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Hollywood Stars & Hits
KL STUDIO CLASSICS
BURT LANCASTER
Elmer Gantry
Run Silent, Run Deep
Robert Wise
RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP
The captain of a submarine (Clark Gable) sunk
by the Japanese during WWII is given a chance
to skipper another sub after a year of working a
desk job. His single-minded determination for
revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew (including Burt
Lancaster, Jack Warden) in danger.
USA. 1958. 93 min. Black & White. English.
Richard Brooks
ELMER GANTRY
A traveling salesman (Burt Lancaster) stumbles into a revival meeting and discovers that
he can hustle money and delivers demonbashing oratories that bring him fame and
fortune. But when an old flame (Jean Simmons) re-appears, he is forced to confront
demons of a more worldly order.
USA. 1960. 146 min. Color. English.
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John Cassavetes
A CHILD IS WAITING
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Guy Hamilton
THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas star in this
satirical take on the American Revolution by
George Bernard Shaw, boasting a performance
from acting great Laurence Olivier. When
Dick Dudgeon (Douglas) learns his father
was executed by the British for treason, he
steals the body for a proper burial, ignoring
the pleas of his friend, Minister Anthony Anderson (Lancaster) who’s a peace-loving person who ends up becoming a rebel trying to save Dudgeon’s life. Adapted
for the screen by John Dighton (Roman Holiday) and Richard Kibbee (Vera
Cruz) with direction by Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger).
The third directing effort by John Cassavetes is an engrossing, sobering expose of U.S. 1959. 83 min. B&W. English.
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challenged children. Jean Hansen (Judy
Sidney Pollack
Garland) takes a job at a Down’s syndrome
THE SCALPHUNTERS
institution and befriends Reuben, one of
A Western with a satiric edge, Burt Lancaster
the boys afflicted. Reuben latches on to
plays a frontier trapper who is forced to give up
Jean, to the dismay of Dr. Matthew Clark
a wealth of furs in exchange for an escaped slave,
(Burt Lancaster) the head of the institution.
Joseph Lee (Ossie Davis). Balancing sharp wit,
Cassavetes use of disabled children gives
racial politics and the violence of revenge, the
the film a level of humanity and unflinchfilm culminates in an extended, mud-soaked
ing depth that resonates long after the film ends.
fist fight that’s a true classic of the genre.
U.S. 1963. 102 min. B&W. English.
U.S. 1968. 104 min. Color.
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Don Taylor
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
Burt Lancaster and Michael York (Logan’s
Run) co-star in this sci-fi shocker based on
a novel by the great H.G. Wells (The Time
Machine). On a tropical Pacific island, the
mad Dr. Moreau (Lancaster) has set out to
fool Mother Nature, conducting nightmarish genetic experiments that have resulted
in Lionmen, Tigermen, Bearmen and other
marauding monstrosities.
USA. 1977. 99 min. Color. English.
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Jeff Kanew
BESTSELLER! TOUGH GUYS
Set free after 30 years in prison, train robbers
Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Long
(Douglas) discover that they have a lot of catching up to do as they face the high-tech, newwave, whirlwind lifestyle of the 1980s.
USA. 1986. 104 min. Color. English.
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