Burt Lancaster
1) The Leopard
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Italiano
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Based on the acclaimed novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard chronicles the fortunes of Prince Fabrizio Salina and his family during the unification of Italy in the 1860s.
2) Trapeze
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English
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Mike Ribble, played by Burt Lancaster, was once a great trapeze artist - and the only the sixth to have completed a triple somersault - before his accident. Tino Orsini played by Tony Curtis, joins the circus, and manages to convince Mike to teach him the 'triple'. Meanwhile Lola played by Gina Lollobrigida, a tumbler, wants to get in on the act.
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English
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This classic film from one of the greatest directors of the 20th century (John Huston), boasts an incredible cast. Well-shot and well-acted, with a solid story to boot,...The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe. There is plenty of action and suspense with Indian fights, dramatic events, & more.
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English
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Story of Bob Stroud, (Burt Lancaster) a steely two-time killer with a volatile temper who develops a growing interest & love for birds behind bars, (starting after Stroud finds an orphaned sparrow in the prison yard). Full of wonderful performances, this drama from director John Frankenheimer is rich in character detail, absorbing & rewarding. Lancaster was nominated for an Academy Award.
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English
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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, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
7) Tough Guys
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English
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Set free after 30 years in prison, a pair of train robbers adjusts to life on the outside. But when the real world proves more than they bargained for, they start planning their biggest heist ever!
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English
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Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas star as larger-than-life heroes in this classic Western epic directed by John Sturges. Frontier lawman Wyatt Earp (Lancaster) joins his three brothers in their feud against the villainous Clanton gang, a local clan of cattle thieves in Tombstone, Arizona. When Earp defends the sickly gambler John "Doc" Holliday (Douglas) and puts a stop to the Clanton's lawlessness, the ruthless outlaws seek revenge and murder one...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Italiano
Description
Luchino Visconti's award-winning classic examines the solitary life of a retired American professor (Burt Lancaster) who lives alone in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. When he is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her companions - her lover, her daughter and the daugther's boyfriend - he is forced to rent them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. Before long his quiet routine is turned upside down and the introverted professor becomes...
10) The Rose Tattoo
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
A neighborhood is disturbed when truck driver Rosario is killed by the police. One day, his wife learns Rosario was having an affair; and a new carefree, handsome Italian truck driver enters her life. Winner of the Best Actress (Anna Magnani), Best Cinematography and the Best Art Direction Awards at the **Academy Awards.** Winner of Best Actress Award at the **Golden Globes** and the **BAFTA Awards.** *"That fine Italian actress Anna Magnani...has...
Publisher
MGM
Language
English
Description
A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous press agent who'll do anything to achieve success, this fascinating story cuts deep and sends a chilling message. It's late at night in Times Square, and everything's buzzing with nervous energy. But press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is oblivious to it all as he nervously waits for the early edition of The Globe. Whose career did gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster)...
12) Separate Tables
Publisher
MGM
Language
English
Description
The guests of the Beauregard Hotel share one common trait...loneliness. Major Pollack (David Niven) hides a dark secret; Sibyl Railton-Bell (Deborah Kerr) cannot break away from her domineering mother; John Malcolm (Burt Lancaster) drowns his bitterness in alcohol; and Ann Shankland (Rita Hayworth) fears growing old. In one emotional evening, these four misfits will bare their innermost secrets. Winner of 2 Academy Awards® for Best Actor (Niven)...
13) Atlantic City
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
In this **Oscar**-nominated romantic thriller, Atlantic City has been revitalized with the legalization of gambling. But the new industry also brings unsettling changes for its citizens. One of these citizens is Lou (Burt Lancaster), a longtime mob flunkey and bodyguard/boyfriend to aging beauty queen Grace (Kate Reid). Lou's romantic interests begin to waver when he meets Sally (Susan Sarandon), a young casino croupier, after she unwillingly gets...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
Based on William Inge's classic play, COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA is the stirring tale of a life-weary couple who rescue hope from the ruins of the past. Shirley Booth stars in an **Academy Award**-winning performance as Lola, slovenly housewife to Doc Delaney (Burt Lancaster), a recovering alcoholic. The Delaneys' life is dull and unchanging, but takes a dramatic turn when the couple take in a charming boarder, Marie. Marie becomes the daughter the Delaneys...
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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Language
English
Description
Drama about life in the Army in the days prior to World War II. Shows the effect of Army discipline on an individualistic former boxing champion who defies the attempts of officers and men to break him when he refuses to fight on the company's boxing team. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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English
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A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous press agent who'll do anything to achieve success, this fascinating story cuts deep and sends a chilling message. It's late at night in Times Square, and everything's buzzing with nervous energy. But press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is oblivious to it all as he nervously waits for the early edition of The Globe. Whose career did gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster)...
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English
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Winner of Two Academy Awards® including Actor in a Leading Role (Maximilian Schell), "Judgment at Nuremberg" is considered by many as one of the greatest films of all time. American judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy, "Inherit The Wind") presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood to make the most harrowing...
18) Local hero
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Description
Texas oil executive Mac is dispatched by his crackpot boss to a remote seaside village in Scotland with orders to buy out the town and develop the region for an oil refinery. But as business mixes with pleasure, Mac finds himself enchanted by both the picturesque community and its oddball denizens, and Texas starts to feel awfully far away.
19) The Train
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English
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Paris, August 1944 - with the Allied army closing in on German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim (Paul Scofield), he decides to steal a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche (Burt Lancaster), a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost. Screen icon Jeanne Moreau...
20) The Rose Tattoo
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English
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When Tennessee Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo, he had one actress in mind-Anna Magnani. William's sense of casting proved as sharp as his ear for dialogue. Magnani won the Best Actress Oscar. for her bravura portrayal in this drama that received eight Academy Award. nominations (including Best Picture) and won three. Magnani plays Serafina Delle Rose, who retreats from the world when her beloved husband dies. But Serefina reawakens to life's joys...