Happy 100th birthday (no longer with us, of course) to Burt Lancaster, legendary Hollywood actor and one of the finest Democrats who ever lived.It’s hard to find a particular role when looking for one highlight in particular – “Judgment at Nuremberg,” “Birdman of Alcatraz,” “The Killers” (remade later with The Sainted Ronnie R as the bad guy who slapped Angie Dickinson), “The Rainmaker,” “Atlantic City,” or his Oscar-winning portrayal in “Elmer Gantry,” but I chose this clip as larger-than-life critic J. J. Hunsecker in “Sweet Smell of Success,” with some of the finest movie dialogue of all time from Clifford Odets, Alexander Mackendrick and Ernest Lehman from Lehman’s novel…
…and I’ve been meaning to get to this from a local guy for a little while, so here it is.
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