At Maria Vargas’ funeral, several people recall who she was and the impact she had on them. Read More »
Tag Archives: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
No Way Out (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally
The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital Read More »
There Was a Crooked Man… (1970) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn
Charm, intelligence and success in criminal career doesn’t prevent Paris Pitman Jr. to start doing ten years in prison Read More »
All About Eve (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Eve is waiting backstage to meet her “idol” aging Broadway Star, Margo Channing. Read More »
Dragonwyck (1946) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price
In 1844, the Wells family lives in a small farm of their own in Greenwich Read More »
Guys and Dolls (1955) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
All the hot gamblers are in town, and they’re all depending on Nathan Detroit Read More »
King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis (1970) Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ruby Dee
Follows Martin Luther King’s life and decades long civil rights activism. Read More »
The Quiet American (1958) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin
In this adaptation of Graham Greene’s prophetic novel about U.S. foreign policy failure Read More »
Julius Caesar (1953) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Louis Calhern, Marlon Brando, James Mason
Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. Read More »
5 Fingers (1952) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie
Based on a true story. In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious and extremely efficient valet for the British ambassador Read More »
Sleuth (1972) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, Mystery, Thriller
Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew’s wife. In an attempt to find a way out of this without costing Andrew a fortune in alimony Read More »
Somewhere in the Night (1946) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During the World War II, a soldier is hit by a grenade that deforms his face and leaves him with amnesia. Read More »
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Drama, Romance, Comedy
Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Read More »
Escape (1948) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Film-Noir, Thriller
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl. Read More »
The Honey Pot (1967) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Comedy, Crime
As an elaborate joke, the wealthy Cecil Fox (Rex Harrison) hires actor William McFly (Cliff Robertson) to play his personal assistant Read More »