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.
Release Date
October 28, 1991Runtime
123 minRating
NRGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
Valerie A. RobinsWritten by
Thomas J. WienerLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
Otto Preminger
Self (archive footage)
Burgess Meredith
Narrator (voice)
Saul Bass
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Vincent Price
Self
Michael Caine
Self
Ossie Davis
Self
Deborah Kerr
Self
José Ferrer
Self
Jack Haley Jr.
Self
Ken Howard
Self
Carol Lynley
Self
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Self
Johanna Matz
Self
Josef Meinrad
Self
Don Murray
Self
Patricia Neal
Self
George C. Scott
Self
Frank Sinatra
Self
James Stewart
Self
Tom Tryon
Self
John Gielgud
Self (archive footage)
John Saxon
Self (archive footage)
Jean Seberg
Self (archive footage)
Richard Todd
Self (archive footage)
Richard Widmark
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Adams
actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judith Anderson
actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dana Andrews
Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eve Arden
Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lew Ayres
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bruce Cabot
actor 'In Harm's Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Diahann Carroll
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Noël Coward
actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Erdman
actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Ford
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kathryn Grant
actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Grizzard
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Holden
Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Hooks
actor 'Hurry Sundown' (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Huston
Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hardy Krüger
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Darren McGavin
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maggie McNamara
actress 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Niven
actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kim Novak
Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell
actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurence Olivier
Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eleanor Parker
Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Ratoff
actor 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lee Remick
Laura Manion (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arnold Stang
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gene Tierney
Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franchot Tone
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raf Vallone
actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clifton Webb
actor 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
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