The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Review: The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese,

Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien
Marius Goring
Marius Goring
Valentina Cortese
Valentina Cortese

Plot: 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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Recent miscellaneous viewing, part three

Recent miscellaneous viewing, part three

Yet more recent random viewing: Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s movie-biz tragedy The Barefoot Contessa (1954); Lucio Fulci’s first and (almost) last gialli, One on Top of the Other aka Perversion Story (1969) anf The New York Ripper (1982); […]

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