and five casting decisions that took the shine off the stars

Wednesday 16 October 1996 23:02 BST
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Humphrey Bogart - The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse (1938)

Bogart deviated from his normal tough-guy roles to play a mad criminologist who becomes addicted to crime. He did not repeat the mistake.

John Wayne - The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Who can forget one of Hollywood's greatest moments? John Wayne as a centurion looks up at the Cross and drawls in broadest Texan: 'Truly this man was the son of God'.

Natalie Wood - Gypsy (1962)

Horribly miscast as stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, a far cry from her famous part as Maria in West Side Story. One critic said she resembled a "plastic wind-up doll strutting the runway".

Dick van Dyke - Mary Poppins (1964)

Van Dyke's pitiful attempt at a Cockney accent still reduces

audiences to hysterical laughter more than 30 years after the release of this children's classic.

Mick Jagger - Ned Kelly (1970)

Mick Jagger's portrayal of Ned Kelly, the Australian hero outlaw, nearly caused a diplomatic incident and was never likely to get an Oscar

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