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Summary
When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their husbands. As the local priest tries to encourage procreation, Jessica falls for a tricky recluse.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 59GoodWatch 54
Letterboxd · 209 ratings3.1/5
IMDb5.5
Running time
1 h 52 min
Longer than most comedies, +12 min on the typical 100
typical 100112Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1962
April 19, 1962
64 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Italy
France
and 13 more19 people
- Maurice ChevalierFather Antonio
- Angie DickinsonJessica Brown Visconti
- Noël-NoëlOld Crupi
- Gabriele FerzettiEdmondo Raumo
- Sylva KoscinaNunzia Tuffi
- Agnes MooreheadMaria Lombardo
- Marcel DalioLuigi Tuffi
- Antonio CifarielloGianni Crupi
Marina BertiFilippella Risino
Georgette AnysMamma Parigi
KerimaVirginia Toriello
Carlo CroccoloBeppi Toriello
Rossana RoryRosa Masudino- MRManuela RinaldiLucia Casabranca
- AGAngelo GalassiAntonio Risino
Alberto RabagliatiPietro Masudino
Gianni MusyFilippo Casabranca- JPJoe PolliniRosario
Danielle De MetzNicolina Lombardo
Directing · 2
- Jean Negulesco Director, Producer
- Oreste Palella Director
Writing · 2
- Edith R. Sommer Screenplay
- Flora Sandstrom Novel
Camera · 1
- Piero Portalupi Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Marie-Sophie Dubus Editor
- Renzo Lucidi Editor
Sound · 1
- Mario Nascimbene Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Bruno Avesani Set Decoration
- Giulio Bongini Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca Costume Design
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