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Yolanda and the Thief
UNITED STATES · 1945

Yolanda and the Thief

Vincente Minnelli
con artist deception wealth and inheritance romance guardian angel
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Synopsis

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. Riggs decides to materialize as the girl's "angel", gains her unquestioning confidence, and helps himself to the deluded girl's millions. Just as he and his partner are about to flee

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