A chastity belt provides an endless amount of grief for a woman whose jealous husband has gone off to the Crusades.
Costume
Monica Vitti's medieval mod wardrobe is genuinely inspired
Acting
Tony Curtis commits to the bit with desperate conviction
Production
Bargain-basement Italy standing in for the Holy Land
Director
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Monica Vitti
Boccadoro
Tony Curtis
Guerrando da Montone
Hugh Griffith
Ibn-el-Rascid
John Richardson
Dragone
Ivo Garrani
Duca Pandolfo
Nino Castelnuovo
Marculfo
Francesco Mulè
Rienzi
Franco Sportelli
Bertuccio
Gabriella Giorgelli
Moglie di Pandolfo
Umberto Raho
Monaco
Mimmo Poli
Boia
Leopoldo Trieste
Pescatore
Milena Vukotić
Dama che aiuta Boccadoro
Dada Gallotti
Dama di compagnia
Franco Fantasia
Armigero all'investitura di Guerrando
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Festa Campanile was a respected screenwriter who pivoted to sex comedies during Italy's commedia sexy all'italiana boom—this was his English-language attempt to ride that wave.
The film's American release tried to market it as a Mel Brooks-style spoof, but it's far more interested in Vitti's star power and visual gags than coherent parody.
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