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Woman of Straw is a 1964 crime thriller directed by Basil Dearden and starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery. It was written by Robert Muller and Stanley Mann, adapted from the 1954 novel La Femme de paille by Catherine Arley.
- Norman Percival
- Michael Relph
- 28 April 1964
Woman of Straw: Directed by Basil Dearden. With Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox. Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's ...
- Basil Dearden
- 44
- 2 min
His nephew Tony (Sean Connery), who wants to get his hands on his uncle's millions, enlists a beautiful nurse named Maria (Gina Lollobrigida) to seduce and wed Charles, then inherit his wealth.
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- Basil Dearden
- Mystery & Thriller
- Gina Lollobrigida
Dec 17, 2021 · Woman of Straw occupies an interesting place in Sean Connery’s filmography – after his first two films as James Bond, Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963) – and before the psychological thriller Marnie (1964) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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We don't quite know it yet but crafty Tony (Sean Connery) is considering whether to bring the sexy new Italian nurse Maria (Gina Lollobrigida), who intended to quit, into a plot against his rich uncle, in Woman of Straw, 1964, directed by Basil Dearden.
“It takes a very sane person to plan something perfect,” says handsome homme fatale Tony Richmond (Sean Connery) in Basil Dearden’s Woman of Straw, a British domestic noir whose slow, deliberate pacing effectively portrays the slow, emotional manipulation at work. Richmond is the stepson of the ailing, wheelchair-bound Charles Richmond ...