Woman of Straw (1964)
- Directed by
- Basil Dearden
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, crime thriller film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 60 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A nurse is hired to care for a wealthy elderly man. She plots to marry him and get his money, helped by his nephew. Their scheme takes dark turns.
tensesuspensefulglamorousmanipulativecoldcalculatedstylishuneasy
What happens
Woman of Straw is a 1964 British crime thriller directed by Basil Dearden and starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery. It was written by Robert Muller and Stanley Mann, adapted from the 1954 novel La Femme de paille by Catherine Arley. Relph called it "a beautiful looking film but a load of old bollocks really." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
Trailer
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