Favorite Burt Lancaster movie?
 

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My favorite Burt Lancaster movie would probably be Birdman from Alcatraz.

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Here to Eternity but lots of very good ones

That's a good one. My Dad was stationed there at the barracks in the movie as a medic for the Wolfhounds. He was there just before the Korean War stopped.

Lawman

I enjoyed that one. Very entertaining. As was his other movie from 1971-- Valdez is Coming. Valdez Is Coming - Rotten Tomatoes It is not political correct for 2022 but it is from 1971.

The Train, Judgement At Nuremberg, and The Professionals. My criteria being wanting to see them more than once

Nuclear missile silo hijacked & a coup d'etat vs the president of the usa
 

carpe diem

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The Crimson Pirates was my favorite also really liked Trapeze.

He made so many good movies in so many genres - as a pirate, westerns, film noir, drama. I guess I would go with From Here to Eternity.

1. JUDGMENT AT NUREMBURG: One of the best movies ever made in my opinion; not just because of Burt but because of the other cast members. His portrayal of Ernst Janning was nothing short of brilliant. You could really feel the emotion.

2. FIELD OF DREAMS. His portrayal of Dr. Archibald ("Moonlight") Graham, though the part was pretty small compared to the other parts in the movie, was great. My reason for liking it so much is sort of personal: what most people didn't know is that even though all the rest of the people in the movie were obviously fictitious, Dr. Graham was a real person who actually did practice medicine in Chisholm, Minnesota--less than an hour from where I was born and raised. A lot of the personal stuff presented in the movie regarding his philanthropy, the esteem in which the townspeople held for him, was accurate as well.

I love them all - especially Vera Cruz

Loved them all, and also "The Rainmaker" 1956!

wow--this is a tough one. 1st choice is Night of the Hunter, then Rainmaker, Elmer Gantry & Atlantic City. :boom::ho:

wait!! my bad, it was Mitchum in Hunter

Another vote for The Crimson Pirate.

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Tough Guys with Kirk Douglas

yes! that's the 1 i was trying to remember. a most enjoyable film

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Criss Cross and The Killers ranked on every list of great film noir movies

I'll go with Elmer Gantry

I thought his best bit of acting was when he played Mammy in Gone with the Wind.

Was that on some comedy show?

No, the film.
Make up was fantastic.
I was the grin that gave him away! :D

Crimson Pirate

Valdez is Coming...
 

When "Valdez is Coming", was being filmed in Almeria, Spain, 1970, I was hired as an extra. Between two takes, I approached Burt Lancaster. He had a towering 6’2” presence, confident with a great, big smile, yet he spoke softly. Not quite 60, he still had his handsome, though slightly weathered good looks. We easily connected discovering that we were both Scorpios born just days apart. He had a new age quality, open to talk about anything—consider that he began his career as an acrobat in a circus. I was taken in by his charisma, vitality, and supreme discipline, and could see why Hollywood was enamored with him, producing dozens of flicks in which he starred. I’d also seen him in “From Here to Eternity”—more than once. It has one of the most sizzling beach love scenes of any movie to date, but you all probably know that.

Cool story! Thanks for sharing it.

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Great athlete

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How about Sweet Smell if Success
His dark portrayal

Mr 880

excellent choice!!

I contest - Elmer Gantry, the film for which he won his Oscar.

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The Professionals-and dynamite, not faith will move that mountain into that passage way, faith brother!