Better a Widow

1968 film

Adriano Baracco
Ennio De Concini
Brian Degas
Tudor Gates
Duccio Tessari

Story byEnnio De Concini^[1]Produced byTuri Vasile^[2]Starring

Virna Lisi
Peter McEnery
Gabriele Ferzetti
Jean Servais
Nino Terzo
Lando Buzzanca

CinematographyEnnio GuarnieriEdited byMario MorraMusic byCarlo Rustichelli

Production
companies

Ultra Film
Universal Productions France

Distributed byUniversal Pictures

Release date

9 October 1968 (1968-10-09) (Italy)

Running time

105 minutesCountries

Italy
France

LanguageItalian

Better a Widow (Italian: Meglio vedova) is a 1968 Italian comedy film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.^[3]

Cast

Virna Lisi: Rosa Minniti
Peter McEnery: Tom Proby
Gabriele Ferzetti: don Calogero Minniti
Jean Servais: Baron Misceni
Lando Buzzanca: Massito
Agnès Spaak: prostitute
Nino Terzo: Carmelo
Carla Calò: governante di Rosa
Roy Bosier: direttore d'orchestra
Bruno Lauzi: direttore d'albergo

Reception

"Werb." of Variety found the film to be a "modest imitation" of American styled romantic adventure films, noting "fine photography, sets, costuming and music" but that "screenplay is one of the major flaws but it is difficult to determine whether vet Italo writer Ennio De Concini and director Duccio Tessari are responsible or whether fault is with collaborators Brian Degas and Tudor Gates."^[4]

References

^ Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Tantivy Press. p. 317.
^ "Better a Widow". UniFrance. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
^ "Gabriele Ferzetti". Mymovies.it. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
^ Variety's Film Reviews 1968-1970. Vol. 12. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "November 20, 1968". ISBN 0-8352-2792-8.