Richard Burton — Actor (37)
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Doctor Faustus (1967)
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Richard Burton / Nevill Coghill actor: Richard Burton / Elizabeth Taylor …
other title: Il dottor Faustus / Doktor Faust …
Faustus is a scholar at the University of Wittenberg when he earns his doctorate degree. His insatiable appetite for knowledge and power leads him to employ necromancy to conjure Mephistopheles out of hell. He bargains away his soul to Lucifer in exchange for living 24 years during which Mephistopheles will be his slave. Faustus signs the pact in his own blood and Mephistopheles reveals the works of the devil to Faustus.
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Bitter Victory (1957)
Bitter Victory
Nicholas Ray actor: Richard Burton / Curd Jürgens …
other title: Vittoria amara / Bitter war der Sieg …
During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.
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The Robe (1953)
The Robe
Henry Koster actor: Richard Burton / Jean Simmons …
other title: La tunica / Men jeg så ham dø …
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.
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The Klansman (1974)
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Terence Young actor: Richard Burton / Lee Marvin …
other title: L'uomo del clan / Verflucht sind sie alle …
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.
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Alexander the Great (1956)
Alexander the Great
Robert Rossen actor: Richard Burton / Fredric March …
other title: Alessandro il grande / Alexander den Store …
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
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Boom! (1968)
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Joseph Losey actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Richard Burton …
other title: La scogliera dei desideri / Choque …
Explores the confrontation between the woman who has everything, including emptiness, and a penniless poet who has nothing but the ability to fill a wealthy woman's needs.
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Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976)
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Donald Brittain / John Kramer actor: Richard Burton / Donald Brittain …
other title: Le volcan : reflexion sur la vie et mort de Malcom Lowry / Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry …
This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the Volcano. But while Lowry fought a winning battle with words, he lost his battle with alcohol. Shot on location in four countries, the film combines photographs, readings by Richard Burton from the novel and interviews with the people who loved and hated Lowry, to create a vivid portrait of the man.
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Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
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Derek N. Twist actor: Roger Livesey / Honor Blackman …
other title: Whisky, cognac e libertà / Donde los juncos son verdes
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back to Henry III) to evade government-imposed import duties and taxes. And when the government decides to curb this right, the whole village quietly rises up in a comical rebellion. After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
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The Tempest (1960)
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George Schaefer actor: Maurice Evans / Richard Burton …
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who lives in exile on a remote island as a sorcerer, uses his powers to shipwreck his usurper brother on the island.
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A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960)
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Tony Richardson actor: Richard Burton / George Devine …
A dramatized account of a Victorian cause célèbre, written by John Osborne and concerning the true story of the last person in England to be tried for blasphemy. Richard Burton plays John George Holyoake, a social reformer who goes on trial for speaking in public about his atheist views. Rachel Roberts plays his wife, and the programme is introduced by Face to Face inquisitor John Freeman.