Movies starring Burgess Meredith

Second Chorus (1940)

84 mins Comedy, Musical, Romance

"Second Chorus" is a movie with a problem, it is Fred Astaire! That sounds daft but because everyone knows Astaire was a stunning dancer it is what you expect to watch when you watch one of his movies but it is the dancing wh...

Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

108 mins Drama, War

Whilst not a war movie fanatic I have watched my fair share and have seen some which declare to tell the true story of what it was like to be a solider in the trenches. But having watched "Story of G.I. Joe" for the first tim...

Magnificent Doll (1946)

95 mins Biography, Drama

Being a movie fan the attraction of watching "Magnificent Doll" is in its cast which features Ginger Rogers, David Niven and Burgess Meredith. That is not the soul reason for people to watch "Magnificent Doll" as it is also t...

Batman: The Movie (1966)

105 mins Adventure , Comedy, Family

Who needs a Brooding Batman or a Depressing Dark Knight when you can have a Camp Crusader with an array of Bat gadgets to make even James Bond jealous. Okay so "Batman: The Movie" and the Batman & Robin of the Adam West and B...

Madame X (1966)

100 mins Drama

I probably gave a little more away that I normally would with that synopsis for "Madame X" but with out giving a bit more away this movie would sound pretty cliche. By that the first part is all about the setting up of Clay's...

MacKenna's Gold (1969)

128 mins Western

There is a saying which goes "All that glitters is not gold" and what a perfect description of 60s western "MacKenna's Gold". Here we have a western which should work, alongside the leads of Gregory peck and Omar Sharif there...

The Hindenburg (1975)

125 mins Adventure , Disaster, Drama

Watching "The Hindenburg" now 25 years after it was released you could say it was the "Titanic" of the 70s. Here we have a movie which takes the true story of The Hindenburg airship which on the 6th of May 1937 burst into fla...

Rocky (1976)

119 mins Action , Drama, Sport

Although "Rocky" is by no means the best boxing movie ever made, it is still one of the most famous and harks back to a time when Sylvester Stallone was better known as an actor, rather than just another action hero. On top o...

Magic (1978)

107 mins Horror

"Magic" is a fantastic movie as we watch Corky, this shy and not very good magician becomes a hit when he introduces a ventriloquist dummy in to his act and suddenly he is no longer shy but confident. You initially think that...

Rocky II (1979)

119 mins Action , Drama, Sport

After the success of the original "Rocky" movie, it was no surprise that a sequel was made, not one but in fact a whole series of them. Unfortunately, when they decided to make "Rocky II", they stuck to the same formula, pret...

When Time Ran Out... (1980)

121 mins Action , Adventure , Disaster, Drama

It is very tempting to really rip into "When Time Ran Out..." Irwin Allen's final big screen production because you could say there is a lot wrong with it. Firstly by 1980 the disaster movie genre was coming to an end and whi...

Clash of the Titans (1981)

118 mins Action , Adventure , Family

"Clash of the Titans" is what I call a Good, Bad and Ugly movie although in truth that ugly is seriously down to what you think of old special effects. So let me start with the ugly and I say that because I know many a modern...

Rocky III (1982)

99 mins Action , Drama, Sport

Having gone toe to toe twice with Apollo Creed in 1982 we got a third outing for Sylvester Stallone's iconic Rocky Balboa and the question was would "Rocky III" be more of the same. Well the answer was sort of because whilst ...

Santa Claus (1985)

107 mins Adventure , Family

Movie review "Santa Claus" � Dudley Moore stars Patch, one of Santa's (David Huddleston) elves with big ideas, too big for Santa and so leaves the North Pole and ends up duped into working for evil toymaker B.Z. (John Lithgow...

Rocky V (1990)

104 mins Drama, Sport

It's funny as every time Sylvester Stallone delivered another movie in the "Rocky" series I found myself growing more disappointed by the continual rehashes of what went before, basically a different look but the same formula...

Grumpy Old Men (1993)

103 mins Comedy, Drama

"Grumpy Old Men" is a movie about two men behaving badly and rivalling each other over a woman. The thing is that from a storyline point of view it's not the most enthralling movie and with it being about senior citizens it's...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Burgess Meredith as one of the principle cast members.