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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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A fine detective movie 24 September 2004
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - filmography
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Sleuth
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Ted Martin, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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This celebrated thriller stars Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine as a pair of scheming socialites who play elaborate psychological games against each other, with ever-deadlier consequences. Andrew Wyke (Olivier) invites his wife's lover, former hairdresser Milo Tindle (Caine), to his country home. ..read more »
 
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The Honey Pot
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Comedy drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward and Cliff Robertson. This re-working of Ben Jonson's 17th century masterpiece 'Volpone' finds millionaire Cecil Fox (Harrison) pretending to be terminally ill in an attempt to trick three of his former mistresses...read more »
56%
from 42 members
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Cleopatra
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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In 1963, this colossal and opulent $60 million spectacular was epic in every sense of the word -- an epic investment, an epic in the annals of Hollywood gossip, and, ultimately, an epic flop that nearly dragged 20th Century Fox down the Nile along with Cleopatra's barge. Handsomely mounted by ..read more »
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from 1,211 member
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Cleopatra - Blu-ray
(1963)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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After Julius Caesar's murder, Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) turns her affections to Mark Antony (Richard Burton). This epic re-telling of the life and loves of the Egyptian Queen, with Oscar winning spectacular sets and costumes, flopped badly on its original release. The film has gained more ..read more »
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from 17 members
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The Quiet American
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Michael Redgrave, C. Long Cuong, Richard Loo
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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British journalist Thomas Fowler (Michael Redgrave) comes under suspicion of murder when the body of a young American (Audie Murphy) is found floating in the river. Their story is told in flashback, as the American arrives in Vietnam looking to end the Indo-Chinese war being covered by Fowler. ..read more »
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from 136 members
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Guys And Dolls
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: B. S. Pully, She, Vivian Blaine
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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A romantic gangster musical starring Frank Sinatra and a singing Marlon Brando. Nathan Detroit (Sinatra) is a New York gambler who needs $1000 in order to stage a big game during the Prohibition era. To get the money, he issues a typically enigmatic challenge to master gambler Sky Masterson (Brando)..read more »
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from 3,493 members
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5 Fingers
(1952)
Starring: Oscar Karlweis, James Mason, John Wengraf
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewic
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World War 2 espionage thriller based on the real-life memoirs of L.C. 'Cicero' Moyzisch. James Mason stars as the anti-hero protagonist, a man known to his superiors only by the code-name Cicero. Outwardly the efficient and discreet valet of the British Ambassador to Ankara in Turkey, he is in fact ..read more »
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from 381 members
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People Will Talk
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Walter Slezak, Cary Grant, Finlay Currie
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Classic drama starring Cary Grant as Dr. Praetorius, an unorthodox medical professor at a sedate midwestern college who seems more interested in the human soul than the cold facts of the human body. Praetorius falls in love with one of his students, an unmarried pregnant girl (Jeanne Crain). At the ..read more »
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from 471 members
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All About Eve - Blu-ray
(1950)
Starring: Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz writes and directs this classic award-winning drama starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Eve Harrington (Baxter) is famous actress Margo Channing (Davis)'s biggest fan. When, by chance, she gets to meet the great lady, she quickly ingratiates herself into her life. Before long,..read more »
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from 17 members
Not available for rental
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All About Eve
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz writes and directs this classic award-winning drama starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Eve Harrington (Baxter) is famous actress Margo Channing (Davis)'s biggest fan. When, by chance, she gets to meet the great lady, she quickly ingratiates herself into her life. Before long,..read more »
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from 10,531 members
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House of Strangers
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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A ruthless banker uses his four sons in any way necessary to build his empire in HOUSE OF STRANGERS. However, when the favorite goes to prison for his father's sins, the other three stage a coup and drive the older man to his death, prompting the incarcerated brother to swear an oath of vengeance ..read more »
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from 48 members
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Dragonwyck
(1946)
Starring: Glenn Langan, Vincent Price, Walter Huston
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Gothic melodrama starring Vincent Price, and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Set in the Hudson Valley of the 1840s, Price plays tortured landowner Nicholas Van Ryn, a man who grows to hate his wife because she has been unable to provide him with a son. After hiring young Miranda Wells (Gene ..read more »
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from 230 members
Currently unavailable
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Somewhere In The Night
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: Lloyd Nolan, Nancy Guild, John Hodiak
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Classic film-noir about a man who awakens in a Honolulu hospital with no memory of his identity. He has three personal items: a wallet, a letter from an angry ex-lover, and a note from one Larry Cravat, and apparent business associate. Searching for Cravat, the amnesiac heads to Los Angeles, ..read more »
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from 128 members
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The Keys Of The Kingdom - Blu-ray
(1944)
Starring: Vincent Price, Cedric Hardwicke, Gregory Peck
Director: John M. Stahl
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Gregory Peck stars as a Scottish priest who is sent to work in China in this Oscar-nominated drama adapted from A.J. Cronin's novel by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Nunnally Johnson. Father Francis Chisholm (Peck), a young man struggling to find his way in life, is assigned the challenging task of ..read more »
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The Philadelphia Story
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant
Director: George Cukor
Certificate:
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We open on Philadelphia socialite C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) as he's being tossed out of his palatial home by his wife, Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn). Adding insult to injury, Tracy breaks one of C.K.'s precious golf clubs. He gallantly responds by knocking her down on her million-dollar ..read more »
76%
from 5,860 members
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Alice In Wonderland
on DVD
(1933)
Starring: Charlotte Henry, Cary Grant, Raymond Hatton
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
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Cary Grant, Gary Cooper and W.C. Fields star in this 1933 Paramount Studios adaptation of the classic children's novels 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Carroll. When Alice (Charlotte Henry) steps through a mirror, she finds herself in an enchanted land ..read more »
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from 19 members
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz facts
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...an think of that is similar to Sleuth in this way is Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also made the classic All About Eve, very astutely directs this film. I wo...
