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Seven Days in May ***** (1964, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Martin Balsam, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 2533

Fired up director John Frankenheimer’s 1964 paranoia conspiracy thriller simmers with tension and delivers edge-of-the-seat suspense in a story that is all about right-wing general  James Mattoon Scott (Burt Lancaster)’s coup with other military leaders […]

May, 28

Vera Cruz ***** (1954, Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, George Macready, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam) – Classic Movie Review 2479

Director Robert Aldrich’s great 1954 Western features a standoff between great stars Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, representing the faces of good and evil, well, sort of. Cooper plays nice former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane, while Lancaster […]

May, 13

Desert Fury **** (1947, John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster, Mary Astor, Wendell Corey) – Classic Movie Review 2168

The lurid, hard-to-resist 1947 film noir crime drama Desert Fury stars Lizabeth Scott as gorgeous young husky blonde Paula Haller, daughter of powerful Nevada saloon and casino owner Fritzi (Mary Astor). Director Lewis Allen’s lurid, […]

Feb, 11

I Walk Alone **** (1948, Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Wendell Corey) – Classic Movie Review 2,158

‘Once I trusted a dame… now I Walk Alone!’ Burt  Lancaster and Lizabeth Scott star with Wendell Corey and Kirk Douglas in director Byron Haskin’s authentic 1947 film noir I Walk Alone. ‘Once I trusted a […]

Feb, 07

Local Hero **** (1983, Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 1634

Writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1983 vintage-style Scottish comedy is an irresistible throwback to the era and movies of the Forties and Fifties and, in particular, the similarly themed classic Whisky Galore (1949). Peter Riegert stars as Mac, […]

Sep, 05

The Unforgiven **** (Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, Doug McClure) – Classic Movie Review 1617

Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy and Doug McClure star as rancher brothers of the Zachary frontier family in this sterling, thoughtful Western directed by John Huston in 1960. Taken from a novel by Alan Le May who also wrote the […]

Sep, 01

Brute Force **** (1947, Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Yvonne De Carlo) – Classic Movie Review 1580

Director Jules Dassin’s 1947 film noir prison-break thriller Brute Force is admirably tough and exciting, quite brutal for its day. It has exactly the right star in Burt Lancaster as Westgate Penitentiary inmate Joe Collins, […]

Aug, 23

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