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The Barefoot Contessa

on BBC Two England

Satirical drama.
Harry Dawes, a fading Hollywood director, discovers beautiful flamenco dancer Maria in a tawdry Madrid nightclub and turns her into a star. However, Maria soon tires of the surface glamour of the world she has conquered.
Review page 56.
(1954, PG) ****
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Contributors

Director:
Joseph L Mankiewicz
Harry Dawes:
Humphrey Bogart
Maria Vargas:
Ava Gardner
Oscar Muldoon:
Edmond O'Brien
Alberto Bravano:
Marius Goring
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini:
Valentina Cortesa
Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini:
Rossano Brazzi
Jerry:
Elizabeth Sellars

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