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MOVIE

The Barefoot Contessa

4.1
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Rating
NR
Duration
2h 10m
Year
1954
Language
English
Publisher
MGM

About

Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz gives us a bitter tale of stardom won and wasted in "The Barefoot Contessa," a film à clef about a Rita Hayworth-style Spanish dancer (Ava Gardner) who becomes an international movie star. Her sympathetic guide is Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart), a nearly-has-been writer/director trying to restart his career. Edmond O'Brien won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® playing the public relations lackey of a Howard Hughes-like mogul (Warren Stevens).

Related Subjects

  • Classics

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

    Artists

    Joseph L. MankiewiczDirector
    Humphrey BogartActor
    Rossano BrazziActor
    Valentina CortesaActor
    Ava GardnerActor
    Marius GoringActor
    Edmond O'BrienActor

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