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The Barefoot Contessa

This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry et al, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.

Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Year

Genre

crime, drama, mystery

Box Office

N/A

Production

Figaro Incorporated Production,Transoceanic Film,United Artists

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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Harry Dawes

Humphrey Bogart

Maria Vargas

Oscar Muldoon

Alberto Bravano

Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

Valentina Cortese

Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini

Jerry

Elizabeth Sellars

Kirk Edwards

Pedro Vargas

Franco Interlenghi

Myrna

Proprietor

Alberto Rabagliati

Busboy

Maria's Mother

Maria's Father

Renato Chiantoni

J. Montague Brown

Mr. Max Black

Mr. Blue

Drunken Blonde

Gypsy Dancer

Pretender

Pretender's Wife

Margaret Anderson

Lulu McGee

Hector Eubanks

Mrs. Eubanks

Eddie Blake

Robert Christopher

Chambermaid

Anna Maria Padoan

Chauffeur

Helena Makowska

Anna

Bianca Maria Fusari

Bit Role

Smoking man playing cards

Michal Waszynski

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Maria Vargas Harry Dawes Myrna Oscar Muldoon Kirk Edwards Alberto Bravano Drunken Blonde Jerry Count Vincenzo Torlato-favrini Eleanora Torlato-favrini Mr. Max Black

I hate shoes Mr Dawes - The Barefoot Contessa

I hate shoes Mr Dawes

I never met a rich man yet - The Barefoot Contessa

I never met a rich man yet

The blonde was made in Hollywood - The Barefoot Contessa

The blonde was made in Hollywood

While you Mr Kirk Edwards do them secretly You deny this - The Barefoot Contessa

While you Mr Kirk Edwards do them secretly You deny this

I waste my money with pleasure - The Barefoot Contessa

I waste my money with pleasure

You keep saying Told - The Barefoot Contessa

You keep saying Told

Let that be a lesson to you - The Barefoot Contessa

Let that be a lesson to you

The fact that you don't drink at all - The Barefoot Contessa

The fact that you don't drink at all

What's champagne in Spanish - The Barefoot Contessa

What's champagne in Spanish

And don't worry about your souL - The Barefoot Contessa

And don't worry about your souL

Your bare feet are showing - The Barefoot Contessa

Your bare feet are showing

The man with the sweat was more pleasant - The Barefoot Contessa

The man with the sweat was more pleasant

I have heard of him - The Barefoot Contessa

I have heard of him

My name is Harry Dawes - The Barefoot Contessa

My name is Harry Dawes

It is not easy to become a star - The Barefoot Contessa

It is not easy to become a star

Can you teach me to act - The Barefoot Contessa

Can you teach me to act

Why did not Mr Kirk Edwards come to ask me himself - The Barefoot Contessa

Why did not Mr Kirk Edwards come to ask me himself

We understand you got a lot of talent - The Barefoot Contessa

We understand you got a lot of talent

Something to eat - The Barefoot Contessa

Something to eat

Afraid you'll be lonely - The Barefoot Contessa

Afraid you'll be lonely

I'm sure you don't mean that Every mother should be loved - The Barefoot Contessa

I'm sure you don't mean that Every mother should...

In a way - The Barefoot Contessa

I do not like Mr Kirk Edwards - The Barefoot Contessa

I do not like Mr Kirk Edwards

Do you think really that I could be a star - The Barefoot Contessa

Do you think really that I could be a star

The light that shines only on you - The Barefoot Contessa

The light that shines only on you

I have a sixth sense that any witch in the world would give her left broomstick to have - The Barefoot Contessa

I have a sixth sense that any witch in the world would give...

Script girl Her name is Jerry - The Barefoot Contessa

Script girl Her name is Jerry

I have no fear of Mr Kirk Edwards - The Barefoot Contessa

I have no fear of Mr Kirk Edwards

But to a girl with nothing - The Barefoot Contessa

But to a girl with nothing

I do not say this with pride Mr Dawes - The Barefoot Contessa

I do not say this with pride Mr Dawes

It is a kind of sickness - The Barefoot Contessa

It is a kind of sickness

When I was a little girl like so many others - The Barefoot Contessa

When I was a little girl like so many others

There's more to talking than just words - The Barefoot Contessa

There's more to talking than just words

Like a baby who needs a light on in the dark - The Barefoot Contessa

Like a baby who needs a light on in the dark

What are you afraid of - The Barefoot Contessa

What are you afraid of

Many men must be in love with you - The Barefoot Contessa

Many men must be in love with you

I am ready Mr Dawes - The Barefoot Contessa

I am ready Mr Dawes

The difference between European and American movie magnates is astonishing - The Barefoot Contessa

The difference between European and American movie magnates...

Well it's a great art we're doing business in gentlemen - The Barefoot Contessa

Well it's a great art we're doing business in...

You can't get away with this - The Barefoot Contessa

You can't get away with this

But what I tell Maria to do she will do - The Barefoot Contessa

But what I tell Maria to do she will do

It is entirely possible that Maria Damata went to her grave - The Barefoot Contessa

It is entirely possible that Maria Damata went to her grave

Maria Damata - The Barefoot Contessa

Montague if there's one thing I know about it's Mr John Q Public - The Barefoot Contessa

Montague if there's one thing I know about it's Mr...

And you too Harry This is no time for you to be artistic - The Barefoot Contessa

And you too Harry This is no time for you to be artistic

Well I'm just as normal as you are buster - The Barefoot Contessa

Well I'm just as normal as you are buster

From Scarsdale to Singapore they loved her - The Barefoot Contessa

From Scarsdale to Singapore they loved her

You're beginning to realize - The Barefoot Contessa

You're beginning to realize

When I was 15 years old I had two choices - The Barefoot Contessa

When I was 15 years old I had two choices

Is any man rich enough to own a government - The Barefoot Contessa

Is any man rich enough to own a government

On the screen you get 'em all What about off - The Barefoot Contessa

On the screen you get 'em all What about off

Who's she kiddin' She hasn't even got what I've got - The Barefoot Contessa

Who's she kiddin' She hasn't even got what...

I don't even believe you're playing pinochle - The Barefoot Contessa

I don't even believe you're playing pinochle

Harry I think that I should go home - The Barefoot Contessa

Harry I think that I should go home

Where are you Maria - The Barefoot Contessa

Where are you Maria

One thing you can't knock about southern California the air at night - The Barefoot Contessa

One thing you can't knock about southern California the...

You mean they're throwing punches - The Barefoot Contessa

You mean they're throwing punches

Take a drink my friend and say what you have in your heart - The Barefoot Contessa

Take a drink my friend and say what you have in your heart

You've never done an honest day's work in your life - The Barefoot Contessa

You've never done an honest day's work in your...

How many millions have you in tax exempt bonds and oil wells - The Barefoot Contessa

How many millions have you in tax exempt bonds and oil wells

Always Kirk you choose exactly the wrong moment to play dictator with me - The Barefoot Contessa

Always Kirk you choose exactly the wrong moment to play...

Just this once Kirk - The Barefoot Contessa

Just this once Kirk

Remember how you used to say life wrote lousy scripts - The Barefoot Contessa

Remember how you used to say life wrote lousy scripts

But nothing could have helped - The Barefoot Contessa

But nothing could have helped

This I cannot figure - The Barefoot Contessa

This I cannot figure

Once a year on the French Riviera - The Barefoot Contessa

Once a year on the French Riviera

But in the world of pretense - The Barefoot Contessa

But in the world of pretense

What Will be Will be - The Barefoot Contessa

What Will be Will be

Torlatos Favrinis and Torlato Favrinis - The Barefoot Contessa

Torlatos Favrinis and Torlato Favrinis

It is time for the Torlato Favrinis to get off the world - The Barefoot Contessa

It is time for the Torlato Favrinis to get off the world

Because the world has become a changed place - The Barefoot Contessa

Because the world has become a changed place

The last Contessa - The Barefoot Contessa

The last Contessa

Are you still bewitched - The Barefoot Contessa

Are you still bewitched

I don't want this to be a shock to you - The Barefoot Contessa

I don't want this to be a shock to you

The single most difficult thing in the world - The Barefoot Contessa

The single most difficult thing in the world

It's not going to be easy - The Barefoot Contessa

It's not going to be easy

How much more like a dream - The Barefoot Contessa

How much more like a dream

That's the unholy pity of it - The Barefoot Contessa

That's the unholy pity of it

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This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry et al, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.

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Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Production: Figaro Incorporated Production,Transoceanic Film,United Artists

Genre: crime, drama, mystery

Year: 1954

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 Sep 1954

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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