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Woman of Straw is a British film of genre Drama directed by Basil Dearden released in USA on 30 september 1964 with Gina Lollobrigida
Woman of Straw (1964)
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Add to a movie listWoman of Straw is a 1964 British crime thriller starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery. It was directed by Basil Dearden and written by Robert Muller and Stanley Mann, adapted from the 1964 novel by Catherine Arley.
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Connery's character Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond (Richardson) by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs (Lollobrigida), to marry him. After his uncle's demise Anthony becomes a murder suspect. Lollobrigida's character is the Woman of Straw of the title.Actors
Gina Lollobrigida
(Maria Marcello)
Sean Connery
(Anthony Richmond)
Ralph Richardson
(Charles Richmond)
Alexander Knox
(Detective Inspector Lomer)
Noel Howlett
(Assistant Solicitor)
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Rating65%
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Rating63%
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, 1h29Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
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, 1h25Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about racism
Actors Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Earl Cameron, Bernard Miles, Olga Lindo
Rating71%
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