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.
Costume
Angie Dickinson's honey-blonde glamour vs. peasant rags.
Acting
Maurice Chevalier priest-singing his way through chaos.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Maurice Chevalier
Father Antonio
Angie Dickinson
Jessica Brown Visconti
Noël-Noël
Old Crupi
Gabriele Ferzetti
Edmondo Raumo
Sylva Koscina
Nunzia Tuffi
Agnes Moorehead
Maria Lombardo
Marcel Dalio
Luigi Tuffi
Antonio Cifariello
Gianni Crupi
Marina Berti
Filippella Risino
Georgette Anys
Mamma Parigi
Kerima
Virginia Toriello
Carlo Croccolo
Beppi Toriello
Rossana Rory
Rosa Masudino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean Negulesco was so embarrassed by the final cut that he tried to have his name removed; it was his last theatrically released film.
This flopped bomb helped end the brief 1960s trend of 'international' American stars in Italian sex comedies — Dickinson fled back to Hollywood immediately after.
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