Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. Riggs decides to materialize as the girl's "angel", gains her unquestioning confidence, and helps himself to the deluded girl's millions. Just as he and his partner are about to flee Patria with their booty, Riggs realizes he has fallen in love with the girl and returns the money, together with a note that is part confession and part love letter. But the larcenous duo's escape from Patria turns out to be more difficult than they could ever have imagined.
Fred Astaire
Lucille Bremer
Frank Morgan
Mildred Natwick
Mary Nash
Leon Ames
Ludwig Stössel
Jane Green
Remo Bufano
Francis Pierlot
Leon Belasco
Gigi Perreau
Charles La Torre
Michael Visaroff
Fernando Alvarado
Jessie Arnold
Nina Bara
Alma Beltran
Edward Biby
George Calliga
Zedra Conde
Gino Corrado
Franco Corsaro
Guy D'Ennery
Jean De Briac
Karen X. Gaylord
Marta Mitrovich
Ellinor Vanderveer
Concha Ybarra