The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
- Irving BrecherScreenplay
- Lennie HaytonOriginal Music Composer
- Ludwig BemelmansScreenplay
Cast
- Fred AstaireJohnny Parkson Riggs
- Lucille BremerYolanda
- Frank MorganVictor Budlow Trout
- Mildred NatwickAunt Amarilla
- Mary NashDuenna
- Leon AmesMr. Candle
- Ludwig StösselSchool Teacher (as Ludwig Stossel)
- Jane GreenMother Superior
- Remo BufanoPuppeteer
- Francis PierlotPadre
- Leon BelascoTaxi Driver
- Gigi PerreauGigi (as Ghislaine Perreau)
