Sep 29, 1954
128 min
Full-HD

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy tycoon Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.

Category

Drama

Country

United States of America Italy

Companies

Figaro Incorporated Production Transoceanic Film United Artists

Humphrey Bogart

Harry Dawes

Ava Gardner

Maria Vargas

Edmond O'Brien

Oscar Muldoon

Marius Goring

Alberto Bravano

Valentina Cortese

Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

Rossano Brazzi

Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini

Elizabeth Sellars

Jerry

Warren Stevens

Kirk Edwards

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