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  • 1964
  • Approved
  • United Artists
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 1964
  • Approved
  • United Artists
  • 2 h 2 m

Summary Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune.

Directed By: Basil Dearden

Written By: Catherine Arley, Robert Muller, Stanley Mann

  • 1964
  • Approved
  • United Artists
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 1964
  • Approved
  • United Artists
  • 2 h 2 m

Woman of Straw

Metascore Generally Unfavorable
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Summary Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune.

Directed By: Basil Dearden

Written By: Catherine Arley, Robert Muller, Stanley Mann

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Hardly a feather in the cap of anyone involved, the film starts out well enough, but the last half degenerates into complete implausibility.
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Woman of Straw, which was by no means a sparkling production or masterful mystery-thriller, did verge on Hitchcock territory. [30 Nov 2003, p.9]
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Director Basil Dearden seems, here, to have temporarily misplaced the vigorous insight that has earned him some top credits. Best that can be said of Straw [from the novel by Catherine Arley] is that it looks handsome. But the film gets bogged down by stilted dialog and by the situations.
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Despite the fancy trappings laid on by the respected old producer-director team of Michael Relph and Basil Dearden, this handsomely colored exercise is the kind of pseudo-Victorian nonsense that Alfred Hitchcock long ago laid to rest.
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Production Company Relph-Dearden Productions
Release Date Sep 30, 1964
Duration 2 h 2 m
Rating Approved
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Tagline IT'S SO EASY TO SET FIRE TO "A WOMAN OF STRAW" (original ad - all caps)
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