MoviesPrix

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Woman of Straw
Woman of Straw

Woman of Straw

It's so easy to set fire to...

Genres

CrimeDramaThriller

OverView

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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

28 April 1964

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

Maria Marcello

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Anthony Richmond

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

Charles Richmond

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

Detective Inspector Lomer

Johnny Sekka

Johnny Sekka

Thomas

Peter Madden

Peter Madden

Yacht Captain

Danny Daniels

Danny Daniels

Fenton

Laurence Hardy

Laurence Hardy

Baines

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

Solicitor

André Morell

André Morell

Judge

Similar Movies

3.0

I May Regret

July 2018 •English

An older woman suffering from dementia is convinced that her young live-in nurse out to kill her and take her life's fortune

6.0

Naked Killer

December 1992 •

A young woman is trained by a martial arts specialist to become a professional assassin.

7.4

Greed

December 1924 •English

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

7.2

The Man Who Loved Women

April 1977 •French

At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.

6.8

Curse of the Golden Flower

December 2006 •Chinese

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

7.5

Doctor Zhivago

December 1965 •English

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

4.7

Hotel Paradijs

April 2007 •English

Every day Paul crosses a canal that separates the Amsterdam city center from the north side, where his lover Christiaan lives and waits for him. A dear routine for both - until one day Paul meets Claire, who starts seducing him into her very own universe, the Hotel Paradijs. Claire makes Paul the audience of her own play: a play where the roles are reversed and into which Paul is undeniably drawn.

5.5

As Long as One Is Intoxicated

October 1974 •French

The tormented loves of the young Ottavio, first for the countess Gamiani and then for the writer Georges Sand.

6.0

Heat

October 1972 •English

Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd, a tightly wound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally, an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.

6.0

Grande école

February 2004 •French

Paul and Agnes have been going out for quite a while and Agnes is shocked to learn that he'd rather live with two roommates on campus than move in with her. As soon as he meets one of his roommates, Louis-Anault, Paul's behavior changes - he is attracted to Louis without realizing so himself. Agnes, on the other hand, gets quite jealous and offers a bet: Whoever gets to have Louis-Anault first, wins... If she does, Paul will no longer explore his homosexual desires, if he does - she'll walk away. Meanwhile, Paul meets Mecir, a young Arab worker, who shows him there's more to life than elite colleges...

5.6

Swimming Instructor

March 1979 •French

Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where she lives, she meets and marries small-time crooner Marcel Potier. Together they leave for the South of France where they live happily but poorly. Now, Marie hasn't forgotten her hopes of wealth and with this aim still in mind she pushes Marcel into becoming the swimming instructor of Achille Zopoulos, an oil tycoon.

5.8

A Diary of a Murderess

May 1975 •Spanish

A beautiful young woman sets her sights on an aging millionaire. She seduces him, and moves into his mansion with him. She soon tires of him, though, and after she gets rid of him, she goes after his son.

5.5

10:30 P.M. Summer

October 1966 •English

A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.

6.0

Fort Saganne

May 1984 •French

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.

5.6

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

September 1998 •English

A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!

7.7

Atonement

February 2007 •English

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

6.4

Calling Dr. Gillespie

August 1942 •English

Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.

5.9

The Grudge

October 2004 •English

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

6.8

Death Proof

May 2007 •English

Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.

6.4

Confessions of Felix Krull

April 1957 •German

Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel.