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
Will Wright is 1 step from Phyllis Thaxter, through Act of Violence.
The Kevin Bacon test
Distance to Kevin Bacon
Will Wright
2 steps
to Kevin Bacon
Phyllis Thaxter
2 steps
to Kevin Bacon
Average reach
3.41
Will's steps to anyone
Average reach
3.44
Phyllis's steps to anyone
Kevin Bacon averages 2.92 steps to everyone he can reach. Lower is closer to the middle of the movie world.