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Hint 2: 17th letter (they all played characters whose name starts with this letter)

Bama, it looks like Princess beat you to this answer by a few minutes. Things are moving thick and fast on this thread!

Gregory Peck and Nunnally Johnson Next: Odd Man Out (1947) and The Man Between (1953)

Fritz Lang and George Sanders Next: Penny Serenade (1941) and I Remember Mama (1948)

Polly Bergen Next: A Majority of One (1961) It's Only Money (1962) Funny Girl (1968) New York Stories (1989) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) M (1951) The Racket (1951) All the President's Men (1976) (Deep Throat) Atlantic City (1980) Heat (1995) Fargo (1996) Fight Club (1999) Red (2010) A Star is Born (2018)

Farley Granger Next: The Howards of Virginia (1940) The Little Foxes (1941) King Solomon's Mines (1950) Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) Change of Habit (1969)

Thanks, Peebs! Next: Stewart Granger Humphrey Bogart Friedrich von Ledebur Desmond Llewelyn Robert Shaw Hint: character name, alphabetically

The Wages of Fear (1953) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) The Great Race (1965) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Easy Rider (1969) Saving Private Ryan (1998) The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) Sideways (2004) Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Meek's Cutoff (2010)

A scene takes place at the Hollywood Bowl?

Yes. Nice work, Peebs, and your thread. 🙂

Of course it does, and I wasn't pretending otherwise. I came up with several different actor examples involving this director, but only wanted to use one of them for TopBilled's thread, to avoid any internal repetition within his thread. Since this particular director/actor pair made five films together, "What Do They Have in Common?" seemed like a more logical place to use it, rather than simply having it go to waste.

Hint: same director, same actor

Alan J. Pakula and Jane Fonda Next: Look Back in Anger (1959) and Tom Jones (1963) [actress]

Well, sometimes this situation can arise because of a once-in-a-lifetime role that the actor never has an opportunity to match. This could be because it represents a near-perfect use of their very particular (and perhaps unconventional) attributes: Anthony Perkins in Psycho, Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously, and Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box, for example. Or else it could be a very atypical role that enables them to show a darkness or complexity they not previously been allowed to demonstrate: Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train. Another broad category that can produce such an effect is non-professional and/or child actors. Harold Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives and Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields were perhaps destined never to repeat the brilliance of those particular performances, because their roles were tailored so specifically to a real-life personal experience that both were deeply committed to sharing. And I don't think Jean-Pierre Léaud (The 400 Blows) or Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon) were ever again quite as natural and compelling onscreen as in those roles, no doubt in part because of the sensitivity (and in some cases purely strategic skill) of the films' directors.

Thanks, Arsan! That was a fascinating question. I was unaware of the GSK and Lehman examples. 🙂 Next: In Which We Serve (1942) This Happy Breed (1944) Great Expectations (1946) Hobson's Choice (1954) Ryan's Daughter (1970) Note: each film has two things in common

Anthony Asquith and Michael Redgrave Next: Made for Each Other (1939) and In Name Only (1939)

Although best known for other talents, they each also directed exactly one film? George S. Kaufman: The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) Dalton Trumbo: Johnny Got His Gun (1971) Ernest Lehman: Portnoy's Complaint (1972) Saul Bass: Phase IV (1974) Gordon Willis: Windows (1980)

Fritz Lang and Henry Fonda Next: Dead End (1937) and The Desperate Hours (1956)

Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds Next: In Which We Serve (1942) and Brief Encounter (1945)

William Wellman and Barbara Stanwyck Next: East of Eden (1955) and Wild River (1960)

Yes, that's it! Sorry for not noticing your post sooner. Great job, Arsan, and your thread. 🙂

That's very nice of you, but you definitely got in there before I did. I think it'll be less confusing if I just delete my answer/prompt + re-post it next time I answer, whenever that is. Thanks!

Oops, sorry, Princess, I was still typing so didn't see your post! Your thread. 🙂

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