Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy tycoon Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.
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Humphrey Bogart as Harry Dawes
Ava Gardner as Maria Vargas
Edmond O'Brien as Oscar Muldoon
Marius Goring as Alberto Bravano
Valentina Cortese as Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
Rossano Brazzi as Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini
Elizabeth Sellars as Jerry
Warren Stevens as Kirk Edwards
Franco Interlenghi as Pedro Vargas
Mari Aldon as Myrna
Enzo Staiola as Busboy
Bill Fraser as J. Montague Brown
Alberto Rabagliati as Proprietor
Maria Zanoli as Maria's Mother
Renato Chiantoni as Maria's Father
John Parrish as Mr. Max Black
Jim Gérald as Mr. Blue
Diana Decker as Drunken Blonde
Riccardo Rioli as Gypsy Dancer
Tonio Selwart as Pretender
Margaret Anderson as Pretender's Wife
Gertrude Flynn as Lulu McGee
Bessie Love as Mrs. Eubanks
John Horne as Hector Eubanks
Ugo Mari as Cigar Smoker in the Night Club (uncredited)