The Overlapping Cast movie trivia puzzle
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The Overlapping Cast
You know the face. You remember the scene. Now find where every movie fits.
Hard · 6 movies · 6 parts · 3 checks
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Diamonds Are Forever
Barbarian
Wolf Children
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Parallel Mothers
Nosferatu the Vampyre
The six parts
- Released in the 1970s
- Released in the 2020s
- With Sean Connery
- Horror
- With Penélope Cruz
- A mother raises children who can become wolves
Choose a movie or a category first.
One movie can fit more than one part.
Inside this movie puzzle
Play The Overlapping Cast: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.
Part of A Seat at the Cabaret, a 10-puzzle pack. Hard is an estimated difficulty, based on this lineup and its clues. Every movie must fit a different category; one tempting match can leave another film without a place.
This cast includes Diamonds Are Forever, Barbarian, Wolf Children, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Parallel Mothers, Nosferatu the Vampyre. Its movie data spans Action, Thriller, Horror, Mystery. Read all six clues before committing to the first match. You can move movies and undo placements without spending a check.
Hard · Estimated difficulty. Six movies. Six categories. Use every movie once.
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Barbarian
- Wolf Children
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes
- Parallel Mothers
- Nosferatu the Vampyre
The categories
- Released in the 1970s
- Released in the 2020s
- With Sean Connery
- Horror
- With Penélope Cruz
- A mother raises children who can become wolves
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How the cast came together
Spoilers: the full lineup. Open after you play.
This library puzzle has an optional answer discussion. 3 of the six categories fit more than one film. The lineup below is the only way to give all six movies a part. Facts come from the puzzle’s verified movie data.
- Released in the 1970s — Escape from the Planet of the Apes was released in 1971, in the 1970s. Also fits: Diamonds Are Forever and Nosferatu the Vampyre. Source
- Released in the 2020s — Barbarian was released in 2022, in the 2020s. Also fits: Parallel Mothers. Source
- With Sean Connery — Sean Connery is in the cast of Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Source
- Horror — Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) is listed under Horror. Also fits: Barbarian. Source
- With Penélope Cruz — Penélope Cruz is in the cast of Parallel Mothers (2021). Source
- A mother raises children who can become wolves — After her werewolf partner dies, a woman raises their two children who have inherited his ability to become wolves. Source