Burt Lancaster Movies-Best to Worst-Including Box Office Results/Grosses
77Burt Lancaster in his Oscar winning performance..... 1960's Elmer Gantry.
I would like to thank ruffridyer for his suggestion for this hub. Burt Lancaster(1913-1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique. He was a tough street kid who took an early interest in gymnastics. He joined the circus as an acrobat and worked there until he was injured. It was in the Army during WW II that he was introduced to the USO and acting. His film career started with 1946's The Killers and finished with the 1989's Field of Dreams.
Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards for acting and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry. In 1999, the AFI(American Film Institute) named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time. My favorite Burt Lancaster movies would be Field of Dreams and Seven Days in May.
Quick pieces of trivia.
1. Starred with his good friend, Kirk Douglas in six movies.
2. His production company produced 1955's Marty.....which won the Oscar for Best Picture.
3. Lancaster directed two movies in his career....The Kentuckian and The Midnight Man.
4. Lancaster appeared nude in 1968's The Swimmer.
5. The first film Lancaster directed is also the first film Walter Matthau ever appeared in....1955's The Kentuckian.
6. For another very interesting tribute to Burt Lancaster check out this hub by Lary Wallace..... Burt Lancaster.
Burt Lancaster's #1 Box Office Hit...1970's Airport(515.20 million in 2011 dollars).
Burt Lancaster's Top Ten Box Office Hits in 2011 Inflated Dollars.
Rank Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office(millions)
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Airport (1970)
| 515.20 million
| Dean Martin/George Kennedy
|
#2 From Here to Eternity (1953)
| 355.40 million
| Frank Sinatra/Montgomery Clift
|
#3 Trapeze (1956)
| 231.30 million
| Tony Curtis
|
#4 Vera Cruz (1954)
| 173.30 million
| Gary Cooper
|
#5 Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957)
| 147.10 million
| Kirk Douglas
|
#6 The Rose Tattoo
| 141.50 million
| Anna Magnani
|
#7 Desert Fury (1947)
| 141.45 million
| Lizabeth Scott
|
#8 The Professionals (1966)
| 139.90 million
| Lee Marvin
|
#9 Apache (1954)
| 132.80 million
| Jean Peters
|
#10 Field of Dreams (1989)
| 128.80 million
| Kevin Costner
|
Why use inflated vs actual grosses? The inflated gross makes it much easier to think about how an old movie would compare to todays movies. For example:1953s From Here To Eternity grossed 26.84 million dollars according to Variety and was ranked as the number two movie for the year. In 2010 a movie grossing 26.84 million would have only ranked 99th for the 2010 year. By knowing the box office gross and average ticket price....we can figure out tickets sold. From Here To Eternity sold over 44 million tickets. By using tickets sold, we can figure out how much a old movie would have made today by multiplying tickets sold by average ticket price in 2010/11 . If From Here To Eternity would have opened in 2010....it would have finished 2nd for the year with 355.40 million in 2010 dollars.
Lancaster and Tony Curtis in 1957's Sweet Smell of Success...Lancaster's highest rated movie according to critics and audiences.
Burt Lancaster's Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting.
Rank Movie Year
| Critics Audience Score
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 89 %
| Tony Curtis
|
#2 The Killers (1946)
| 87 %
| Ava Gardner
|
#3 Elmer Gantry (1960)
| 87 %
| Jean Simmons
|
#4 Seven Days in May (1964)
| 87 %
| Kirk Douglas
|
#5 The Leopard (1963)
| 87 %
| Claudia Cardinale
|
#6 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
| 86 %
| Spencer Tracy/Judy Garland
|
#7 From Here to Eternity (1953)
| 84 %
| Donna Reed
|
#8 Brute Force (1947)
| 84 %
| Hume Cronyn
|
#9 Local Hero (1983)
| 84 %
| Peter Riegert
|
#10 The Professionals (1966)
| 83 %
| Lee Marvin
|
Lancaster's #1 movie according to Movie Score....1953's From Here To Eternity.
Burt Lancaster's 67 movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audiences Score
| Nom / Win
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| From Here to Eternity (1953)
| 355.40
| 44.70
| 84.72
| 84%
| 13 / 08
|
2nd
| Elmer Gantry (1960)
| 116.90
| 14.69
| 76.71
| 87%
| 05 / 03
|
3rd
| Airport (1970)
| 515.20
| 64.80
| 71.72
| 71%
| 10 / 01
|
4th
| Trapeze (1956)
| 231.30
| 29.10
| 62.22
| 64%
| 00 / 00
|
5th
| The Rose Tattoo (1955)
| 141.50
| 17.79
| 61.97
| 76%
| 08 / 03
|
6th
| Vera Cruz (1954)
| 173.30
| 21.79
| 61.08
| 76%
| 00 / 00
|
7th
| The Professionals (1966)
| 139.90
| 17.60
| 59.44
| 83%
| 03 / 00
|
8th
| Field of Dreams (1989)
| 128.80
| 16.20
| 58.51
| 82%
| 03 / 00
|
9th
| The Killers (1946)
| 124.80
| 15.69
| 57.80
| 87%
| 04 / 00
|
10th
| Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957)
| 147.10
| 18.50
| 57.56
| 77%
| 02 / 00
|
11th
| Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
| 93.00
| 11.69
| 56.58
| 86%
| 11 / 02
|
12th
| Separate Tables (1958)
| 90.60
| 11.39
| 54.00
| 80%
| 07 / 02
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audiences Score
| Nom / Win
|
13th
| Desert Fury (1947)
| 141.50
| 17.79
| 53.84
| 73%
| 00 / 00
|
14th
| Sorry Wrong Number (1948)
| 124.80
| 15.69
| 53.72
| 81%
| 01 / 00
|
15th
| Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
| 62.00
| 7.80
| 51.41
| 80%
| 04 / 00
|
16th
| Come Back Little Sheba (1952)
| 111.30
| 14.00
| 51.05
| 73%
| 03 / 01
|
17th
| Apache (1954)
| 132.80
| 16.70
| 50.87
| 70%
| 00 / 00
|
18th
| Brute Force (1947)
| 104.10
| 13.10
| 50.22
| 84%
| 00 / 00
|
19th
| Atlantic City (1981)
| 36.60
| 4.59
| 49.35
| 81%
| 05 / 00
|
20th
| The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
| 109.70
| 13.80
| 49.04
| 74%
| 02 / 00
|
21st
| Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 70.00
| 8.80
| 45.15
| 89%
| 00 / 00
|
22nd
| Seven Days in May (1964)
| 66.80
| 8.39
| 44.84
| 87%
| 02 / 00
|
23rd
| The Crimson Pirate (1952)
| 79.50
| 10.00
| 44.25
| 81%
| 00 / 00
|
24th
| The Train (1964)
| 69.20
| 8.69
| 42.79
| 81%
| 01 / 00
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audiences Score
| Nom / Win
|
25th
| Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
| 73.10
| 9.19
| 42.27
| 79%
| 00 / 00
|
26th
| Rope of Sand (1949)
| 91.40
| 11.50
| 40.86
| 65%
| 00 / 00
|
27th
| Criss Cross (1949)
| 58.80
| 7.40
| 40.63
| 83%
| 00 / 00
|
28th
| The Rainmaker (1956)
| 66.80
| 8.39
| 40.51
| 67%
| 02 / 00
|
29th
| His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
| 95.40
| 12.00
| 39.90
| 60%
| 00 / 00
|
30th
| Kiss The Blood Off My Head (1948)
| 70.00
| 8.80
| 38.15
| 69%
| 00 / 00
|
31st
| The Unforgiven (1960)
| 78.70
| 9.89
| 37.79
| 63%
| 00 / 00
|
32nd
| The Leopard (1963)
| 31.80
| 4.00
| 37.40
| 87%
| 01 / 00
|
33rd
| All My Sons (1948)
| 48.50
| 6.09
| 37.00
| 78%
| 00 / 00
|
34th
| I Walk Alone (1948)
| 92.20
| 11.60
| 36.63
| 52%
| 00 / 00
|
35th
| Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
| 35.00
| 4.40
| 34.29
| 78%
| 00 / 00
|
36th
| Ten Tall Men (1951)
| 62.80
| 7.90
| 33.90
| 61%
| 00 / 00
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audiences Score
| Nom / Win
|
37th
| Mister 880 (1950)
| 62.00
| 7.80
| 33.12
| 58%
| 01 / 00
|
38th
| Jim Thorpe--All American (1951)
| 54.10
| 6.80
| 32.52
| 62%
| 00 / 00
|
39th
| The Scalphunters (1968)
| 37.40
| 4.69
| 32.50
| 72%
| 00 / 00
|
40th
| Local Hero (1983)
| 15.10
| 1.89
| 32.41
| 84%
| 00 / 00
|
41st
| A Child Is Waiting (1963)
| 17.50
| 2.20
| 32.02
| 82%
| 00 / 00
|
42nd
| The Swimmer (1968)
| 8.70
| 1.10
| 30.78
| 83%
| 00 / 00
|
43rd
| Tough Guys (1986)
| 46.10
| 5.80
| 30.38
| 61%
| 00 / 00
|
44th
| Hallelujah Trail (1965)
| 39.80
| 5.00
| 30.18
| 64%
| 00 / 00
|
45th
| South Sea Women (1953)
| 58.00
| 7.30
| 29.27
| 51%
| 00 / 00
|
46th
| Devil's Disciple (1959)
| 39.00
| 4.90
| 28.97
| 61%
| 00 / 00
|
47th
| The Young Savages (1961)
| 39.80
| 5.00
| 28.77
| 60%
| 00 / 00
|
48th
| Ultzan's Raid (1972)
| 6.40
| 0.80
| 28.76
| 79%
| 00 / 00
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audiences Score
| Nom / Win
|
49th
| The Kentuckian (1955)
| 87.40
| 5.90
| 28.45
| 55%
| 00 / 00
|
50th
| Lawman (1971)
| 28.60
| 3.59
| 28.23
| 64%
| 00 / 00
|
51st
| Valdez is Coming (1971)
| 31.80
| 4.00
| 27.36
| 60%
| 00 / 00
|
52nd
| Conversation Piece (1974)
| 4.80
| 0.60
| 27.20
| 75%
| 00 / 00
|
53rd
| Vengenance Valley (1951)
| 62.80
| 7.90
| 25.68
| 38%
| 00 / 00
|
54th
| Buffalo Bill and The Indians (1976)
| 10.30
| 1.29
| 25.51
| 67%
| 00 / 00
|
55th
| The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
| 31.00
| 3.90
| 24.40
| 52%
| 00 / 00
|
56th
| The Midnight Man (1974)
| 5.60
| 0.69
| 23.17
| 63%
| 00 / 00
|
57th
| 1900 (1977)
| 8.70
| 1.10
| 22.73
| 60%
| 00 / 00
|
58th
| Castle Keep (1969)
| 22.30
| 2.79
| 22.65
| 52%
| 00 / 00
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audiences Score
| Nom / Win
|
59th
| Scorpio (1973)
| 13.50
| 1.70
| 22.65
| 57%
| 00 / 00
|
60th
| Zulu Dawn (1979)
| 6.40
| 0.80
| 22.45
| 61%
| 00 / 00
|
61st
| The Cassandra Crossing (1977)
| 31.00
| 3.90
| 21.95
| 45%
| 00 / 00
|
62nd
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
| 1.60
| 0.20
| 21.84
| 62%
| 00 / 00
|
63rd
| Go Tell The Spartans (1978)
| 4.00
| 0.50
| 21.79
| 60%
| 00 / 00
|
64th
| Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
| 0.00
| 0.00
| 21.70
| 62%
| 00 / 00
|
65th
| The Osterman Weekend (1983)
| 16.70
| 2.09
| 21.01
| 51%
| 00 / 00
|
66th
| The Gypsy Moths (1969)
| 7.20
| 0.89
| 20.69
| 55%
| 00 / 00
|
67th
| Executive Action (1973)
| 7.20
| 0.89
| 19.81
| 53%
| 00 / 00
|
So what the heck are Movie Scores?
Movie Scores have three main categories. Part 1 is the actual box office results.....these numbers were found either through Box Office Mojo, Box Office Guru, or very old Variety magazines. Part 2....is the response the movie got from critics and from the public....these numbers were found at Rotten Tomatoes, Yahoo Movies and IMDB. Part 3 is the award recognition the movie received via Oscar wins/nominations and Golden Globe wins/nominations. Movie Score takes all of these options and creates a mathematical equation that generates a score from 1 to 100. The higher the score the better the movie.
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Field of Dreams was filmed just a few miles from where I grew up in Iowa. It's now a tourist attraction.
One of the greats. He had a terrific voice. (I wish I sounded like that.) I loved his partnerships with Kirk Douglas. He sometimes gave acting work to his old circus partner Nick Cravat (Who appeared with him in "the Flame & the Arrow" and "the Crimson Pirate".)
"The Sweet Smell of Success" & "from Here to Eternity" were probably his best films. He always had a powerful screen presence.
Rob
I love classic movies and many of Lancaster's films are favourites of mine in general. My favourite Lancaster films are-in alphabetical order (my absolute favourite depends upon my mood):
Birdman of Alcatraz
Elmer Gantry
From Here to Eternity
Gunfight at the OK Corral
The Killers (what an auspicious start!)
The Professionals
Seven Days in May
The Train
Films I admire more than I enjoy them, in alphabetical order:
Judgement at Nuremburg
Sweet Smell of Success
Hey Jeff May...I like almost all the movies you mentioned. I have not seen Hallelujah Trail, actually before doing this hub I had never heard of the movie either.....I was surprised when I saw how much the movie earned at the box office, I will have to check the movie out....thanks for the comments
Hey WillStarr....that is cool that the baseball field is so close to you.....so have you ever gone and seen the field?....it is about 2000 miles away from me....thanks for checking out the hub.
Hey Rob, I agree he has a very strong screen presence....one of the things I was impressed with, was his track record helping other people win Oscars....that list includes...Frank Sinatra, Anna Magnani, Shirley Booth, Donna Reed, and David Niven. I have never seen Sweet Smell of Success....but after seeing how high it ended up being ranked, I am thinking I should check it out very soon.
Hey FloraBreenRobinson....your list of favorite Lancaster movies is filled with classics....and they are were very highly rated according to this movie rating system. I agree, his start in The Killers could not have been any better. I thought Seven Days in May would have finished higher, but its box office was pretty weak.....I think after Dr. Strangelove and Fail Safe...the public was starting to get tired of doomsday movies.....thanks for checking out my Lancaster hub.
I am a big fan of classics. Other favourite actors from the studio era besides Burt are Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, and Gene Kelly. My favourite director is Hitchcock
Amother great hub Cogerson. Burt Lancaster was one of my favourites in my youth, along with Kirk "I'm Spartacus!" Douglas. Enjoyed watching them together in films. OK Corral is one I watch every year. A few weeks ago I watched Seven Days in May, a fantastic film by John Frankenheimer where's that on your list? 22nd? No I protest that should be higher.
I've never seen The Rose Tattoo, didn't even know he was in that. From Here To Eternity at no.1 on your moviescore, famous film, very popular but not the best acting role in Burt's career, Montgomery Clift was the star attraction in that film.
Hmmm one of his most memorable performances, in Sweet Smell of Success, is a lot lower on the moviescore than I expected it to be. It's no.1 on the critics score, Seven Days in May is no.3 so in this instance I'm siding with the critics. :)
Voted Up and Useful.
Hey FloraBreenRobinson...I also enjoy the classics....I have hubs on Hitch and Peck. I have thought about doing a Gene Kelly...but I will add Mr. Widmark to my very long list of actors I want to do hubs on.
Hey Steve....I agree Seven Days in May is a great movie...you can blame it's box office success...or lack of box office success......it barely cracked the Top 20 in 1964....and for Lancaster it barely cracks his Top 30 of all his movies......I have not seen Sweet Smell of Success but I will have to see that soon. Lancaster is very good in The Rose Tattoo....he plays a lovable loser.
I think you have to give Lancaster a little more credit for From Here to Eternity....he was topped billed and received his first ever Oscar nom for the movie.....as always thanks for the comments
You should flood your nearest big-city newspaper's Email with about 10 of these hubs and do this for a living...Run Silent Run Deep was an all time favorite of my dads and was a thrill for me also,Cogerson.;)
Thank you for the credit. I didn't expect it and appriciate it alot. Also thank you for another fact filled hub.
I have been a fan of Burt's for along time. I didn't see Trapize on the list. Burt did his own stunts. I don't know if Tony Curtis did or not. It was a great movie. I also enjoyed Burt in Atlantic City playing an old washed up gangster wanna be. I like the scence where burt looks at the newspaper article about two men murdered in an alley and he tells the clerk proudly, "I did that."
I remember Kirk Douglas at an award show mentioning his friend Burt Lancaster who was quite ill at the time. He hoped his friend would get better soon because they had an arguement on going and kirk wanted to finish it. Sadly Burt died soon after.
Burt Lancaster was a great actor, Cogerson. He played a wide variety of roles that showed his immense talent. Nice work.
Thanks for the great compliment mentalist acer....it would be cool to do this for a living.....but I have almost made 8 dollars here on hub pages.....that almost translates to 16 dollars for the year....lol. Our dads have lots in common....Run Silent Run Deep was my dad's favorite Clark Gable movie....I remember my mom talking about Gable's Rhett Butler and my dad always working it to Run Silent Run Deep...thanks for stopping by.
Hey ruffridyer...Trapeze got some love....it finished as his 3rd biggest box office hit.....and 4th overall on the Movie Score table. I remember the scene in Atlantic City....his character was so proud for actually doing a gangster type deed. Lancaster and Douglas made a great team.....I remember after the success of Tough Guys....they wanted to do another movie....sad that they were never able to get their 7th movie together done.
Thanks for the compliment William F. Torpey......Lancaster's talent helped him make movies for 6 decades....that is impressive....thanks for the comments.
..well you are such a treasure to us here at Hubpages with your love of movies, your knowledge and your passion ... it's like waking up on Christmas morning when I come here .....and find Burt Lancaster ... under my tree .....
Lancaster fans: Check out my biography, BURT LANCASTER: AN AMERICAN LIFE (Knopf 2000; DaCapo paperback 2001). NYTimes, LATimes, SF Chronicle Best Book of 2000. Full of production stories behind all his greatest (and not so great) movies, plus his fascinating productive life. His widow was a huge help and remains a good friend.
Thanks for the great compliment epigramman, I am glad you like my Burt Lancaster hub....if you have any actors/actresses that you would like to see in any future hubs...just let me know....I would say the last 25 hubs I have done have come from requests....thanks again for the great compliments.
Hey Kate Buford....Wow!....I found your book while I was doing the research on this hub and I read your book and used it many times when searching for information on some of his older movies that were not as successful as well as his early 1970s career, your book provided an awesome look into his life....I thought it was a great read.....and I really appreciate you commenting on my hub.
Seven Days In May with Kirk Douglas was a very good film, saw it last during the winter on TV. Great plot and acting. I have seen so many of his movies - such a shame he had a tough time at the end of his life. GREAT HUB COGERSON...
Great hub cogerson! I feel out of the loop with Burt, I can't recall seeing any of his movies! Must have been before my time. Haha! Glad your back and keep 'em coming. How about a pulse next as a belated birthday gift :) voted all of the above!!!!
I agree with you Bern1960, Seven Days in May is a great movie. Thanks for the compliment on my hub.
Thank you Sunshine...more actors with pulses coming soon....Lancaster was a great actor....he was outstanding in Field of Dreams which co-stars Kevin Costner. Thanks for the compliment and for stopping by.
Another actor that was died before I could walk, that being said I have seen a few of his movies, nice hub. Voted up
For some reason I have always gotten him confused with Gregory Peck, even when scanning through this list I was looking for the To Kill A Mockingbird. Field of Dreams is a movie I can watch over and over, Lancaster picked a good role to end his career with.
Thanks for the comment AlabamaGirl, classic actors make classic movies, Lancaster has classics from the 1940s and the 1980s, which is not too old. Thanks for the compliment.
Hey hinton, that is interesting about you getting Lancaster and Peck confused, but they both hit the big time at the same time(mid 1940s) and they both were older character actors in the 80s. I can also watch Field of Dreams over and over, I have not seen it since my father passed away, I am sure I will be misty eyed the next time I watch the ending. Thanks for the comments
The first movie I saw with him was Tough Guys, after that one I started seeking out some of his movies, especially with Kirk Douglas. I know they were in The List of Adrian Messenger together, but I could not find it on your hub. Ncie hub as always.
Hey YankeesRule...Lancaster has a cameo in the movie which is why it is not included in the movie....good catch though...List of Adrian Messenger is a very good movie....and they used stars in heavy makeup and only during the credits do you realize who they were....I think it would make an excellent remake.
Ooo.. such a good one. Great hub on a classic. Sweet Smell of Success is one of his most intense roles. I had a hard time getting into the first fifteen mins. of The Leopard. Lancaster was going to be a hub of mine, but it would've paled in comparison. Great job, once again friend.
Best, Matt D
Thanks for the great compliment Matt D. After doing this hub, I ordered Sweet Smell of Success from Netflix, it is supposed to be here on Tuesday....as for The Leopard....I just saw a Clint Eastwood commercial where he was talking about how much The Leopard influenced him. I appreciate your comments.
Oh cool, i'll give it another shot on instant watch. Best, matt
I don't know if it is good or not....he(Clint) was talking about how good it was....evidently the film society just saved the movie and now it is coming out on Blu-Ray...
@Cogerson...Burt and Kirk in "Tough Guys" was a riot! Lancaster's "Sweet Smell of Success" was great. I also have "From Here to Eternity", with the best beach kiss ever, and "Castle Keep", a different egg, as well as "The Rainmaker", "Elmer Gantry", and "Run Silent Run Deep", "Gun Fight at the O.K. Corral", and "Field of Dreams". He was tremendous in "Birdman of Alcatraz".
Never could figure out why we had the Lancaster, Douglas, Wayne, Peck, Bogart, Grant, Widmark, Cagney, etc. fellows all together; then no one was quite the same afterwards. I like Cruise and Hanks and a few, but...
Your hubs are outstanding on old and new Hollywood, though. Fantastic information! Thanks!
Hey Barbsbitsnpieces. Lancaster was a great actor and helped many people receive Oscars for acting....he co-starred in Shirly Booth's Oscar winning performance in Come Back Little Sheba, with Anna Magnani's Oscar winning performance's in The Rose Tattoo, with Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed's winning performances in From Here To Eternity, and David Niven's Oscar winning performance in Seperate Tables.
As for the old actors for the new actors.....I think time well be kind to the new actors like Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert DeNiro, Denzel Washington, Hanks, and others.
I greatly appreciate all the comments you have put on my classic actor hubs...thanks for checking them out.
@Cogerson...Yes, Lancaster was a catalyst for many Oscars for other people. I'm sure all of Hollywood was dying to act with him!
I can't disagree with your thoughts about DiCaprio, DeNiro, Washington, and I'd throw in Pacino, along with the other two I mentioned before -- Hanks and Cruise. Cruise, especially, already has been overlooked for an Oscar for some great parts -- "Born On the Fourth of July" (wow!), "Top Gun", and
"Rainman".
They are good, very good...I guess maybe it's the timeframe I grew up in that spawned my love for the long gone by stars. They seemed bigger than life then! And that's why I enjoy your hubs!
Hey Barbsbitnpieces, about two years ago I went on a "Watch all the movies that won major Oscars binge....I was so surprised about how many movies starred Lancaster and Gregory Peck that I kept having to watch....I really did not want to watch The Rose Tattoo....but Lancaster blew me away with that role....anyway when I got through watching most of those Oscar winners I had an entire new respect for Lancaster, Peck and Bette Davis.
I think you have a great timeframe that you grew up in...lots of great stars and movies. Glad my hubs take you down memory lane.
that big smiling grin in vera cruz
Jeff May Level 2 Commenter 10 months ago
Loved Burt Lancaster, Local Hero, Elmer Gantry, Hallelujah Trail, The Rainmaker, and many other of course.