Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
7.7
123 minutes
10/28/1991
Overview
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 List
Otto Preminger
as Self (archive footage)
Burgess Meredith
as Narrator (voice)
Saul Bass
as Self
Peter Bogdanovich
as Self
Vincent Price
as Self
Michael Caine
as Self
Ossie Davis
as Self
Deborah Kerr
as Self
José Ferrer
as Self
Jack Haley Jr.
as Self
Ken Howard
as Self
Marjorie Kellogg
as Self
Lionel Larner
as Self
Carol Lynley
as Self
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
as Self
Johanna Matz
as Self
Wendell Mayes
as Self
Josef Meinrad
as Self
Don Murray
as Self
Patricia Neal
as Self
George C. Scott
as Self
Frank Sinatra
as Self
James Stewart
as Self
Tom Tryon
as Self
John Gielgud
as Self (archive footage)
John Saxon
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Seberg
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Todd
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Widmark
as Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Adams
as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judith Anderson
as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dana Andrews
as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eve Arden
as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lew Ayres
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bruce Cabot
as actor 'In Harm's Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Diahann Carroll
as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Noël Coward
as actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Erdman
as actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Ford
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kathryn Grant
as actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Grizzard
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Holden
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Hooks
as actor 'Hurry Sundown' (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Huston
as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hardy Krüger
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Darren McGavin
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maggie McNamara
as actress 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Niven
as actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kim Novak
as Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur O'Connell
as actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurence Olivier
as Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eleanor Parker
as Zosch Machine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Ratoff
as actor 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lee Remick
as Laura Manion (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arnold Stang
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gene Tierney
as Laura Hunt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franchot Tone
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raf Vallone
as actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clifton Webb
as actor 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph N. Welch
as Judge Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brooks West
as actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda