Woman of Straw (1964)

Directors

Basil Dearden

Cast

Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox, Johnny Sekka

The story

Playboy Anthony Richmond schemes to acquire the £50 million fortune of his uncle Charles Richmond, a tyrannical, arrogant wheelchaired tycoon, by persuading Maria Marcello, the new Italian nurse he has hired, to marry the old man in exchange for one million pounds. A sincere Maria endures the verbal and emotional abuse of Charles both at his estate and on a yacht trip in Mallorca, Spain, where they wed, and a humbled Charles changes his will to leave all his fortune to Maria, leaving only 40,000 pounds to his nephew. After his uncle's death at the yacht one morning, both Anthony and Maria concoct a scheme to pretend he is still living as…

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