Comedy · 1968 · 1h 45m

Better a Widow

Meglio Vedova

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Director
Duccio Tessari
Cast
Virna Lisi as Rosa Minniti Peter McEnery as Tom Proby Gabriele Ferzetti as Don Calogero Minniti Jean Servais as Baron Misceni Agnès Spaak as The Prostitute Nino Terzo as Carmelo
Crew
Ennio Guarnieri — Director of Photography Mario Morra — Editor Carlo Rustichelli — Original Music Composer Duccio Tessari — Writer Ennio De Concini — Writer Adriano Baracco — Writer
Synopsis

Tom Proby is a representative from a British engineering firm sent to Sicily to convince the landowners (all in the Mafia) to allow his company to build an oil refinery on some waterfront real estate. Proby talks to the mob bosses about the project, but disagreements between different bosses complicate his efforts.

Mood & Themes
romancemafiareal estate
Key Collaborators
Duccio Tessari Director Ennio Guarnieri Director of Photography Mario Morra Editor Carlo Rustichelli Original Music Composer Duccio Tessari Writer Ennio De Concini Writer Adriano Baracco Writer Ennio De Concini Story Turi Vasile Producer
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