Best Movies of 1961

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Rejected Roles of 1961

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1961. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit this trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured 1961 Trivia:

Lee Grant in The Young Savages?
Distressed over on-set arguments with the volatile Burt Lancaster, Grant (originally cast as Mary di Pace) telephoned Shelley Winters, said "He wants you in the part" and walked off the movie.

See who turned down these 1961 films:

- Breakfast at Tiffany's (7)
- The Children's Hour (2)
- Fanny (2)
- Five Finger Exercise (1)
- Flower Drum Song (1)
- The Guns of Navarone (2)
- The Hustler (4)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (2)
- King of Kings (1)
- Parrish (5)
- Peyton Place (2)
- A Pocketful of Miracles (3)
- Pocketful of Miracles (2)
- Return to Peyton Place (8)
- Splendor in the Grass (6)
- Summer and Smoke (3)
- A Taste of Honey (1)
- West Side Story (26)
- The Young Savages (1)

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