Overview

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.

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Setting
Set in Sicily
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Music
Music by Mario Nascimbene
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Piero Portalupi
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Details

Directors: Jean Negulesco
Oreste Palella
Writers: Flora SandstromNovel
Edith R. SommerScreenplay
Status: Released
Release date: April 19, 1962
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America, Italy, France

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Production

Les Films Ariane
Dear Film

Cast

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
Manuela RinaldiLucia Casabranca
Angelo GalassiAntonio Risino
Alberto RabagliatiPietro Masudino
Gianni MusyFilippo Casabranca
Joe PolliniRosario
Danielle De MetzNicolina Lombardo