# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/461 "2005-10-17T01:46:30Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Nevada Smith - Brian Keith > Backdraft - Kurt Russell Nope. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/462 "2005-10-17T01:51:29Z")
Rumble Fish - Matt Dillon Postman - William Taylor GF2 - Robert Duvall Nevada Smith - Howard DeSilva (one of my personal faves) Backdraft - William Baldwin ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/463 "2005-10-17T01:53:33Z")
Aiello/Everett/Whitaker - Pret-a-Porter (Ready to Wear) - Kim Basinger ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/464 "2005-10-17T01:58:43Z")
Lemmon/Quinlan/MEWalsh - Airport '77 - Brenda Vaccaro ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/465 "2005-10-17T02:00:02Z")
which, if Sally were really Susan, leaves Planes Trains and Automobiles, with Edie & Michael and the 4th for bridge at that table is Steve Martin? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/466 "2005-10-17T02:01:35Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ok - not to question your research or transpostion abilities > but did you maybe mean **Susan** Kellerman? did you see this question in post # 640? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/467 "2005-10-17T02:47:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > which, if Sally were really Susan, leaves Planes Trains and Automobiles, with Edie & Michael > and the 4th for bridge at that table is Steve Martin? Oops, yes, Susan, not Sally. And it’s _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_. But not Steve Martin, either. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/468 "2005-10-17T02:48:12Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Lemmon/Quinlan/MEWalsh - Airport '77 - Brenda Vaccaro Yes to _Airport 77_. No to Ms. Vaccaro. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/469 "2005-10-17T02:49:50Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Aiello/Everett/Whitaker - Pret-a-Porter (Ready to Wear) - Kim Basinger Yes to _Pret-a-porter_. No to Kim Basinger. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/470 "2005-10-17T02:51:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Rumble Fish - Matt Dillon > Postman - William Taylor > GF2 - Robert Duvall > Nevada Smith - Howard DeSilva (one of my personal faves) > Backdraft - William Baldwin No. No. No. No. No. Starting to feel like David Spade in that credit card commercial. What’s in your wallet? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/471 "2005-10-17T03:42:28Z")
I’m going to post a recap incase anyone else wants to play Hackman/Pollard/Wilder = Bonnie and Clyde with **Denver Pyle** We also have the other 8 movies, but no level two actors from them - but I’ve listed the incorrect guesses so they aren’t repeated Cage/Spano/Waits Rumble Fish (not Hopper,Rourke,Lane) Aiello/Everett/Whitaker Pret-a-Porter (not Basinger) Kellerman/McClurg/Mckean Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (not Martin) Lemmon/Quinlan/MEWalsh Airport '77 (not Vaccarro) Huston/Lloyd/Lange The Postman Always Rings Twice (not Nicholson,Lerner,Calicos) Keaton/Kirby/Spradin The Godfather Part II (not Shire, DeNiro,Pacino) Landau/Malden/Pleshette Nevada Smith (not McQueen,Keith) Howard/Leigh/JTWalsh Backdraft (not DeNiro,Russell) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/472 "2005-10-17T03:44:36Z")
:smack: I forgot to include my incorrect guesses from post # 469 Cage/Spano/Waits Rumble Fish (not Hopper,Rourke,Lane,Dillon) Aiello/Everett/Whitaker Pret-a-Porter (not Basinger) Kellerman/McClurg/Mckean Planes, Trains, Automobiles (not Martin) Lemmon/Quinlan/MEWalsh Airport '77 (not Vaccarro) Huston/Lloyd/Lange Postman/Twice (not Nicholson,Lerner,Calicos,Taylor) Keaton/Kirby/Spradin GFII (not Shire, DeNiro,Pacino,Duvall) Landau/Malden/Pleshette Nevada Smith (not McQueen,Keith,DeSilva) Howard/Leigh/JTWalsh Backdraft (not DeNiro,Russell,Baldwin) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/473 "2005-10-17T03:52:13Z")
my last set of guesses for the night are: Rumble Fish - Laurence Fishburne Pret-a-Porter - Marcello Mastroianni Planes, Trains, & Automobiles - Kevin Bacon Airport '77 - James Stewart The Postman Always Rings Twice - John P Ryan The Godfather Part II - Abe Vigoda Nevada Smith - Janet Margolin Backdraft - Rebecca DeMornay ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/474 "2005-10-17T10:51:58Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > my last set of guesses for the night are: > > Rumble Fish - Laurence Fishburne > Pret-a-Porter - Marcello Mastroianni > Planes, Trains, & Automobiles - Kevin Bacon > Airport '77 - James Stewart > The Postman Always Rings Twice - John P Ryan > The Godfather Part II - Abe Vigoda > Nevada Smith - Janet Margolin > Backdraft - Rebecca DeMornay Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Bacon and James Stewart are all correct. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/475 "2005-10-17T11:05:22Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Bacon and James Stewart are all correct. Ah, then Pret-a-Porter’s missing actor is Tim Robbins, making the next film Mystic River, correct? ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/476 "2005-10-17T11:06:36Z")
> [@Lil' Mahoney](#): > > Ah, then Pret-a-Porter’s missing actor is Tim Robbins, making the next film Mystic River, correct? (Mystic River of course starring Tim Robbins, Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Bacon) Don’t you just hate it when you hit “submit” too soon? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/477 "2005-10-17T11:09:15Z")
**Lil’ Mahoney** , you are correct. Well sussed! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/478 "2005-10-17T12:29:46Z")
The Postman Always Rings Twice - Jon Van Ness The Godfather Part II - Michael V. Gazzo Nevada Smith - Pat Hingle Backdraft - Donald Sutherland Mystic River - Sean Penn ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/479 "2005-10-17T12:36:01Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > The Postman Always Rings Twice - Jon Van Ness > The Godfather Part II - Michael V. Gazzo > Nevada Smith - Pat Hingle > Backdraft - Donald Sutherland > Mystic River - Sean Penn Donald Sutherland is correct. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/480 "2005-10-17T13:01:08Z")
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