Under fire for giving a student her copy of a romance novel, Prudence resigns from her teaching position and sails for Italy.Under fire for giving a student her copy of a romance novel, Prudence resigns from her teaching position and sails for Italy.Under fire for giving a student her copy of a romance novel, Prudence resigns from her teaching position and sails for Italy.
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Phillip Angeloff
- C.I.T. Clerk
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Larry Arnold
- Waiter
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Brandon Beach
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Mary Benoit
- Librarian
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Did you know
- TriviaThe interior of The American Bookshop is the set of the River City Library from Warner Bros. The Music Man (1962).
- GoofsThe opening credits read "introducing Suzanne Pleshette". That is actually incorrect. She was the female lead 4 years earlier as Sergeant Pearson in the 1958 movie the Geisha Boy with Jerry Lewis.
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Daisy Bronson: The first time a good-looking Italian man pinched my bottom, I said, "This is for me!"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinema: Alguns Cortes - Censura III (2015)
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Suzanne Pleshette Explores The Beauty Of Italy
Prudence Bell (Suzanne Pleshette) travels to Italy to discover adventure and finds Don Porter (Troy Donahue) and love. As they explore the areas around Rome, viewers are treated to some idyllic scenery. Their relationship has its ups and downs, especially when Don's former flame, played by Angie Dickinson, reenters his life.
Through it all, the song "Al di la" is featured, and the film's grade deserves two bumps just for that. It may be the perfect accompaniment to a love story set in Italy. Even Al Hirt, who appears as a surprisingly engaging trumpeter in the film, plays a jazz rendition.
This itinerant love story with a peripatetic plot loses focus on occasion, but it always come back to Prudence, where it belongs. Pleshette's beautiful quirkiness feels grounded in true love. No surprise, then, that Pleshette and Donahue would marry later.
An uncreative ending deserves the loss of one grade point. But it is difficult to be very disappointed in a film that features so much beauty.
Through it all, the song "Al di la" is featured, and the film's grade deserves two bumps just for that. It may be the perfect accompaniment to a love story set in Italy. Even Al Hirt, who appears as a surprisingly engaging trumpeter in the film, plays a jazz rendition.
This itinerant love story with a peripatetic plot loses focus on occasion, but it always come back to Prudence, where it belongs. Pleshette's beautiful quirkiness feels grounded in true love. No surprise, then, that Pleshette and Donahue would marry later.
An uncreative ending deserves the loss of one grade point. But it is difficult to be very disappointed in a film that features so much beauty.
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- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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