Movies starring Richard Burton

The Desert Rats (1953)

88 mins     War      

I am no war expert, regular readers of my movie reviews will have heard me bemoan the history lessons n British schools during the 1980s for my lack of knowledge, but having watched many a war movie about WWII I know when one...

Sea Wife (1957)

81 mins     Drama, Romance, Thriller      

For some strange reason I find "Sea Wife" watch able, even entertaining despite it having a whole cavalcade of issues. Those issues include over acting, contrived story elements and basically being absurdly unbelievable. Yet ...

Bitter Victory (1957)

102 mins     Drama, War      

Like Alfred Hitchcock director Nicholas Ray has his devotees who find his movies to be a cut above the norm. There is nothing wrong with that as Nicholas Ray certainly crafted stylish and classic movies and he deserves a lot ...

The Longest Day (1962)

178 mins     Action , Drama, War      

Darryl F. Zanuck started producing movies back in 1925 when he was in his early twenties and in 48 years he was involved in the production of over 200 movies many of which are highly regarded as he worked with just about anyo...

Cleopatra (1963)

192 mins     Biography, Drama      

At 192 minutes a movie needs to succeed at every level; be it the acting, the story, the production, everything has to be perfect as if one thing is wrong it can spell disaster. Whilst I would never say "Cleopatra" is a disas...

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

112 mins     Drama, Thriller      

Ever since I was young growing up in Britain during the 70s and 80s I have been aware of the name John le Carré as there were TV series based on his novels and of course movies and there were those who loved his espion...

Where Eagles Dare (1968)

158 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

Unlike many war movies which were made during the 50s and 60s "Where Eagles Dare" is purely a work of fiction, written and made for one reason and that is to entertain through exciting action. As such it has elements of Boy' ...

Raid on Rommel (1971)

99 mins     Drama, War      

Richard Burton was a curious actor, well come on here was a man who was a legend for his acting talent yet for some reason he appeared in some less than brilliant movies. You may put two and two together and say that he did t...

Massacre in Rome (1973)

110 mins     Drama, War      

There are many aspects of war; the strategy, the action, the compassion, the revenge and so on and in truth more often than not war movies tend to just focus on the action. "Massacre in Rome" is different as whilst it deliver...

The Wild Geese (1978)

134 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama, War      

The last time I watched "The Wild Geese" was back in the early 80s, I was a teenager and the story about a group of mercenaries going into Africa on a rescue mission was right up my street. I hadn't got a clue as to the stars...