
Plot
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.
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Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Harry Dawes

Ava Gardner
Maria Vargas

Edmond O'Brien
Oscar Muldoon

Marius Goring
Alberto Bravano

Valentina Cortese
Eleanora Torlato-Favrini

Rossano Brazzi
Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini

Elizabeth Sellars
Jerry

Warren Stevens
Kirk Edwards

Franco Interlenghi
Pedro Vargas

Mari Aldon
Myrna

Enzo Staiola
Busboy

Bill Fraser
J. Montague Brown

Alberto Rabagliati
Proprietor

Maria Zanoli
Maria's Mother

Renato Chiantoni
Maria's Father

John Parrish
Mr. Max Black

Jim Gérald
Mr. Blue

Diana Decker
Drunken Blonde

Riccardo Rioli
Gypsy Dancer

Tonio Selwart
Pretender

Margaret Anderson
Pretender's Wife

Gertrude Flynn
Lulu McGee

Bessie Love
Mrs. Eubanks

John Horne
Hector Eubanks

Ugo Mari
Cigar Smoker in the Night Club (uncredited)