Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

Otto Preminger

Self (archive footage)

Burgess Meredith

Narrator (voice)

N/A

Saul Bass

Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Vincent Price

Self

Michael Caine

Self

Ossie Davis

Self

Deborah Kerr

Self

José Ferrer

Self

Jack Haley Jr.

Self

Ken Howard

Self

N/A

Marjorie Kellogg

Self