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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof review by A customer from PLYMOUTH DEVON

WHAT CAN I SAY!!!!! 25 September 2005
...A classic with wonderful performances by Burl Ives. Elizabeth Taylor and of course Paul Newman. The story set in Louiseanna is about Paul Newmans'character coming to te... Read customer review

Our Man In Havana review by from London

Before the revolution. 6 July 2006
...hich was based on a true story. Guinness is admirably supported by Noel Coward, Burl Ives, Ralph Richardson and especially Ernie Kovacs as a wily police chief. ... Read customer review

Summer Magic review by Dodger59 from Hereford, England

Great Disney family oldie 27 December 2007
...it will still be enjoyed today as it was 40+ years ago when originally release. Burl Ives is superb (I love his voice) as is a young Hayley Mills Burl Ives sings the mem... Read customer review

Burl Ives - filmography

Two Moon Junction on DVD (1988)
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher
Director: Zalman King
Certificate:
A beautiful southern debutante is about to marry a handsome man as privileged as she. But stirring within the refined woman is a raging sexual desire that erupts when she locks eyes with loner Perry, a rough-hewn, muscle-bound carnival worker.

48% from 563 members

Uphill All The Way on DVD (1985)
Starring: Roy Clark, Mel Tillis, Burl Ives
Director: Frank Q. Dobbs
Certificate:
An action comedy set in the wild-west of the early 1900's. Based on the activities of two old con men who end up in trouble that stretches from the Texas Panhandle to the Rio Grande.

30% from 22 members

The New Adventures Of Heidi (1978)
Starring: Burl Ives, Katy Kurtzman
Director: Ralph Senensky
Certificate:
A film adaptation of Johanna Spryi's inspiring novel about a young girl's coming of age when she leaves the alpine slopes of her native Switzerland for the hustle and bustle of New York City.

25% from 2 members
Currently unavailable

The McMasters on DVD (1970)
Starring: Burl Ives, Jack Palance, David Carradine
Director: Alf Kjellin
Certificate:
Dramatic tale of prejudice and jealousy, set in an American southern state.

57% from 15 members

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
Starring: Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Frobe
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
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When Phileas.T. Barnum and friends attempt to send the first rocket to the moon, in the hope of making a fortune, their mission is rife with problems. Beginning with dire capital discrepancies, the crew also finds itself the object of sabotage and espionage. It seems impossible that they shall be ..read more »

57% from 175 members
Not currently released

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer on DVD (1964)
Starring: Burl Ives
Director: Larry Roemer, Maury Laws
Certificate:
A musical version of the tale Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, which sees Rudolph in pursuit of the villainous Toy-Taker who has stolen all the toys from Santa's warehouse.

60% from 226 members

Trial Of Lee Harvey Oswald/The Other Sid... on DVD (1964)
Starring: burl ives (narr.), Burl Ives, George Russell
Director: Larry Buchanan
Certificate:
Double-feature from cult director Larry Buchanan, tackling the subjects of Lee Harvey Oswald and Bonnie & Clyde. THE TRIAL OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD poses the question of how the Oswald trial would have turned out if he had lived long enough to make it to a courtroom. Filmed close enough to the actual ..read more »

45% from 16 members

Summer Magic on DVD (1963)
Starring: Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire
Director: James Neilson
Certificate:
A vivacious young girl and her family move to Maine after a serious financial problem strikes the household. The helpful postmaster helps them move into a run-down house, whose owner is away in Europe.

69% from 290 members

Day Of The Outlaw on DVD (1959)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise
Director: Andre De Toth
Certificate:
Robert Ryan and Burl Ives star in DAY OF THE OUTLAW, a gritty western that pits feuding farmers and ranchers against a common enemy--a group of bloodthirsty outlaws who want to take over a small, snow-covered town. The outlaws are led by Jack Bruhn (Ives), a man who strikes a hard bargain with the ..read more »

66% from 54 members

Our Man In Havana on DVD (1959)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Mareen O'Hara
Director: Carol Reed
Certificate:
Jim Wormold sells vacuum cleaners in Havana. His daughter Milly, 17, spends a lot of money, so he accepts to work for the Intelligence Service. As he has nothing to report, he invents facts, pretends to recruit agents and to discover secret constructions...

71% from 1,253 member

Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
Starring: Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Chana Eden
Director: Nicholas Ray
Certificate:
An alcoholic conservationist in the early 1900's tries to protect the Florida Everglades from both real estate developers and poachers killing some of the wild life.

90% from 1 member
Currently unavailable

The Big Country on DVD (1958)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Gregory Peck
Director: William Wyler
Certificate:
Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle, but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). He also discovers his ..read more »

71% from 1,524 member

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof on DVD (1958)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives
Director: Richard Brooks
Certificate:
This dynamic and commanding adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play focuses on a troubled Southern family and the discord over their dying father's millions. Wealthy plantation owner Big Daddy Pollitt (Burl Ives), celebrating his 65th birthday, is visited by his sons, Brick (..read more »

72% from 3,387 members

So Dear To My Heart on DVD (1948)
Starring: Burl Ives, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey
Director: Harold Schuster
Certificate:
This delightful Disney film which combines live-action with animation, tells the story of a young boy who takes his ill-tempered black sheep to the county fair in the hope of winning a medal. This heart-warming and nostalgic film also includes several lively songs and animated sequences.

59% from 289 members

Desire Under The Elms on DVD
Starring: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives
Director: Delbert Mann
Certificate:
Delbert Mann's moody adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill tragedy which finds Ephraim Cabot (played by Burl Ives), owner of a New England farm in 1840. He has three grown-up sons by two different wives, both now dead. He's bought out the shares in the farm of two of his sons, but a third, Eben (played ..read more »

52% from 55 members

Burl Ives facts

5 most recent films

Two Moon Junction - 2.5 stars
Uphill All The Way - 1.5 stars
The New Adventures Of Heidi - 1.5 stars
The McMasters - 3.0 stars
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - 3.5 stars
The Big Country - 3.5 stars
Our Man In Havana - 3.5 stars
Summer Magic - 3.5 stars
Day Of The Outlaw - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The New Adventures Of Heidi - 1.5 stars
Uphill All The Way - 1.5 stars
Trial Of Lee Harvey Oswald/The Other Side Of Bonnie And Clyde - 2.5 stars
The McMasters - 3.0 stars
Wind Across the Everglades - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Troy Donahue - 2 times - show films
Stratford Johns - 2 times - show films
Dennis Price - 2 times - show films
Daliah Lavi - 2 times - show films
Gert Frobe - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Larry Roemer - 3 times - show films
Maury Laws - 3 times - show films
Don Sharp - 2 times - show films
Delbert Mann - 1 times - show films
James Neilson - 1 times - show films