Yolanda and the Thief

Yolanda and the Thief

108 mins | Romance, Music, Fantasy | Nov. 22, 1945

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.

Yolanda and the Thief

108 mins | Romance, Music, Fantasy | Nov. 22, 1945

Yolanda and the Thief
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Yolanda and the Thief
Directors Vincente Minnelli
Writers Ludwig Bemelmans, Jacques Théry, Irving Brecher

Cast

Fred Astaire

as Johnny Parkson Riggs

Lucille Bremer

as Yolanda

Frank Morgan

as Victor Budlow Trout

Mildred Natwick

as Aunt Amarilla

Mary Nash

as Duenna

Leon Ames

as Mr. Candle

Ludwig Stössel

as School Teacher (as Ludwig Stossel)

Jane Green

as Mother Superior

Remo Bufano

as Puppeteer

Francis Pierlot

as Padre

Leon Belasco

as Taxi Driver

Gigi Perreau

as Gigi (as Ghislaine Perreau)

Charles La Torre

as Police Lieutenant

Michael Visaroff

as Major Domo