Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Valerie A. Robins1991-10-28
Otto Preminger's life in film
7.7
123 min
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.
Cast
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Otto Preminger | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Burgess Meredith | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Saul Bass | Self | Unowned |
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Peter Bogdanovich | Self | Unowned |
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Vincent Price | Self | Unowned |
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Michael Caine | Self | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Ossie Davis | Self | Unowned |
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Deborah Kerr | Self | Unowned |
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José Ferrer | Self | Unowned |
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Jack Haley Jr. | Self | Unowned |
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Ken Howard | Self | Unowned |
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Marjorie Kellogg | Self | Unowned |
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Lionel Larner | Self | Unowned |
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Carol Lynley | Self | Unowned |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Self | Unowned |
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Johanna Matz | Self | Unowned |
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Wendell Mayes | Self | Unowned |
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Josef Meinrad | Self | Unowned |
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Don Murray | Self | Unowned |
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Patricia Neal | Self | Unowned |
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George C. Scott | Self | Unowned |
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Frank Sinatra | Self | Unowned |
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James Stewart | Self | Unowned |
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Tom Tryon | Self | Unowned |
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John Gielgud | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John Saxon | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jean Seberg | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Richard Todd | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Richard Widmark | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dorothy Adams | actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Judith Anderson | actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dana Andrews | Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Eve Arden | Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lew Ayres | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Bruce Cabot | actor 'In Harm's Way' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Diahann Carroll | Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Noël Coward | actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Erdman | actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Paul Ford | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kathryn Grant | actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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George Grizzard | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Holden | Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert Hooks | actor 'Hurry Sundown' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Huston | Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hardy Krüger | actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Laughton | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peter Lawford | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Darren McGavin | actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Maggie McNamara | actress 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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David Niven | actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kim Novak | Molly (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arthur O'Connell | actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Laurence Olivier | Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Eleanor Parker | Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Walter Pidgeon | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gregory Ratoff | actor 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lee Remick | Laura Manion (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arnold Stang | actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gene Tierney | Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Franchot Tone | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Raf Vallone | actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Clifton Webb | actor 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Joseph N. Welch | Judge Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Brooks West | actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Henry Fonda | Unowned |