Joseph L. Mankiewicz

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders

A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine

In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift

During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie

A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a Salvation Army missionary to Havana, and unexpectedly they fall for each other. And the bet has a hidden motive ... classic song and dance ensues!

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Sidney Poitier

A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price