Hecht-Hill-Lancaster

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Short description|American film production company}} '''Hecht-Hill-Lancaster''' was a production company formed by the actor Burt Lancaster in association with his agent, Harold Hecht, and James Hill. In 1948 Lancaster and Hecht formed '''Norma Productions''' (named after Lancaster's second wife, Norma Anderson), 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.<ref>Pryor, Thomas M. (1956). "Hecht-Lancaster Plans New Films: Producing Unit Signs Deal with United Artists—5 Features Are Listed Lancaster to Act". ''New York Times'', April 13, 1956. p. 20.</ref> In late 1957 they announced they would make ten films worth $14 million in 1958.<ref>"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.</ref>

== Filmography == {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Kiss the Blood Off My Hands'' (1948), N *''The Flame and the Arrow'' (1950), N *''Ten Tall Men'' (1951), N *''The First Time'' (1952), N *''The Crimson Pirate'' (1952), N *''His Majesty O'Keefe'' (1954), N *''Apache'' (1954), HL *''Vera Cruz'' (1954), HL *''Marty'' (1955), HL *''The Kentuckian'' (1955), HL *''Trapeze'' (1956), HL *''The Bachelor Party'' (1957), HHL *''Sweet Smell of Success'' (1957), HHL *''Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), HHL *''Cry Tough'' (1958), C *''Separate Tables'' (1958), HHL *''Take a Giant Step'' (1959), HHL *''The Rabbit Trap'' (1959), C *''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' (1959), HHL<ref name="natural">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|date=27 February 2025|access-date=27 February 2025|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/wrecking-australian-stories-summer-of-the-seventeenth-doll/?fbclid=IwY2xjawItNeFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdfjoDKKNPRwIUw_CpwHxvsx-Nwe0Ux0vs54ici1NORlcxM0tGnZAIlpIg_aem_B57Gkzk7qzqgKn0YaklBwA|title=Wrecking Australian stories: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll}}</ref> *''The Devil's Disciple'' (1959), HHL *''The Unforgiven'' (1960), HHL *''The Young Savages'' (1961), HHL *''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), HHL/N {{div col end}}

'''Key'''<br /> HL = Hecht-Lancaster <br /> HHL = Hecht-Hill-Lancaster <br /> N = Norma Productions <br /> C = Canon Productions

=== Unmade films === {{div col}} *''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'' {{div col end}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Film production companies of the United States Category:Norma Productions