Woman of Straw (1964) on Netflix
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his uncle Charles, a tyrant in a wheelchair. He hires Maria Marcello and persuades her to marry the old man for one million pounds.
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Plot summary
Charles Richmond is a tyrannical tycoon who uses a wheelchair, and he is worth fifty million pounds. His nephew Anthony is a playboy who wants that money for himself. Anthony hires Maria Marcello, an Italian nurse, to care for the old man, and then persuades her to marry Charles in return for one million pounds. Maria is a sincere woman and she agrees. Charles treats her with verbal and emotional abuse at the estate and again on a yacht voyage to Mallorca, Spain.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Woman of Straw (1964)
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- Gina Lollobrigida was reportedly demanding and temperamental while making Woman of Straw, clashing frequently with her co-star Sean Connery and with director Basil Dearden.
