Rome Adventure (1962)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Delmer Daves

Writers:

Irving Fineman (novel)
Delmer Daves (writer)

Release Date:

21 April 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy of a romance novel...

Plot Keywords:

Affection | Vacation | Rome Italy | American Abroad | Extramarital Affair

Cast

Troy Donahue	...	Don Porter
Angie Dickinson	...	Lyda Kent
Rossano Brazzi	...	Roberto Orlandi
Suzanne Pleshette	...	Prudence Bell
Constance Ford	...	Daisy Porter
Al Hirt	...	Himself
Hampton Fancher	...	Albert Stillwell
Iphigenie Castiglioni	...	Contessa
Chad Everett	...	Young man
Gertrude Flynn	...	Mrs. Riggs
Pamela Austin	...	Agnes
Lili Valenty	...	Angelina
Mary Patton	...	Mrs. Bell
Maurice Wells	...	Mr. Bell

Also Known As:

Lovers Must Learn

Runtime:

Brazil:119 min | USA:119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #20125)

Filming Locations:

Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, Italy

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The book that Prudence is disciplined for giving to her student is "Lovers Must Learn" by Irving Fineman, the novel this film is based upon. This was also the title used during filming.

Quotes:

Daisy: The first time a good-looking Italian man pinched my bottom, I said, "This is for me!"

Movie Connections:

References The Wild One (1953)

Acting Is Not What Teenage Girls Remember!

Yes, I agree that Suzanne Pleshette and Troy Donahue are not exactly Katherine Hepburn and Lawrence Olivier in this film, but their "chemistry," a beautiful Italian setting, glorious fashion and the overall romantic "intrigue" more than make up for that. In the early 1960's, Troy Donahue was the ultimate in "eye candy" for us teenage girls (and older women, too, I'm sure). I have thought for years that I was surely the only 13-year old girl who sat in a darkened theater so TOTALLY "transported" for several hours by the romance in this film, but apparently I was not. I listen to an "oldies" radio station in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and I cannot believe how MANY times other listeners request that the incredibly romantic "Al Di La" from the dimly-lit-romantic-restaurant-scene be played. Hooray for a day when sex was something seriously contemplated and not something graphically displayed like today!