---
title: 'The Angel Wore Red (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nunnally Johnson'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-angel-wore-red-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053601/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Angel Wore Red (1960)

1960 · 95 min · Drama · Italy, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson)
- **Screenplay:** [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson), [Giorgio Prosperi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-prosperi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Producer:** [Mario Missiroli](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-missiroli-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giuseppe Rotunno](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-rotunno)

## Cast

- [Ava Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ava-gardner)
- [Dirk Bogarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-bogarde)
- [Aldo Fabrizi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-fabrizi)
- [Finlay Currie](https://cinepixo.com/people/finlay-currie)
- [Nino Castelnuovo](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-castelnuovo)
- [Enrico Maria Salerno](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-maria-salerno)
- [Renato Terra](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-terra)
- [Rossana Rory](https://cinepixo.com/people/rossana-rory)
- [Aldo Pini](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-pini)
- [Bob Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-cunningham)
- [Vittorio De Sica](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-de-sica)
- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Franco Castellani](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-castellani)
- [Gustavo De Nardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustavo-de-nardo)
- [Arnoldo Foà](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnoldo-foa)

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