Cast The Dark Knight Trilogy in the 70's

[dgnightwing]

The title says it all. Make your own cast for The Dark Knight Trilogy if it was made in the 1970's. Now, I know that there are alot of elements to the film that would have not been possible 40 years ago, but let's suspend our imagination a bit (as well as the fact that some characters did not exist yet). Let's go with Batman Begins in 1973, The Dark Knight in 1976, and The Dark Knight Rises in 1980.

I'll Start:

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Bruce Wayne/Batman: Warren Beatty

Alfred Pennyworth: Alec Guinness

Jim Gordon: Jack Lemmon

Lucius Fox: Sidney Poitier

Rachel Dawes: Talia Shire

Ra's Al Ghul: Paul Scofield

Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow: John Cazale

Carmine Falcone: Karl Malden

Earle: Jack Warden

The Joker: Al Pacino

Harvey Dent: Martin Sheen

Bane: Robert De Niro

Selina Kyle/Catwoman: Sigourney Weaver

Talia Al Ghul: Meryl Streep

John Blake: Jeff Bridges

 

[Rodrigo90]

Come on, man. Don't spam

 

[dgnightwing]

How am I spamming?

 

[Anno_Domini]

Clint Eastwood as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

'Nuff said.

 

[TheDarKnight720]

Clint Eastwood as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

'Nuff said.

I really wished this casting would have happened. He would have been as perfect as Christopher Reeves as Superman.

 

[Mace Dolex]

I don't know it's kind of hard picturing a Batman film in the 70's especially early to mid-70's when clothing styles were drastically uncool.

Sometimes I'll watch Superman The Movie and the fashion is blatantly obvious, we don't need pimps saying "Say Jim!"

 

[Eddie Dean]

Batman Begins (1973)
Directed by Don Siegel

Clint Eastwood as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Laurence Olivier as Alfred Pennyworth
Kirk Douglas as James Gordon
Ossie Davis as Lucius Fox
Charlton Heston as Ducard
Faye Dunaway as Rachel Dawes
Robert Shaw as Carmine Falcone
Robert Mitchum as Mr. Earle
Peter Boyle as Flass
with Harry Dean Stanton as Jonathan Crane
and Gregory Peck as Thomas Wayne

The Dark Knight (1976)
Directed by William Freidkin

Clint Eastwood as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Laurence Olivier as Alfred Pennyworth
Kirk Douglas as James Gordon
Ossie Davis as Lucius Fox
Faye Dunaway as Rachel Dawes
Warren Beatty as Harvey Dent
John Cazale as The Joker
John Vernon as The Mayor
Ernest Borgnine as Wuertz
Harry Dean Stanton as Jonathan Crane
with Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Reese
and Lance Henriksen as The Bank Manager

The Dark Knight Rises (1980)
Directed by Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood as Batman / Bruce Wayne
Laurence Olivier as Alfred Pennyworth
Kirk Douglas as James Gordon
Ossie Davis as Lucius Fox
Rutger Hauer on steroids as Bane
Barbara Hershey as Selina Kyle
Mickey Rourke as John Blake
Isabelle Adjani as Miranda Tate
John Vernon as The Mayor
Harry Dean Stanton as Jonathan Crane
with Roman Polanski as Stryver
and Christopher Walken as The CIA Agent

 

[Spider-Kurt!]

Christopher Lee as Ra's Al Ghul!

 

[Baramos]

I'm picturing Steve McQueen as Harvey Dent, I can tell you that much.

Or maybe as Jim Gordon. Frank Bullitt reminds me of Gordon. Slap a mustache and glasses on him.

EDIT: Hmm, uncanny.

I think this technique might work for any actor, though.

 

[Eddie Dean]

McQueen would even make a good Batman.

 

[dgnightwing]

Nice job Eddie. I originally had Cazale as The Joker myself (with Pacino as Harvey Dent), but ended up switching him to Scarecrow.

Anybody got feedback on my cast?

 

[Breogan]

Bruce Wayne/Batman: Clint Eastwood

Alfred Pennyworth: Peter Cushing

Jim Gordon: Robert Shaw, yes Quint

Lucius Fox: Ossie Davis http://s3.amazonaws.com/img.goldderby.com/images/1345513552_Davis.jpg He'd be a bit younger than in that pic.

Rachel Dawes: Ali MacGraw

Ra's Al Ghul: Ricardo Montalbán

This is a few years after Space Seed and 10 years before Wrath of Khan, the guy was fit, and an avid swordsman

Check him in 1972 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes for the right time and look-

The Joker: Roddy McDowall, as above again watch Ceaser (final scene) dominate through that make up.


Bane: Danny Trejo http://wiki.tarantino.info/images/Danny_Trejo_El_Mexicanismo.jpg

Selina Kyle/Catwoman: Pam Grier

Talia Al Ghul: Sophia Loren

 

[The Batman]

Batman Begins

Batman: Unknown Actor
Alfred: Lawrence Oliver
Gordon: Paul Newman
Fox: Sydney Poitier
Rachel: Diane Keaton
Ra's: Christopher Lee
Scarecrow: Roddy Mcdowell
Falcone: Jack Warden
Thomas Wayne: Warren Beatty
Martha Wayne: Julie Christie

The Dark Knight

The Joker: Jack Nicholson
Two Face: Robert Redford


The Dark Knight Rises

Catwoman: Meryl Streep
Bane: Sean Connery
Talia: Faye Dunaway
John Blake: John Travolta I guess

 

[dgnightwing]

Anybody else want to give this a go?

 

[axelbratoski]

Batman Begins (1973)
Harrison Ford as Bruce Wayne/Batman
John Gielgud as Alfred Pennyworth
Christopher Lee as Henri Ducard/Ra's al Ghul
Robert Englund as Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow
Susan Sarandon as Rachel Dawes
Gene Hackman as James Gordon
Scatman Crothers as Lucius Fox
Al Lettieri as Carmine Falcone

The Dark Knight (1975)
Harrison Ford as Bruce Wayne/Batman
John Gielgud as Alfred Pennyworth
Christopher Walken as The Joker
Ryan O'Neal as Harvey Dent
Susan Sarandon as Rachel Dawes
Gene Hackman as James Gordon Scatman Crothers as Lucius Fox
Harvey Keitel as Sal Maroni
Robert Englund as Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow

The Dark Knight Rises (1980)
Harrison Ford as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Gene Hackman as Commissioner Gordon
John Gielgud as Alfred Pennyworth
Ron Perlman as Bane
Kurt Russell as John Blake
Adrianne Barbeau as Selina Kyle
Charlotte Rampling as Miranda Tate
Scatman Crothers as Lucius Fox

 

[Eddie Dean]

Selina Kyle/Catwoman: Pam Grier

Hmm...

Black Batman
Directed by Gordon Parks

Fred Williamson - Batman

Scatman Crothers - Alfred Pennyworth

Richard Roundtree - Jim Gordon

Richard Pryor - The Joker