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M-G-M's Magic Musical in Technicolor! - Yolanda and the Thief
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Title: Yolanda and the Thief

Release Date: 22 Nov 1945

Runtime: 1h 48m

Genre: Music, Romance, Fantasy

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.7 (11 votes)

Cast

  • Johnny Parkson Riggs: Fred Astaire
  • Yolanda: Lucille Bremer
  • Victor Budlow Trout: Frank Morgan
  • Aunt Amarilla: Mildred Natwick
  • Duenna: Mary Nash
  • Mr. Candle: Leon Ames
  • School Teacher (as Ludwig Stossel): Ludwig Stössel
  • Mother Superior: Jane Green
  • Puppeteer: Remo Bufano
  • Padre: Francis Pierlot
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