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  • Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
  • Cat On A Hot Tin Roof review by A customer from PLYMOUTH DEVON
    Rated - 5.0 stars 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
  • Our Man In Havana review by from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars 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
  • Summer Magic review by Dodger59 from Hereford, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars 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: Certificate: 18
    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.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 563 members
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  • Uphill All The Way on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Roy Clark,  Mel Tillis,  Burl Ives
    Director: Frank Q. Dobbs
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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.
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 22 members
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  • The New Adventures Of Heidi (1978)
    Starring: Burl Ives,  Katy Kurtzman
    Director: Ralph Senensky
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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.
    1.5 stars out of 5 25% from 2 members
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  • Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
    Starring: Burl Ives,  Troy Donahue,  Gert Frobe
    Director: Don Sharp
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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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 »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 175 members
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  • Summer Magic on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Hayley Mills,  Burl Ives,  Dorothy McGuire
    Director: James Neilson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 290 members
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  • Day Of The Outlaw on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Robert Ryan,  Burl Ives,  Tina Louise
    Director: Andre De Toth
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 54 members
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  • Our Man In Havana on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  Burl Ives,  Mareen O'Hara
    Director: Carol Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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...
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,253 member
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  • The Big Country on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Carroll Baker,  Gregory Peck
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,524 member
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  • Cat On A Hot Tin Roof on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Elizabeth Taylor,  Paul Newman,  Burl Ives
    Director: Richard Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 3,387 members
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  • So Dear To My Heart on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Burl Ives,  Beulah Bondi,  Harry Carey
    Director: Harold Schuster
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 289 members
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  • Desire Under The Elms on DVD
    Starring: Sophia Loren,  Anthony Perkins,  Burl Ives
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 55 members
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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