Hecht-Hill-Lancaster

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.^[1] In late 1957 they announced they would make ten films worth $14 million in 1958.^[2]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 27, 2025). "Wrecking Australian stories: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll". Filmink. Retrieved February 27, 2025.

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