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Burt Lancaster
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Films to Rent
Killers, The (1946)
- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner - Textbook film noir has insurance investigator Edmund O'Brien auditing the curious death of prize–fighter Burt Lancaster, in a series of…
Desert Fury (1947)- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster… - Small town Nevada desert set suspense focusing around a gambling empire obstinately led by a tough woman whose perfect monopoly is interrupted by her…
Brute Force (1947)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford… - Surprisingly visceral and violent for its time, this prison drama sees Lancaster play a tough inmate in Westgate Penitentiary who decides to wage war…
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster - The great Barbara Stanwyck cracks up in this crime melodrama, an enjoyably overrought 'visualisation' of what was a gripping and highly successful…
Criss Cross (1948)- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea… - Film noir stars Lancaster as Steve Thompson, a love–lorn armored truck driver obsessed with air–headed ex–wife Anna (De Carlo) who…
Flame and the Arrow, The (1950)- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Nick Cravat - Middling, though colourful medieval epic with Lancaster leading as a 'Robin Hood' who leads the peasants of Lombardy into a revolt against the local…
Crimson Pirate, The (1952)- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Burt Lancaster - Camp swashbuckler stars Burt Lancaster as a spirited pirate who leads an island people's revolt against a ruling tyrant. Rollicking entertainment…
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore… - An affecting melodrama based on William Inge's stageplay, concerning a loveless marriage, alcoholism and the price of misplaced love. Burt…
From Here to Eternity (1953)- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr… - Frank Sinatra established himself an actor alongside Burt Lancaster in this account of life at a Honolulu barracks at the time of Pearl Harbour.…
Vera Cruz (1954)- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster - Humour and suspense reflect the uneasy alliance of Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster who collaborate to depose a corrupt Emperor in 1860s Mexico.
Apache (1954)- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire… - Although now dated in it's treatment of the subject – like casting the blue–eyed Lancaster as an Apache Indian – at the time this…
Kentuckian, The (1955)- Dir. Burt Lancaster
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn… - Western directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, an adaptation of the novel The Gabriel Horn by Felix Holt. Beautifully shot in Kentucky and…
Trapeze (1956)- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida… - Surprisingly well–realised drama, which sets a love–triangle (Lancaster, Curtis, Lollobrigida) in the world of European circus…
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming - The legendary Doc Holliday–Wyatt Earp clash with the Clayton gang with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in the leading spurs. A textbook Western.
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster - New York–style cynicism reaches its apogee in this bitter pill from the 50s, with press agent Tony Curtis playing self–degrading lapdog…
Separate Tables (1958)- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, David Niven… - Fascinating melodrama contrasts individuals in a tea house at an English seaside resort. Sharp script gives the A–list talent much to chew…
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster - One of the best WWII submarine movies, this pits Commander Clark Gable against rebel Lt. Burt Lancaster as together they patrol the deeps.
Unforgiven, The (1960)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster - Audrey Hepburn plays an adopted ranchers daughter who becomes the focus of a racist furore when her Indian roots are discovered.
Elmer Gantry (1960)- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shirley Jones - The Sinclair Lewis novel set in the American Midwest of the 20s, is splashed across the screen in true barnstorming style, with a big–canvas of…
Birdman of Alcatraz (1961)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Burt Lancaster - A thought–provoking, true–life story of a man sentenced to 60 years in solitary who became a world authority on birdlife. A compelling…
Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell… - Dramatisation of the trial of the Nazi judges at Nuremberg, facing the patient integrity of Judge Spencer Tracy. Epic, gripping courtroom drama, with…
Young Savages, The (1961)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews… - Arresting crime drama set on the segregated streets of East Harlem and focused on a district attorney investigating the murder of a blind Puerto…
Leopard, The (Il Gattopardo) (1963)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale… - An Italian classic, concerning the decline of the 19th century Sicilian aristocracy – represented by Burt Lancaster– that fulfils its…
Child is Waiting, A (1963)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands - At a school for disabled children music therapist Judy Garland butts heads with the conservative superintendent Burt Lancaster. Film is of note as…
List Of Adrian Messenger, The (1963)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis… - An intelligence officer is on the trail of a psychopath intent on working his bloody way through a seemingly unrelated list of…
Seven Days in May (1964)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster - Kirk Douglas stumbles upon a conspiracy led by General Burt Lancaster, to bring down the US President (who goes and signs treaties with the…
Train, The (1964)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau… - Burt Lancaster leads the French Resistance in stopping (or at least diverting) a train used by the Nazis to steal precious French art treasures in…
Hallelujah Trail, The (1965)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence… - Unusual western adventure about a wagon train of whisky that becomes the target of the US cavalry, the Temperance League and local Indians. Overlong…
Professionals, The (1966)- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan… - A taut precursor to THE WILD BUNCH, with a gang of American mercenaries making an incursion into Mexican territory to rescue a beautiful hostage…
Swimmer, The (1968)- Dir. Frank Perry
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Kim Hunter, Janice Rule - Burt Lancaster decides to swim from pool to pool on his way home on a hot afternoon, each swim evoking different memories and events in this unique…
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