Best Movies of the 1950s

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1950s Movie Trivia: Rejected Roles

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of the 1950s. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit fun trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured Trivia:

Dean Martin in Guys and Dolls?
Was the top choice to play gambler "Nathan Detroit" but passed on the role when his friend Frank Sinatra failed to land the role of "Sky Masterson."

See who turned down these 1950s films:

1950...

1951...

- A Place in the Sun (7)
- Show Boat (5)
- The African Queen (4)
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1952...

- Singin' in the Rain (7)
- Carrie (1952) (5)
- Come Back, Little Sheba (3)
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1953...

- I Confess (8)
- From Here to Eternity (6)
- Roman Holiday (6)
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1954...

- Sabrina (6)
- On the Waterfront (5)
- A Star Is Born (1954) (5)
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1955...

- Rebel Without a Cause (15)
- Guys and Dolls (10)
- Oklahoma! (9)
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1956...

- Friendly Persuasion (7)
- Giant (5)
- The King and I (5)
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1957...

- The Bridge on the River Kwai (8)
- Saint Joan (6)
- The Helen Morgan Story (5)
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1958...

- South Pacific (13)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (7)
- Gigi (3)
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1959...

- North By Northwest (13)
- Some Like It Hot (5)
- Suddenly, Last Summer (4)
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Popular Actors in the 1950s Click to see which films they turned down:
- Audrey Hepburn - Elizabeth Taylor - Judy Garland - Marlon Brando - Grace Kelly - Cary Grant - Bette Davis - June Allyson - Joan Crawford - Marilyn Monroe	- Spencer Tracy - Debbie Reynolds - Barbara Stanwyck - Frank Sinatra - Montgomery Clift - Susan Hayward - James Dean - Lana Turner - Anne Baxter - William Holden