The Great Caruso

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The Great Caruso
Original film poster
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Written by	William Ludwig
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Starring	Mario Lanza
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Edited by	Gene Ruggiero
Music by	Johnny Green
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	April 27, 1951 (1951-04-27)
Running time	109 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,853,000[1]
Box office	$9,269,000[1]

The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario Lanza as famous operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. The movie was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Joe Pasternak with Jesse L. Lasky as associate producer. The screenplay, by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, was suggested by the biography Enrico Caruso His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso, the tenor's widow. The original music was composed and arranged by Johnny Green and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. Costume design was by Helen Rose and Gile Steele.

The film is a highly fictionalized biography of the life of Caruso.