Alternate Best Actor 1950: Results

5. Marlon Brando in The Men- Brando gives a solid turn but he always seems a bit restricted due to the role.

Best Scene: Ken's emotional outburst at the other Men

4. Toshiro Mifune in Scandal- Far from Mifune's best work but it is a nice charming performance as a fulfills the role a traditional leading man.

Best Scene: Ichiro makes his plea to the court.

3. Edmond O'Brien in D.O.A.- O'Brien is easily the best part of his film as he gives a convincing performance as a man forced to solve his own murder while he is dying.

Best Scene: Bigelow finishes telling his story.

2. Sterling Hayden in The Asphalt Jungle- Hayden doesn't give a hoot style doesn't always work but it certainly does here as the hoodlum Dix particularly due to the modicum of humanity he does bring to the part.

Best Scene:  Dix dreams of the farm as he tries to make it back to it one more time.

1. Toshiro Mifune in Rashomon- Good Prediction Psifonian. Feel free to name a year and a performance of your choice. My favorite this year is without a doubt Mifune's amazing performance here that may be his finest. He goes all out and is absolutely magnetic every second he is onscreen and gives a compelling portrayal of a man through four very different perceptions.

Best Scene:  (Hard to say as I love every minute of it but I'll have to say) The bandit's version of the story.

Overall Rank:

1. Toshiro Mifune in Rashomon
2. James Stewart in Harvey
3. William Holden in Sunset Blvd.
4. Jose Ferrer in Cyrano De Bergerac
5. Sterling Hayden in The Asphalt Jungle
6. Edmond O'Brien in D.O.A.
7. Sidney Poitier in No Way Out
8. Toshiro Mifune in Scandal
9. James Stewart in Winchester '73 
10. John Mills in Morning Departure
11. Marlon Brando in The Men
12. John Wayne in Rio Grande
13. Richard Widmark in No Way Out
14. James Stewart in Broken Arrow
15. Richard Widmark in Panic in the Streets 
16. Takashi Shimura in Scandal
17. Gregory Peck in The Gunfighter
18. Spencer Tracy in Father of the Bride
19. Clifton Webb in Cheaper by the Dozen
20. Richard Todd in Stage Fright
21. Louis Calhern in The Magnificent Yankee
22. Broderick Crawford in Born Yesterday
23. William Holden in Born Yesterday
24. Burt Lancaster in Mister 880
25. Humphrey Bogart in In a Lonely Place  
26. Jackie Robinson in The Jackie Robinson Story

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