Alternate Best Actor 1975: Results

5. Gene Hackman in Night Moves- Gene Hackman as usual gives a solid performance as a footballer turned private detective who is out of his element, but his best work this year was his heartbreaking reprise of Popeye Doyle in French Connection II.

Best Scene for the French Connection II: Doyle suffers withdrawal.  

4. Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show- Curry gives a delightful entertaining strange performance that is by far the highlight of his film.

Best Scene: "Sweet Transvestite" 

3. Roy Scheider in Jaws- Scheider gives a great reactive performance that amplifies the intensity of his film by being a very human guide and who we can relate to.

Best Scene: Chief Brody sees the Shark attack. 

1. Michael Caine and Sean Connery in The Man Who Would Be King- I find it almost impossible to separate these performances as they both amplify each other through their impeccable chemistry and together they create two marvelous characters that end up both being very entertaining as well as rather heartbreaking as well. As for the year itself I feel like kicking myself for my placement for any one of the top seven performances because I love all of them. I hate putting Hackman as low as he is because I love that performance. This is just a tremendous year and all seven of my top seven would be a worthy winners.

Best Scene: Danny apologizes to Peachy. 

Overall Rank:

1. Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
2. Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon
3. Gene Hackman in French Connection II  
4. Michael Caine and Sean Connery in The Man Who Would Be King
5. Roy Scheider in Jaws  
6. Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties
7. Maximilian Schell in The Man in The Glass Booth
8. Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor
9. Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
10. Gene Hackman in Night Moves
11. Jack Nicholson in The Passenger
12. William Atherton in The Day of the Locust
13. Warren Beatty in Shampoo
14. James Caan in Rollerball
15. Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys
16. James Whitmore in Give 'Em Hell Harry
17. Ryan O'Neal in Barry Lyndon
18. John Wayne in Rooster Cogburn
19. Barry Bostwick in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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