There were no upsets or surprises in the first round of the 60's era bracket of the Classic Movie Actor Tournament. All the top ranked seeds won their respective matches. The biggest winner was 4th seed Jack Lemmon who trounced 13th seed Clint Eastwood 30-6. Number 1 seed Paul Newman had his way with 16th seed Michael Caine 24-11. The only real close match was between 3rd seed Sidney Poitier and 14th seed Walter Matthau. The two battled back and forth the whole match until Sidney finally pulled away 20-16. Here are the complete scores of all the matches.
(1) PAUL NEWMAN 24 (16) MICHAE CAINE 11
(8) SEAN CONNERY 26 (9) MARCELLO MASTROIANNI 10
(4) JACK LEMMON 30 (13) CLINT EASTWOOD 6
(5) TONY CURTIS 23 (12) LEE MARVIN 14
(2) STEVE MCQUEEN 24 (15) DIRK BOGARDE 11
(7) PETER O'TOOLE 24 (10) JAMES GARNER 14
(3) SIDNEY POITIER 20 (14) WALTER MATTHAU 16
(6) ROBERT REDFORD 24 (11) JERRY LEWIS 13
I'm glad Paul and Jack did so well. I adore those guys! :)
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