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DRAMA

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when independently wealthy 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.

name	character
Mari Aldon	Myrna
Margaret Anderson	Pretender's Wife
Humphrey Bogart	Harry Dawes
Rossano Brazzi	Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini
Renato Chiantoni	Maria's Father
Valentina Cortese	Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Diana Decker	Drunken Blonde
Gertrude Flynn	Lulu McGee
Bill Fraser	J. Montague Brown
Ava Gardner	Maria Vargas
Jim Gérald	Mr. Blue
Marius Goring	Alberto Bravano
John Horne	Hector Eubanks
Franco Interlenghi	Pedro Vargas
Bessie Love	Mrs. Eubanks
Edmond O'Brien	Oscar Muldoon
John Parrish	Mr. Max Black
Alberto Rabagliati	Proprietor
Riccardo Rioli	Gypsy Dancer
Elizabeth Sellars	Jerry
Tonio Selwart	Pretender
Enzo Staiola	Busboy
Warren Stevens	Kirk Edwards
Maria Zanoli	Maria's Mother

name
Joseph L. Mankiewicz	director, writer (original)
Mario Nascimbene	composer

year	award	category	name
1954	Academy Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Edmond O'Brien
1954	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actor	Edmond O'Brien