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Question: What was John Travolta’s first major film hit?
Answer: John Travolta starred in Saturday Night Fever, a hit film of 1977. He went on to appear in many other popular movies.
Question: Who starred in the film Top Gun?
Answer: Beginning with his role as a cocky fighter pilot in Top Gun, the highest-grossing film of 1986, Tom Cruise portrayed a series of likable but immature young men.
Question: Which of these movies stars Rowan Atkinson?
Answer: The English comic actor Rowan Atkinson is the lead character in the movie Bean.
Question: Which actor played Ferris Bueller in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
Answer: Matthew Broderick starred in the 1986 high school comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Question: Who starred in the 1947 film version of A Streetcar Named Desire?
Answer: Marlon Brando’s emotionally charged performance as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most famous in film history.
Question: Who played Nicholas Angel in the comedy film Hot Fuzz?
Answer: Simon Pegg portrayed the police officer Nicholas Angel in Hot Fuzz.
Question: Who played Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings films?
Answer: Ian Holm portrayed Bilbo Baggins, the adventurous hobbit, in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Question: Who played Dracula in the Universal Studios 1931 film of that name?
Answer: Bela Lugosi, a Hungarian-born actor, played Dracula in Tod Browning’s film version of the vampire story.