---
title: 'Serenade (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Mann'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/serenade-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049737/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Serenade (1956)

1956 · 121 min · Drama, Romance, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Serenade is a 1956 American musical drama film directed by Anthony Mann and starring tenor Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel, and Vincent Price. Based on the 1937 novel Serenade by James M. Cain, the film was a Warner Bros. Pictures release, Lanza's fifth film, and his first on-screen appearance in four years.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-mann)
- **Screenplay:** [Ivan Goff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-goff), [Ben Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-roberts), [Derek Twist](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-twist)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Giacomo Puccini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giacomo-puccini), [Giuseppe Verdi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-verdi), [Nicholas Brodzsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-brodzsky)
- **Producer:** [Henry Blanke](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-blanke)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)
- **Editor:** [William H. Ziegler](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-ziegler)

## Cast

- [Frank Puglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-puglia)
- [Mario Lanza](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-lanza)
- [Stephen Bekassy](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-bekassy)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Edward Platt](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-platt)
- [Joseph Calleia](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-calleia)
- [Sara Montiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-montiel)
- [Creighton Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/creighton-hale)
- [Joan Fontaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-fontaine)
- [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price)
- [Joseph Vitale](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-vitale)
- [Eduardo Noriega](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-noriega)
- [Harry Bellaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-bellaver)
- [Vince Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/vince-edwards)
- [Fred Kelsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kelsey)

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