# Movie Marathon (Part 4)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [February 10, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550 "2026-02-10T16:50:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 7

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/121 "2026-02-23T10:24:24Z")

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**Movies Involving Deliberate Impersonation**

1. To Be or Not To Be (1942)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. Tootsie (1982)
4. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
5. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
6. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
7. Dave (1993)
8. Victor/Victoria (1982)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/122 "2026-02-23T14:10:51Z")

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**Movies Involving Deliberate Impersonation**

1. To Be or Not To Be (1942)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. Tootsie (1982)
4. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
5. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
6. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
7. Dave (1993)
8. Victor/Victoria (1982)
9. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/123 "2026-02-24T04:01:55Z")

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**Movies Involving Deliberate Impersonation**

1. To Be or Not To Be (1942)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. Tootsie (1982)
4. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
5. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
6. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
7. Dave (1993)
8. Victor/Victoria (1982)
9. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
10. Star Wars (1977)

“It was a boring conversation anyway. Luke, we’re gonna have company!”

Pass.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/124 "2026-02-24T06:47:39Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/125 "2026-02-24T10:56:14Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> **American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/126 "2026-02-24T11:04:33Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Good Neighbor Sam - Romy Schneider (Austrian)

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/127 "2026-02-24T11:04:55Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette (Australian)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/128 "2026-02-24T13:48:41Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette (Australian)
4. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - Margot Robbie (Australian)

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/129 "2026-02-24T14:46:30Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette (Australian)
4. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - Margot Robbie (Australian)
5. Down by Law - Roberto Benigni (Italian)

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/130 "2026-02-24T14:54:10Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette (Australian)
4. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - Margot Robbie (Australian)
5. Down by Law - Roberto Benigni (Italian)
6. Around the World in 80 Days - Cantinflas (Mexican) and David Niven (English)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/131 "2026-02-24T19:48:36Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette (Australian)
4. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - Margot Robbie (Australian)
5. Down by Law - Roberto Benigni (Italian)
6. Around the World in 80 Days - Cantinflas (Mexican) and David Niven (English)
7. Roman Holiday - Audrey Hepburn (British subject, British/Dutch/Belgian/German-Austrian background)

Since she was born before 1949, she should be referred to as a [British subject - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/132 "2026-02-24T19:59:34Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette (Australian)
4. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - Margot Robbie (Australian)
5. Down by Law - Roberto Benigni (Italian)
6. Around the World in 80 Days - Cantinflas (Mexican) and David Niven (English)
7. Roman Holiday - Audrey Hepburn (British subject, British/Dutch/Belgian/German-Austrian background)
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - François Truffaut (French)

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/133 "2026-02-24T20:23:11Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette (Australian)
4. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - Margot Robbie (Australian)
5. Down by Law - Roberto Benigni (Italian)
6. Around the World in 80 Days - Cantinflas (Mexican) and David Niven (English)
7. Roman Holiday - Audrey Hepburn (British subject, British/Dutch/Belgian/German-Austrian background)
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - François Truffaut (French)
9. Conan the Barbarian – Arnold Schwarzenegger (Austrian)

Arnold did not become a naturalized US citizen until 1983, so he was still considered an Austrian citizen at the time of filming (1981-1982)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/134 "2026-02-24T20:28:00Z")

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**American-made movies, featuring international (non-American) actors**

1. The Da Vinci Code - Audrey Tautou (French)
2. Blue Velvet - Isabella Rossellini (Italian by birth and half so ethnically, half Swedish by ethnicity, and naturalized US citizen-- I hope her being a naturalized US citizen doesn’t discount her, as she still appears in non-US films)
3. Little Miss Sunshine - Toni Collette (Australian)
4. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - Margot Robbie (Australian)
5. Down by Law - Roberto Benigni (Italian)
6. Around the World in 80 Days - Cantinflas (Mexican) and David Niven (English)
7. Roman Holiday - Audrey Hepburn (British subject, British/Dutch/Belgian/German-Austrian background)
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - François Truffaut (French)
9. Conan the Barbarian – Arnold Schwarzenegger  
Arnold was still an Austrian citizen at the time of filming (1981-1982); he was not naturalized as a citizen of the USA until 1983
10. Ronin - with Jean Reno of France and Spain, Stellan Skarsgård of Sweden, and Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean and Jonathan Pryce of the UK

Next up:

**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/135 "2026-02-24T20:53:25Z")

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> [@](#):
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> **Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/136 "2026-02-24T21:27:52Z")

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**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster
3. _Godzilla, King of the Monsters!_ (Japan) - Raymond Burr

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/137 "2026-02-24T22:02:16Z")

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**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster
3. _Godzilla, King of the Monsters!_ (Japan) - Raymond Burr
4. _To Catch a Cop_ (France) – Jerry Lewis

One of two French films Lewis made during the mid-1980s (the other was _How Did You Get In? We Didn’t See You Leave_), about which he once said, “As long as I have control, you’ll never see them in the USA.”

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/138 "2026-02-24T22:22:25Z")

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**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster
3. _Godzilla, King of the Monsters!_ (Japan) - Raymond Burr
4. _To Catch a Cop_ (France) – Jerry Lewis
5. _The Flowers of War_ (China/Hong Kong) - Christian Bale

Born in the UK, but he also holds US citizenship and has lived in LA for about 30 years.

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/139 "2026-02-24T22:51:17Z")

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**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster
3. _Godzilla, King of the Monsters!_ (Japan) - Raymond Burr
4. _To Catch a Cop_ (France) – Jerry Lewis
5. _The Flowers of War_ (China/Hong Kong) - Christian Bale
6. _La Strada_ (Italy) - Richard Basehart

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/140 "2026-02-25T04:01:03Z")

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**Non-American films prominently featuring an American actor or actress**

1. _For a Few Dollars More_ (Italy) - Clint Eastwood
2. _Vie privée_ (France) - Jodie Foster
3. _Godzilla, King of the Monsters!_ (Japan) - Raymond Burr
4. _To Catch a Cop_ (France) – Jerry Lewis
5. _The Flowers of War_ (China/Hong Kong) - Christian Bale
6. _La Strada_ (Italy) - Richard Basehart
7. _The Woman in the Fifth_ - Ethan Hawke

French/Polish/British co-production

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