
128 minutes
9/29/1954
A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.

Humphrey Bogart
as Harry Dawes

Ava Gardner
as Maria Vargas

Edmond O'Brien
as Oscar Muldoon

Marius Goring
as Alberto Bravano

Valentina Cortese
as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

Rossano Brazzi
as Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini

Elizabeth Sellars
as Jerry

Warren Stevens
as Kirk Edwards

Franco Interlenghi
as Pedro Vargas

Mari Aldon
as Myrna

Enzo Staiola
as Busboy

Bill Fraser
as J. Montague Brown

Alberto Rabagliati
as Proprietor

Maria Zanoli
as Maria's Mother

Renato Chiantoni
as Maria's Father

John Parrish
as Mr. Max Black

Jim Gérald
as Mr. Blue

Diana Decker
as Drunken Blonde

Riccardo Rioli
as Gypsy Dancer

Tonio Selwart
as Pretender
Margaret Anderson
as Pretender's Wife

Gertrude Flynn
as Lulu McGee

Bessie Love
as Mrs. Eubanks
John Horne
as Hector Eubanks
Ugo Mari
as Cigar Smoker in the Night Club (uncredited)