- HD 1080
- Runtime: 108m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Vincente Minnelli
- Stars: Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Mildred Natwick, Mary Nash
- keywords: dance, guardian angel
- Production_studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: M-G-M's Magic Musical in Technicolor!
- The Yolanda and the Thief is featured in the top rankings of 1945
- #37 in Top Romance Movies of 1945
- #7 in Top Fantasy Movies of 1945
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 Patria with their booty, Riggs realizes he has fallen in love with the girl and returns the money, together with a note that is part confession and part love letter. But the larcenous duo's escape from Patria turns out to be more difficult than they could ever have imagined.