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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.

1991 |2h 3m |  Documentary

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Burgess Meredith

Narrator (voice)

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Vincent Price

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Michael Caine

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Ossie Davis

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Deborah Kerr

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José Ferrer

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Ken Howard

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Carol Lynley

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Johanna Matz

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Josef Meinrad

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Don Murray

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Patricia Neal

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George C. Scott

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Frank Sinatra

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James Stewart

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Tom Tryon

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John Gielgud

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John Saxon

Self (archive footage)

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Jean Seberg

Self (archive footage)

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Richard Todd

Self (archive footage)

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Richard Widmark

Self (archive footage)

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Dorothy Adams

actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Judith Anderson

actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Dana Andrews

Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Eve Arden

Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Lew Ayres

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Bruce Cabot

actor 'In Harm's Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Diahann Carroll

Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Richard Erdman

actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Paul Ford

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Kathryn Grant

actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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George Grizzard

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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William Holden

Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Robert Hooks

actor 'Hurry Sundown' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Hardy Krüger

actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charles Laughton

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Peter Lawford

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Darren McGavin

actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Maggie McNamara

actress 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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David Niven

actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Kim Novak

Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Arthur O'Connell

actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Laurence Olivier

Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Eleanor Parker

Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Walter Pidgeon

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Gregory Ratoff

actor 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Lee Remick

Laura Manion (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Arnold Stang

actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Gene Tierney

Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Franchot Tone

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Raf Vallone

actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Clifton Webb

actor 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Henry Fonda

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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