Yolanda and the Thief

Fred Astaire gracing an imaginative, surreal 16-minute ballet with his wit and unerring dance mastery; a jazzy, glorious-in-Technicolor? street carnival pulsing with movement and music; director Vincente Minnelli's lush, savvy sophistication evident in every scene ' these elements highlight Yolanda and the Thief, a ravishingly beautiful fantasy about a con artist (Astaire) in a mythical Latin American country who convinces a naive heiress (Lucille Bremer) that he's her guardian angel. It's a perfect plot to fleece the winsome mark, until love gets other ideas. Ahead of it's time in tone and visual style and largely underappreciated at it's release, this musical is a real find for fans of bold, inventive filmmaking.

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: Arthur Freed
Actor: Fred Astaire
Actor: Lucille Bremer
Actor: Frank Morgan
Actor: Mildred Natwick
Actor: Mary Nash
Actor: Remo Bufano
Actor: Francis Pierlot
Actor: Leon Belasco
Actor: Ghislaine Perreau
Actor: Charles La Torre
Actor: Michael Visaroff
Actor: Alfredo Nunez
Actor: André Charlot
Actor: Leon Ames
Actor: Ludwig Stossel
Actor: Jane Green
Actor: William Edwards
Actor: Gerald Perreau
Actor: Fernando Alvarado
Actor: Henry Mirelez
Actor: George Economides
Actor: Michael Economides
Actor: Dena Penn
Actor: Diane Holmes
Actor: George Humbert
Actor: Mayo Newhall
Actor: Nino Pipitone
Actor: Jerry Mandy
Actor: Marek Windheim
Actor: Rudy Rama
Actor: Andre Charlot
Actor: Franco Corsaro
Actor: Max Willenz
Actor: Julian Rivero
Actor: Lester Sharpe
Actor: George Magrill
Actor: George Calliga
Actor: Guy D'Ennery
Actor: Leander de Cordova
Actor: Jacques Lory
Actor: Chef Milani
Actor: Nina Bara
Actor: Zedra Conde
Actor: Alma Beltran
Actor: Rosina Galli
Actor: Nick Thompson
Actor: Danna McGraw
Actor: Boyd Bennett
Actor: Antonio D'Amore
Actor: Judi Blacque
Actor: Audrey Betz
Actor: Sheldon Jett
Actor: Jack Flynn
Actor: Oscar Lorraine
Actor: Saul Martell
Actor: Ed Agresti
Actor: Jean DeBriac
Actor: Ed Biby
Actor: Kenneth Gibson
Actor: Larry Steers
Actor: George Golden
Actor: Carl Leviness
Actor: Marta Mitrovich
Actor: Toni LaRue
Actor: Karen Lind
Actor: Marcel De La Brosse
Actor: George Derrick
Actor: Joe Dominguez
Actor: David Cota
Actor: Eugene Borden
Actor: Gino Corrado
Actor: Pueblo Melandrez
Actor: Martin Garralaga
Actor: Flora Macias
Actor: Rosarita Varela
Actor: Alicia Alonzo
Actor: Skeets Noyes
Actor: Dimas Sotello
Actor: Harry Semels
Actor: Roque Ybarra
Actor: Daniel Rae
Actor: Eddie Abdo
Actor: Yussef Ali
Actor: Lillian Nicholson
Actor: Poppy Del Vando
Actor: Conchita Ybarra
Actor: Frank Leyva
Actor: Jeanne Blackford
Actor: Lulu Mae Bohrman
Actor: Jessie Arnold
Actor: Rose Plumer
Actor: Tom Tamarez
Actor: Reginald Simpson
Actor: Miguel Contreras
Actor: Vic Parks
Actor: Hal Darby
Actor: Walter Pietila
Actor: Harold DeGarro
Actor: Leonard St. Leo
Actor: Frank Remsden
Actor: Edward Shattuck
Actor: Ralph Johns
Actor: Gabriel Canzona
Actor: Betty Russell
Actor: Dorothy Jackson
Actor: Alice Ludes
Actor: Marion Doenges
Actor: Virginia Rees
Actor: St. Luke's Choristers
Actor: Pete Cusanelli
Actor: Torben Meyer