Editing Burt Lancaster (section)

===1970s===
[[File: AIPokryshkin-01.jpg|thumb|With Soviet fighter pilot [[Alexander Pokryshkin]] during documentary filming "The Unknown War", episode 9 War in the Air. Moscow, USSR, 1978, photo: Leo Medvedev]]
Lancaster had one of the biggest successes of his career with ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]'' in 1970, starring alongside [[Dean Martin]], [[George Kennedy]], [[Van Heflin]], [[Helen Hayes]], [[Maureen Stapleton]], [[Barbara Hale]], [[Jean Seberg]], and [[Jacqueline Bisset]]. The [[Ross Hunter]] film received nine Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture. It became one of the biggest box-office hits of 1970 and, at that time, reportedly the highest-grossing film in the history of [[Universal Pictures]].

He then went into a series of Westerns: ''[[Lawman (film)|Lawman]]'' in 1971, directed by [[Michael Winner]]; ''[[Valdez Is Coming]]'' in 1971, for Norlan; and ''[[Ulzana's Raid]]'' in 1972, directed by Aldrich and produced by himself and Hecht. None were particularly popular but ''Ulzana's Raid'' has become a cult film.<ref name="aldrich">"I Can't Get Jimmy Carter to See My Movie!"
Aldrich, Robert. Film Comment; New York Vol. 13, Iss. 2, (Mar/Apr 1977): 46–52.</ref>

Lancaster did two thrillers, both 1973: ''[[Scorpio (1973 film)|Scorpio]]'' with Winner and ''[[Executive Action (film)|Executive Action]]''.

Lancaster returned to directing in 1974 with ''[[The Midnight Man (1974 film)|The Midnight Man]]'', which he also wrote and produced with Kibee.

He made a second film with Visconti, ''[[Conversation Piece (film)|Conversation Piece]]'' in 1974 and played the title role in the TV series ''[[Moses the Lawgiver]]'', also in 1974.

Lancaster was one of many names in 1975's ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'', directed by [[Bernardo Bertolucci]], and he had a cameo in 1976's ''[[Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson]]'' for [[Robert Altman]].

He played [[Shimon Peres]] in the TV movie ''[[Victory at Entebbe]]'' in 1977 and had a supporting role in ''[[The Cassandra Crossing]]'' in 1976. He made a fourth and final film with Aldrich, ''[[Twilight's Last Gleaming]]'' in 1977, and had the title role in 1977's ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]''.<ref>A Bittersweet Burt Lancaster, Looking Back-and Forward--at 62: A Bittersweet Burt Lancaster By Kenneth Turan. The Washington Post May 23, 1976: 165.</ref>

Lancaster was top-billed in ''[[Go Tell the Spartans]]'' in 1978, a [[Vietnam War]] film; Lancaster admired the script so much that he took a reduced fee and donated money to help the movie to be completed. He was in ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' in 1979.<ref>Kate Buford, ''Burt Lancaster'' (Da Capo Press, 2000) {{ISBN|0306810190}}</ref>