Richard Burton — Actor (27)
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The Klansman (1974) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Klansman
director: 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) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Alexander the Great
director: 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) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Boom!
director: 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) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
director: 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) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Green Grow the Rushes
director: 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) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Tempest
director: 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) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
director: 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.
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Staircase (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Staircase
director: Stanley Donen actor: Rex Harrison / Richard Burton …
other title: Quei due / Unter der Treppe …
An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past together and possible future without each other.
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The V.I.P.s (1963) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The V.I.P.s
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Richard Burton …
other title: International Hotel / Gente Muito Importante …
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.
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Villain (1971) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Villain
director: Michael Tuchner actor: Richard Burton / Ian McShane …
other title: Il mascalzone / Skurken …
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
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The Medusa Touch (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Medusa Touch
director: Jack Gold actor: Richard Burton / Lino Ventura …
other title: Il tocco della medusa / Der Schrecken der Medusa …
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
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Absolution (1978) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Absolution
director: Anthony Page actor: Richard Burton / Dominic Guard …
other title: Absolución / L'assoluzione
At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.
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The Desert Rats (1953) [Movie] TMDB
The Desert Rats
director: Robert Wise actor: Richard Burton / James Mason …
other title: I topi del deserto / Die Wüstenratten …
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
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Candy (1968) [Movie] TMDB
Candy
director: Christian Marquand actor: Ewa Aulin / Charles Aznavour …
other title: Candy e il suo pazzo mondo
A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.
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Cleopatra (1963) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
Cleopatra
director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Richard Burton …
other title: Cleópatra / Cléopâtre
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.