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title: "The Rose Tattoo: cast and crew"
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# The Rose Tattoo (1955): cast and crew

23 cast and 22 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Anna Magnani](https://film.one/person/anna-magnani.md) as Serafina Delle Rose
- [Burt Lancaster](https://film.one/person/burt-lancaster.md) as Alvaro Mangiacavallo
- [Marisa Pavan](https://film.one/person/marisa-pavan.md) as Rosa Delle Rose
- [Ben Cooper](https://film.one/person/ben-cooper.md) as Seaman Jack Hunter
- [Virginia Grey](https://film.one/person/virginia-grey.md) as Estelle Hohengarten
- [Jo Van Fleet](https://film.one/person/jo-van-fleet.md) as Bessie
- [Sandro Giglio](https://film.one/person/sandro-giglio.md) as Father De Leo
- [Mimi Aguglia](https://film.one/person/mimi-aguglia.md) as Assunta
- [Florence Sundstrom](https://film.one/person/florence-sundstrom.md) as Flora
- [Don Bachardy](https://film.one/person/don-bachardy.md) as Passenger in the Back Seat of a Car (uncredited)
- [Larry Chance](https://film.one/person/larry-chance.md) as Rosario Delle Rose (uncredited)
- [Lewis Charles](https://film.one/person/lewis-charles.md) as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- George Humbert as Pop Mangiacavallo (uncredited)
- Dorrit Kelton as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
- May Lee as Mamma Shigura (Tattoo Artist) (uncredited)
- Augusta Merighi as Giuseppina (uncredited)
- Rosa Rey as Mariella (uncredited)
- Rossana San Marco as Peppina (uncredited)
- Georgia Simmons as The Strega (uncredited)
- Zolya Talma as Miss Mangiacavallo (uncredited)
- Fred Taylor as Grocery Cashier (uncredited)
- [Hal B. Wallis](https://film.one/person/hal-b-wallis.md) as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
- [Tennessee Williams](https://film.one/person/tennessee-williams.md) as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Daniel Mann](https://film.one/person/daniel-mann.md): Director
- Richard McWhorter: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Tennessee Williams](https://film.one/person/tennessee-williams.md): Screenplay, Theatre Play
- [Hal Kanter](https://film.one/person/hal-kanter.md): Adaptation

## Production

- [Hal B. Wallis](https://film.one/person/hal-b-wallis.md): Producer

## Camera

- [James Wong Howe](https://film.one/person/james-wong-howe.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Warren Low](https://film.one/person/warren-low.md): Supervising Editor, Editor

## Sound and music

- Bill Wistrom: Sound Editor
- [Alex North](https://film.one/person/alex-north.md): Music Director, Original Music Composer
- Harold Lewis: Sound Recordist
- Carl Mahakian: Sound Editor
- Gene Garvin: Sound Recordist
- Maurice De Packh: Orchestrator

## Art

- Gene Lauritzen: Construction Coordinator
- Hal Pereira: Art Direction
- [Tambi Larsen](https://film.one/person/tambi-larsen.md): Art Direction
- Arthur Krams: Set Decoration
- Sam Comer: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- Wally Westmore: Makeup Supervisor
- [Edith Head](https://film.one/person/edith-head.md): Costume Design

## Crew

- John P. Fulton: Special Effects
- Farciot Edouart: Film Processor

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