Memorable Quotations:

• "I did something wrong -- once." --as "The Swede" in THE KILLERS (1946).
• "Remember, in a pirate ship, in pirate waters, in a pirate world, ask no questions. Believe only what you see. No, believe half of what you see." --as Captain Vallo in THE CRIMSON PIRATE (1952).
• "It's not confidence, ma'am; it's honesty. I just hate to see a beautiful woman going all to waste." --as Sgt. Milton Warden in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953).
• "There's no such thing as a plain woman. Every real woman is pretty. They're all pretty in a different way, but they're all pretty." --as Bill Starbuck in THE RAINMAKER (1956). 
• "You're dead, son.  Get yourself buried." --as J.J. Hunsecker in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).
• "Match me, Sidney." --as J.J. Hunsecker in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).
• "I like Harry, but I can't deny he sweats a little." --as J.J. Hunsecker in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).
• "My right hand hasn't seen my left hand for thirty years." --as J.J. Hunsecker in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).
• "I'd like to take a bite out of you.  You're a cookie full of arsenic." --as J.J. Hunsecker in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).
• "If looks could kill, I'd be dead." --as J.J. Hunsecker in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).
• "Here's your head.  What's your hurry?" --as J.J. Hunsecker in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).

Further Reading:

• Burt Lancaster: a filmography and biography by Ed Andreychuk (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c2000).

• Burt Lancaster: an American life by Kate Buford (New York: Knopf, Distributed by Random House, c2000).

• Burt Lancaster: a singular man by Robyn Karney (North Pomfret, Vt.: Trafalgar Square Pub., 1997).

• Burt Lancaster  the terrible tempered charmer by Michael Munn (New York, NY: Robson Books, Parkwest, 1997).

• Against type: the biography of Burt Lancaster by Gary Fishgall (New York: Scribner, c1995).

• The cinema history of Burt Lancaster by David Fury (Minneapolis, MN: Artist's Press, 1989).

• Burt Lancaster par Roland Lacourbe (Paris: Edilig, 1987).

• Burt Lancaster: the man and his movies by Allan Hunter (New York: St. Martin's Press, c1984).

• Burt Lancaster by Robert Windeler (New York: St. Martin's Press, c1984).

• Burt Lancaster by Minty Clinch (London: A. Barker, c1984).
  Burt Lancaster by Tony Thomas (New York: Pyramid Publications, 1975).

• Bad boys: the actors of film noir by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (Jefferson, N.C.: Farland, 2003).

• The Tough Guys by James Robert Parish (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House Publishers, c1976).

More Lancaster Links:

• Brian's Burt Lancaster Profile
• The Estate of Burt Lancaster
• Burt Lancaster- superstar of the 1960s
• Meredy's Burt Lancaster Trivia
• Brad's Tribute to Burt Lancaster
• The Golden Years: Burt Lancaster
• TVNow's monthly Burt Lancaster schedule -when his films will be on TV.
• Greatest Films: ELMER GANTRY
• Greatest Films: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
• Boxoffice Online: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
• A review of FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by Walter Frith
• A review of THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS by Roger Ebert

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