Humphrey Bogart in Sabrina
Grace Kelly in High Noon
Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity
Spencer Tracy in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” Actually, he wasn’t miscast. It was justy a bad script. The only way to save that would have been to have Jackie Gleason play the lead and make it unintentionally funny.
BTW, I think Heston was great in a “Touch of Evil”. I have known Mexicans and South Americans who have a similar build and demeanor. Who should have played the part, Duncan Renaldo?
I think Ricardo Montalban would’ve been a good choice for “Evil.” However, despite the ridiculous makeup, Heston did a good job.
“Dinner” was too preachy, and the biggest mistake in the film was having Hepburn’s niece in the role of the daughter. Why would Sidney Poitier’s accomplished doctor want some flaky, naive, cheerleaderesque twit for a wife ?