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The Rose Tattoo

1955, Movie, NR, 117 mins

ROSE TATTOO, THE
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Tennessee Williams wrote the play The Rose Tattoo for the great Italian actress Anna Magnani, but she turned it down. Five years later, she agreed to do it as a film, and the results were stunning. The film makes the most of Magnani's earthy looks and volatile temperament — she plays an Sicilian immigrant who reveres the memory of her dead husband but feels sexually attracted to a handsome banana hauler (Burt Lancaster) — and she was handed an Oscar for her absolutely riveting performance. Read the complete review for The Rose Tattoo
Year: 1955
Rated NR

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Cast
Anna Magnani: Serafina Delle Rose
Burt Lancaster: Alvaro Mangiacavallo
Marisa Pavan: Rosa Delle Rose
Ben Cooper: Jack Hunter
Virginia Grey: Estelle Hohengarten
Jo Van Fleet: Bessie

 

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