| Title |
Year |
Class |
Time |
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The "dialogue is scintillating, characters... extraordinary, direction... perfect and production as fine as anything 20th Century Fox has turned out" in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "captivating" (Variety) Oscar winner for Best Picture.From the moment she glimp...
All About Eve (1950)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Gregory Ratoff,Bette Davis,George Sanders,Celeste Holm,Marilyn Monroe,Gary Merrill,Hugh Marlowe,Thelma Ritter,Walter Hampden,Barbara Bates,Anne Baxter
Period Drama,Drama
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1950 |
PG |
133 min |
|
It is an epic tale of passion that begins when the 20 year-old Queen of the Nile seeks out the most powerful man in the world, Julius Caesar. When she gives birth to Caesar's only child she is certain he will protect his son as heir to the Egyptian th...
Cleopatra (1999)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Leonor Varela,Timothy Dalton,Rupert Graves,Billy Zane
Period Drama,Drama
|
1999 |
M |
175 min |
|
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison star in this sweeping tale of power and betrayal - the legendary story of the Queen of the Nile and her conquest of Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. Here is the truly unforgettable portrayal of the beguilin...
Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) (1963)
Franc Roddam,Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Hume Cronyn,Andrew Keir,George Cole,Kenneth Haigh,Richard Burton,Robert Stephens,Pamela Brown,Rex Harrison,Martin Landau,Cesare Danova,Roddy McDowall,Elizabeth Taylor
Period Drama,Drama
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1963 |
M |
0 min |
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Sparkling with "juicy dialogue" (Leonard Maltin) and a superb cast (including Edmond O'Brien in an Oscar winning performance), this landmark film is "spectacular...ingeniously-fashioned, original entertainment" (Variety). With e...
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Edmond O'Brien,Humphrey Bogart,Warren Stevens,Rossano Brazzi,Bessie Love,Marius Goring,Elizabeth Sellars,Valentina Cortesa,Ava Gardner
General Drama,Drama
|
1954 |
PG |
124 min |
|
Determined to make a life for herself and her daughter, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), a young widow, moves into a cottage overlooking the windswept English coast. She soon learns that it's haunted by the ghost of its former owner, a salty sea captain (Rex Har...
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1947)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Natalie Wood,Rex Harrison,Vanessa Brown,Edna Best,Anna Lee,Gene Tierney,George Sanders
Romance, Sci-fi, Fantasy, General Romance
|
1947 |
G |
100 min |
|
Hollywood legends Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons and Vivian Blain (from the original Broadway cast) are dazzling in this Frank Loesser (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) masterpiece, unleashing a "spectacular, song-and-dance sh...
Guys & Dolls (1955)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Stubby Kaye,Vivian Blaine,Robert Keith,Jean Simmons,Marlon Brando,B. S. Pulley,Johnny Silver,Frank Sinatra
Musical
|
1955 |
G |
143 min |
|
The story of a woman suspiciously confined to a mental institution after witnessing the mysterious and violent death of her cousin, this "super-literate Gothic horror story" was superbly brought to the big screen by celebrated producer Sam Spiegel and Jos...
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Katharine Hepburn,Elizabeth Taylor,Montgomery Clift
Drama, Horror, General Drama, General Horror
|
1959 |
M |
110 min |
|
People Will Talk is a brilliant comedy that also possesses a rare and engaging poignancy. Screen legend Cary Grant stars as Dr. Noah Praetorius, a lovable professor and head of a medical clinic who becomes the subject of a McCarthy-style investigation in...
People Will Talk (1951)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Jeanne Crain,Sidney Blackmer,Walter Slezak,Basil Ruysdael,Finlay Currie,Hume Cronyn,Cary Grant
Romantic Comedy,Romance,Comedy
|
1951 |
PG |
105 min |
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A WWII veteran (John Hodiak) suffers from amnesia with only two clues to help him discover who he is: a letter from an angry woman who has something against him, and another letter signed by a mysterious "Larry Cravat". Heading out west to meet the signat...
Somewhere In The Night (1946)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
John Hodiak,Nancy Guild,Josephine Hutchinson,Sheldon Leonard,Fritz Kortner,Lou Nova,Margo Woode,Richard Conte,Lloyd Nolan
Suspense & Thriller,Crime,Period Drama,General Thriller,Drama,Action & Adventure
|
1946 |
PG |
103 min |
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A love triangle brews amidst a growing political tempest in this brilliantly intellectual film in which nothing is quite as it seems. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Graham Greene, Academy Award - winning writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's scr...
The Quiet American (1957)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Michael Redgrave, Audie Murphy
Drama, General Drama
|
1957 |
PG |
126 min |
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