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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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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 5 wins
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7 nominations
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Wonderful Acting!
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | 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 |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Albert Adkins | ... | Mario (uncredited) |
| Don Bachardy | ... | Passenger in Back Seat of Car (uncredited) |
| Larry Chance | ... | Rosario Delle Rose (uncredited) |
| Lewis Charles | ... | Taxi driver (uncredited) |
| Roger Gunderson | ... | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Jean Hart | ... | Violetta (uncredited) |
| George Humbert | ... | Pop Mangiacavallo (uncredited) |
| Dorrit Kelton | ... | Schoolteacher (uncredited) |
| May Lee | ... | Mamma Shigura, tattoo artist (uncredited) |
| Augusta Merighi | ... | Giuseppina (uncredited) |
| Natalie Murray | ... | Townswoman (uncredited) |
| Virgil Osborne | ... | Taxi driver (uncredited) |
| Margherita Pasquero | ... | Grandma Mangiacavallo (uncredited) |
| Rosa Rey | ... | Mariella (uncredited) |
| Rossana San Marco | ... | Peppina (uncredited) |
| Georgia Simmons | ... | The Strega (uncredited) |
| Zolya Talma | ... | Miss Mangiacavallo, Alvaro's sister (uncredited) |
| Fred Taylor | ... | Grocery cashier (uncredited) |
| Roland Vildo | ... | Salvatore (uncredited) |
| Hal B. Wallis | ... | Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited) |
| Tennessee Williams | ... | Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited) |
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| Daniel Mann | |||
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| Tennessee Williams | (play) | |
| Hal Kanter | (adaptation) | |
| Tennessee Williams | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Hal B. Wallis | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Alex North | |||
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| James Wong Howe | |||
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| Warren Low | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Tambi Larsen | |||
| Hal Pereira | |||
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| Sam Comer | |||
| Arthur Krams | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Edith Head | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Wally Westmore | .... | makeup supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Richard McWhorter | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Gene Lauritzen | .... | construction coordinator (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Gene Garvin | .... | sound recordist | |
| Harold Lewis | .... | sound recordist | |
| Carl Mahakian | .... | sound editor (uncredited) | |
| Bill Wistrom | .... | sound editor (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| John P. Fulton | .... | special photographic effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Farciot Edouart | .... | process photographer | |
Music Department | |||
| Alex North | .... | musical director | |
| Maurice De Packh | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Paramount Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
- Paramount Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Paramount (1956) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Paramount (1956) (France) (theatrical)
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1973) (USA) (TV)
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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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Though the script places the location in a small Mississippi Gulf town, exteriors were shot in Key West. When scouting for locations, a perfect fit was found for the exterior of the house owned by Serafina Delle Rose on Duncan Street. A fence indicating a goat paddock was needed next door and the crew was worried the owner may object to the filming nearby and the addition of a ramshackle fence on his property. They needn't have worried - the house and property next door at 1431 Ducan was the home that Tennessee Williams shared with his lover Frank Merlo himself who happily agreed to its use even inviting Magnani (close friends of Merlo and Williams) and Lancaster to use it as their dressing rooms. In later years, Williams had an enormous mosaic of a rose tattoo embedded in the floor of the pool behind the house, which is still there today.
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Referenced in Padri e figli (1957)
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OUT OF NOWHERE
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It has been years since I viewed this great B&W film with great stars like Anna Magnani,(Serafine Delle Rose)," Wild Is The Wind",'57, who played the role of an Italian woman who was deeply in love with her husband and thought he was a GOD! She had a daughter who she loved and over protected until she meets a handsome young Sailor. As the story progresses, Burt Lancaster,(Alvaro Mangiacovallo),"Atlantic City",'80 gets involved with Serafine and the film becomes a real Spin Zone. There is lots of drama, suspense, romance, and lots of comical scenes with wild fighting and screaming. Anna Magnani made this her first American film and won many awards for her great acting skills. A young Burt Lancaster gave an outstanding supporting role which launched his great acting career!