Best Movie Cast Ever

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Originally posted by CuriousToyBoy@Sep 11 2004, 09:03 AM
Way back when in the days when huge casts were more financially obtainable, remember tha classic war tomes, like "The Longest Day", "The Great Escape" and "Von Ryan's Express", or even "The Dirty Dozen" ?

A Bridge Too Far is another for that list!

Dirk Bogarde .... Lt. Gen. Frederick 'Boy' Browning
James Caan .... SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine .... Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur
Sean Connery .... Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart
Edward Fox .... Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks
Elliott Gould .... Col. Robert Stout
Gene Hackman .... Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski
Anthony Hopkins .... Lt. Col. John Frost
Hardy Krüger .... Maj. Gen. Ludwig
Ryan O'Neal .... Brig. Gen. James Gavin
Laurence Olivier .... Dr. Jan Spaander
Robert Redford .... Maj. Julian Cook
Maximilian Schell .... Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich
Liv Ullmann .... Kate Ter Horst
Denholm Elliott .... RAF meteorologist officer


There is one with Telly Savalas and Ernest Boignine (sp?) I've seen on late night TV and got caught up watching the whole thing too many times Might be the dirty dozen I think.. Not sure what it is about american ww2 movies but I like them... the old midday movie westerns got me in too.. I must be an angry young fightin' man underneath this soft exterior! :P


If we can count cameos by dead people as being in the cast.. Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid should get a mention too.


*edit: Guns of Navarone might be the one I was thinking of ;-)