
Lonely Hearts(2006)
In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.


“It's so easy to set fire to a...”
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

Gina Lollobrigida
Maria Marcello

Sean Connery
Anthony Richmond

Ralph Richardson
Charles Richmond

Alexander Knox
Detective Inspector Lomer

Johnny Sekka
Thomas

Peter Madden
Yacht Captain

Danny Daniels
Fenton

Laurence Hardy
Baines

Michael Goodliffe
Solicitor

André Morell
Judge
Woman of Straw is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1964 exploring themes of nurse, greed, ladykiller, seduction, legacy hunter. Directed by Basil Dearden, it stars Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson. Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
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