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The Barefoot Contessa( 1954)

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Overview

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.

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      Humphrey Bogart

      Harry Dawes

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      Ava Gardner

      Maria Vargas

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      Edmond O'Brien

      Oscar Muldoon

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      Marius Goring

      Alberto Bravano

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      Valentina Cortese

      Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

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      Rossano Brazzi

      Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini

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      Elizabeth Sellars

      Jerry

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      Warren Stevens

      Kirk Edwards

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      Franco Interlenghi

      Pedro Vargas

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      Mari Aldon

      Myrna

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      Enzo Staiola

      Busboy

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      Bill Fraser

      J. Montague Brown

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      Alberto Rabagliati

      Proprietor

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      Maria Zanoli

      Maria's Mother

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      Renato Chiantoni

      Maria's Father

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      John Parrish

      Mr. Max Black

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      Jim Gérald

      Mr. Blue

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      Diana Decker

      Drunken Blonde

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      Riccardo Rioli

      Gypsy Dancer

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      Tonio Selwart

      Pretender

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      Margaret Anderson

      Pretender's Wife

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      Gertrude Flynn

      Lulu McGee

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      Bessie Love

      Mrs. Eubanks

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      John Horne

      Hector Eubanks

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      Ugo Mari

      Cigar Smoker in the Night Club (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jan 11 2024
    Occasionally narrated by Humphrey Bogart, he regales us with his story as the down on his luck Hollywood writer/director "Dawes" who alights on a tavern dancer in Madrid. "Maria Vargas" (Ava Gardner) is a woman with striking good looks and an aloofness that he immediately sees stardom in. Luckily his spoilt rich-kid backer "Edwards" (Warren Stevens) agrees to give her a screen test, but a combination of his own fecklessness and some competitive manoeuvring from "Dawes" creates quite an interest, an interest well fanned by PR man "Muldoon" (Edmond O'Brien). We know right from the start that she ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • dancer
    • madrid, spain
    • count
    • millionaire
    • film director