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Director:

José Quintero

Writers:

Gavin Lambert (writer)
Jan Read (additional writing)
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Release Date:

28 December 1961 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Plot:

Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more

User Comments:

Unique and beautiful. more (31 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vivien Leigh ... Karen Stone

Warren Beatty ... Paolo di Leo
Coral Browne ... Meg

Jill St. John ... Barbara Bingham
Jeremy Spenser ... Young man
Stella Bonheur ... Mrs. Jamison-Walker
Josephine Brown ... Lucia
Peter Dyneley ... Lloyd Greener
Carl Jaffe ... Baron Waldheim
Harold Kasket ... Tailor
Viola Keats ... Julia McIlheny
Cleo Laine ... Singer
Bessie Love ... Bunny
Elspeth March ... Mrs. Barrow
Henry McCarty ... Campbell Kennedy (as Henry McCarthy)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Widow and the Gigolo
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Runtime:

103 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

UK:12 (re-rating) (2005) | UK:X (original rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Walter Randall was interviewed for a role of a reporter. more

Quotes:

Paolo di Leo: Rome is a very old city. Three-thousand years. How old are you? Fifty? more


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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Unique and beautiful., 19 October 2001
Author: gunshotwound

This unique and beautiful film's subject of older women and gigolos is not told very often, but it is a good one. Ms. Leigh looks gorgeous and Mr. Beatty looks almost better than she does. Mr. Beatty has just the right amount of self-absorption to make you believe he cares for no one other than himself and what he can get from Ms. Leigh. Lotte Lenya is great as Rome's premiere perveyor of stud flesh for the rich and lonely. She is a snake, always a joy to behold and she deserved her Academy Award nomination as supporting actress. The film has a slight stagebound look, but Ms. Leigh's gowns by Balmain, the other costumes by Beatrice Dawson, Roger K. Furse's production design and the wonderful views of Rome and outlying areas all look great thru Harry Waxman's lens. No explosions or killings, just a good drama of human emotions acted well. Plus it also has Ernest Thesiger, Coral Browne, and the worst hairdo for Jill St. John you could possibly imagine.

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