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The Barefoot Contessa

Release Year
1954
Runtime
2h 8m
Genres
Drama
Directed By
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Barefoot Contessa

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when independently wealthy 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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Ava Gardner

Maria Vargas

Edmond O'Brien

Oscar Muldoon

Marius Goring

Alberto Bravano

Valentina Cortese

Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

Rossano Brazzi

Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini

Elizabeth Sellars

Jerry

Warren Stevens

Kirk Edwards

Franco Interlenghi

Pedro Vargas

Mari Aldon

Myrna

Bill Fraser

J. Montague Brown

Alberto Rabagliati

Proprietor

Maria Zanoli

Maria's Mother

Crew

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Director

Jack Cardiff

Director of Photography

Mario Nascimbene

Original Music Composer

Rosi Gori

Costume Design

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer

Claude Hitchcock

Boom Operator

Charles Knott

Sound Recordist

Peter T. Davies

Sound Recordist

Bernard Vorhaus

Assistant Director

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Assistant Director Trainee

Arrigo Equini

Settings

Italo Tomassi

Art Department Manager

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