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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Documentary
7.7·1996·0h 58m

He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster — later B...

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Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Self (archive footage)

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Self (archive footage)

Jeff Corey

Jeff Corey

Self

Rhonda Fleming

Rhonda Fleming

Self

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James Hill

Self

Earl Holliman

Earl Holliman

Self

Delbert Mann

Delbert Mann

Self

Virginia Mayo

Virginia Mayo

Self

DIRECTORS

Suzette Winter, Gene Feldman

OVERVIEW

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. By eighteen, Burt was 6'2" and blessed with the athletic physique and dynamic good looks that helped make him famous. 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.