Hecht-Hill-Lancaster was a production company formed by the actor
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough characters with tender hearts, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year caree ...
in association with his agent,
Harold Hecht, and
James Hill. In 1948 Lancaster and Hecht formed Norma Productions (named after his wife), which later became Hecht-Lancaster. Hill joined in the mid-1950s. The company produced some of the most notable American films of the 1950s.
In 1956 they renewed their deal with
United Artists
United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford an ...
. In late 1957 they announced they would make ten films worth $14 million in 1958.
["Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Planning Record Year: Group Will Produce $14,000,000 Worth of Motion Pictures in 1958". Los Angeles ''Times'', December 16, 1957. p. B9.]
Filmography
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands'' (1948), N
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The Flame and the Arrow'' (1950), N
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Ten Tall Men'' (1951), N
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The Crimson Pirate'' (1952), HL
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Apache
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'' (1954), HL
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Vera Cruz'' (1954), HL
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Marty'' (1955), HL
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The Kentuckian'' (1955), HL
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Trapeze'' (1956), HHL
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The Bachelor Party'' (1957), HHL
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Sweet Smell of Success'' (1957), HHL
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Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), HHL
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Cry Tough'' (1958), C
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Separate Tables'' (1958), HHL
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Take a Giant Step'' (1959), HHL
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The Rabbit Trap'' (1959), C
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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' (1959), HHL
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The Devil's Disciple'' (1959), HHL
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The Unforgiven'' (1960), HHL
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The Young Savages'' (1961)
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Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), N
Key
HL = Hecht-Lancaster
HHL = Hecht-Hill-Lancaster
N = Norma Productions
C = Canon Productions
Unmade films
*''Bandoola''
*''Colonel Redl''
*''First Love''
*''The Dreamers''
*''Tall Dark Man''
*''The Hitchhiker''
*''The Catbird Seat''
*''Tell It on the Drums''
*''The Rock Cried Out''
*''Kimberley''
*''Blaze of the Sun''
References
Film production companies of the United States
Norma Productions
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