Tony is in love with Carla, a young student of architecture, but his parents want him to marry Erminia, a rich but ugly girl.
Acting
Little Tony's Elvis-by-way-of-Rome energy is committed.
Costume
Erminia's deliberately frumpy rich-girl looks are cruel comedy.

Director
Mario Amendola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Little Tony was Italy's answer to Elvis, and this film cashed in at peak teen-idol mania.
Director Mario Amendola was a commedia all'italiana workhorse—this musical detour shows the genre's commercial desperation by 1967.
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