Rating the Movies

½ Q 100 minutes 95 minutes Academy Award Academy Award Nomination action adaptation adventure Alan American Anthony based on material beautiful best actor best actress best director best screenplay based best supporting actor best supporting actress Burt Lancaster cast also includes characters Charles charm Christopher cinematography classic clever colorful comic costars David Davis dialogue directed Director-John Donald Sutherland drama entertaining falls in love film noir film's Fonda funny Gene Hackman George girl Harry Hollywood horror Howard humor Jack Jack Warden James John Jones Karl Malden Kevin kids killer lives Martin melodrama Michael minutes b&w movie MPAA MPAA Rating murder musical novel numbers Originally filmed Paul performances Peter plays plot Richard Robert satire scenes screen screenplay script Sean Connery sequel special effects stars Steven story supporting cast includes suspense teenage thriller title role viewers Walter Matthau Wayne wife William woman writer/director young