Yolanda and the Thief
- Released on
- Runtime
- 108 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Fred Astaire
- Lucille Bremer
- Frank Morgan
- Mildred Natwick
- Mary Nash
- Leon Ames
- Ludwig Stössel
- Jane Green
- Remo Bufano
- Francis Pierlot
- Leon Belasco
- Gigi Perreau
- Charles La Torre
- Michael Visaroff
- Fernando Alvarado
- Jessie Arnold
- Nina Bara
- Alma Beltran
- Edward Biby
- George Calliga
- Zedra Conde
- Gino Corrado
- Franco Corsaro
- Guy D'Ennery
- Jean De Briac
- Karen X. Gaylord
- Marta Mitrovich
- Ellinor Vanderveer
- Concha Ybarra
Director
- Vincente Minnelli
Producers
- Arthur Freed
Screenwriter
- Irving Brecher
- Ludwig Bemelmans