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One of the most pivotal moments in 20th century American history is bracingly dramatized in Separate but Equal. In telling the detailed story of the Supreme Court's 1953 decision to abolish racial segregation in schools, this superb 1991 TV movie covers a broad spectrum of issues, never taking its "eyes off the prize" while its first-rate cast conveys the importance of the Supreme Court's ...

Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley, Cleavon Little, Gloria Foster
Directed By: George Stevens Jr.

John Huston was eager for a lightweight lark, and The List of Adrian Messenger was just the project he needed. Philip MacDonald's upper-crust British murder mystery allowed Huston to work close to his Irish estate, including fox hunting and quail shooting well suited to Huston's lord-of-the-manor lifestyle. The mystery itself is clever enough: As a former MI-5 agent, George C. Scott is ...

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: George C. Scott, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis
Directed By: John Huston

Predecessor to Oliver Stone's 'JFK' this film was one of the first to present an alternative to the Warren Report version of events. Mixing narriative segments with newsreel footage, the film tells the story of a group of powerful men who plot the assasination. First they must recruit and train a shooter, then frame Lee Harvey Oswald. A must-see for history buffs and conspiracy theorists, some ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer, Gilbert Green, John Anderson
Directed By: David Miller

Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Video
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Dana Carvey
Directed By: Jeff Kanew

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez
Directed By: Carol Reed

John Frankenheimer's follow-up to The Manchurian Candidate is as intimate and subdued as its predecessor is flamboyant and energetic. Burt Lancaster is calm and calculating as the steely-eyed military hawk General Scott, who opposes the president's (Fredric March) plan to end the cold war with a bold nuclear disarmament plan. Lancaster's longtime friend and frequent costar Kirk Douglas is ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien
Directed By: John Frankenheimer

This 1963 film, directed by John Cassavetes, features Judy Garland's last dramatic performance. She plays a teacher at an institution for the retarded who ultimately can't contain her own urge to help, to the detriment of her young charges. Burt Lancaster gives a strong performance as the head of the institution, trying to balance fiscal responsibility and administrative duties with a caring ...

Manufacturer: MGM /UA Home Video
Starring: Marilyn Clark, Brian Corcoran, Frederick Draper, Judy Garland, Steven Hill

Manufacturer: Republic / World Vision / Spelling
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Richard Crenna, Paul Le Mat, Louis Giambalvo, Jim Metzler
Directed By: Andrew V. McLaglen

Here's a model for adapting a novel into a movie. The bestseller by James Jones, a frank and hard-hitting look at military life, could not possibly be made into a film in 1953 without considerably altering its length and bold subject matter. Yet screenwriter Daniel Taradash and director Fred Zinnemann (both of whom won Oscars for their work) pared it down and cleaned it up, without losing the ...

Manufacturer: Columbia Classics Tristar Home Video
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
Directed By: Fred Zinnemann

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette Scott, Eva Le Gallienne
Directed By: Alexander Mackendrick, Guy Hamilton