# The Movie Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051 "2004-04-08T23:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/721 "2004-05-13T20:20:00Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Tsk…SO not my day. Oh, well that leaves me free to post > > **Bringing Up Baby** I don’t believe \*\*Cary Grant \*\* was used yet. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/722 "2004-05-13T20:28:44Z")
Decisions, decisions… **The Philadelphia Story** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/723 "2004-05-13T21:36:05Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Decisions, decisions… > > **The Philadelphia Story** Then the obvious choice is Jimmy Stewart. I can’t believe all of these giants are still available but Hugh Grant, Lee Grant, French Stewart and others have already been played. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/724 "2004-05-13T22:05:52Z")
Kinda makes you despair for today’s youth, doesn’t it? 😛 **Rear Window** ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/725 "2004-05-13T22:09:49Z")
Thelma Ritter ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/726 "2004-05-13T22:15:22Z")
Good one. **Birdman of Alcatraz** (crosses fingers…) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/727 "2004-05-13T22:20:49Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Good one. > > **Birdman of Alcatraz** (crosses fingers…) Is she hoping for Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, or someone a bit more obscure. Oh, let’s go with Burt (sticking to the theme of despair for today’s yute)… ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/728 "2004-05-13T22:34:59Z")
_happy sigh_…yeah, I was hoping for Burt. That man’s voice does things to me… **Gunfight at the OK Corral** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/729 "2004-05-13T22:41:15Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > _happy sigh_…yeah, I was hoping for Burt. That man’s voice does things to me… > > **Gunfight at the OK Corral** Kirk Douglas (can you believe it?) ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/730 "2004-05-13T22:54:47Z")
They did something like 5 movies together. **Tough Guys** was one of 'em… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/731 "2004-05-13T23:59:21Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > They did something like 5 movies together. > > **Tough Guys** was one of 'em… I see you’ve already used Charles Durning, so I’m pretty much forced to go with Billy Barty ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/732 "2004-05-14T01:01:04Z")
Flat out refuse to go with Dana Carvey, huh? 😛 Don’t blame you. **Foul Play** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/733 "2004-05-14T02:09:28Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Flat out refuse to go with Dana Carvey, huh? 😛 Don’t blame you. > > **Foul Play** I also flat out refuse to go with Chevy Chase… how about Goldie Hawn And what was that line from that movie, something like “Beware the Albino and the Dwarf”? ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/734 "2004-05-14T02:22:09Z")
It was “beware of the dwarf.” And she thought it was Billy Barty, who was a bible salesman. Poor guy… 😛😃 Okay. **Death Becomes Her** ---
**Author:** ![c\_r\_y\_s\_t\_a\_l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@c\_r\_y\_s\_t\_a\_l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_r_y_s_t_a_l)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/735 "2004-05-14T03:09:16Z")
meryl streep ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/736 "2004-05-14T03:21:01Z")
**Adaptation** ---
**Author:** ![c\_r\_y\_s\_t\_a\_l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@c\_r\_y\_s\_t\_a\_l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_r_y_s_t_a_l)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/737 "2004-05-14T03:24:49Z")
chris cooper ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/738 "2004-05-14T03:41:46Z")
I’ll go with the obvious… **Seabiscuit**. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/739 "2004-05-14T03:57:55Z")
Jeff Bridges. (disbelief continues…how can Jeff Bridges still be open??? :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051/740 "2004-05-14T11:07:08Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Jeff Bridges. (disbelief continues…how can Jeff Bridges still be open??? :eek: ) _The Fabulous Baker Boys_\* And to think, that came out years before _Queer Eye for the Straight Guy_ \*I was tempted to go with _Tron_ there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-game/239051.md?page=38)