- Woman of Straw
Infobox Film | name = Woman of Straw
image_size = 175px
caption = original movie poster
director =Basil Dearden
producer =Michael Relph
writer =Robert Muller Stanley Mann
starring =Gina Lollobrigida Sean Connery Ralph Richardson
music =Norman Percival
cinematography =Otto Heller
editing =John D. Guthridge
distributor =United Artists
released =1964
runtime = 122 min.
country =United Kingdom
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0058754Women of Straw is a
1964 British mystery thriller starringGina Lollobrigida andSean Connery . It was directed byBasil Dearden and written byRobert Muller andStanley Mann , adapted from the 1964 novel byCatherine Arley .Plot
Connery's character Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-bound tycoon uncle Charles Richmond (Richardson) by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs (Lollobrigida), to marry him. After his uncle's demise Anthony becomes a murder suspect. Lollobrigida's character is the "Woman of Straw" of the title.
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