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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1909-1993)
February 11, 1909 (February 5, 1993)
G.-B. 1972. Police comedy by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine. A mystery writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion to discuss the situation amicably.
Runtime: 139 min.
U.S. 1970. Western by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn. A prisoner takes advantage of a new prison warden's liberal approach to set up an escape plan.
Runtime: 126 min.
U.S. 1970. Documentary by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sidney Lumet. The life and struggles of Black pastor Martin Luther King.
Runtime: 175 min.
U.S. 1966. Comedy by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Rex Harrison, Cliff Robertson, Maggie Smith. A millionaire makes three former mistresses believe that he is close to death.
Runtime: 130 min.
U.S. 1963. History by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, conquers Caesar, then Marc Antony after the assassination of the Roman dictator.
Runtime: 192 min.
U.S. 1959. Psychological drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn. A doctor treats a young girl traumatized by the horrible death of her cousin.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1957. Spy drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Giorgia Moll. In Indochina, a young American awkwardly intervenes in local conflicts.
Runtime: 158 min.
U.S. 1955. Musical by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons. A bad boy gambler takes on the challenge of seducing a pretty Salvation Army lieutenant.
Runtime: 148 min.
U.S. 1954. Psychological drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Edmond O'Brien. Portrayal of the life of a little dancer from Madrid, who became a movie star and then a countess before meeting a tragic end.
Runtime: 130 min.
U.S. 1953. History by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud. Worried about Caesar's power, Roman senators decide to assassinate him, in 44 BC.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1952. Spy drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie. The true exploits of spy Ulysses Diello, alias Cicero, during the last world war.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1951. Dramatic comedy by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Hume Cronyn. A doctor who advocates new methods, succeeds in confusing an envious colleague.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1950. Psychological drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders. A maturing star takes in a fan who ends up supplanting her.
Runtime: 138 min.
U.S. 1950. Social drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell. A racist gangster holds a Black doctor responsible for his brother's death.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1949. Psychological drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Edward G. Robinson, Richard Conte, Susan Hayward. A banker tyrannizes his family and attracts the hatred of three of his sons.
U.S. 1948. Mores comedy by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern. Fearing that their respective husbands will abandon them, three young women relive their married lives in spirit.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1947. Fantasy comedy by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney, George Sanders. The ghost of a captain interferes with the life of a young widow who has settled in a house by the sea.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1946. Mores comedy by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins, Vanessa Brown. A man from Boston's high society opposes his children's marriage plans.
U.S. 1945. Psychological drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan. An man with amnesia tries to recover his past and his personality.
U.S. 1945. Psychological drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston. An unstable landowner is addicted to drugs and tries to poison his wife.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1942. War drama by Jules Dassin with Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn. A young French woman helps an American pilot get out of the country without alerting the Nazis.
Runtime: 104 min.

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