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Yolanda and the Thief

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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.

Critics Reviews

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/21/2006
C+
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. Go to Full Review
Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 08/26/2006
Visually spectacular musical. Go to Full Review
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) 09/23/2003
4/5
Odd musical comedy with brilliant design and intriguing script. Go to Full Review
Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks 08/14/2003
0/5
Truly unbearable; nothing works. When even Astaire isn't coming across, you know you're watching a stinker. Go to Full Review
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Steve D 06/27/2023 More creepy than fun. See more 03/02/2021 This has to be the most embarrassing vehicle for Fred Astaire and Vincent Minnelli. Cringe-worthy from the first scene to the last. See more 09/12/2015 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." See more 08/27/2014 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. See more 07/24/2014 Not my favorite Fred movie but as always, it's a pleasure to watch him dance! See more 04/12/2014 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. See more Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Arthur Freed
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
Runtime
1h 48m