Woman of Straw (1964)

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Country: UK
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1964-08-25
Director: Basil Dearden
Writers: Catherine Arley , Robert Muller , Stanley Mann
Language: English | Italian
Stars: Gina Lollobrigida , Sean Connery , Ralph Richardson , Alexander Knox , Johnny Sekka , Laurence Hardy , Peter Madden , Danny Daniels , Noel Howlett , Douglas Wilmer
Runtime: 122 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
AKA: Stråkvinnen (Norway) , Szalmaasszony (Hungary) , Bezcharakterní zena (Czech Republic) , Вірна дружина (Ukraine) , Die Strohpuppe (Germany) , Gyilkosság a hajón (Hungary) , La femme de paille (France, French Republic) , Γυναίκα από άχυρο (Greece) , Соломенная женщина , Mulher de Palha (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Femeia de paie (Romania) , Woman of Straw (United States of America) , Myrdede hun? (Denmark) , Intrygantka (Poland) , Dubbelspel (Sweden) , La donna di paglia (Italy) , La mujer de paja (Spain) , Woman of Straw (Canada) , わらの女 (Japan) , Die Strohpuppe , Сламена вдовица (Bulgaria) , Woman of Straw , Olkinainen (Finland) , Wara no onna (Japan) , Woman of Straw (United Kingdom) , La mujer de paja (Argentina) , Mulher de Palha (Brazil) , Esrarengiz dilber (Turkey) , La mujer de paja (Mexico)
Plot: A ruthless tycoon, whom his nephew (Anthony "Tony" Richmond) hates as he had both deprived his father of half of the family business and had (after his father had committed suicide) married his mother. A nurse (Maria) from a poor Italian family, is initially hired to care for the tycoon. She initially dislikes him because he abuses his employees. Tony convinces Maria to persist in his employ, however, telling her that he plans to bequeath his entire (fifty million pound) fortune to charity. He plans to help her marry him, then to help him change his will, and (perhaps) then to help her achieve her inheritance, all for a payoff of one million pounds.
IMDB:tt0058754