Editing Burt Lancaster (section)

===Hal Wallis===
[[File:Killers001.jpg|thumb|With [[Ava Gardner]] in ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]'', 1946]]
Lancaster's first filmed movie was ''[[Desert Fury]]'' for Wallis in 1947, where Lancaster was billed after [[John Hodiak]] and [[Lizabeth Scott]]. It was directed by [[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]].<ref name="Grossers1947">{{Cite magazine | url = https://archive.org/details/variety169-1948-01 | title = Top Grossers of 1947 | magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = January 7, 1948 | publisher = New York: Variety Publishing Company | via = Internet Archive | page = [https://archive.org/details/variety169-1948-01/page/n62 63]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/25137 |title=Desert Fury (1947) |website=AFI Catalog |access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref>

Then producer [[Mark Hellinger]] approached him to star in 1946's ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]'', which was completed and released prior to ''Desert Fury''. Directed by [[Robert Siodmak]], it was a great commercial and critical success<ref name="August 1946">{{Cite magazine |url = https://archive.org/details/variety163-1946-08 |title = Film reviews |magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= August 7, 1946 |publisher = New York: Variety Publishing Company | via = Internet Archive |page = [https://archive.org/details/variety163-1946-08/page/n12 13]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url = https://archive.org/details/variety165-1947-01 | title = 60 Top Grossers of 1946 | magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = January 1, 1947 | publisher = New York: Variety Publishing Company | via = Internet Archive | page = [https://archive.org/details/variety165-1947-01/page/n101 55]}}</ref> and launched Lancaster and his co-star [[Ava Gardner]] to stardom. It has since come to be regarded as a classic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/films/724-the-killers |title=The Killers |website=Criterion.com |access-date=October 30, 2019 |quote="Its first screen incarnation came in 1946, when director Robert Siodmak unleashed The Killers, helping to define the film noir style and launching the careers of Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner in this archetypal masterpiece"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Killers-film-1946 |title=The Killers (1946) |website=britannica.com |access-date=October 30, 2019 |quote="The film established Lancaster as a major talent, and it helped launch Gardner as one of the screen's legendary sex symbols. ...The film is regarded as one of the top crime sagas of 1940s cinema"}}</ref>

Hellinger used Lancaster again on ''[[Brute Force (1947 film)|Brute Force]]'' in 1947, a prison drama written by [[Richard Brooks]] and directed by [[Jules Dassin]]. It was also well received.<ref name="Grossers1947"/> Wallis released his films through Paramount, and so Lancaster and other Wallis contractees made cameos in ''[[Variety Girl]]'' in 1947.

Lancaster's next film was a thriller for Wallis in 1947, ''[[I Walk Alone]]'', co-starring Lizabeth Scott and a young [[Kirk Douglas]], who was also under contract to Wallis. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' listed it as one of the top grossers of the year, taking in more than $2 million.<ref name="Grossers1948">{{Cite magazine | url = https://archive.org/details/variety173-1949-01 | title = Top Grossers of 1948 | magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = January 5, 1949 | publisher = New York Variety Publishing Company | via = Internet Archive | page = [https://archive.org/details/variety173-1949-01/page/n45 46]}}</ref>

In 1948, Lancaster had a change of pace with the film adaptation of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[All My Sons (film)|All My Sons]]'', made at [[Universal Pictures]] with [[Edward G. Robinson]]. His third film for Wallis was an adaptation of ''[[Sorry, Wrong Number (film)|Sorry, Wrong Number]]'' in 1948, with [[Barbara Stanwyck]].