Movies by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
As a director:
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Sleuth (1972)
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Laurence Olivier stars as Andrew Wyke, an unhappily married man who wants to rid of his wife without paying alimony. Aware of his spouse's affair with Milo Tindle (Michael Caine), Wyke…
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There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Warren Oates, Arthur O'Connell …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Kirk Douglas stars in this classic Western about amiable convict Paris Pitman, who's hidden a half million in stolen loot. Now, he just needs to persuade his prison cronies to escape and…
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The Honey Pot (1967)
Cast: Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
As an elaborate practical joke, eccentric millionaire Cecil Fox (Rex Harrison) pretends to be gravely ill and beckons his three former mistresses to his deathbed, but his delightfully devious…
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Cleopatra (1963)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck
This epic saga of love, greed and betrayal stars Elizabeth Taylor as the Egyptian queen who's determined to hold on to the throne and seduces Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is…
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Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In Tennessee Williams's tale of sexual repression set in 1937 New Orleans, rich widow Mrs. Venable (Katharine Hepburn) is distraught over the death of her son Sebastian during his…
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The Quiet American (1958)
Cast: Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cynical British journalist Fowler (Michael Redgrave) falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman, but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official (Audie Murphy) also begins vying for the…
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Guys and Dolls (1955)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
A singing Marlon Brando stars as Sky Masterson opposite Frank Sinatra in this musical take on Damon Runyon's Manhattan short stories. One of the richest scores to spring from Broadway to…
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The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Movie director Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart), in a sequence of flashbacks, ponders the life of ravishing Tinseltown star Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner). A flamenco dancer at a two-bit cabaret…
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Julius Caesar (1953)
Cast: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Based on William Shakespeare's classic play, this historical drama won numerous international honors, including Best Actor BAFTAs for Marlon Brando and John Gielgud and a Best Art…
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People Will Talk (1951)
Cast: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Dr. Praetorius is a professor at a dull Midwestern college who impresses those around him with his unorthodox ways of teaching. Out of the blue, Praetorius falls in love with an unattached…
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All About Eve (1950)
Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's sharp script anchors this story about New York City theater life, with Bette Davis playing an aging Broadway diva who employs a starstruck fan…
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No Way Out (1950)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
When rabid bigot Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) and his brother Johnny (Dick Paxton) are admitted with gunshot wounds to the county hospital's prison ward, they balk at being treated by…
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A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In this 1949 black-and-white classic, which won Joseph L. Mankiewicz an Academy Award for Best Director, three married women (Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern) vacationing on the…
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House of Strangers (1949)
Cast: Esther Minciotti, Diana Douglas, Richard Conte …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
After his illegal practices land corrupt banker Gino Monetti (Edward G. Robinson) in jail, three of his sons -- Joe (Luther Adler), Pietro (Paul Valentine) and Tony (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) --…
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
This lovingly made fantasy, based on R.A. Dick's novel of the same name, centers on a lonely widow (Gene Tierney) who refuses to be scared away when the ghost of a salty sea captain (Rex…
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Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Cast: John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In the wake of World War II, recovering GI George Taylor can't remember anything about his former life, but he's determined to jog his memory. Clutching two letters that are his…
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Dragonwyck (1946)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz made his directorial debut with this chilling gothic tale of Nicholas Van Ryn (Vincent Price), who becomes infatuated with a servant girl, Miranda (Gene Tierney), and…