Directed by:
Antonio PietrangeliScreenplay:
Sandro ContinenzaCinematography:
Gianni Di VenanzoCast:
Alberto Sordi, Sandra Milo, Nino Manfredi, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Marie Glory, Francesco Mulé, Pina Bottin, Abbe Lane, Renato Terra, Andrea Scotti (more)Plots(1)
Forever on the verge of marriage, Paolo Anselmi (Sordi) is invariably "rescued" by an inbuilt mental quirk. He is convinced that he is thoroughly satisfied with his bachelorhood, but eventually realizes he's been lying to himself. When he finally succumbs to matrimony, it is with the woman that neither he nor the audience would ever have predicted as the winner. Weaving in and out of the proceedings as a sort of Greek chorus are bandleader Xavier Cugat and his then-wife, sultry vocalist Abbe Lane. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alberto Sordi
Italy
Best movies:
Sandra Milo
Tunisia
Best movies:
Witness in the City (1959)
General Della Rovere (1959)
Way of Youth (1959)
Nino Manfredi
Italy
Best movies:
The Executioner (1963)
High Infidelity (1964)
In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Peru
Best movies:
All About My Mother (1999)
Anna and the Wolves (1973)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Marie Glory
France
Best movies:
...And God Created Woman (1956)
Francesco Mulé
Italy
Best movies:
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959)
Pina Bottin
Italy
Best movies:
Un eroe dei nostri tempi (1955)
Hannibal (1959)
Abbe Lane
USA
Best movies:
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959)
The Americano (1955)
Renato Terra
Italy
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Andrea Scotti
Italy
Best movies:
Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo (1961)
Operazione poker (1966)
Manhunt (1972)
Xavier Cugat
Spain
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Paquita Rico
Spain
María Asquerino
Spain
Best movies:
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Common Wealth (2000)
Films to Keep You Awake: The Baby's Room (2006) (TV movie)
Fulvio Pellegrino
Best movies:
Roma (1972)
The Great Silence (1968)
Joko invoca Dio... e muori (1968)
Franca Mazzoni
Italy
Best movies:
Una Breve vacanza (1973)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
The Demon (1963)
Madeleine Fischer
Switzerland
Best movies:
Le Amiche (1955)
Of Life and Love (1953)