John Wayne, The Duke is sent home early in Round 2 of the 50's Era Classic Movie Actor Tournament

Round 2 of the 1950's bracket for the Classic Movie Actor tournament yielded one upset as 3rd seed John Wayne was edged out by 6th seed Kirk Douglas 20-18. The other favorites easily won their matches as perennial favorite and 2nd seed William Holden blasted 7th seed Montgomery Clift 26-12. 9th seed bad boy Robert Mitchum ended 16th seed Alec Guinness cinderella run 26-9. And 4th seed Burt Lancaster beat 12th seed Frank Sinatra 22-17.

(9) ROBERT MITCHUM  26  (16) ALEC GUINNESS  9
(4) BURT LANCASTER   22  (12) FRANK SINATRA 17
(2) WILLIAM HOLDEN   26  (7)  MONTGOMERY CLIFT 12
(3) JOHN WAYNE           18  (6)  KIRK DOUGLAS 20

So the semi-final matches set up like this:

4 BURT LANCASTER

VS

9 ROBERT MITCHUM

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2 WILLIAM HOLDEN

VS

6 KIRK DOUGLAS

The matches start tonight and will run through Friday 7 PM EST