Weekend At Crombie‘s

It's 1968 and, clad in nothing but a pair of swimming shorts, Burt Lancaster plays Neddy Merill, a man who undertakes a suburban odyssey to swim his way home.

This doesn't take long to get into the deep end, and Lancaster gives this film everything he's got.

The Legend of Crombie‘s Gold examines a series of thematically-linked films - this time, we're taking a look at the films of Burt Lancaster, as we go From Here To Lancaster!

It's 1964 and Burt Lancaster takes the lead in an epic of the French Resistance trying to stop a train packed with art treasures from reaching the Third Reich.

Massive action sequences in a age of practical effects and some challenging questions raised. Never have railway timetables been so exciting.

The Legend of Crombie‘s Gold examines a series of thematically-linked films - this time, we're taking a look at the films of Burt Lancaster, as we go From Here To Lancaster!

It's 1957 and this film noir looks at the vice-ridden underworld of New York's society gossip columnists (yes, really).

Tony Curtis plays against type as the amoral press agent, but it's the terrifying menace of J.J. Hunsecker, played by Burt Lancaster, that makes it the opening film in our series.

The Legend of Crombie‘s Gold examines a series of thematically-linked films - this time, we're taking a look at the films of Burt Lancaster, as we go From Here To Lancaster!

It's 1964 (or is it?) and James Garner stars in a World War II thriller about a captured American officer, Major Pike, and a very unusual method of interrogation to learn of the D-Day landings.

A high-concept movie from the start, based on a Roald Dahl short story. It won't be long before you're shouting 'Don't tell him, Pike!'

With the speed of a V8 Interceptor Pursuit Special, we return for another Very Special Crombies.

This time, we take a look at Furiosa, the latest instalment in George Miller's Mad Max 'Wasteland' oeuvre, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth.

It's 1994 and Meryl Streep takes to the water in her only action role, alongside Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn and John C. Reilly, directed by Curtis Hanson.

The scenery is beautiful, the water is wet, and the eternal question is asked: how hard would you row to avoid talking to other people on your holidays?

With the grace of a man falling through a plate glass window, we return for another Very Special Crombies.

This time, our opinions will differ over the David Leitch movie, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. One of us is still seeing unicorns, the other has well and truly rolled the car.

It's 1985 and Richard Pryor stars in the sixth remake of this riches-to-rags story, putting such an indelible seal on this Walter Hill movie that it's never been remade since.

Supported by John Candy, John Candy, Lonette McKee and Stephen Collins, with Hume Cronyn doing his finest impression of a malevolent raisin.

It's 1995, and this Brett Leonard thriller flings us into the distant future (1999) where a computer-generated Russell Crowe must be hunted down by a relentless Denzel Washington.

It's a bravura performance from Crowe, who leaves no piece of scenery un-chewed; and an early start for Washington's long catalogue of man-with-handgun-does-shouting oeuvre.

It's 1988, and Carl Weathers plays the titular role of Jericho 'Action' Jackson, alongside a host of familiar faces from other films where things randomly explode.

The decade was not short of action movies, but where does this sit among the pantheon?