Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Lancaster also directed two films: The Kentuckian (1955) and The Midnight Man (1974). In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Lancaster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Train
as Paul LabicheAs the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to...
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Field of Dreams
as Doc "Moonlight" GrahamRay Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield...
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The Leopard
as Prince Don Fabrizio SalinaAs Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian...
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Zulu Dawn
as Col. Anthony DurnfordIn 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
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From Here to Eternity
as 1st Sgt. Milton WardenIn 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his...
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Local Hero
as Felix HapperAn American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to...
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Dr. Paul MoreauA ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a...
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Judgment at Nuremberg
as Ernst JanningIn 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military...
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Sweet Smell of Success
as J.J. HunseckerNew York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with...
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The Swimmer
as Ned MerrillWell-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools...
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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to...
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The Killers
as 'Swede' AndersenTwo hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the...
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Marshal Wyatt EarpLawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their...
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Brute Force
as Joe CollinsTimeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic,...
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Valdez Is Coming
as ValdezOld Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen...
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The Crimson Pirate
as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in...
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Ulzana's Raid
as McIntoshA report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with...
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Apache
as MassaiFollowing the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled...
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The Scalphunters
as Joe BassForced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to...
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The Cassandra Crossing
as Col. Stephen MackenziePassengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them...
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The Flame and the Arrow
as Dardo BartoliDardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy...
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Airport
as Mel BakersfeldMelodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various...
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1900
as Alfredo Berlinghieri the ElderThe epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two...
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Vera Cruz
as Joe ErinAfter the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for...
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The Unforgiven
as Ben ZacharyThe neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted...
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The List of Adrian Messenger
as ProtesterAdrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to...
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Lawman
as Bannock Marshal Jared MaddoxWhile passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their...
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Atlantic City
as LouIn a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves...
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Scorpio
as CrossCross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a...
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Birdman of Alcatraz
as Robert StroudAfter killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Bill DoolinIn nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to...
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The Professionals
as DolworthAn arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a...
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a...
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Run Silent, Run Deep
as Lt. Jim BledsoeThe captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper...
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Conversation Piece
as ProfessorA retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He...
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I Walk Alone
as Frankie MadisonBootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is...
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Seven Days in May
as Gen. James Mattoon ScottA U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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Separate Tables
as John MalcolmBoarders at an English resort struggle with emotional problems.
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The Hallelujah Trail
as Col. Thaddeus P. GearhartA wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the...
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La Classe américaine
as José (archive footage)George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of...
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Sorry, Wrong Number
as Henry StevensonLeona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside...
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Desert Fury
as Tom HansonThe daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts...
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Trapeze
as Mike RibbleA pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when...
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The Osterman Weekend
as Maxwell DanforthThe host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited...
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The Rainmaker
as Bill StarbuckLizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and...
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...
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Criss Cross
as Steve ThompsonAn armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster...
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Go Tell the Spartans
as Maj. Asa BarkerGo Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at...
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Vengeance Valley
as Owen DaybrightA cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy....
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Tough Guys
as Harry DoyleHarry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have...
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Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his...
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Elmer Gantry
as Elmer GantryWhen hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a...
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Victory at Entebbe
as Shimon PeresThe film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at...
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Castle Keep
as Maj. Abraham FalconerDuring the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in...
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The Devil's Disciple
as Anthony AndersonIn a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a...
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Mister 880
as Steve BuchananThe Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is...
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The Rose Tattoo
as Alvaro MangiacavalloA grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating...
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The Gypsy Moths
as Mike RettigThree skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one...
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Variety Girl
as Burt LancasterDozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King,...
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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor...
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The Young Savages
as Hank BellA district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the...
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The Midnight Man
as Jim SladeAn ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student,...
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A Child Is Waiting
as Matthew ClarkDr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean...
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Come Back, Little Sheba
as Doc DelaneyA mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest...
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Moses the Lawgiver
as MosesThe epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received...
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Little Treasure
as Delbert TeschmacherMargo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the...
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All My Sons
as Chris KellerDuring WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert...
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Rope of Sand
as Michael (Mike) DavisStory of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking...
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Rocket Gibraltar
as Levi RockwellA man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their...
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Gen. Lawrence DellA renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM...
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Ten Tall Men
as Sergeant Mike KincaidSgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will...
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His Majesty O'Keefe
as Capt. David Dion O'KeefeMen steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil...
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Executive Action
as FarringtonRogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins...
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The Kentuckian
as Elias WakefieldA frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
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Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
as Leon KlinghofferThe story of the hijacking of the Italian luxury liner Achille Lauro by four Palestinians.
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South Sea Woman
as Sgt. James O'HearnMarine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft,...
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Night of 100 Stars
as SelfThe most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...
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Separate But Equal
as John W. DavisA dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that...
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The Skin
as Generale ClarkBased on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and...
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Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public....
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
as William Earle 'Bill' SaundersBill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him...
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Jim Thorpe – All-American
as Jim ThorpeThe triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon...
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Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
as Self (archive footage)A behind-the-scenes featurette that focuses on John Frankenheimer's approach to the 1998 film...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...
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The Fighters
as Self (uncredited)Behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and...
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Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Fight Of The Century or simply The Fight, was a...
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Control
as Dr. Herbert MonroeAn experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen...
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Scandal Sheet
as Harold FallenThe publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is...
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Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
as NarratorAli the Fighter was made in 1975, when the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight was still fresh in...
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as The JewellerBurt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II's...
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Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
as SelfThis 1986 documentary features interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt...
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Luchino Visconti
as SelfA chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his...
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates...
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Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
as Self - Host, NarratorThis one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The...
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Three Sailors and a Girl
as Marine (uncredited)A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.
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Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)This compilation of film highlights features many of the biggest box office tough guys of the...
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Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self (archive footage)Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman...
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Barnum
as PT BarnumThe amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress...
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Games in Depth
as SelfA mysterious Polaroid-filmed short that showcases depth in stereo photography.
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The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Actor (archive footage)The story of actor Kirk Douglas, the man and the legend, one of the last stars of the Golden Age...
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I Love Liberty
as SelfAn all-star variety special saluting America.
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as SelfA TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
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The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
as SelfA documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."
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Fathers and Sons
as Geheimrat Carl Julius DeutzFollows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them...
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Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
as SelfColorful, outspoken, a man of many contradictions, Ralph McGill emerged during the troubled...
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Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of...
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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self (archive footage)He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to...
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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special...
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The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
as SelfDocumentary for Scottish television about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."
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Jenny is a Good Thing
as NarratorJenny is a Good Thing is a 1969 American short documentary film about children and poverty,...
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Fight of the Century
as Self - PresenterLegendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8,...
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Big Game America
as NarratorBurt Lancaster hosts a review of the first 50 years in NFL history.
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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
as Self - NarratorBurt Lancaster narrates this overview of the incredible career of jazz saxophonist Benny Carter,...
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Race to Oblivion
as Self - Host / NarratorDocumentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - GuestThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - PresenterAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - WinnerAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...
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Marco Polo
as Teobaldo ViscontiThe life and experiences of the 13th-century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations...
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Startime
as uncreditedStartime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American...
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On Wings of Eagles
as Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' SimonsOn Wings of Eagles is a NBC TV mini-series, starring Burt Lancaster - Richard Crenna and...
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The Phantom of the Opera
as Gérard CarrièreThe Phantom of the Opera is a 1990 NBC two-part drama television miniseries. It is adapted from...
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Separate but Equal
as John W. DavisA two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on...
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The Unknown War
as Self - HostA documentary television series of the Nazi-Soviet War, edited from over 3.5 million feet of...
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Moses the Lawgiver
as MosèA biopic of Moses, who led the Jewish people out of Egypt, ex. by parting the Red Sea and...
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