The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
US 130m, Colour Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Cast: Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Edmond O’Brien Beginning with the funeral of the lead character, The Barefoot Contessa is a slow-moving melodrama about … Continue reading
Sleuth (1972)
UK 138m, Colour Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Cast: Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier Based on Anthony Shaffer’s 1970 play of the same name, Sleuth is a murder mystery with an ever-twisting … Continue reading
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
US 104m, B&W Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Cast: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders Set in the early twentieth century, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a romance fantasy involving … Continue reading
Guys and Dolls (1955)
USA 150m, Colour Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine Released during the mid-nineteen fifties, the musical film Guys and Dolls was arguably already … Continue reading
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