The Angel Wore Red
| The Angel Wore Red | |
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| Directed by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | The Fair Bride 1953 novel by Bruce Marshall |
| Produced by | Goffredo Lombardo |
| Starring | Ava Gardner Dirk Bogarde Joseph Cotten Vittorio De Sica Aldo Fabrizi Enrico Maria Salerno |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (United States) Titanus (Italy) |
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Running time | Italy: 95 min USA: 99 min |
| Countries | United States Italy |
| Languages | English Italian |
| Budget | $1,843,000 |
| Box office | $935,000 |
The Angel Wore Red, also known as La sposa bella in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American MGM/Titanus coproduction war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lombardo from a screenplay by Johnson based on the 1953 novel The Fair Bride by Bruce Marshall.
Giorgio Prosperi wrote the dialogue for the Italian version. The music score for the American version was written by Bronislau Kaper and by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino for the Italian version. The cinematography was handled by Giuseppe Rotunno.