Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (Movie)

Born November 2, 1913, he went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster - later Burt Lancaster - was one of five children of a New York City postal worker. Burt recalled family life as warm and mutually supportive. At the Union Settlement House, he and boyhood friend Nick Cravat formed an acrobatic team. By eighteen, Burt was 6'2" and blessed with the athletic physique and dynamic good looks that helped make him famous. A basketball scholarship was not enough to keep him in NYU beyond his sophomore year. That's when he and the 5'2" Cravat joined a circus, earning $3 weekly between them. A stint in the Army introduced Burt to acting and led him to Hollywood where his first release, The Killers (1946), propelled him to stardom at age 32. He took control of his own career and seldom faltered.

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1. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) (Movie) (3)
   

   Burt Lancaster...Marshal Wyatt Earp

   

   Rhonda Fleming...Laura Denbow

   

   Earl Holliman...Deputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett
2. And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) (Movie) (2)
   

   Burt Lancaster...

   

   Sydney Pollack...
3. Brute Force (1947) (Movie) (2)
   

   Burt Lancaster...Joe Collins

   

   Jeff Corey...'Freshman' Stack
4. Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) (Movie) (2)
   

   Burt Lancaster...Doc Delaney

   

   Terry Moore...Marie Buckholder
5. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) (Movie) (2)
   

   Burt Lancaster...(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

   

   Jeff Corey...(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
6. Devil's Canyon (1953) (Movie) (2)
   

   Virginia Mayo...Abby Nixon

   

   Earl Holliman...Prisoner
7. Do It Debbie's Way (1983) (Movie) (2)
   

   Virginia Mayo...

   

   Terry Moore...
8. Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005) (Movie) (2)
   

   Sydney Pollack...Himself

   

   Burt Lancaster...Himself (archive footage)
9. Local Hero (1983) (Movie) (2)
   

   Peter Riegert...Mac

   

   Burt Lancaster...Felix Happer
10. Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986) (Movie) (2)
    

    Burt Lancaster...Self

    James Hill...Self
11. Rita (2003) (Movie) (2)
    

    Delbert Mann...Self

    

    Terry Moore...Self
12. Since You Went Away (1944) (Movie) (2)
    

    Rhonda Fleming...Girl at Dance (uncredited)

    

    Terry Moore...Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
13. South Sea Woman (1953) (Movie) (2)
    

    Burt Lancaster...Sgt. James O'Hearn

    

    Virginia Mayo...Ginger Martin
14. The Flame and the Arrow (1950) (Movie) (2)
    

    Burt Lancaster...Dardo Bartoli

    

    Virginia Mayo...Anne de Hesse
15. The Killers (1946) (Movie) (2)
    

    Burt Lancaster...'Swede' Andersen

    

    Jeff Corey...Blinky Franklin (uncredited)
16. The Making of a "Local Hero" (With a Little Help from His Friends) (1983) (Movie) (2)
    

    Burt Lancaster...

    

    Peter Riegert...
17. The Rainmaker (1956) (Movie) (2)
    

    Burt Lancaster...Bill Starbuck

    

    Earl Holliman...Jim Curry
18. Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) (Movie) (2)
    

    Virginia Mayo...Miss Battley

    

    Rhonda Fleming...Rhoda Flaming