Synopsis
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
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Cast
- Gina LollobrigidaMaria Marcello
- Sean ConneryAnthony Richmond
- Ralph RichardsonCharles Richmond
- Alexander KnoxDetective Inspector Lomer
- Johnny SekkaThomas
- Peter MaddenYacht Captain
- Danny DanielsFenton
- Laurence HardyBaines
- Michael GoodliffeSolicitor
- André MorellJudge
Recommendations
- 50
Orlando Sentinel
Woman of Straw, which was by no means a sparkling production or masterful mystery-thriller, did verge on Hitchcock territory. [30 Nov 2003, p.9] - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Hardly a feather in the cap of anyone involved, the film starts out well enough, but the last half degenerates into complete implausibility. - 40
The New York Times
Despite the fancy trappings laid on by the respected old producer-director team of Michael Relph and Basil Dearden, this handsomely colored exercise is the kind of pseudo-Victorian nonsense that Alfred Hitchcock long ago laid to rest. - 40
Variety
Director Basil Dearden seems, here, to have temporarily misplaced the vigorous insight that has earned him some top credits. Best that can be said of Straw [from the novel by Catherine Arley] is that it looks handsome. But the film gets bogged down by stilted dialog and by the situations.
