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Yolanda and the Thief

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Yolanda and the Thief
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NR,1hr 49min
Genres:
Comedy,Sci-Fi,Musical
Release:
1945
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Starring:
Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan  ...more
Synopsis: Yolanda and the Thief has long been considered the nadir of Arthur Freed's years as an MGM musical producer. Unappreciated at the time of its release, the film was a huge financial and critical failure. It has since become a cult film and cinematic cause celebre, revered by its adherents and condemned by its detractors. For the record, Fred Astaire stars as a suave but strangely unsympathetic con arstist Johnny Parkson Riggs, who convince sheltered South American heiress Yolanda (Lucille Bremer) ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Few musicals of the period inspire as extreme and divergent reactions as Yolanda and the Thief. A "love it or hate it" film, it's clearly a triumph of style over content. The dialogue is weak, which harms the fragile story; fantasy of this sort can be destroyed by the slightest false note, and this script has plenty of them. The score, with the exception of the rousing "Coffee Time," is unexceptional ... Full Review
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Fred Astaire
Johnny Parkson Riggs
Lucille Bremer
Yolanda Aquaviva
Frank Morgan
Victor Budlow Trout
Mildred Natwick
Aunt Amarilla
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