# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/81 "2005-10-13T03:03:09Z")
**Archive Guy** , you’re not reusing an actor from the first round in the second round, are 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, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/82 "2005-10-13T11:38:25Z")
Hey, finish this one up so we can get to the next one. I have no idea on films pre-1960 and am too lazy to sleuth it out. Maybe we can just lure **Eve** , **Twickster** or **Maureen** in here to finish it out? ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/83 "2005-10-13T14:33:44Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > **Archive Guy** , you’re not reusing an actor from the first round in the second round, are you? And, if you did reuse an actor from the first round (which is kind of a nice twist), is it entirely possible that you’ve mixed up two very similar actresses names?Because if you combine Charlton Heston (this time from Touch of Evil), Yul Brynner (10 Commandments) and C.B. DeMille (Sunset Boulevard), you get “The Buccaneer”, which also starred Inger Stevens. Henry Fonda and Lew Ayres (who was in “Holiday”) were in “Advise and Consent”–but with Inga Swenson! Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/84 "2005-10-13T15:04:18Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Grant, Hepburn, and Norton were in Holiday, but that wouldn’t be right, would it? Yup, _Holiday_ is correct. (Sorry, I couldn’t connect from home last night). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/85 "2005-10-13T15:05:19Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > from the Ten Commandments, it’s either Yul Brenner or Anne Baxter Yes. > [@](#): > > From Sunset Blvd - I’m thinking either Jack Webb or Buster Keaton You’re missing someone with an even bigger role > [@](#): > > and from Touch of Evil, all I could come up with was Dennis Weaver, but that’s probably wrong Again, missing someone with an even bigger role. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/86 "2005-10-13T15:08:10Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > **Archive Guy** , you’re not reusing an actor from the first round in the second round, are you? No. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/87 "2005-10-13T15:11:56Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > No. So my theory is wrong, huh? Do I have any of them right? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/88 "2005-10-13T15:15:16Z")
To recap–2nd round actors confirmed: Cary Grant Kathrine Hepburn Edward Everett Horton _Film:_ **Holiday** 3rd round actor: ? James Cagney Jack Lemmon William Powell _Film:_ **Mister Roberts** 3rd round actor: Henry Fonda ? (_Sunset Blvd._) ? (_The Ten Commandments_) ? (_Touch of Evil_) _Film:_ **?** 3rd round actor: ? **HINT** All 5 remaining actors, 2nd & 3rd rounds, have Oscar nominations to their credit. 1 has an actual win, and 1 other has their nomination for a film they’re connected to in this puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/89 "2005-10-13T15:16:54Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > So my theory is wrong, huh? Do I have any of them right? You got one right:Lew Ayres ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/90 "2005-10-13T15:19:38Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > To recap–2nd round actors confirmed: > > Cary Grant > Kathrine Hepburn > Edward Everett Horton > _Film:_ **Holiday** > 3rd round actor: ? > > James Cagney > Jack Lemmon > William Powell > _Film:_ **Mister Roberts** > 3rd round actor: Henry Fonda > > ? (_Sunset Blvd._) > ? (_The Ten Commandments_) > ? (_Touch of Evil_) > _Film:_ **?** > 3rd round actor: ? > > **HINT** All 5 remaining actors, 2nd & 3rd rounds, have Oscar nominations to their credit. 1 has an actual win, and 1 other has their nomination for a film they’re connected to in this puzzle. From “Holiday”–Lew Ayres **Archive Guy** , did you read my spoiler? ---
**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, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/91 "2005-10-13T15:20:50Z")
Nancy Olson was nominated for _Sunset Blvd_. ---
**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, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/92 "2005-10-13T15:34:04Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Nancy Olson was nominated for _Sunset Blvd_. But Nancy Olson wasn’t in Advise & Consent which I think is the final movie ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/93 "2005-10-13T15:45:21Z")
But I thought we’re still looking for one step before that, an actor from each of Sunset Blvd, 10 Commandments, and Touch of Evil, which share a common actor, who is in the final movie? ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/94 "2005-10-13T15:53:04Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > But Nancy Olson wasn’t in Advise & Consent which I think is the final movie Who says we can’t work backwards from the final round? ---
**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, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/95 "2005-10-13T16:00:41Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Who says we can’t work backwards from the final round? we can - at least \*\*ArchiveGuy \*\* has said we could certainly try but i spent 20 minutes comparing the 2 cast lists and found no connections ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/96 "2005-10-13T16:17:09Z")
Remember that Advise & Consent will not necessarily have any cast members in common with _Sunset, Commandments_ or _Evil_. The three (Oscar-nominated) actors you pull from those casts will have all starred together in a movie with another (Oscar-nominated) actor who did appear in A&C And, no it’s not Nancy Olson. It’s someone with an even bigger role. ---
**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, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/97 "2005-10-13T16:27:48Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Remember that Advise & Consent will not necessarily have any cast members in common with _Sunset, Commandments_ or _Evil_. The three (Oscar-nominated) actors you pull from those casts will have all starred together in a movie with another (Oscar-nominated) actor who did appear in A&C > > And, no it’s not Nancy Olson. It’s someone with an even bigger role. well, as soon as this one is solved - i have the next game waiting to go ---
**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, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/98 "2005-10-13T16:31:48Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Yes. > You’re missing someone with an even bigger role > Again, missing someone with an even bigger role. from Sunset Blvd - are you possibly looking for Erich Von Stroheim? he didn’t do that many english language films ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/99 "2005-10-13T16:31:55Z")
AHA!!!Erich von Stroheim–“Sunset Boulevard” Anne Baxter–“The 10 Commandments” Akim Tamiroff–“Touch of Evil” who were all in “Five Graves to Cairo” with… Franchot Tone Who appeared with Henry Fonda and Lew Ayres in… **ADVISE AND CONSENT**!!! ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951/100 "2005-10-13T16:35:26Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > AHA!!!Erich von Stroheim–“Sunset Boulevard” Anne Baxter–“The 10 Commandments” Akim Tamiroff–“Touch of Evil” who were all in “Five Graves to Cairo” with… Franchot Tone Who appeared with Henry Fonda and Lew Ayres in… **ADVISE AND CONSENT**!!! YAY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-actors-1-movie-a-really-hard-game/325951.md?page=6)