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Woman of Straw 1964 1h 57m Mystery & Thriller List Reviews 62% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Charles Richmond (Ralph Richardson), a ruthless millionaire on his deathbed, has decided to leave...
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- Basil Dearden
- Mystery & Thriller
- Gina Lollobrigida
8/10. very good thriller. blanche-2 1 May 2013. Sean Connery, Sir Ralph Richardson, and Gina Lollabrigida star in "Woman of Straw", a 1964 film. Connery plays Tony Richmond, who hires Maria (Lollabrigida) as a nurse for his impossible wheelchair-bound uncle (Richardson).
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Woman of Straw is based on the 1956 French novel La femme de paille by Catherine Arley. According to Imdb, the title denotes the phrase “man of straw” which means “a situation in which one person serves as a front for another in activities that may or may not be legal.” This British film directed by Basil Dearden, produced by Michael Relph, and rel...
Beatrice Dawson (Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, 1951) created the costumes for Woman of Strawwith special credit given to Dior for our leading lady’s wardrobe. Lollobrigida wears quite a range of looks as her character escalates in status and wealth – from a simple nurse uniform, to sophisticated separates and bright bathing suits, to bejeweled g...
While I came for Connery, the standout performances for me were Gina Lollobrigida and Ralph Richardson, both individually and collectively. Their characters’ relationship is poignant while somehow, their unlikely pairing makes magic on the screen. Although Gina Lollobrigida essentially plays a “bad girl” out to cash in on her unbearable employer, s...
This film is sure to delight fans of Hitchcock, Bond, mysteries, and any of the three leads. Although I knew where the gist of the plot was leading, there were still numerous twists and turns that kept me on my toes. The screenwriters (Robert Muller, Stanley Mann) and actors pulled me in to the point that I found myself rooting for the schemers dur...
BAFTA Awards. • 1 Nomination. 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 fortune.
- Basil Dearden
- Gina Lollobrigida
Woman of Straw Reviews. 39 Metascore. 1964. 2 hr 0 mins. Drama, Suspense. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Nurse Gina Lollobrigida is lured by Sean Connery into a scheme against an ailing ...
Apr 3, 2015 · Thoughtfully crafted, lavishly produced yet lethargically weighed down with a familiar, Hitchcock-like plot, 1964's Woman of Straw represented an opportunity for Sean Connery to alert moviegoers that he could do more than James Bond.
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In Woman of Straw (1964), playing the calculating nephew of Ralph Richardson's rich old wheelchair-bound monster, he schemes with Gina Lollobrigida to murder the old boy. Connery filmed it just after the first two Bond films Dr.
