Richard Burton
Actor
- Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
- Dir. Derek Twist
Feat. Richard Burton, Honor Blackman, Roger Livesey…
- Minor comedy, of the English variety, set in a brandy–soaked Kent village.
- Desert Rats, The (1953)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Richard Burton
- No–nonsense British Army officer Richard Burton assumes command of an Australian platoon, but struggles to win their respect. Sequel to The…
- Robe, The (1953)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Richard Burton
- Richard Burton acquires Jesus' robe after supervising his crucifixion and becomes wreaked with fear and guilt. A lavish biblical epic, the first film…
- Alexander the Great (1956)
- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom
- Earnest epic follows the life and early death of the Greek warrior who conquered the entire known world. This seismic production has Richard Burton…
- Bitter Victory (1957)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Richard Burton, Curt Jurgens, Ruth Roman…
- Superior war drama is set around a WW2 mission by British commandos in North Africa, trying to retrieve vital papers from a German HQ before…
- Sea Wife (1957)
- Dir. Bob McNaught
Feat. Richard Burton, Joan Collins, Basil Sydney…
- Melodramatic adventure tale with Burton and Collins adrift on a raft after their ship is sunk by the Japanese. Clunky, but oddly compelling, though…
- Look Back in Anger (1958)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure
- Richard Burton plays the angry–young–man to the hilt in this grimly realistic slice of British life in the '50s. Based on John Osborne's…
- Longest Day, The (1962)
- Dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Feat. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum…
- One the great WW2 films, with over 40 international stars. The large scale battle scenes have taken some outdoing.
- Cleopatra (1963)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
- Magnificent sets and Rex Harrison's dynamic Caesar are the saving graces of this, Hollywood's most extravagant turkey.
Both Liz Taylor and Richard…
- Night of the Iguana, The (1964)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon…
- Tennessee Williams–scripted brew of melodrama, old–style religion and sexual repression sees defrocked priest/alcoholic Richard Burton…