27 to 9 to 3 to 1--Resurrection! (Movie Game)

Cafe Society
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We haven’t done this for awhile, I’ve missed it (as I hope some of you have), so here goes!

For the uninitiated, here are the rules: We begin with a list of 27 actors. Divide the list into 9 sets of three actors who were in a film together (use each actor only once). Now, take each group of three and add a fourth actor from the same film; when completed you will now have a list of 9 different actors. Divide that list into 3 groups of three, add the fourth actor to each group, and you will end up with a single group of three. Name the film they have in common and you win!

Example: **C K Dexter Haven, CalMeacham, ** and carnivorousplant were in “Revenge of the Straight Dope” together–along with Ukulele Ike and so on. Feel free to use imdb or other sources at your disposal.

There are no repeats in this game; each actor is used only once.

One request: should you figure the final answer out out sometime in the first
round or so, please use spoiler boxes so the less brilliant among us can continue to play! :smiley:

THE LIST:

Claire Bloom
Ernest Borgnine
Marlon Brando
Philip Carey
Art Carney
Sean Connery
Tim Curry
Marlene Dietrich
Judy Garland
Cedric Hardwicke
David Hemmings
James Earl Jones
Burt Lancaster
Dorothy Malone
E.G. Marshall
Agnes Moorehead
Kim Novak
Laurence Olivier
Gregory Peck
Donald Pleasance
Joan Plowright
Anthony Quinn
Susan Sarandon
Donald Sutherland
James Stewart
Spencer Tracy
Lee Van Cleef

GOOD LUCK!

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I’ll play - from home so I can concentrate on it

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Dammit, I INVENTED the game! And yet I’ll be computerless for 4 days. :frowning:

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Ah, perhaps. But you will be having outside fun, no?

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I’ll be having a fargin’ blast! As soon as my GF gets here. I’ll play until then.

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gotta say - Tim Curry has been in a lot more movies than I would have guessed - this is going to be harder than I thought

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ok - I think I have the first one:
Judgement At Nuremberg
Spencer Tracy
Marlene Dietrich
Burt Lancaster
with Richard Widmark

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Widmark is correct, but you only have 2 of the 3 Nuremburg actors.

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okay - Then Judy Garland with Marlene & Burt?

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#2
Escape From New York
Ernest Borgnine
Donald Pleasance
Lee Van Cleef
with Harry Dean Stanton (Kurt Russell would have been too obvious)

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2 for 2! :smiley:

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Oops, sorry! Escape from NY is 100% right, Nuremberg is still 2 out of 3 (Garland is right, though).

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To avoid confusion, Nuremberg is Lancaster, Tracy and Garland…with Widmark.

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A Dry White Season with
Marlon Brando
Susan Sarandon
Donald Sutherland
&
Jürgen Prochnow

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Update:

Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland–Judgment at Nuremburg --Richard Widmark

Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasance, Lee Van Cleef–Escape From NY –
Harry Dean Stanton

List:

Claire Bloom
Marlon Brando
Philip Carey
Art Carney
Sean Connery
Tim Curry
Marlene Dietrich
Cedric Hardwicke
David Hemmings
James Earl Jones
Dorothy Malone
E.G. Marshall
Agnes Moorehead
Kim Novak
Laurence Olivier
Gregory Peck
Joan Plowright
Anthony Quinn
Susan Sarandon
Donald Sutherland
James Stewart

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who, now?

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DING DING DING!!!

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oh! that guy!

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ok - I have complaint - Marlene Dietrich was in lots of movies, several with Jimmy Stewart, but I could not match her up with more than one on your list other than in Judgement. Is it too early for a hint?

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Pushover:

Philip Carey
E.G. Marshall
Kim Novak
and
Robert Stevenson