The White Sheik (1952)
Lo sceicco bianco (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Alberto Sordi	...	Fernando Rivoli - il sceicco bianco
	Brunella Bovo	...	Wanda Giardino Cavalli
	Leopoldo Trieste	...	Ivan Cavalli
	Giulietta Masina	...	Cabiria - La prostituta
	Lilia Landi	...	Felga - La zingara del fotoromanzo
	Ernesto Almirante	...	Dottore Fortuna - il regista del fotoromanzo
	Fanny Marchiò	...	Marilena Alba Vellardi
	Gina Mascetti	...	Aida Rivoli - La moglie di Fernando
	Jole Silvani
	Enzo Maggio	...	Furio
	Anna Primula
	Mimo Billi	...	Man on the beach
	Armando Libianchi
	Ugo Attanasio	...	Uncle of Ivan
	Giulio Moreschi

Storyline

The first two days of a marriage. Ivan, a punctilious clerk brings his virginal bride to Rome for a honeymoon, an audience with the Pope, and to present her to his uncle. They arrive early in the morning, and he has time for a nap. She sneaks off to find the offices of a romance magazine she reads religiously: she wants to meet "The White Sheik," the hero of a soap-opera photo strip. Star-struck, she ends up 20 miles from Rome, alone on a boat with the sheik. A distraught Ivan covers for her, claiming she's ill. That night, each wanders the streets, she tempted by suicide, he by prostitutes. The next day, at 11, is their papal audience. Can things still right themselves? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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