Nobody could just step into the camera and completely dominate a scene better than Burt Lancaster. He literally leaps into the frame and that's all she wrote. Great performances all around.
I was always impressed at how Ernest Borgnine could play such a nasty mean character in one movie and then turn around and play the funniest most lovable guy in the next. I guess that was because he was a great actor.
You're right, even in this movie. The scene where he is in a relatively good mood, then he is called Fatso, starts to get irritated and says "I don't like being called that" and then escalates from there. He had a really good range, he could be a bad guy, a good guy, or a little of both. He even did a good job trying to inject SOME sort of sanity into one of the worst fight scenes in a major Hollywood film, that would be "Bad Day at Black Rock", with an ancient Spencer Tracy karate chopping him. Hilarious scene.
"Great actor" is an understatement. Ernest Borgnine could fit into a wide range of roles and make it look effortless. Even in a piece of rancid cheese like The Devil's Rain (1974) he's the most menacing single figure in the whole film --- especially when his character's being affable. The only reason that movie's even watchable is because Borgnine's in it. And he was still doing cartoon voice work at age 92 when he passed.
from what I have read, he was intimidated by Montgomery Clift in this movie....as most were in the era, not sure why, Clift was a good actor, but acting or being a star is more about charisma than actual acting, acting is like riding a bike 99% of the population can do it easily......just look at how many people have played a part in all the pictures ever made, probably a billion people or more.......what it really comes down to is the writing and the personality....and the camera, actual acting ability is closer to the bottom of the Totem pole than the top, Lancaster was a star, when he spoke, people listened, the camera loved him, if anything, I think he had a tendency to Over act....but that is just an opinion, Charlton Heston was the same, so was Richard Burton, I would think maybe they came from stage acting....but I love all 3 of them
Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, and Ernest Borgnine are legendary actresses and actors. “From Here to Eternity” is one of Hollywood’s greatest masterpieces.
@@MrShobar I agree having seen the movie and read the book. I saw the movie first, and then read the book. However, I still think this is one of the best movies ever, every scene works,(just like Casablanca) everyone is perfectly cast, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra and one of my all time favorite actors Montgomery Clift.
@@TugIronChief No Heywood .Defo not forever .But Ma was 95 when she went and Dad was just off 100 when he went .So hopefully I have a lot longer.Have a great day .Now back to the landmine .
Watch the scene in 'The Train' where Lancaster does this whole thing where he jumps on a moving train along with some acrobatic stunts thrown in. He does the entire scene with no cuts and it is actually him doing it. Incredible athleticism.
Don’t forget Lancaster was a circus performer. He was a trapeze artist along with his “sidekick”, Nick Cravat, from multiple movies (Crimson Pirate, etc...he played a mute because he had a Brooklyn accent he couldn’t shed). Nick and Burt died very close together.
what cracks me up is they were all very short--my dad at 6'3'' was told he was too tall while a stunt guy in hollywierd --he told me john wayne was closer to a little over 6 1ft as oppose to 6'4
Perfect casting and brilliant performances all around, Lancaster was so commanding, every one stood to attention when he spoke. Sinatra and Cliff were never better as the misfits at war with the army. And, Borgnine , was absolutely chilling as the sadistic Sgt Judson.
@@jdewitt77 I'm actually reading this right now, for the first time, Blv it or not😃👍‼️ I'm a voracious reader as they say,so its somewhat odd that I haven't read it until now .I WAS born after it was made, more than 12 yrs later , but if course I'm well aware off the film. Even crazier than being a "readaholic"+ never having read it, I've only watched very small bits of the 🍿 movie🍿; due to a very chatty person "watching" it w/ me😏 that is 🤫 !! ) I'm only in the first 100 pages and it's sure is very good writing Actualiy didn't feel like going inside three library , but needed reading material, so I went to the free books they have outside on a big book shelf here 📚📚 There IS usually a plethora.. Nitty THIS tuned! Every single book in every dangerous was a cookbook CEPT I've stood out! Yes Here to Eternity😁! A first edition minds you, in pretty good condition 😃‼️Lotsa y pages which i love;,I can really get into it 🙂 Can't wait to read more tonight! PS the whole irony thingy was that this just popped up on my phone which is barely use, exact bill I'm reading, after all these moons 👀🌜🌗🌛 peace to you and yours 🌜☮️🌛😃
@@jdewitt77 I read the entire book 2 times. The movie was great - probably my favorite movie of all time, but was totally different from the book. I mean totally, not just the club being a dance type club, it was a whorehouse, the coarser language, gay side story, etc. But both are masterpieces. And the cast - all from the latter part of Hollywood's Golden Age, simply won't be seen again.
What a man Burt Lancaster was, good looks and the body of an athlete. They don't make movie stars like that anymore. And what can be said about Ernest Borgnine and his versatility as an actor. He did it all, movies, television, comedy, drama, westerns, just amazing range. Here he is playing the sadistic bully, a role he played in a number of movies and played it well, so menacing, though in real life it's said he was the nicest of men.
This movie was an accurate depiction of the us army during the 30s and into 1941. Schofield barracks, fort shafter, the Philippines, a dozen other posts
This film was a greatly sanitized version of the James Jones novel. Watching this you'd think that the Sargeant and the Captain's wife never got past the hand-holding stage.
@@MrShobar The part where Maggio goes to the stockade much more brutal in the book. Also Prew had a shack job w/ Hawaiian girl in the book. Lorraine(Reed's part) was a whore in the book.
@@MrShobar The novel itself was republished a few years ago in an expanded version that includes stuff that the publishers originally left out for reasons of space and decency (like 'gay' matters, I believe).
Personally, this was the "Best Generation" they had strength, gusts to work hard and even went through the depression to wind up getting into another a war? Geez.. These guys and gals were a tough act to follow!
Notice how Worden's unafraid to turn his back on Fatso, even though he's got a knife. Showing how little he regards him as a threat or even a man. Just one component of a truly great scene in a great movie.
@stanly stud No, he knows Fatso's a coward, which is often the case with bullies. Also that he's not exactly the type who could sneak up silently on a man. Worden's not in any danger here.
Isaiah Harvin You mean Jim Carrey and Leonardo DiCrapio aren’t in this league?!?!? Hahahahahahaha! It was hard to even joke about that. The Golden Age of Hollywood as well as the 60’s and 70’s actors were true masters of acting. Judy Garland is still my number one gal🥇🏆
Ernest Borgnine once commented on TCM that he was actually quite nervous acting with Frank Sinatra. He also commented on how it was a great experience to work with all the actors involved in this movie
Great scene from one of my fave films. Borgnine pkayed a great role, and Lancaster was, well, the man. I saw an interview on AMC with Borgnine that was recorded a year or so before his death. What a genuinely nice man! He was very positive and had a lot of good things to say about various costars. I bet he was a real pleasure to work with.
It seems like a lot of guys who play really great bad guys are really good guys. On the other hand, Borgnine had been a Navy CPO and probably had seen some things, even though he was probably more a 1SG Wordan than a SSG Judson . . . .
He has a great video series on TH-cam made about 15 years ago (I guess), where he drives around in his custom bus (with a younger cousin) through Iowa and PA and other places just meeting common folks and greeting them. It's great.
Was that the interview when they asked Borgnine the secret to his long life and he IMMEDIATELY replied, "I masturbate a lot"? Dude was like in 90s, Classic!
Burt Lancaster was a true original! He commanded every scene. In this movie, there were nothing but "Heavies". George Reeves, Claude Adkins, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Cliff, Jack Warden, Lee Van Cleef, Carolyn Jones, Donna Reed, Deborah Kerr, Joseph Sargent! Man, all of these actors would cost and arm and a leg to produce a movie in this day of age!
@@lancereddick5168 Burt had a stage presence that Clift could only dream about. Borgnine made his mark in McHales Navy. Sinatra was a singer, not much of an actor.
Burt couldn't touch Clift as an actor. Borgnine won a best actor Oscar for Marty, a film he audiotned for while he was filming Bad Day At Black Rock, as well as being one of the leads in the film From Here To Eternity years before McHale's Navy.
A great movie with many great actors and actresses: Ernest Borgnine was in the US Navy - from 1935 to September 1945, when he was honorably discharged from the Navy. He re-enlisted after 1941 Pearl Harbor. He served a total of almost ten years in the Navy and obtained the grade of gunner's mate 1st class.
You forgot that during World War II, Ernie became Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy PT boat PT-73, stationed at the Pacific island base Taratupa.
@@jamesfeldman4234 Yes, on the TV Show. I used to watch that also. Per Wikipedia: During World War II, he patrolled the Atlantic Coast on an antisubmarine warfare ship, the USS Sylph (PY-12). Take care!
bluebird Especially since Borgnine was an Italian American. He was a WW2 veteran who was in the Navy for 10 years before he became an actor. I bet nobody called him a wop more than once.
Great actor. Borgnine's finest performance was in Marty, of course, but in this movie he's a real cold bastard and cowardly bully. He really succeeds in making the viewer hate him.
"You ain't creating two weeks of paperwork for me for nothin!"....yep sometimes how I felt as a Platoon Sgt whenever two idiots got into it. I didn't care, just didn't want to deal with the bs
Looking at Borgnine in this scene reminds of the weird fact that most of the greatest screen 'villains' turn out to be the nicest people in real life. As for the Great Mr Lancaster - EVERY scene he's in is a PURE JOY to watch, a small master-class in acting in itself. No wonder John Frankenheimer - no mean judge of acting ability - described him as the most professional actor he'd ever worked with.
@@klackon1 Hi- No I never have- I will look for it at the video store if it ever opens again. Burt is great in everything he ever did from The Killers to Atlantic City.
Great scene. Peacetime soldiers getting on each other’s nerves. Lancasters character sets them straight as he knows what it’s like to kill in war . He makes it clear how horrible it actually is.I remember seeing Frank Sinatra in an interview telling how Montgomery Clift helped him tremendously in that movie.
I shook his hand at a convention and told him what an amazing actor he was. He was 93 at the time and he had a handshake like a steel trap. Great actor.
Go to TH-cam and check his little tour he took across a portion of the country with a cousin in Borgnine's custom bus! It's about 10 9 min segments and is wonderful. I think he might have been about 80-83 at the time. he just meets common people at diners and DQs and RV parks, etc., and many know who he is and he gets a big kick out of it. Great viewing.
There are no longer any comparable film-stars or any of those great "supporting actors" who were so looked-out-for in these old pictures: there aren't any decent scriptwriters and other vital production-staff, because they're no longer needed for today's infantile formula blockbuster movies.
Everybody in the comments talk about either Burt Lancaster and Ernest Borgnine and rightfully so. I was confused what from Frank Sinatra was deemed Oscar-worthy in this. That was barely a servicable performance. Maybe a change of pace from the singing career did the trick but he's not even entirely convincing here. Other cast members were all great.
A truly classic scene. Typical brilliant Ernest in menacing mood. If not already seen, try the cafe scene in Bad Day at Black Rock v Spencer Tracy. They don't make em like these any more.
The scene in bad day depicts a stupid interpretation of judo. It is almost as bad as more recent gravity defying depictions of martial arts in more modern movies.
There was only one Lancaster. In the all-time top five ever to be on the silver screen. ALWAYS believable. I loved this movie but, my fav was "Elmer Gantry"!!!!
Borgnine considered his greatest scene was when Pruitt knifes him in an alley after Maggio's death. He was down on the ground and said, "You've killed me, what did you want to kill me for?" That scene was in the book and was cut from the film.
The acting-1940’s...when men fought honorably. One character didn’t stab the other in the back and when the fight ended everyone went back to relaxing and having a beer. Now a days I would never turn my back on any punk.
@@mikeincalifornia There's a distinct difference, between "bouncing a wooden stool off of some bigoted slob's head", especially when he's just made disparaging cracks about your sister, and 'shiving' him.
Read once two sailors picked him next to a resort swimming pool he tried to talk them down but they went for his wife he knocked them both into the pool and one nearly drowned,,, and as calm as you like sat down and read the newspaper.
Ernie Borgnine served 10 years in the real Navy before taking the role of Commander Quinton McHale in McHale's Navy. He was chronically overweight due to his love of Italian food, but I wouldn't want to tussle with him in his prime. In contrast, Sinatra looks to be about a 125 lbs. dripping wet, a frail man for that era.
I met Ernie at a shopping center reception in Minneapolis many years ago. A great man and actor. Marty has been one of my top five films for many years. Also got a great smiling photo of him.
Dont forget that actors are only acting: Burt was a tough-looking actor but that's all he was: an actor, acting, and he had his faults off screen. Henry Fonda played 'men of integrity' to a T, but he said that he was just an uninteresting person playing interesting people (he was a philanderer, too). We shouldn't take acting for reality.
Burt Lancaster had been a circus performer before acting and being in the military. He did his own stunts and created his own production company giving us some very memorable movies, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, is one example. And Deborah Kerr in this movie was also one of the greatest all time actresses to ever grace movie screens and the stage. Watch her in THE INNOCENTS, this movie and NIGHT OF THE IGUANA.
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, who also directed « High Noon » , with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly... Music by Dimitri Tiomkin, one of Hollywood best composers !! Well, the kind of movies Hollywood doesn’t make anymore. That’s too bad ...
@Leo Peridot I don't know about the other guys but both Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gable saw actual combat. Stewart was a B-24 pilot and Gable was a waist gunner on a B-17. Not only did Jimmy Stewart join the military he actually bribed a medic to get into the Army. He convinced the guy to change the record on his physical so he could meet the weight requirements. (He was underweight.)
@alzahad Thanks. I don't think I've ever been disapointed with a performance by self-taught Burt Lancaster, from film noir to the Swimmer, which depressed me no end.Even his mostly forgotten portrayal of the dynamiter in The Professionals is breathtaking. And Ulzana's Raid is one of the grittiest westerns ever made. Incidentally, I've never walked along the beach at Waikki or chugged around the Arizona memorial without thinking about that strange, innocent time of From Here To Eternity.
Sinatra was sooo skinny n little. Would have preferred someone else play his role in this movie. Sorry, Sinatra just didn't belong there in the bar among real men.
Somehow I like these old movies, the characters seem more real to life. Lancaster if you have seen the Crimson Pirate did some fantastic stunt work in that film. I'm sure he could take care of himself in a fight.
Some things you read about him (unlike other really tough guys like Cagney or Borgnine or Bronson), apparently, he was prone to throw his weight around.
My favourite Burt Lancaster-movie! There's two actors that had it all in those days: charisma, presence, strenght and power: Burt Lancaster and Marlon Brando! My two alltime favourite actors!❤❤❤
@@thetruth45678 I know that Ernie didn't call him like that but i want you to know that Ernie who played a bullet head WASP sergeant had Italian parents that's why i wonder whether he felt disturbed by saying that.
Nobody could just step into the camera and completely dominate a scene better than Burt Lancaster. He literally leaps into the frame and that's all she wrote. Great performances all around.
a tiger rather than a cheetah !
Yeah I totally agree, he killed that scene! I remember guys messing there hands up trying to do that bottle thing!
Denzel Washington could
"Ok Fatso" - delivered like a brick through a plate glass window.
Yeah, he was a badass before the term was even coined.
I was always impressed at how Ernest Borgnine could play such a nasty mean character in one movie and then turn around and play the funniest most lovable guy in the next. I guess that was because he was a great actor.
You're right, even in this movie. The scene where he is in a relatively good mood, then he is called Fatso, starts to get irritated and says "I don't like being called that" and then escalates from there. He had a really good range, he could be a bad guy, a good guy, or a little of both. He even did a good job trying to inject SOME sort of sanity into one of the worst fight scenes in a major Hollywood film, that would be "Bad Day at Black Rock", with an ancient Spencer Tracy karate chopping him. Hilarious scene.
"Great actor" is an understatement. Ernest Borgnine could fit into a wide range of roles and make it look effortless. Even in a piece of rancid cheese like The Devil's Rain (1974) he's the most menacing single figure in the whole film --- especially when his character's being affable. The only reason that movie's even watchable is because Borgnine's in it. And he was still doing cartoon voice work at age 92 when he passed.
How funny Borgnine was as Italian as Ole Blue EYES!
As Marty??
Jeff Moffatt agree ...he was underrated
Burt Lancaster was one of the finest actors the US ever produced. Theres been no one like him since. His presence on screen is so captivating.
WITHOUT A DOUBT,he was genius in the SCALP HUNTERS,incredible swashbuckler too,very agile in his youth,like KIRK DOUGLASS
So were Frank and Ernie, though Burt stole the show in movies like "Elmer Gantry" and "Birdman of Alcatraz", and many scenes in this one.
Frank Sinatra has a body similar to Barney Fife.
from what I have read, he was intimidated by Montgomery Clift in this movie....as most were in the era, not sure why, Clift was a good actor, but acting or being a star is more about charisma than actual acting, acting is like riding a bike 99% of the population can do it easily......just look at how many people have played a part in all the pictures ever made, probably a billion people or more.......what it really comes down to is the writing and the personality....and the camera, actual acting ability is closer to the bottom of the Totem pole than the top, Lancaster was a star, when he spoke, people listened, the camera loved him, if anything, I think he had a tendency to Over act....but that is just an opinion, Charlton Heston was the same, so was Richard Burton, I would think maybe they came from stage acting....but I love all 3 of them
Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, and Ernest Borgnine are legendary actresses and actors. “From Here to Eternity” is one of Hollywood’s greatest masterpieces.
Nothing like the James Jones novel. The film was GREATLY sanitized.
@@MrShobar i mean for the time, makes sense
George Reeves, Jack Warden, Claude Akins, Mickey Shaugnessy, Harry Bellaver, Phillip Ober(Vivian Vance's husband).
@@MrShobar The Grapes of Wrath was also a little different than the book. Hollywood does that. Like the endings of Sayonara and The Natural.
@@MrShobar I agree having seen the movie and read the book. I saw the movie first, and then read the book. However, I still think this is one of the best movies ever, every scene works,(just like Casablanca) everyone is perfectly cast, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra and one of my all time favorite actors Montgomery Clift.
Love the line BL says: “Couple a killers eh? I’d trade the both a ya for a couple of Campfire Girls” LOL
“Anybody does any killing around here I’ll do it!” Burt was a classic
A beautiful mover too.
Very athletic.
Burt was my dude!
@@TugIronChief check out Go Tell The Spartans if you have not seen it
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If memory serves BL was an Acrobat before he got into movies.
Lancaster had one of the most perfect natural male physiques.
Yeah, he was a well.built man
He used to be a trapeze artist.
@@TugIronChief its a terrible shame how he ended up ,from a perfect male .
@@TugIronChief lol speak for your self man .I am 80 still lifting weights and riding a 600lbs FXDWG.
@@TugIronChief No Heywood .Defo not forever .But Ma was 95 when she went and Dad was just off 100 when he went .So hopefully I have a lot longer.Have a great day .Now back to the landmine .
Watch the scene in 'The Train' where Lancaster does this whole thing where he jumps on a moving train along with some acrobatic stunts thrown in. He does the entire scene with no cuts and it is actually him doing it. Incredible athleticism.
The Train is still one of the best films I've ever seen, I'm 74 so I've seen a lot.
Don’t forget Lancaster was a circus performer. He was a trapeze artist along with his “sidekick”, Nick Cravat, from multiple movies (Crimson Pirate, etc...he played a mute because he had a Brooklyn accent he couldn’t shed). Nick and Burt died very close together.
His leg was actually injured during that movie. That was a real limp.
my dad was a stunt man in those days--a lot of the actors did their own stunts
Hard to imagine borgnine being a real sadistic Sgt here after seeing him as kind gentle person in Marty film. He was a great actor
How about the happy go lucky, anything goes, PT boat captain in McHale's Navy?
@@Gallagherfreak100 Or the thug in "Bad Day At Black Rock", made in 1954.
Ernie was great as a bad guy and so sweet in Marty. True professional.
Hey, Marty, whatta wanna do? Gee, I duuno, whatta you wanna do?
@@pesachBtov Funny lines. Just saw Fatso in From Here To Eternity. To cast him as Marty was brilliant and risky.
@Leo Peridot Sinatra was solid. Who do you think should have got the Oscar that year?
He was the voice of mermaid man in spongebob Squarepants true story,,,,
Remember him the "Dirty Dozen?"
A great film all with great actors. They are all missed. RIP gentlemen
what cracks me up is they were all very short--my dad at 6'3'' was told he was too tall while a stunt guy in hollywierd --he told me john wayne was closer to a little over 6 1ft as oppose to 6'4
A great film with a great cast. A time when great films were made.
Isn’t that great?
Lancaster was one of the best EVER. A fantastic movie that I watch about every 6-8 months- I love it
All gone, Ernerst, Burt, Frank, Monty, Deborah, Donna, maybe up in heaven they are all running through their scenes together, just one more time
seven academy award winners
I like your optimism.. up in heaven...
Don't forget George Reeves and Sheriff Lobo.
Gee Frank Sinatra was a bit of a wimp in those days.....couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag.
@@jackhaypenny5830' high apple-pie-in-the-sky hopes' (a line from a '50s Sinatra song)
Perfect casting and brilliant performances all around, Lancaster was so commanding, every one stood to attention when he spoke. Sinatra and Cliff were never better as the misfits at war with the army. And, Borgnine , was absolutely chilling as the sadistic Sgt Judson.
If you like the movie, you'll like the book.
@@jdewitt77 I'm actually reading this right now, for the first time, Blv it or not😃👍‼️
I'm a voracious reader as they say,so its somewhat odd that I haven't read it until now .I WAS born after it was made, more than 12 yrs later , but if course I'm well aware off the film.
Even crazier than being a
"readaholic"+ never having read it, I've only watched very small bits of the 🍿 movie🍿; due to a very chatty person "watching" it w/ me😏 that is 🤫 !! )
I'm only in the first 100 pages and it's sure is very good writing Actualiy didn't feel like going inside three library , but needed reading material, so I went to the free books they have outside on a big book shelf here
📚📚 There IS usually a plethora.. Nitty THIS tuned! Every single book in every dangerous was a cookbook CEPT I've stood out! Yes Here to Eternity😁! A first edition minds you, in pretty good condition 😃‼️Lotsa y pages which i love;,I can really get into it 🙂
Can't wait to read more tonight! PS the whole irony thingy was that this just popped up on my phone which is barely use, exact bill I'm reading, after all these moons 👀🌜🌗🌛 peace to you and yours 🌜☮️🌛😃
@@jdewitt77 I read the entire book 2 times. The movie was great - probably my favorite movie of all time, but was totally different from the book. I mean totally, not just the club being a dance type club, it was a whorehouse, the coarser language, gay side story, etc. But both are masterpieces. And the cast - all from the latter part of Hollywood's Golden Age, simply won't be seen again.
Nobody messes with Burt. Top man with a fantastic presence.
Nobody messes with him? Not even Wyatt Earp?
What a man Burt Lancaster was, good looks and the body of an athlete. They don't make movie stars like that anymore. And what can be said about Ernest Borgnine and his versatility as an actor. He did it all, movies, television, comedy, drama, westerns, just amazing range. Here he is playing the sadistic bully, a role he played in a number of movies and played it well, so menacing, though in real life it's said he was the nicest of men.
He was actually an acrobat, circus quality. That's why he did the pirate movies so well.
It was made in 1953. What did you expect, Saving Private Ryan? From a movie making perspective, this movie was way ahead of its time.
This movie was an accurate depiction of the us army during the 30s and into 1941. Schofield barracks, fort shafter, the Philippines, a dozen other posts
This film was a greatly sanitized version of the James Jones novel. Watching this you'd think that the Sargeant and the Captain's wife never got past the hand-holding stage.
@@MrShobar The part where Maggio goes to the stockade much more brutal in the book. Also Prew had a shack job w/ Hawaiian girl in the book. Lorraine(Reed's part) was a whore in the book.
@@MrShobar The novel itself was republished a few years ago in an expanded version that includes stuff that the publishers originally left out for reasons of space and decency (like 'gay' matters, I believe).
@@MrShobarIt was obvious that they did…It simply didn’t have to be shown explicitly.
I love these guys.. Greatest actors and real men ever.. What a generation
Right on Johnny - Hollywood is more interested in pretty boys.
Personally, this was the "Best Generation" they had strength, gusts to work hard and even went through the depression to wind up getting into another a war? Geez.. These guys and gals were a tough act to follow!
Burt Lancaster was one of the best American actors ...
George Reeves in the background ? Superman
Also, Claude Akins was in the background.
Always liked Burt but a bit overacting for me
@@glennsnyder1194 He always did. But he had such charisma on screen
Growing older he became a better and serious actor for example in the movies " Valdez" or "Il Gattopardo"!
Burt Lancaster can take over any scene he chooses too. He was on a different level, that is for sure!
did they grease the floor so he could make that slide
Notice how Worden's unafraid to turn his back on Fatso, even though he's got a knife. Showing how little he regards him as a threat or even a man. Just one component of a truly great scene in a great movie.
@stanly stud No, he knows Fatso's a coward, which is often the case with bullies. Also that he's not exactly the type who could sneak up silently on a man. Worden's not in any danger here.
Clift doesn''t have a single line of dialogue in this scene, yet I still never forgot he was there.
THE greatest actor of all time.
He played the bugle just before the fight🤩😍😘😇
@@wangmowangdi3471 I thought he was partial to the skin flute...
Know why Hollywood don't make movies like this anymore? Because Hollywood don't have or never will have actors like this anymore, prove me wrong,,,,
Agree
Meryl Steep, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Daniel Day Lewis, Tom Hardy...
You all right!! Exactly can they prouve?
The writing and directing in todays movies suck... Not so much the actors.
Isaiah Harvin
You mean Jim Carrey and Leonardo DiCrapio aren’t in this league?!?!? Hahahahahahaha! It was hard to even joke about that. The Golden Age of Hollywood as well as the 60’s and 70’s actors were true masters of acting. Judy Garland is still my number one gal🥇🏆
Great Burt Lancaster moment.
That's when Pruitt figured out that Warden was an okay guy
“I’d trade the pair of ya for a good Campfire Girl.” I’m going to work this into our next session of Annual Evaluations
Burt had that bigger than life charisma.
Ernest Borgnine once commented on TCM that he was actually quite nervous acting with Frank Sinatra. He also commented on how it was a great experience to work with all the actors involved in this movie
Great scene from one of my fave films. Borgnine pkayed a great role, and Lancaster was, well, the man. I saw an interview on AMC with Borgnine that was recorded a year or so before his death. What a genuinely nice man! He was very positive and had a lot of good things to say about various costars. I bet he was a real pleasure to work with.
It seems like a lot of guys who play really great bad guys are really good guys. On the other hand, Borgnine had been a Navy CPO and probably had seen some things, even though he was probably more a 1SG Wordan than a SSG Judson . . . .
He has a great video series on TH-cam made about 15 years ago (I guess), where he drives around in his custom bus (with a younger cousin) through Iowa and PA and other places just meeting common folks and greeting them. It's great.
Was that the interview when they asked Borgnine the secret to his long life and he IMMEDIATELY replied, "I masturbate a lot"? Dude was like in 90s, Classic!
@@StreetPreacherr I don't believe so. I woulda remembered that. Lol. Of course, it could have been edited out
I saw an interview with hm at 90 yr old, a real gentleman. He could play either a good guy or a bad guy.
catch his bus (custom) tour across several states meeting people (about 15 yrs ago, imo). Comes in about ten parts of about 10 min each. Rich stuff.
Burt Lancaster was a true original! He commanded every scene. In this movie, there were nothing but "Heavies". George Reeves, Claude Adkins, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Cliff, Jack Warden, Lee Van Cleef, Carolyn Jones, Donna Reed, Deborah Kerr, Joseph Sargent! Man, all of these actors would cost and arm and a leg to produce a movie in this day of age!
Day AND age. And I doubt they would be very expensive now, as they are all dead.
Great actors: Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine and Burt Lancaster!!!!
Moroni Clift and Borgnine, yes. Those other two? Not so much...
@@lancereddick5168 Burt had a stage presence that Clift could only dream about. Borgnine made his mark in McHales Navy. Sinatra was a singer, not much of an actor.
Burt couldn't touch Clift as an actor. Borgnine won a best actor Oscar for Marty, a film he audiotned for while he was filming Bad Day At Black Rock, as well as being one of the leads in the film From Here To Eternity years before McHale's Navy.
as well as george reeves standing behind fatso--all great actors all gone
@Curtis Ostriker Ernie Borgnine could have eaten puny little Sinatra and Clift for dinner
you ain't makin' two weeks extra paper work for me for nothing...
A great movie with many great actors and actresses:
Ernest Borgnine was in the US Navy - from 1935 to September 1945, when he was honorably discharged from the Navy. He re-enlisted after 1941 Pearl Harbor. He served a total of almost ten years in the Navy and obtained the grade of gunner's mate 1st class.
You forgot that during World War II, Ernie became Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy PT boat PT-73, stationed at the Pacific island base Taratupa.
@@jamesfeldman4234 Yes, on the TV Show. I used to watch that also. Per Wikipedia: During World War II, he patrolled the Atlantic Coast on an antisubmarine warfare ship, the USS Sylph (PY-12). Take care!
Good Old times. Lancaster, Sinatra, Montgomery, Borgnine...
Dont forget superman george reeves
This was a great movie, but it was an even greater book. By far. Read it 50+ years ago and it remains one of my favorites.
One of my favorite movies of all time. With great supporting actors.
The funny thing is by today's standards Fatso is really not that fat.
Yeah compared to most Americans he's in decent shape.....ha ha ha.....
I was about to say the same, he's looking pretty normal, they would go crazy if they saw what a fat person is nowadays.
Obesity was not so common in 1950's America.
Great job by Ernest Borgnine -- such a despicable character.
bluebird Especially since Borgnine was an Italian American. He was a WW2 veteran who was in the Navy for 10 years before he became an actor. I bet nobody called him a wop more than once.
John Barone A true "regular guy" and one of the greatest character actors of all time.
+bluebird Marty was his best film
Few people remember that one, as you say - a great filim
Great actor. Borgnine's finest performance was in Marty, of course, but in this movie he's a real cold bastard and cowardly bully. He really succeeds in making the viewer hate him.
"You ain't creating two weeks of paperwork for me for nothin!"....yep sometimes how I felt as a Platoon Sgt whenever two idiots got into it. I didn't care, just didn't want to deal with the bs
Looking at Borgnine in this scene reminds of the weird fact that most of the greatest screen 'villains' turn out to be the nicest people in real life.
As for the Great Mr Lancaster - EVERY scene he's in is a PURE JOY to watch, a small master-class in acting in itself. No wonder John Frankenheimer - no mean judge of acting ability - described him as the most professional actor he'd ever worked with.
you mean with Ladd having substance (?) issues or whatever led to the poor man's death? Or something else?
Ernest Borgnine was SO NICE in real life. What a gentleman. RIP sir.
Who else binge watches these great old war flicks during Memorial Day weekend?
Borgnine according to Sinatra was responsible for him winning an Oscar. This scene was absolutely amazing. You could feel the tension.
I just saw "Valdez is Coming" with Burt- he was awesome as ever!
Lawrence Lewis. Great film: have you watched The Scalphunters? He is excellent in the role of Joe Bass.
@@klackon1 Hi- No I never have- I will look for it at the video store if it ever opens again. Burt is great in everything he ever did from The Killers to Atlantic City.
Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift...small potatoes. Nobody fucks with Burt Lancaster!
Great scene. Peacetime soldiers getting on each other’s nerves. Lancasters character sets them straight as he knows what it’s like to kill in war . He makes it clear how horrible it actually is.I remember seeing Frank Sinatra in an interview telling how Montgomery Clift helped him tremendously in that movie.
Burt Lancaster, what a man!❤️
Earnest Borgnine was the BOSS. I would have loved to have had a conversation with him. They don't make em like they used to
I shook his hand at a convention and told him what an amazing actor he was. He was 93 at the time and he had a handshake like a steel trap. Great actor.
Yea Funny he called a fellow italian a wop!!
Go to TH-cam and check his little tour he took across a portion of the country with a cousin in Borgnine's custom bus! It's about 10 9 min segments and is wonderful. I think he might have been about 80-83 at the time. he just meets common people at diners and DQs and RV parks, etc., and many know who he is and he gets a big kick out of it. Great viewing.
Ernie was great in "The Wild Bunch" as well.
A one-armed Spencer Tracy beat the shit out of him in Trouble at Black Rock, and here he gets killed by Montgomery Cliff
One of the Golden Age movies of all times ... so many great actors and beautiful ladies, this movie 🎥 will last for eternity ... 🤟
Ernest was a great man and acted late into his life. Burt Lancaster was one of the greatest actors ever
Burt Lancaster, what a MAN! Love all his movies 🤩. Was that the future "Superman" in the background
i had it annotated some reported it as racist
Yep that George Reeves
Burt Lancaster the true king of Hollywood
And Vatican is EVIL too!
very Christ-like comment. Unreal.
To Luca Giordani:What about Ernest Borgnine? Can't forget him.In my opinion I thought he out-staged everyone else.
There are no longer any comparable film-stars or any of those great "supporting actors" who were so looked-out-for in these old pictures: there aren't any decent scriptwriters and other vital production-staff, because they're no longer needed for today's infantile formula blockbuster movies.
Burt was my favourite American actor, he was the epitome of masculinity.
Everybody in the comments talk about either Burt Lancaster and Ernest Borgnine and rightfully so. I was confused what from Frank Sinatra was deemed Oscar-worthy in this. That was barely a servicable performance. Maybe a change of pace from the singing career did the trick but he's not even entirely convincing here. Other cast members were all great.
A truly classic scene. Typical brilliant Ernest in menacing mood. If not already seen, try the cafe scene in Bad Day at Black Rock v Spencer Tracy. They don't make em like these any more.
The cafe scene in Bad Day At Black Rock , one of my all time favourite scenes .
The scene in bad day depicts a stupid interpretation of judo. It is almost as bad as more recent gravity defying depictions of martial arts in more modern movies.
Look at the other cowboys in the diner too. You'll see some very familiar and famous faces. Lots of talent in that movie.
They say that Ernest Borgnine was one of the nicest men in Hollywood. But MAN, could he play the heal... But best in his Academy win role in Marty...
@@samsum3738 Did you ever watch the movie, "Emperor of the North", in which he was this "junkyard dog" mean railroad conductor?
There was only one Lancaster. In the all-time top five ever to be on the silver screen. ALWAYS believable. I loved this movie but, my fav was "Elmer Gantry"!!!!
Agreed, the only part he played that I didn't like was Col. Durnford in 'Zulu Dawn'. He gave the impression he thought he was appearing in a comedy.
For a big man, Ernie was a teddy bear, everyone loved him and of course he got the girl of his dreams in real life, tova
@@dukeford8893 And then there was Katy Jurado,one of the most beautiful women who ever lived.
Borgnine considered his greatest scene was when Pruitt knifes him in an alley after Maggio's death. He was down on the ground and said, "You've killed me, what did you want to kill me for?" That scene was in the book and was cut from the film.
Burt doing his James Cagey routine.
Another Classic, lining up great stars, who could also act and deliver a good script.
Burt was a fit looking dude.
Ernie took a lot of stick in real life for the way he treated Frank in this movie. That's what you call great acting.
In real life, Ernie loved and respected Frank.
Burt Lancaster and Ernest Borgnine had more talent in their little finger(s) than most anyone today. RIP to both of these gentlemen.
The acting-1940’s...when men fought honorably. One character didn’t stab the other in the back and when the fight ended everyone went back to relaxing and having a beer. Now a days I would never turn my back on any punk.
Honorably? "one character didn't stab the other in the back." Uh, that's exactly what Sinatra does: attacks Borgnine from behind. LOL
@@mikeincalifornia There's a distinct difference, between "bouncing a wooden stool off of some bigoted slob's head", especially when he's just made disparaging cracks about your sister, and 'shiving' him.
@@WalterDWormack214 yeah but serious head injuries are life changing and using a wooden stool is not recommended.
Hitting a man in the head from behind with a chair,is an honorable thing for you ? You sure see this world crooked.
Don't over-romanticize, Sparky; they also lynched "honorably".
Some great actors in this one scene. You can’t beat a bit of Burt and Ernie.
Burt Lancaster was a fighter, I can tell just by the way he moves.
Read once two sailors picked him next to a resort swimming pool he tried to talk them down but they went for his wife he knocked them both into the pool and one nearly drowned,,, and as calm as you like sat down and read the newspaper.
That Borgnine could really play a good bully. It's a good thing that Lancaster stepped in... Sinatra would've been toast.
Burt and Ernie,can't beat that combination...
Fab film, actors, and storyline...one of the best ever! R I P Borg
Ernie Borgnine served 10 years in the real Navy before taking the role of Commander Quinton McHale in McHale's Navy. He was chronically overweight due to his love of Italian food, but I wouldn't want to tussle with him in his prime. In contrast, Sinatra looks to be about a 125 lbs. dripping wet, a frail man for that era.
A frail man with his mafia patrons standing just off camera. I'm sure Ernest was very kind to him.
@@Music--ng8cd Sinatra had an entourage everywhere he went? I doubt it.
Sinatra got the part because he had connections.
@@Russ4704 Ava Gardner went to see the boss of Columbia Harry Cohn, and begged him to let Sinatra have the role of Maggio.
Sinatra didn't need to be tough, he had the mob looking out for him!
I met Ernie at a shopping center reception in Minneapolis many years ago. A great man and actor. Marty has been one of my top five films for many years. Also got a great smiling photo of him.
Ernie Borgnine could play anything from murderous thug to happy go lucky and be completely convincing as both. One of the best character actors ever.
Earnest Borgnine....! I loved that performance the most amongst the three greats.
Yes, he was perfect casting for Fatso Judson.
Whoa. Never expected Frankie to be that badass, though. Liked the part when Burt Lancaster had to jump in.
never shied away from a fight in real life apparently
The point of the Maggio character is he's a hotheaded, impulsive Italian living for the moment.
It's called acting it's not real life honest 😂😂😂😂😂😂
" you hit me!" "Yeah and I'm about to do it again!" 🥰😍🤩
The righteous glory of Burt Lancaster. His best film.
Can't look at Burt w/o remembering Frank Gorshin impressions
I like the Frank Gorshin routine when he does Lancaster and Douglas in the gunfight at the OK Coral scene and says...”look at all them teeth”.
@@jimgag2 Gorshin managed to get laughs out of doing (by then) hackneyed Cagney take-offs ["You, yooo dirty rat!"] on British t.v. half-a-century ago.
Sinatra looked like he could barely lift that stool. Lancaster was 40 in this movie. He sure didn't look it.
He was a former gymnast and circus athlete: that pretty much explains it.
YEah, the way Sinatra had trouble lifting that stool almost looked like real hard wood!!
Louis King 40 is not old ffs
Sinatra was a tiny dude!
Yeah 40 is old if you're like 14.
Burt was great! They don´t make men like him anymore!
Dont forget that actors are only acting: Burt was a tough-looking actor but that's all he was: an actor, acting, and he had his faults off screen. Henry Fonda played 'men of integrity' to a T, but he said that he was just an uninteresting person playing interesting people (he was a philanderer, too). We shouldn't take acting for reality.
@@None-zc5vg Oh, thanks for pointing that out. All this time I thought DeNiro really was a killer, psycho, rapist, etc. Thanks for clearing that up.
@@None-zc5vg and don’t forget that water is wet
Burt Lancaster had been a circus performer before acting and being in the military. He did his own stunts and created his own production company giving us some very memorable movies, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, is one example. And Deborah Kerr in this movie was also one of the greatest all time actresses to ever grace movie screens and the stage. Watch her in THE INNOCENTS, this movie and NIGHT OF THE IGUANA.
@@carltonpoindexter2034 don’t forget Black Narcissus
That stool , looked like it was the real deal . Didn t fall apart like most props did in the day .
Such a great movie, such a great scene. Everyone so perfectly casted, every scene works.
Great book! Awesome movie! Phenomenal actors and characters!
A true classic!
*sigh* They just don't make 'em like these anymore....
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, who also directed « High Noon » , with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly... Music by Dimitri Tiomkin, one of Hollywood best composers !!
Well, the kind of movies Hollywood doesn’t make anymore.
That’s too bad ...
Tiomkin. a Russian jew who made the soundtracks or the great westerns.
Looks like Claude Akins is in the background too.
Claude Akins, George Reeves and Mickey Shahuagnessy
Jack Warden was the toughest of them all. He was Navy and Marine Boxing champ.
@Leo Peridot Don't forget, Jack Warden was also Big Ben, the grandfather of Junior !!!
@Leo Peridot I don't know about the other guys but both Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gable saw actual combat. Stewart was a B-24 pilot and Gable was a waist gunner on a B-17. Not only did Jimmy Stewart join the military he actually bribed a medic to get into the Army. He convinced the guy to change the record on his physical so he could meet the weight requirements. (He was underweight.)
good catch, I think you are right!
Borgnine so young, was awesome in movie Emperor of the north.
One of my favorite scenes in this Classic, But took no hassle from nobody both in film and real life.
burt and ernie and frankie 3 greats and a few others in that scene
Claude Akins too, or at least I think it is? Yet another "natural" for a fight! He's gone, too, in '94, I believe?
These guys remind me of kids at elementary school and the fights we had back then.
must have been a catholic school
Great line by Burt, "Killers eh? I trade the pair of you for a good campfire girl"
You are watching great actors and a couple of real life tough guys
Burt and Ernie....two of the toughest guys!
'Tough Monkey!' One of my all time fave movies and books. James Jones knew his stuff.
A all time great classic
@alzahad Thanks. I don't think I've ever been disapointed with a performance by self-taught Burt Lancaster, from film noir to the Swimmer, which depressed me no end.Even his mostly forgotten portrayal of the dynamiter in The Professionals is breathtaking. And Ulzana's Raid is one of the grittiest westerns ever made. Incidentally, I've never walked along the beach at Waikki or chugged around the Arizona memorial without thinking about that strange, innocent time of From Here To Eternity.
deriter64 Wow man! What excellent commentary.. Thanks for sharing that. And yes, Burt was truly special.
Sinatra was sooo skinny n little. Would have preferred someone else play his role in this movie. Sorry, Sinatra just didn't belong there in the bar among real men.
Somehow I like these old movies, the characters seem more real to life. Lancaster if you have seen the Crimson Pirate did some fantastic stunt work in that film. I'm sure he could take care of himself in a fight.
this one is particularly good because it was taken from a novel.
Some things you read about him (unlike other really tough guys like Cagney or Borgnine or Bronson), apparently, he was prone to throw his weight around.
@@orangewarm1 James Jones. way ahead of his time, like the movie.
@@justthink5854 Jones ended up a drunken millionaire living in Paris and was dead at 55.
@@None-zc5vg ok so what? he saw a lot during ww2. maybe too much.
Thank you for loving movies 😊
My favourite Burt Lancaster-movie! There's two actors that had it all in those days: charisma, presence, strenght and power: Burt Lancaster and Marlon Brando! My two alltime favourite actors!❤❤❤
Ernie Borgnine calls Frankie "Wop".His parents were Italian.
In Argentina the word was "Tano".
Ernie didn't call him that, the character he was portraying did. Movies aren't real life, son.
@@thetruth45678
I know that Ernie didn't call him like that but i want you to know that Ernie who played a bullet head WASP sergeant had Italian parents that's why i wonder whether he felt disturbed by saying that.
anibal cesar nishizk I bet he did right up therr with the N word
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 Why would he be disturbed? He's an actor and follows the script. It's a film role.
loved Borgnine....even in Spongebob.
a GREAT GREAT scene...fabulous actors
Mr. Burt Lancaster, one of my favorites! ☮️🖖🏽