Mambo

Movie

1954 • 110 Min • Drama • SD ★ 5.6

Silvana Mangano (a very lovely & sexy voiced actress) plays a young, poor Venetian woman, Giovanna Masetti. She is struggling with an difficult life as a shop assistant when one day a young count Enrico sees her in the glass shop where she works. She gets invited to the masquerade ball (ah - if they would have parties like this now - oh wow) with the help of her unscrupulous boyfriend Mario's dirty deal with the count - the glorious evening does not turn out well, not at all. One bright moment to this disastrous evening is Giovanna's meeting up with a troupe of MAMBO dancers in particular the troupe leader, Toni Salerno (Shelley Winters).

Genre

Drama

Starring

Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters, Katherine Dunham

Director

Robert Rossen

Writer

Robert Rossen, Ivo Perilli, Ennio De Concini

Country

United States of America

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