The Barefoot Contessa

Release date: Sep 29, 1954

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

Top Cast

Harry Dawes

Maria Vargas

Oscar Muldoon

Alberto Bravano

Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini

Jerry

Kirk Edwards

Pedro Vargas

Myrna

Busboy

J. Montague Brown

Proprietor

Maria's Mother

Maria's Father

Mr. Max Black

Mr. Blue

Drunken Blonde

Gypsy Dancer

Pretender

Pretender's Wife

Lulu McGee

Mrs. Eubanks

Hector Eubanks

Cigar Smoker in the Night Club (uncredited)

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