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The Angel Wore Red is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Nunnally Johnson released in USA on 28 september 1960 with Ava Gardner
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 september 1960
Length 1h39
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
OriginItalie
Themes Political films
Rating58%
The Angel Wore Red, also known as La Sposa Bella in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American romantic war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde made by MGM and Titanus. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lombardo, from a screenplay by Johnson based on the 1953 novel The Fair Bride by Bruce Marshall.
Giorgio Prosperi wrote the dialogue for the Italian version. The music score for the American version was by Bronislau Kaper and by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino for the Italian version. The cinematography was by Giuseppe Rotunno.
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Young Catholic priest Arturo Carrera (Bogarde) sympathizes with the poor in the Spanish Civil War, but finds that his fellow priests have little concern for the poor, because they support the Nationalist rebels. He then resigns from the priesthood. Hours later, the city is bombarded and he takes shelter with a mysterious beautiful woman named Soledad (Gardner).Actors
Ava Gardner
(Soledad)
Dirk Bogarde
(Arturo Carrera)
Joseph Cotten
(Hawthorne)
Vittorio De Sica
(General Clave)
Aldo Fabrizi
(Canon Rota)
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