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The Rose Tattoo (1955)
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1956 (Brazil)
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Her blood boiled with desire...raged with jealous fury! more
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An Italian-American neighborhood in Louisiana is disturbed when truck driver Rosario Delle Rose is killed by police while smuggling...
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Won 3 Oscars.
Another 5 wins
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7 nominations
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A memorable performance by Magnani.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Anna Magnani | ... | Serafina Delle Rose |
 | Burt Lancaster | ... | Alvaro Mangiacavallo |
 | Marisa Pavan | ... | Rosa Delle Rose |
| Ben Cooper | ... | Seaman Jack Hunter |
| Virginia Grey | ... | Estelle Hohengarten |
| Jo Van Fleet | ... | Bessie |
| Sandro Giglio | ... | Father De Leo |
 | Mimi Aguglia | ... | Assunta |
| Florence Sundstrom | ... | Flora |
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117 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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In The Mardi Gras Club scenes, there are a few familiar faces amongst the extras. As Serafina storms by the men on bar stools, Tennessee Williams himself can be seen sitting at the bar in a striped shirt. The man beside him is producer Hal B. Wallis. The shorter man in the white shirt standing directly behind Estelle Hohengarten (actress Virginia Grey) helping to restrain her is Frank Merlo - William's long-time companion and lover.
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Referenced in Chris & Don. A Love Story (2007)
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THE SHEIK OF ARABY
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A great argument can be made that 'The Rose Tattoo' is a classic. It's a wonderful adaptation of a play by one of the most celebrated of modern playwrights, Tennessee Williams. It contains the performance of a lifetime by Anna Magnani, who won an Academy Award for it. The supporting cast also give excellent performances. It even has a fine score written by noted composer Alex North.
Magnani grabs hold of the role of Serafina Delle Rose and wrings everything she can out of it. She plays a lonely widow who is clinging to the idealized memory of her husband. She has little use for men (and not much more for women) until Burt Lancaster, playing an earthy truck driver, comes along and brings her back to life. Their courtship is swift and tempestuous.
Director Daniel Mann does a good job of making a movie out of what was once a play; only a few times do things get so wordy that you are reminded of the work's origin. Lancaster is fine in his role, but his character might be just a bit too broadly drawn. I was impressed with actress Marisa Pavan as Serafina's daughter, though she looks closer to 25 than the age of 15 the script says she is, not a unique occurrence in films. Her story also seems a little truncated compared to her mother's.