Burt Lancaster Articles
Burt Lancaster Movie Schedule: SCORPIO, THE KILLERS, BRUTE FORCE
Burt Lancaster on TCM: THE LEOPARD, SCORPIO, THE KILLERS I haven't watched Michael Winner's Scorpio (1973), an unflattering portrayal of US foreign policy and the CIA that reunited Lancaster with his The Leopard co-star Alain Delon. As per the TCM synopsis, "a CIA hit man [Lancaster] is stalked by a former partner [Delon] when the agency turns on him." A Man for All Seasons' Best [...]
Burt Lancaster on TCM: THE LEOPARD, A CHILD IS WAITING, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY
Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, The Leopard Burt Lancaster is Turner Classic Movies' "Summer Under the Stars" featured star today, August 25. TCM is presenting 11 Burt Lancaster movies, including two premieres: The Leopard and Scorpio. [Burt Lancaster Movie Schedule.] A powerful but hammy leading man who developed into a first-rate mature actor-star in movies such as Luchino Visconti's Conversation Piece and Louis Malle's [...]
Jean Simmons on TCM: ELMER GANTRY, THE HAPPY ENDING, THE BIG COUNTRY
Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Elmer Gantry Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month Jean Simmons' film series comes to a close tonight, with the presentation of seven Jean Simmons movies. Directed by veteran Mervyn LeRoy, Home Before Dark is on right now. Next in line is Richard Brooks' Elmer Gantry (1960), which earned Burt Lancaster a somewhat undeserved Oscar. Lancaster gutsily tackles the role of [...]
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Patricia Neal, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine on TCM
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire (top); Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair in Delbert Mann's Marty (middle) Moguls & Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood: The Attack of the Small Screens is the next chapter of Turner Classic Movies' seven-part Moguls & Movie Stars documentary, which will be shown twice tonight, at 5 and 8 p.m. PT. The appropriately titled "The [...]