| SIRK | Douglas, director of the 1955 film All That Heaven Allows (4) |
| ROYSCHEIDER | Oscar-nominated star of the 1979 musical drama film All That Jazz (3,8) |
| GISH | Lillian --, American actress who starred in the 1955 film 'The Night of the Hunter' (4) |
| MIKE | ___ Leigh, British film director who put 13A in his film All Or Nothing (4) |
| TODD | Richard _, Irish actor who played Wing Commander Guy Gibson in the 1955 film The Dam Busters (4) |
| ROBERTMITCHUM | Star of the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter (6,7) |
| KAYE | Stubby ___, actor-comedian whose roles included Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the 1955 film musical Guys and Dolls (4) |
| LORD | Author of the 1955 novel A Night to Remember |
| ALAMO | Subject of the 1955 film "The Last Command" |
| APU | Protagonist of the 1955 film "Pather Panchali" |
| GRACEKELLY | Female star of the 1955 film To Catch a Thief (5,5) |
| REEL | There's film all over it |
| OFME | Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin film "All ___" |
| JUDE | ___ Law, actor who starred in King Arthur and two Sherlock Holmes films, all directed by 8A (4) |
| ALLOW | Springsteen's "All That Heaven Will ___" |
| MITCHUM | Robert, actor who played an evil preacher in the 1955 film The Night Of The Hunter (7) |
| SEVENYEARITCH | The - - - - - - - - -, 1955 film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe (5,4,4) |
| CLINTEASTWOOD | American actor whose screen debut was an uncredited bit part as a laboratory assistant in the 1955 film Revenge of the Creature |
| BRICK | Husband of Maggie, the titular 'cat' of the 1955 Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (5) |
| STOLEHOME | What Jackie Robinson did, famously, in the first game of the 1955 World Series |