85 FILMS OF BURT LANCASTER (1913 - 1994)
God smiled on this date in 1913 when Burt Lancaster was born in New York City.
From Irish descent, Lancaster began his career as a circus performer with his strong gymnastics skills.
Being exposed to the USO during World War II, Lancaster turned to acting and he is basically self-taught.
His first movie turned him into an instant star.
His career spanned 43 years from 1946 to 1989. He appeared in 85 movies with genre breakdown as: drama (51); romance (23); westerns (15); comedy (14); action/adv (14) and war (10).
He appeared in film during five decades with the majority of his movies (60%) being released in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
He appeared in 7 movies with Kirk Douglas, one of his best Hollywood friends.
His IMDb ratings are:
mode - 7.4 (9)
mean - 6.9
median - 7.0
He was one of my favorite actors of all time.
He passed away at the age of 90 on 10-20-94 in Century City, CA.
From Irish descent, Lancaster began his career as a circus performer with his strong gymnastics skills.
Being exposed to the USO during World War II, Lancaster turned to acting and he is basically self-taught.
His first movie turned him into an instant star.
His career spanned 43 years from 1946 to 1989. He appeared in 85 movies with genre breakdown as: drama (51); romance (23); westerns (15); comedy (14); action/adv (14) and war (10).
He appeared in film during five decades with the majority of his movies (60%) being released in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
He appeared in 7 movies with Kirk Douglas, one of his best Hollywood friends.
His IMDb ratings are:
mode - 7.4 (9)
mean - 6.9
median - 7.0
He was one of my favorite actors of all time.
He passed away at the age of 90 on 10-20-94 in Century City, CA.
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- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienHit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.what a debut!!!! a classic film noir
- DirectorJules DassinStarsBurt LancasterHume CronynCharles BickfordAt a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.an intense prison flick
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsJohn HodiakLizabeth ScottBurt LancasterThe daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.a charming film noir
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsMary HatcherOlga San JuanDeForest KelleyAlmost everyone under contract to Paramount Pictures at the time make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsBurt LancasterLizabeth ScottKirk DouglasFrankie Madison leaves prison expecting a share from his ex-partner. But Prohibition bootlegging didn't prepare Frankie for Big Business.another film noir classic
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsEdward G. RobinsonBurt LancasterMady ChristiansDuring WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsBarbara StanwyckBurt LancasterAnn RichardsWhen neurotic bedridden wife Leona Stevenson overhears a murder plot on her telephone, she tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent the murder. Based on Lucille Fletcher's famous radio play.a mediocre film noir
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsJoan FontaineBurt LancasterRobert NewtonFugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterYvonne De CarloDan DuryeaAn armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.one of my favorite film noirs
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsBurt LancasterPaul HenreidClaude RainsA man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsBurt LancasterVirginia MayoRobert DouglasDardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsBurt LancasterEdmund GwennDorothy McGuireGentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsBurt LancasterRobert WalkerJoanne DruThe sons of a Colorado cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, resent one another and fight for control of their father's cattle empire.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBurt LancasterCharles BickfordSteve CochranThe triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.good story of our first "super" athlete
- DirectorWillis GoldbeckStarsBurt LancasterJody LawranceGilbert RolandDuring the Riff War in Morocco, the French Foreign Legion's outpost of Tarfa is threatened by Khalif Hussein's tribes but Sergeant Mike Kincaid devises a plan of survival until the arrival of French reinforcements.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterNick CravatEva BartokDuring the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsBurt LancasterShirley BoothTerry MooreAn emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBurt LancasterVirginia MayoChuck ConnorsAWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.one of the best war dramas of all time
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsJane PowellGordon MacRaeGene NelsonThree navy men run into a shady producer who convinces them to invest into his new show. When they meet the show's female star attraction, they're sold. Have they become the latest showbiz players or just three more suckers?
- DirectorByron HaskinBurt LancasterStarsBurt LancasterJoan RiceAndré MorellA Yankee sea captain has adventures in paradise trying to become an entrepreneur in Micronesia.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBurt LancasterJean PetersJohn McIntireRefusing to let himself be re-settled on a Florida reservation, Massai, an Apache warrior, escapes his captors and returns to his homeland to become a peaceful farmer.a good western from the Indian's perspective
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsGary CooperBurt LancasterDenise DarcelDuring the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsErnest BorgnineBetsy BlairEsther MinciottiA middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
- DirectorBurt LancasterStarsBurt LancasterDiana LynnDianne FosterA Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.Burt explores the new frontier of the USA