BurtLancaster &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:BurtLancaster @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:52:00 +0200 The List of Adrian Messenger (John Huston, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-list-of-adrian-messenger-1963 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The List of Adrian Messenger (John Huston, 1963)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)/div div class="caption" Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm (Dana Wynter), Anthony Gethryn (George C. Scott), and Raoul Le Borg (Jacques Roux). DP: Joseph MacDonald./div div class="txt" "There's nary a conspiracy. And if I'm right about this, it's a far older sin than politics." ### – Adrian Messenger /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #JohnHuston #DanaWynter #GeorgeCScott #KirkDouglas #JacquesRoux #TonyCurtis #KirkDouglas #BurtLancaster #RobertMitchum #FrankSinatra #JerryGoldsmith #JosephMacDonald #USA #crime #mystery #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

The List of Adrian Messenger (John Huston, 1963)

Feb

16

The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)

Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm (Dana Wynter), Anthony Gethryn (George C. Scott), and Raoul Le Borg (Jacques Roux). DP: Joseph MacDonald.

“There's nary a conspiracy. And if I'm right about this, it's a far older sin than politics.”

– Adrian Messenger

#FilmDuJour #February #JohnHuston #DanaWynter #GeorgeCScott #KirkDouglas #JacquesRoux #TonyCurtis #KirkDouglas #BurtLancaster #RobertMitchum #FrankSinatra #JerryGoldsmith #JosephMacDonald #USA #crime #mystery #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-list-of-adrian-messenger-1963 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-professionals-1966 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="occasion" 1812/div div class="img" The Professionals (1966)/div div class="caption" The sheriff jolts something down next to a wall calendar that reads January 12, 1812. Just visible through a window, Jake (Woody Strode) approaches. DP: Conrad L. Hall./div div class="txt" "Right now, I don't know if it's me or the dynamite that doin' all that sweatin'." ### – Jake Sharp /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #RichardBrooks #FrankORourke #BurtLancaster #LeeMarvin #RobertRyan #WoodyStrode #JackPalance #ClaudiaCardinale #MauriceJarre #ConradLHall #western #adventure #action #BookAdaptation #USA #1960s ★★½/div /section ]]>

The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966)

Jan

12

1812

The Professionals (1966)

The sheriff jolts something down next to a wall calendar that reads January 12, 1812. Just visible through a window, Jake (Woody Strode) approaches. DP: Conrad L. Hall.

“Right now, I don't know if it's me or the dynamite that doin' all that sweatin'.”

– Jake Sharp

#FilmDuJour #January #RichardBrooks #FrankORourke #BurtLancaster #LeeMarvin #RobertRyan #WoodyStrode #JackPalance #ClaudiaCardinale #MauriceJarre #ConradLHall #western #adventure #action #BookAdaptation #USA #1960s ★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-professionals-1966 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0100 The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-plmh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1940/div div class="img" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary The Killers (1946)/div div class="caption" The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell./div div class="txt" "Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell." ### – Lt. Sam Lubinsky /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #RobertSiodmak #ErnestHemingway #BurtLancaster #AvaGardner #EdmondOBrien #AlbertDekker #SamLevene #MiklósRózsa #ElwoodBredell #drama #crime #FilmNoir #thriller #sports #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)

Jul

20

1940

spoiler warning: click to toggle image The Killers (1946)

The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell.

“Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.”

– Lt. Sam Lubinsky

#FilmDuJour #July #RobertSiodmak #ErnestHemingway #BurtLancaster #AvaGardner #EdmondOBrien #AlbertDekker #SamLevene #MiklósRózsa #ElwoodBredell #drama #crime #FilmNoir #thriller #sports #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-plmh Sun, 20 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/sweet-smell-of-success-1957 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)/div div class="month" April 20/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" oysters/div div class="img" Sweet Smell of Success (1957)/div div class="caption" J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) pulling Sidney Falco's (Tony Curtis) tie over cocktails and oysters. DP: James Wong Howe./div div class="txt" "I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic." ### – J.J. Hunsecker /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #oysters #AlexanderMackendrick #ErnestLehman #BurtLancaster #TonyCurtis #SusanHarrison #ChicoHamilton #FredKatz #ElmerBernstein #JamesWongHowe #BookAdaptation #drama #jazz #FilmNoir #romance #NewYork #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)

April 20

20

oysters

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) pulling Sidney Falco's (Tony Curtis) tie over cocktails and oysters. DP: James Wong Howe.

“I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.”

– J.J. Hunsecker

#FilmDinner #oysters #AlexanderMackendrick #ErnestLehman #BurtLancaster #TonyCurtis #SusanHarrison #ChicoHamilton #FredKatz #ElmerBernstein #JamesWongHowe #BookAdaptation #drama #jazz #FilmNoir #romance #NewYork #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/sweet-smell-of-success-1957 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:47:43 +0200 The Swimmer (Frank Perry + Sydney Pollack, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-swimmer-1968 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Swimmer (Frank Perry + Sydney Pollack, 1968)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="occasion" Beverage Day/div div class="img" The Swimmer (1968)/div div class="caption" Swimmer Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) reaching for a drink handed to him by someone offscreen. DP: David L. Quaid./div div class="txt" ##### At a poolside #CocktailParty, the swimmer appears. He notes that the houses in between his hosts' and his are connected by a “river” of #pools and decides to swim home, from one pool to the other, superficially meeting people, crashing suburban pool parties, in an increasingly irrational state.\ "And the water up there. Remember? That transparent, light green water. It felt different. God, what a beautiful feeling. We could've swum around the world in those days." ### – Ned Merrill\ /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #BeverageDay #FrankPerry #SydneyPollack #EleanorPerry #BurtLancaster #MarvinHamlisch #DavidLQuaid #BookAdaptation #drama #USA #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Swimmer (Frank Perry + Sydney Pollack, 1968)

May

6

Beverage Day

The Swimmer (1968)

Swimmer Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) reaching for a drink handed to him by someone offscreen. DP: David L. Quaid.

At a poolside #CocktailParty, the swimmer appears. He notes that the houses in between his hosts' and his are connected by a “river” of #pools and decides to swim home, from one pool to the other, superficially meeting people, crashing suburban pool parties, in an increasingly irrational state.

“And the water up there. Remember? That transparent, light green water. It felt different. God, what a beautiful feeling. We could've swum around the world in those days.”

– Ned Merrill

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #BeverageDay #FrankPerry #SydneyPollack #EleanorPerry #BurtLancaster #MarvinHamlisch #DavidLQuaid #BookAdaptation #drama #USA #1960s ★★★★½

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