Sterling Hayden or Robert Ryan?

[MrScorpio]

Poll question: Sterling Hayden or Robert Ryan?

Sterling Hayden


Robert Ryan

[CBGLuthier]

1. This may be the hardest poll in the history of DU

Hayden for Dr. Stranglove and The Godfather vs. Ryan for The Wild Bunch and Billy Budd. Just to name a few of their films.

Hayden. Thinking about Johnny Guitar and The Killing. Plus Sterling is a cooler name.

[mitchum]

2. Robert Ryan for the The Wild Bunch AND for never "ratting out reds" like Hayden

Hayden was a very good writer, though

[Captain Hilts]

3. Both were right wing guys, but Sterling Hayden did some amazing stuff in WWII.

Ryan liked doing Shakespeare with Katharine Hepburn....but my vote's with Hayden.

[MrScorpio]

5. Here's a pic of Ryan stumping for Eugene McCarthy

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=832ef61bc167eec5&q=robert%20ryan&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drobert%2Bryan%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DMHL%26sa%3DN%26start%3D54%26um%3D1%26newwindow%3D1

I think that the right wing was all up on the screen

Wiki says that he was a liberal Democrat


By the way, Sterling was once a card carrying commie!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Hayden

How's that for your post war commie conspiracies?

[Captain Hilts]

6. I'm glad to hear this! Hepburn supported McCarthy too....nt

[CrawlingChaos]

4. Sterling Hayden wins for Asphalt Jungle alone

and when you factor in Dr.Stranglove, it's not even close.

[MrCoffee]

7. Brigadier General Jack Ripper will always get my vote

I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

[es350_ibm]

8. sterling

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

9. for creepiness??