Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Directed by Michael Anderson

Starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Newton, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Basil Sydney, Noel Coward, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Harcourt Williams, Martine Carol, Fernandel, Charles Boyer, Evelyn Keyes, Jose Greco and Troupe, Luis Miguel Dominguin, Gilbert Roland, Cesar Romero, Alan Mowbray, Cedric Hardwicke, Melville Cooper, Reginald Denny, Ronald Colman, Robert Cabal, Charles Coburn, George Raft, Peter Lorre, Red Skelton, Marlene Dietrich, John Carradine, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton, Tim McCoy, Joe E. Brown, Andy Devine, Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Beatrice Lillie, John Mills, Glynis Johns, Hermione Gingold, and Edward R. Murrow

The movie that introduced the word "cameo," Around the World in Eighty Days literally features a cast of thousands. If you don't believe me, you can check out its IMDb. These blink and you'll miss them appearances made the film a big attraction in 1956, but really take away from the film as a whole. It's hard to take it seriously when the filmmakers seemed more concerned with cramming celebrities in than making a good film. The act grows tiresome pretty quickly, and it's not long before the movie feels like it's taking eighty days to finish.

Other nominees: Friendly Persuasion (William Wyler), Giant (George Stevens), The King and I (Walter Lang), and The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)