Editing Burt Lancaster (section)

===Collaborations with younger filmmakers===
Lancaster made ''[[A Child Is Waiting]]'' (1963) with [[Judy Garland]]. It was produced by Kramer and directed by [[John Cassavetes]].<ref>{{cite book | first = Tino | last = Balio | title = United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry | url = https://archive.org/details/unitedartistscom00bali | url-access = registration | publisher = University of Wisconsin Press | date = 1987 | page = [https://archive.org/details/unitedartistscom00bali/page/145 145]| isbn = 978-0299114404 }}</ref>

He went to Italy to star in ''[[The Leopard (1963 film)|The Leopard]]'' (1963) for [[Luchino Visconti]], co-starring [[Alain Delon]] and [[Claudia Cardinale]]. It was one of Lancaster's favorite films and was a big hit in France but failed in the US (though the version released was much truncated).<ref>{{cite book | last = Buford | first = Kate | title = Burt Lancaster: An American Life | year = 2000 | publisher = Aurum | location = London | isbn = 1854107402 | pages = 222–227}}</ref>

He had a small role in ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' (1963) for producer/star Kirk Douglas, and then did two for Frankenheimer: ''[[Seven Days in May]]'' (1964), a political thriller with Douglas, and ''[[The Train (1964 film)|The Train]]'' (1964), a World War Two action film (Lancaster had Frankenheimer replace [[Arthur Penn]] several days into filming).

Lancaster starred in ''[[The Hallelujah Trail]]'' (1965), a comic Western produced and directed by [[John Sturges]] which failed to recoup its large cost.<ref name="sturges">Glenn Lovell, ''Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges'', University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 p. 250</ref>

He had a big hit with ''[[The Professionals (1966 film)|The Professionals]]'' (1966), a Western directed by Brooks and also starring [[Lee Marvin]].

In 1966, at the age of 52, Lancaster appeared nude in director [[Frank Perry]]'s film ''[[The Swimmer (1968 film)|The Swimmer]]'' (1968), in what the critic [[Roger Ebert]] called "his finest performance".<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news | first = Roger | last = Ebert | author-link = Roger Ebert | url = http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-swimmer-1968 | title = Review: "The Swimmer" | newspaper = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | publisher = [[Sun-Times Media Group]] | location = Chicago, Illinois | date = July 2, 1968 | access-date = October 24, 2018 | via = RogerEbert.com}}</ref> Prior to working on ''The Swimmer'', Lancaster was terrified of the water because he did not know how to swim. In preparation for the film, he took swimming lessons from [[UCLA]] swim coach Bob Horn.<ref name="StoryOftheSwimmer">{{cite AV media | people = [[Chris Innis|Innis, Chris]] | url = http://grindhousereleasing.com/?tag=story-of-the-swimmer | chapter = The Story of The Swimmer | title = The Swimmer | publisher = [[Grindhouse Releasing]] | location = Los Angeles, California | edition = 2014 | format = Blu-ray/DVD}}</ref> Filming was difficult and clashes between Lancaster and Perry led to [[Sydney Pollack]] coming in to do some filming.<ref name=tcmart>Stafford, Jeff [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/12842/the-swimmer#articles-reviews "The Swimmer" (article)] on [[TCM.com]]</ref> The film was not released until 1968, when it proved to be a commercial failure, though Lancaster remained proud of the movie and his performance.