actors make it too easy or just interesting enough? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=14)