Burgess Meredith

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Of Mice and Men (1939): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Burgess Meredith, Betty Field…; A mentally–challenged giant and his level–headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in this adaptation of John Steinbeck's…
Man on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949): Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith…; Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.
Twilight Zone, The (Original TV Series) (1959-1964): Dir. Robert Parrish, Jack Smight, John Brahm
Feat. Agnes Moorehead, Ed Wynn, Jack Warden…; Iconic and influential cult TV series with self–contained episodes telling sci–fi tinged tales of the unexpected and mysterious,…
Advise and Consent (1962): Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray…; Political thriller–fable set in the corridors and committee rooms of Washington DC, where the fundamentally decent Senator, Henry Fonda, learns…
In Harm's Way (1965): Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal…; Epic and stately treatment of the aftermath of Japan's WW2 attack on Pearl Harbour, with Wayne playing a sidelined Admiral who tries to claw back…
Batman (TV Series) (1966-1968): Feat. Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith…; Batman and Robin, as many would best remember them, take on a succession of colourful Gotham City villains – Catwoman, The Joker, The Penguin,…
Madame X (1966): Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban…; Sudsy melodrama with Turner as a woman with a past who's dalliance with a wealthy politician leads to murder. Superior weepie, lushly mounted and…
Batman: The Movie (1966): Dir. Leslie Martinson
Feat. Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether…; Spawned from the original sixties TV series, this feature–length adventure pitting the caper crusader against his fiercest adversaries was the…
Torture Garden (1967): Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams…; Grisly, well–acted omnibus of four horror stories by PSYCHO–scribe Robert Bloch, framed by the fiendish hype of Burgess Meredith's…
Day of the Locust, The (1974): Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith…; A decadent, densely–detailed adaptation of Nathaniel West's scalding movie–biz novel of the 1930s that recreates Golden Age Hollywood…
Hindenburg, The (1975): Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton…; Tense thriller follows the last flight of the Hindenburg airship from Nazi Germany to New York in 1937, where it notoriously burst into flames upon…
92 In the Shade (1975): Dir. Thomas McGuane
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Margot Kidder…; Drama based on director's novel of the same name, about a young man who opens a charter fishing business in the swampy rot of Key West, Florida,…
Rocky (1976): Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young…; The simple yet effective story of a two–bit boxer's quest for self–respect and fame was a feat paralleled by the film's writer and star,…
Golden Rendezvous (1977): Dir. Ashley Lazarus
Feat. Richard Harris, John Vernon, Gordon Jackson…; Richard Harris dodges bullets in this daffy thriller about a luxury cruise liner held to ransom by terrorists. This early UNDER SIEGE provided plenty…
Magic (1978): Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith; Anthony Hopkins is tormented by his evil ventriloquist dummy in an off–kilter thriller, that misses a little screen magic. Scripted by William…
Rocky II (1979): Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young…; First sequel to the boxing smash–hit, sees a straight rematch between Rocky Balboa (Stallone) and Apollo Cread. Final fight scene is a…
Rocky III (Rocky 3) (1982): Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire…; Weakish second sequel finds Rocky fighting back after a defeat by a nasty new boxer.
Twilight Zone - The Movie (1983): Dir. John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante
Feat. John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks…; Big–screen homage to the classic 60s TV–series, features four segments of varying (though often effective) creepiness, helmed by…
Rocky V (Rocky 5) (1990): Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young…; Final, agonising round in the ROCKY series, has the Italian Stallion return to the 'old neighbourhood' to coach various new prospects.

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