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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Catherine Shoard

Cinema's marvellous moustaches

Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx's greasepaint shows you don't need hair to get yourself a trademark tache Photograph: Bob Landry/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
Moustache gallery: Moustache: Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell in Anchorman You can almost you smell the testosterone coming off this tache. Without words, we know: Ron Burgundy is all man Photograph: Frank Masi, SMPSP
Moustache gallery: Moustache: this is spinal tap
Harry Shearer in This is Spinal Tap Turning the tache to 11 is Derek Smalls's thick slick of stubble with elaborate flares and tapers Photograph: Rex Feature/Everett Collection
SEAN CONNERY
Sean Connery in Zardoz A superlative handlebar beautifully offset by the plait, codpiece, braces with places to store your bullets and thigh-high riding boots
Photograph: 20th C Fox/Everett/Rex Features
Moustache gallery: Moustache: Daniel Day Lewis
Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood It's hard to tell which is more frightening: his twirly showstopper in Gangs of New York or this one in There Will Be Blood – mania-stained and full of bristle Photograph: Everett /Rex Features/Paramount
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