Barefoot Contessa

<div class='description'><p>SYNOPSIS: Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (The Quiet American, All About Eve, A Letter to Three Wives) turns a jaundiced eye toward Hollywood with The Barefoot Contessa starring Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, Sabrina) as Harry Dawes, a film director on the decline, and Ava Gardner (The Killers, The Night of the Iguana, Mogambo, Show Boat) as the "Contessa" Maria Vargas, an enigmatic Spanish nightclub dancer turned world-famous movie star. Co-starring are Edmond O'Brien (The Wild Bunch, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Fantastic Voyage), who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of studio flack Oscar Muldoon, Warren Stevens (Forbidden Planet, TV's Return to Peyton Place) as the powerful movie mogul Kirk Edwards and Rossano Brazzi (South Pacific, The Italian Job) as Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini, an Italian count who falls under Maria's romantic spell with devastating results. The Barefoot Contessa is photographed by th DETAILS: FORMAT: BLU-RAY GENRE: Drama RATING: NR RUNTIME: 130 minutes LANGUAGE: Engl DISC COUNT: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 YEAR: 1954 REGION: A NOTABLE TALENT: ACTORS: Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi, Elizabeth Sellars, Warren Stevens, Mari Aldon DIRECTOR: Joseph L. Mankiewicz The Barefoot Contessa</p></div>