The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Directors

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi, Elizabeth Sellars, Warren Stevens, Franco Interlenghi, Mari Aldon, Alberto Rabagliati, Enzo Staiola, Maria Zanoli, Renato Chiantoni, Bill Fraser, John Parrish, Jim Gérald, Diana Decker, Riccardo Rioli, Tonio Selwart, Margaret Anderson, Gertrude Flynn, John Horne, Bessie Love, Robert Christopher, Anna Maria Padoan, Carlo Dale

The story

thumb|left|Gardner as Maria Vargas Down-on-his-luck, washed-up film director and screenwriter Harry Dawes is reduced to working for business tycoon Kirk Edwards, who has decided that he wants to produce a film. Looking for a glamorous leading lady, they travel from Rome to a Madrid nightclub to see a dancer named Maria Vargas. Maria is a blithe but proud spirit who likes to go barefoot and has a troubled home life.

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