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The Barefoot Contessa

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1954
2h 8m
NR
English
Drama
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7
Critic Score: 
85
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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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The Barefoot Contessa

NR
Movie
1954
2h 8m
English
Drama
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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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The Barefoot Contessa (1954) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
85

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew
Humphrey Bogart
Harry Dawes
Ava Gardner
Maria Vargas
Edmond OBrien
Oscar Muldoon
Marius Goring
Alberto Bravano
Valentina Cortese
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Rossano Brazzi
Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini
Elizabeth Sellars
Warren Stevens
Kirk Edwards
Franco Interlenghi
Pedro Vargas
Mari Aldon
Enzo Staiola
Bill Fraser
J. Montague Brown
Alberto Rabagliati
Maria Zanoli
Maria's Mother
Renato Chiantoni
Maria's Father
John Parrish
Mr. Max Black
Jim Grald
Mr. Blue
Diana Decker
Drunken Blonde
Riccardo Rioli
Gypsy Dancer
Tonio Selwart
Pretender
Margaret Anderson
Pretender's Wife
Gertrude Flynn
Lulu McGee
Bessie Love
Mrs. Eubanks
John Horne
Hector Eubanks
Ugo Mari
Cigar Smoker in the Night Club (unc...
Directed By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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soonertbone says...
9 months ago
Takes a woman who seems in the first reel to have a pretty interesting story, and then deprives her of all agency or interest by filtering her story through the eyes of the men around her. The screenplay turns her into a non-person, and while Gardner is luminous and beautifully costumed, I struggled to maintain interest.
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
2 years ago
Too much glamor for such a lurid theme.
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CinemaSerf
4 months ago
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 hi More
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