Mambo (1954)
The Most Violent Dramatic Story Ever Set to Music!
A young and poor Venetian woman is invited to a masquerade ball by a charming count.
- Date of release
- 1954-09-18
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Robert Rossen
Casting
- Silvana Mangano — Giovanna Masetti
- Michael Rennie — Enrico Marisoni
- Vittorio Gassman — Mario Rossi
- Shelley Winters — Toni Salerno
- Katherine Dunham — Dance Teacher
- Mary Clare — Contessa Marisoni
- Eduardo Ciannelli — Giovanna's Father
- Julie Robinson — Marisa
- Walter Zappolini — Dancer
- Xiomara Alfaro — Singer
Interesting facts
Mambo is an Italian/American psychological drama international co-production film, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti and Paramount Pictures written and directed from 1952 to 1953 by Robert Rossen and released in 1955. A mambo craze spread through the US in the 1950s, and Rossen aimed to repair his finances after almost two years without work since his 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee hearing. The film co-stars Silvana Mangano and Katherine Dunham who acted as the film's choreographer.
Production
Pérez Prado's music was prominent in the film.
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