Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

1913-11-02 New York City, New York, USA 136 Credits

Biography

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 wo...

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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to hi...

Paul Newman: The Restless

Paul Newman: The Restless

2023

as Self (archive footage)

8.1
Acting

Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he emb...

Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0
Acting

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...

The Untameable Kirk Douglas

The Untameable Kirk Douglas

2017

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.2
Acting

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 centur...

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

2016

as Self (archive footage)

1.0
Acting

Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of Italian cinema, to an original work that continues to ins...

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

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 scr...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

2010

as Self

6.5
Acting
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after ...

Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel

2008

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A documentary about film director Luchino Visconti

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.2
Acting

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to wa...

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane

2004

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A behind-the-scenes featurette that focuses on John Frankenheimer's approach to the 1998 film "Ronin."

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".

Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti

2002

as Self (archive footage)

6.2
Acting

A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melo...

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellen...

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

1996

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster — later B...

La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine

1993

as José (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of...

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991

as Self (archive footage)

5.7
Acting

Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

Separate But Equal

Separate But Equal

1991

as John W. Davis

6.5
Acting

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Movie Tough Guys

Movie Tough Guys

1991

as Self (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

This compilation of film highlights features many of the biggest box office tough guys of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s—Bogart, Brando, Cagney and more!

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

1990

as Self - Narrator

Acting

Burt Lancaster narrates this overview of the incredible career of jazz saxophonist Benny Carter, one of the chief architects of the Big Band sound. CO...

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

1990

as Leon Klinghoffer

5.5
Acting

The story of the hijacking of the Italian luxury liner Achille Lauro by four Palestinians.

Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South

Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South

1989

as Self

Acting

Colorful, outspoken, a man of many contradictions, Ralph McGill emerged during the troubled years of the 1950s and '60s as a prominent and influential...

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

1989

as Doc "Moonlight" Graham

7.1
Acting

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's direct...

The Jeweller's Shop

The Jeweller's Shop

1989

as The Jeweller

3.4
Acting

Burt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II's best-selling play "The Jeweller's Shop," an inspiring d...

Rocket Gibraltar

Rocket Gibraltar

1988

as Levi Rockwell

5.9
Acting

A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. Howev...

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

1987

as Self - Host, Narrator

6.5
Acting

This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties an...

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7
Acting

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

Control

Control

1987

as Dr. Herbert Monroe

5.5
Acting

An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long ...

Barnum

Barnum

1986

as PT Barnum

6.7
Acting

The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum.

Tough Guys

Tough Guys

1986

as Harry Doyle

6.0
Acting

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving the...

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

1986

as Self

Acting

This 1986 documentary features interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others.

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985

Thanks

7.1

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his politic...

Little Treasure

Little Treasure

1985

as Delbert Teschmacher

4.1
Acting

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 pr...

Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet

1985

as Harold Fallen

5.0
Acting

The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoho...

The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

1983

as Self

Acting

Documentary for Scottish television about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend

1983

as Maxwell Danforth

5.7
Acting

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy...

The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

1983

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

Local Hero

Local Hero

1983

as Felix Happer

6.7
Acting

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

6.6
Acting

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist...

I Love Liberty

I Love Liberty

1982

as Self

Acting

An all-star variety special saluting America.

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Acting

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Race to Oblivion

Race to Oblivion

1982

as Self - Host / Narrator

Acting

Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of the bomb drop on Hiroshima and scientific stateme...

Race to Oblivion

Race to Oblivion

1982

Thanks

Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of the bomb drop on Hiroshima and scientific stateme...

The Skin

The Skin

1981

as Generale Clark

6.4
Acting

Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazis in Italy, The ...

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

1981

as Bill Doolin

6.3
Acting

In nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. They find a shadow of a f...

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

1980

as Lou

6.8
Acting

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs a...

Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn

1979

as Col. Anthony Durnford

6.0
Acting

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of S...

Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans

1978

as Maj. Asa Barker

6.1
Acting

A unit of American military advisors in Vietnam prior to the major U.S. involvement finds similarities between their helpless struggle against the Vie...

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977

as Dr. Paul Moreau

5.6
Acting

A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turne...

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

as Gen. Lawrence Dell

6.4
Acting

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 u...

Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe

1976

as Shimon Peres

5.1
Acting

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in ...

The Cassandra Crossing

The Cassandra Crossing

1976

as Col. Stephen Mackenzie

6.3
Acting

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

1900

1900

1976

as Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder

7.8
Acting

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976

as The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)

5.4
Acting

Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden a...

Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

1975

as Narrator

Acting

Ali the Fighter was made in 1975, when the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight was still fresh in everyone's minds. Filmmaker William Greaves frames Ali's ...

Moses the Lawgiver

Moses the Lawgiver

1974

as Moses

5.9
Acting

The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Originally a TV M...

Conversation Piece

Conversation Piece

1974

as Professor

7.3
Acting

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lov...

The Midnight Man

The Midnight Man

1974

as Jim Slade

5.7
Acting

An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a nig...

The Midnight Man

The Midnight Man

1974

Screenplay, Producer, Director

5.7
Writing Producing Directing

An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a nig...

The Fighters

The Fighters

1974

as Self (uncredited)

Acting

Behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

Executive Action

Executive Action

1973

as Farrington

6.4
Acting

Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this specu...

Scorpio

Scorpio

1973

as Cross

6.1
Acting

Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission toget...

Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid

1972

as McIntosh

7.0
Acting

A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, L...

Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid

1972

Producer

7.0
Producing

A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, L...

Valdez Is Coming

Valdez Is Coming

1971

as Valdez

6.3
Acting

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon ...

Valdez Is Coming

Valdez Is Coming

1971

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon ...

Lawman

Lawman

1971

as Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox

6.5
Acting

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 st...

Fight of the Century

Fight of the Century

1971

as Self - Presenter

Acting

Legendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971.

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I

1971

Acting

Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Fight Of The Century or simply The Fight, was a heavyweight championship boxing match between WBA, WBC, an...

Airport

Airport

1970

as Mel Bakersfeld

6.4
Acting

An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
Acting

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi...

Big Game America

Big Game America

1969

as Narrator

Acting

Burt Lancaster hosts a review of the first 50 years in NFL history.

The Gypsy Moths

The Gypsy Moths

1969

as Mike Rettig

6.1
Acting

Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.

Castle Keep

Castle Keep

1969

as Maj. Abraham Falconer

5.7
Acting

During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against ...

Jenny is a Good Thing

Jenny is a Good Thing

1969

as Narrator

5.6
Acting

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, ...

The Sky Divers

1969

as Self

Acting

A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall skydiving.

The Swimmer

The Swimmer

1968

as Ned Merrill

7.3
Acting

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

as Joe Bass

6.4
Acting

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad...

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

Producer

6.4
Producing

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad...

The Professionals

The Professionals

1966

as Dolworth

7.1
Acting

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

Games in Depth

Games in Depth

1966

as Self

Acting

A mysterious Polaroid-filmed short that showcases depth in stereo photography.

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

as Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart

6.1
Acting

A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local ...

The Train

The Train

1964

as Paul Labiche

7.5
Acting

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He...

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

1964

as Gen. James Mattoon Scott

7.3
Acting

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

The List of Adrian Messenger

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963

as Protester

6.6
Acting

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who ...

The Leopard

The Leopard

1963

as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina

7.7
Acting

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes un...

A Child Is Waiting

A Child Is Waiting

1963

as Matthew Clark

6.8
Acting

Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her lif...

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

as Robert Stroud

7.5
Acting

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stro...

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

as Ernst Janning

8.0
Acting

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chie...

The Young Savages

The Young Savages

1961

as Hank Bell

6.4
Acting

A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.

Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry

1960

as Elmer Gantry

7.3
Acting

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based...

The Unforgiven

The Unforgiven

1960

as Ben Zachary

6.3
Acting

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.

The Unforgiven

The Unforgiven

1960

Producer

6.3
Producing

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.

The Devil's Disciple

The Devil's Disciple

1959

as Anthony Anderson

6.6
Acting

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Re...

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

1958

as John Malcolm

7.0
Acting

The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel in this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's classic play.

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

1958

Producer

7.0
Producing

The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel in this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's classic play.

Run Silent, Run Deep

Run Silent, Run Deep

1958

as Lt. Jim Bledsoe

6.9
Acting

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His s...

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

as J.J. Hunsecker

7.6
Acting

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't contro...

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't contro...

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as Marshal Wyatt Earp

7.0
Acting

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corr...

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

1956

as Bill Starbuck

6.7
Acting

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's...

Trapeze

Trapeze

1956

as Mike Ribble

6.3
Acting

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a ...

The Rose Tattoo

The Rose Tattoo

1955

as Alvaro Mangiacavallo

6.9
Acting

A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

1955

as Elias Wakefield

5.7
Acting

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

1955

Director

5.7
Directing

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

Marty

Marty

1955

Producer

7.4
Producing

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family ...

Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz

1954

as Joe Erin

6.7
Acting

After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane mee...

Apache

Apache

1954

as Massai

6.1
Acting

Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way...

Apache

Apache

1954

Producer

6.1
Producing

Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way...

His Majesty O'Keefe

His Majesty O'Keefe

1954

as Capt. David Dion O'Keefe

6.1
Acting

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. ...

Three Sailors and a Girl

Three Sailors and a Girl

1953

as Marine (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

1953

as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden

7.3
Acting

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

South Sea Woman

South Sea Woman

1953

as Sgt. James O'Hearn

5.4
Acting

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time...

Come Back, Little Sheba

Come Back, Little Sheba

1953

as Doc Delaney

7.4
Acting

A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.

The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate

1952

as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)

7.0
Acting

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the l...

The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate

1952

Producer

7.0
Producing

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the l...

Ten Tall Men

Ten Tall Men

1951

as Sergeant Mike Kincaid

6.4
Acting

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...

Jim Thorpe – All-American

Jim Thorpe – All-American

1951

as Jim Thorpe

6.1
Acting

The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his m...

The Screen Director

1951

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for...

Vengeance Valley

Vengeance Valley

1951

as Owen Daybright

5.2
Acting

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, a...

Mister 880

Mister 880

1950

as Steve Buchanan

6.9
Acting

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has ama...

The Flame and the Arrow

The Flame and the Arrow

1950

as Dardo Bartoli

6.2
Acting

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency aga...

Rope of Sand

Rope of Sand

1949

as Michael (Mike) Davis

5.7
Acting

Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.

Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949

as Steve Thompson

7.1
Acting

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

1948

as William Earle 'Bill' Saunders

6.5
Acting

Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kil...

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948

as Henry Stevenson

6.8
Acting

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the teleph...

All My Sons

All My Sons

1948

as Chris Keller

6.2
Acting

During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him whe...

I Walk Alone

I Walk Alone

1947

as Frankie Madison

6.5
Acting

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a p...

Variety Girl

Variety Girl

1947

as Burt Lancaster

6.1
Acting

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful ...

Desert Fury

Desert Fury

1947

as Tom Hanson

6.0
Acting

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

Brute Force

Brute Force

1947

as Joe Collins

7.3
Acting

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of e...

The Killers

The Killers

1946

as 'Swede' Andersen

7.4
Acting

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Si...

Handle With Care

N/A

as Narrator

Acting

The program demonstrates and stresses the importance of a central agency in the community to assist families to cope with the problem of mental retard...

Getting Through

N/A

as Burt Lancaster

Acting

Actor Burt Lancaster is featured in this film, which focuses on teenagers and smoking. The film explores why young people begin smoking and what facto...