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Starring …

You won’t have seen these films as described – but which films might you have seen? Find the correct film for each of the first two actors in each question (e.g. for Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor in Q1), but beware the possibility that one or two might actually be correct! There are two sets of questions, for Oldies or for Newbies – choose one set or the other as your task; mixing them might confuse you…

for Oldies…

  1. Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor with Peter Ustinov and Shirley Jones in The Apartment
  2. Cliff Robertson and Katharine Hepburn with Jack Albertson and Ruth Gordon in Oliver!
  3. Gregory Peck and Anne Bancroft with Ed Begley and Patty Duke in Lawrence of Arabia
  4. John Wayne and Maggie Smith with Gig Young and Goldie Hawn in Midnight Cowboy
  5. Lee Marvin and Julie Christie with Martin Balsam and Shelley Winters in The Sound of Music
  6. Maximilian Schell and Sophia Loren with George Chakiris and Rita Morena in West Side Story
  7. Paul Scofield and Elizabeth Taylor with Walter Matthau and Sandy Dennis in A Man For All Seasons
  8. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews with Peter Ustinov and Lila Kedrova in My Fair Lady
  9. Rod Steiger and Katharine Hepburn with George Kennedy and Estelle Parsons in In the Heat of the Night
  10. Sidney Poitier and Patricia Neal with Melvyn Douglas and Margaret Rutherford in Tom Jones

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for Newbies…

  1. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson with Bill Nighy and Reneé Zellweger in Return of the King
  2. Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan with Christoph Waltz and Mo’Nique in The Hurt Locker
  3. Daniel Day Lewis and Marion Cotillard with Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton in Atonement
  4. Daniel Day Lewis and Nicole Kidman with Christopher Walken and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Pianist
  5. Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren with Alan Arkin and Jennifer Hudson in The Queen
  6. Jamie Bell and Julie Roberts with Benicio del Toro and Julie Walters in Gladiator
  7. Jamie Foxx and Imelda Staunton with Clive Owen and Cate Blanchett in The Aviator
  8. Mickey Rourke and Kate Winslet with Heath Ledger and Penélope Cruz in Slumdog Millionaire
  9. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon with Jake Gyllenhaal and Thandie Newton in Brokeback Mountain
  10. Russell Crowe and Judy Dench with Jim Broadbent and Jennifer Connelly in The Fellowship of the Ring