Poll: Golden Turkeys

Results of 556 votes:

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   Worst Casting: John Wayne as Genghis Khan in The Conqueror (1956)
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   Edward D. Wood Jr. in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

    

   Worst Film of All Time, voted upon by readers of The Fifty Worst Films of All Time: Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
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   Edward D. Wood Jr.

    

   Worst Director: Ed Wood
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   King Kong (1976)

    

   Biggest Rip-off in Hollywood History: King Kong (1976)
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   Paul Newman in "The Silver Chalice." 1954 Warner Brothers

    

   Most Embarrassing Movie Debut: Paul Newman in The Silver Chalice (1954)
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   Most Ridiculous Movie Monster: Ro-Man from Robot Monster (1953)
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   Worst Title: Rat Pfink and Boo Boo (1966)
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   "Teahouse of the August Moon, The" Marlon Brando

    

   Most Ludicrous Racial Impersonation: Marlon Brando as a native of Okinawa in The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
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   Ray Milland and Roosevelt Grier in The Thing with Two Heads (1972)

    

   Worst Two-Headed Transplant Movie: The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
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    Ted Neeley in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

     

    Worst Performance as Jesus Christ: Ted Neeley in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
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    #12

     

    P.T. Barnum Award for Worst Cinematic Exploitation of a Physical Deformity: The Terror of Tiny Town (1938), a Western film with an all-dwarf cast.
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    The Swarm (1978)

     

    Most 'Badly Bumbled Bee' Movie: The Swarm (1978)
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    Richard Burton in Cleopatra (1963)

     

    Worst Actor: Richard Burton (a highly controversial choice, considering the fact that he was Oscar-nominated many times, played Shakespearean roles, and is usually considered one of the world's great…
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    The Madmen of Mandoras (1963)

     

    Most Brainless Brain Movie: They Saved Hitler's Brain (1968)
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    #25

     

    Most Inane Technical Advance: Percepto, designed by William Castle for his 1959 film The Tingler (1959) starring Vincent Price. At certain times in the film small vibrators attached to the underside…
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    Raquel Welch circa 1968

     

    Worst Actress: Raquel Welch
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    Tony Bennett

     

    Worst Performance by a Popular Singer: Tony Bennett in The Oscar (1966)
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    Worst Credit Line: The 1929 version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1929), "with additional dialogue by Sam Taylor" (this credit does not appear in the surviving prints o…
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    Worst Film You Never Saw: (category for films never completed or only released in a limited fashion) Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
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    The Food of the Gods (1976)

     

    Worst Rodent Movie: The Food of the Gods (1976)
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    Matango (1963)

     

    Worst Vegetable Movie: Matango (1963) aka " Attack of the Mushroom People" (mushrooms are actually fungi, not vegetables)
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    Dondi (1961)

     

    Most Obnoxious Child Performer: David Kory in Dondi (1961)
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    Pam Grier and William Marshall in Scream Blacula Scream (1973)

     

    Worst Blaxploitation Movie: Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
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    Worst Performance by an Animal: Dinky the Chimp in Tarzan and the Great River (1967) (During filming, Dinky attacked and injured lead actor Mike Henry.)
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    Rosebud (1975)

     

    Worst Performance by a Politician: United States Congressman and New York City Mayor John Lindsay in Rosebud (1975)
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    Worst Musical Extravaganza: At Long Last Love (1975) (mid-1970s musical starring Burt Reynolds)
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    Norman Mailer in Ragtime (1981)

     

    Worst Performance by a Novelist: Norman Mailer in Wild 90 (1968)
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    Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore in "Change of Habit," Universal, 1969.

     

    Worst Performance as a Clergyman or Nun: Mary Tyler Moore in Change of Habit (1969)
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    Worst Line of Romantic Dialogue: an exchange between Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll in North West Mounted Police (1940)
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    Sonny Tufts, c. 1944.

     

    Worst Performance by Sonny Tufts: Government Girl (1943)