Burt Lancaster

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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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…
Scalphunters, The (1968): Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Ossie Davis…; A 'mountain' Western, with fur trapper Lancaster and ex–slave Davis teaming up to recapture a cargo of stolen pelts. The script aims at various…
Castle Keep (1969): Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont…; Anachronistic WWII film in which a ragtag squad of GI's, led by an eye–patched Burt Lancaster, hunker down in a medieval castle and try to halt…
Lawman (1970): Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb…; Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan are veteran adversaries in this violent '70s Western. Saddle–sore Lancaster is on the trail of a band of…
Airport (1970): Dir. George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg…; A big–city airport is disrupted one hectic night, with hijackings, bombings, stowaways etc. The whole cast struggle to cope. Adapted from…
Valdez Is Coming (1971): Dir. Edwin Sherin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Frank Silvera…; An underrated late Western, with Lancaster playing a down–heels Mexican sherriff who takes a dangerous stand on principle against a powerful…
Ulzana's Raid (1972): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison; Burt Lancaster saddles up to hunt a band of Apache Indians who have escaped their impoverished reservation and have gone on the warpath. One of…
Scorpio (1973): Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield…; Burt Lancaster plays the CIA agent in this solid suspense yarn set at the height of the Cold War. Plotwise this is a little overcomplicated, but…
Executive Action (1973): Dir. David Miller
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer; Rogue intelligence agents, right–wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free–lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination…
Conversation Piece (1974): Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano; A retired professor, who leads of solitary and ordered existence is disturbed by rich and overbearing new tenants in his Roman palazzo. Assembles…
Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Harvey Keitel, Burt Lancaster…; Off–key satire on 'official' American history, with Paul Newman as the charismatic fraud Bill Hickock, whose Wild West Show toured America in…
Cassandra Crossing, The (1977): Dir. George P. Cosmatos
Feat. Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner…; A few too many disasters – train crashes, plagues, terrorists etc. – make for an overcooked yet still entertaining actioner. An…
Island of Dr Moreau, The (1977): Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Michael York; Burt Lancaster plays mad scientist Moreau in the second adaptation of H.G Wells chilling novel. Benefits greatly from the make up talents of the team…
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977): Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning…; A powerful political thriller following an American Air Force pilot (Burt Lancaster) who goes renegade, escaping from military prison and taking…
Go Tell the Spartans (1978): Dir. Ted Post
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, David Clennon…; Set in the early stages of the conflict in Vietnam, Lancaster plays a Major who, with a small band of untested soldiers, is ordered to hold a small…
Zulu Dawn (1979): Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Phil Daniels…; Prequel to ZULU is a vivid recreation of the Battle of Isandhlwana.
Atlantic City, USA (1981): Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon; An ageing petty crook finds a new self–respect with a struggling casino worker. Subtly drawn yet satisfying character study, expertly played by…
Local Hero (1983): Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Peter Reigert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson…; Peter Riegert plays an American oil executive assigned to buy out a small Scottish community where, of course, not everyone takes the bait. Burt…
Tough Guys (1986): Dir. Jeff Kanew
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning…; A low–brow but likeable vehicle for macho Hollywood icons Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster who play two elderly gangsters who are released from…
Field of Dreams (1989): Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster…; Kevin Costner has his childhood fantasy fulfilled when he is asked by strange voices to build a baseball diamond in his corn–field.…
Jeweller's Shop, The (1989): Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Olivia Hussey, Ben Cross; Charming, low–key adaptation of a play by Pope John Paul the Second. Burt Lancaster in his last film role plays a jeweller in 1930's Poland…

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