The Barefoot Contessa

The world's most beautiful animal!

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy tycoon Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.

Drama

Humphrey Bogart

(Harry Dawes)

Ava Gardner

(Maria Vargas)

Edmond O'Brien

(Oscar Muldoon)

Marius Goring

(Alberto Bravano)

Valentina Cortese

(Eleanora Torlato-Favrini)

Rossano Brazzi

(Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini)

Elizabeth Sellars

(Jerry)

Warren Stevens

(Kirk Edwards)

Franco Interlenghi

(Pedro Vargas)

Mari Aldon

(Myrna)

Enzo Staiola

(Busboy)

Bill Fraser

(J. Montague Brown)

Alberto Rabagliati

(Proprietor)

Maria Zanoli

(Maria's Mother)

Renato Chiantoni

(Maria's Father)

John Parrish

(Mr. Max Black)

Jim Gérald

(Mr. Blue)

Diana Decker

(Drunken Blonde)

Riccardo Rioli

(Gypsy Dancer)

Tonio Selwart

(Pretender)

Margaret Anderson

(Pretender's Wife)

Gertrude Flynn

(Lulu McGee)

Bessie Love

(Mrs. Eubanks)

John Horne

(Hector Eubanks)

Ugo Mari

(Cigar Smoker in the Night Club (uncredited))