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      Yolanda and the Thief

      Released Nov 20, 1945 1 hr. 48 min. Musical List
      80% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 45% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Fresh out of the convent, naive heiress Yolanda (Lucille Bremer) becomes an easy target for charming confidence man Johnny Riggs (Fred Astaire) and his sidekick, Victor Trout (Frank Morgan). Johnny manages to trick the devout Yolanda into believing that he is her guardian angel and -- once perched upon her shoulder -- he goes about the business of relieving her of her inheritance. But when Johnny begins to fall for his beautiful target, he struggles to choose between love and money. Read More Read Less

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      Steve D More creepy than fun. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This has to be the most embarrassing vehicle for Fred Astaire and Vincent Minnelli. Cringe-worthy from the first scene to the last. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Vincente Minnelli's lush Technicolor fable is uneven to say the least, but it's a triumph of style over substance; Astaire and Bremer dance to the song "Coffee Time." Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Another musical and dancing delight from Fred Astaire in this timeless classic. A latin heiress calls upon her guardian angel for support and gets a on the run con-man who's pretending to be the angel and is about to help take her money but ends up falling in love with her. Once again Fred Astaire provides magnificent entertainment with his singing and dancing and Brener dazzles us with her beauty and a great performance. You can always guarantee good singing and dancing scenes when Astaire is casted. He is always delightful to watch. As a fan of Astaire I encourage anyone who is thrilled to watch great dancing and good tunes to watch a movie with Fred Astaire in it. You definitely get your worth of entertainment out of him. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Not my favorite Fred movie but as always, it's a pleasure to watch him dance! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Yolanda is just such an awful character, can't get past it and her beyond extreme naivete/stupidity. Nothing in the script is believable, character motivations make no sense. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 3/5 Aug 23, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Minnelli's second film suffers from the casting of Lucille Bremer (producer Arthur Freed's mistress) in the lead role, and the public was not crazy about seeing Astaire playing a thief. Rated: C+ Oct 21, 2006 Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Visually spectacular musical. Aug 26, 2006 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Odd musical comedy with brilliant design and intriguing script. Rated: 4/5 Sep 23, 2003 Full Review Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks Truly unbearable; nothing works. When even Astaire isn't coming across, you know you're watching a stinker. Rated: 0/5 Aug 14, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Fresh out of the convent, naive heiress Yolanda (Lucille Bremer) becomes an easy target for charming confidence man Johnny Riggs (Fred Astaire) and his sidekick, Victor Trout (Frank Morgan). Johnny manages to trick the devout Yolanda into believing that he is her guardian angel and -- once perched upon her shoulder -- he goes about the business of relieving her of her inheritance. But when Johnny begins to fall for his beautiful target, he struggles to choose between love and money.
      Director
      Vincente Minnelli
      Screenwriter
      Ludwig Bemelmans, Jacques Théry, Irving Brecher
      Distributor
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Production Co
      Metro Goldwyn Mayer
      Genre
      Musical
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 20, 1945, Wide
      Release Date (DVD)
      Mar 15, 2011