Degrees
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Link any two people on screen through films they both appear in, or look up anyone’s Bacon number.
1step
Shortest route
Austin Pendleton is 1 step from Alan Arkin, through Catch-22.
The Kevin Bacon test
Distance to Kevin Bacon
Austin Pendleton
1 step
to Kevin Bacon
Alan Arkin
2 steps
to Kevin Bacon
Average reach
2.73
Austin's steps to anyone
Average reach
2.62
Alan's steps to anyone
Kevin Bacon averages 2.67 steps to everyone he can reach. Lower is closer to the middle of the movie world.