Burt Lancaster — Actor (25)
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Jenny is a Good Thing (1969) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Jenny is a Good Thing
director: Joan Horvath actor: Burt Lancaster
other title: Jenny Is a Good Thing / 珍妮的必要性
Jenny is a Good Thing is a 1969 American short documentary film about children and poverty, directed by Joan Horvath. Produced by Project Head Start, it shows the importance of good nutrition for underprivileged nursery school children. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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The Untameable Kirk Douglas (2017) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Kirk Douglas, l'indompté
director: Hubert Attal actor: Mirabelle Kirkland / David Bender …
other title: Kirk Douglas, der Unbeugsame / Kirk Douglas, l'indompté
The story of actor Kirk Douglas, the man and the legend, one of the last stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. An epic journey through the 20th century and the entire history of Hollywood. A testimony of the huge scope of his life and the scale of the myth. The untameable Kirk Douglas, the ragman's son.
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Little Treasure (1985) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Little Treasure
director: Alan Sharp actor: Margot Kidder / Ted Danson …
other title: Staubige Dollars / Pequeño tesoro …
Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling projectionist. The father passes away, telling of the loot from a botched bank robbery that he buried years earlier. The two get jobs in town as their relationship grows and they search for the treasure on the weekends. But while the treasure seems to bring them together, it also seems to be tearing them apart.
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Control (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Il giorno prima
director: Giuliano Montaldo actor: Ben Gazzara / Kate Nelligan …
other title: O Pesadelo do Século / Contrôle …
An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long they can survive without interaction with the outside, things work out fine.
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His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
His Majesty O'Keefe
director: Byron Haskin actor: Burt Lancaster / Joan Rice …
other title: Weißer Herrscher über Tonga / Le Roi des îles …
Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.
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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
director: Suzette Winter / Gene Feldman actor: 伯顿·兰开斯特 / 欧内斯特·博格宁 …
He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster — later Burt Lancaster — was one of five children of a New York City postal worker. By eighteen, Burt was 6'2" and blessed with the athletic physique and dynamic good looks that helped make him famous. A stint in the Army introduced Burt to acting and led him to Hollywood where his first release, "The Killers" (1946), propelled him to stardom at age 32. He took control of his own career and seldom faltered.
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Ten Tall Men (1951) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ten Tall Men
director: 威利斯·戈德贝克 actor: 伯顿·兰开斯特 / Jody Lawrance …
other title: 텐 톨 맨 / タルファ駐屯兵 …
Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.
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The Phantom of the Opera (1990) [TV] IMDb TMDB
The Phantom of the Opera
director: Arthur Kopit actor: 查尔斯·丹斯 / 泰瑞·波罗 …
other title: Das Phantom der Oper / El fantasma de la ópera
Comte Philippe de Chagny discovers Christine Daaé's singing talent at a county fair and sends her to his friend Gérard Carrière, director of the Parisian opera. However, just when she arrives, Carrière is dismissed. His successor, the arrogant Alain Choleti, refuses to allow a woman of low birth perform in his opera, but graciously employs Christine as gadrobiere for his primadonna wife Carlotta, who's installed as first singer. He also battles the Phantom, an unknown figure in the catacombs below, granted privileges by Carrière. Christine becomes the Phantom's protégé, unaware that her being his muse makes him increasingly dangerous.
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Lawman (1971) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Lawman
director: 迈克尔·温纳 actor: 伯顿·兰开斯特 / 罗伯特·瑞安 …
other title: 서부의 보안관 / L'Homme de la loi …
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
director: 西德尼·卢梅特 / Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Martin Luther King Jr. / Coretta Scott King …
other title: 킹: 어 필름드 리코드... 몽고메리 투 멤피스 / Dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst – Martin Luther King …
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
director: David Gregory actor: 理查德·斯坦利 / Kier-La Janisse …
other title: Lost Soul: El viaje maldito de Richard Stanley a la isla del Dr. Moreau
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
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Apache (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Apache
director: Robert Aldrich actor: 伯顿·兰开斯特 / Jean Peters …
other title: 아파치 / Apache: O Último Bravo …
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.
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La Classe américaine (1993) [Movie] Min reol
La Classe américaine
director: Dominique Mézerette / Michel Hazanavicius actor: Christine Delaroche / Évelyne Grandjean …
other title: 美国格调
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)