Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

123 mins | Documentary | Oct. 28, 1991

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.

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

123 mins | Documentary | Oct. 28, 1991

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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers
Original title Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Directors Valerie A. Robins
Writers

Cast

Otto Preminger

as Self (archive footage)

Burgess Meredith

as Narrator (voice)

Saul Bass

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

Lionel Larner

as Self

Carol Lynley

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)

Henry Fonda

as Robert Leffingwell (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 actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brooks West

as actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)