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The Angel Wore Red

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Arturo (Dirk Bogarde), a priest on the run from the Loyalists during the Spanish Civil War, meets up with cabaret dancer Soledad (Ava Gardner), who hides him in her apartment. Already struggling with his faith, Arturo falls in love with Soledad and contemplates leaving the priesthood. However, when an important religious relic is lost, Arturo decides to find and guard the heirloom. Soledad must decide whether or not to side with Arturo, even though he may return to the religious life.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 01/07/2016
C+
An unsatisfactory obscure political film about the Spanish Civil War. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Russ G 12/25/2022 Good performances from the oddly paired principles of Bogarde and Gardner, but better bone up on the basics of the Spanish Civil War opposing factions as there are no "good guys" among them. See more 08/31/2014 Decent story of the Spanish Civil War with a good performance by Dirk Bogarde. Ava Gardner at the height of her beauty is quite wonderful. See more 02/11/2013 Religion and romance mix in this drama set during the Spanish Civil War. The underrated Nunnally Johnson co-wrote and directed the film. Johnson's efforts as a director are often more soapy than I prefer, and this film suffers from that here too. It's certainly no "For Whom the Bell Tolls" but it's pretty entertaining and I'm surprised this film never seen a video release. It was kind of cool to catch this out-of-print film on TCM. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Nunnally Johnson

Director

Ava Gardner

Soledad

Dirk Bogarde

Arturo Carrera

Joseph Cotten

Hawthorne

Vittorio De Sica

Gen. Clave

Aldo Fabrizi

Canon Rota
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Synopsis Arturo (Dirk Bogarde), a priest on the run from the Loyalists during the Spanish Civil War, meets up with cabaret dancer Soledad (Ava Gardner), who hides him in her apartment. Already struggling with his faith, Arturo falls in love with Soledad and contemplates leaving the priesthood. However, when an important religious relic is lost, Arturo decides to find and guard the heirloom. Soledad must decide whether or not to side with Arturo, even though he may return to the religious life.
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Producer
Goffredo Lombardo
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Titanus
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 15, 2016
Runtime
1h 39m