Anthony Mann

Filmmakers

Anthony Mann (born Emil Anton Bundsmann; June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American actor and film director, best remembered for his work in the film noir and Westerns genres. As a director, he often collaborated with the cinematographer John Alton. He directed films for a variety of production companies, from RKO to MGM, and worked with many major stars of the era. He made several Westerns with James Stewart, such as Winchester ’73 (1950), with Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea and Stephen McNally; and he was the director of the medieval epic El Cid (1961), with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren. He also directed the big-budget film Cimarron (1960), with Glenn Ford and Maria Schell. His last film was A Dandy in Aspic (1968), with Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, Peter Cook, Mia Farrow, and Harry Andrews.

Other notable films include Desperate (1947), with Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley, William Challee, and Jason Robards; Raw Deal (1948), with Dennis O’Keefe, Claire Trevor, and Marsha Hunt; The Last Frontier (1955), with Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, and Anne Bancroft; Serenade (1956), with Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel, and Vincent Price; The Tin Star (1957), with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins; Man of the West (1958), with Gary Cooper; The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), with Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Mel Ferrer, and Omar Sharif; and the Heroes of Telemark (1965), with Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, and Ulla Jacobsson,

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  • Dr. Broadway (1942)
  • Moonlight in Havana (1942)
  • Nobody’s Darling (1943)
  • My Best Gal (1944)
  • Strangers in the Night (1944)
  • Sing Your Way Home (1945)
  • The Great Flamarion (1945)
  • Two O’Clock Courage (1945)
  • Strange Impersonation (1946)
  • The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
  • T-Men (1947)
  • Railroaded! (1947)
  • Desperate (1947)
  • He Walked by Night (1948) – uncredited co-director
  • Raw Deal (1948)
  • Border Incident (1949)
  • Reign of Terror (1949)
  • Follow Me Quietly (1949) – uncredited co-director
  • The Furies (1950)
  • Winchester ’73 (1950)
  • Side Street (1950)
  • Devil’s Doorway (1950)
  • Quo Vadis (1951) – uncredited second-unit director
  • The Tall Target (1951)
  • Bend of the River (1953)
  • Thunder Bay (1953)
  • The Naked Spur (1953)
  • The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
  • The Far Country (1954)
  • The Last Frontier (1955)
  • The Man from Laramie (1955)
  • Strategic Air Command (1955)
  • Serenade (1956)
  • The Tin Star (1957)
  • Men in War (1957)
  • Man of the West (1958)
  • God’s Little Acre (1958)
  • Cimarron (1960)
  • El Cid (1961)
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
  • The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
  • A Dandy in Aspic (1968)