The Girl with a Pistol (1968)
"La ragazza con la pistola" (original title)

Comedy-drama about a Sicilian woman (Vitti), "dishonored" by her lover, goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Writers:

Ronald Harwood (English adaptation), Luigi Magni,

Stars:

Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Carlo Giuffrè

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Monica Vitti	...	Assunta Patanè
Stanley Baker	...	Dr. Tom Osborne
Carlo Giuffrè	...	Vincenzo Macaluso
Corin Redgrave	...	Frank Hogan
Anthony Booth	...	John, un giocatore di rugby
Aldo Puglisi	...	Un emigrante siciliano
Tiberio Murgia	...	Un emigrante siciliano
Dominic Allan	...	Mr. Sullivan, l'infermiere
Deborah Stanford	...	Mrs. Sullivan
Catherine Feller	...	Rosina
Helen Downing	...	Ada Mcintosh
Janet Brandes	...	L'infermiera
Natasha Harwood	...	Mrs. Osborne
Stefano Satta Flores	...	Il cameriere al Capri restaurant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paddy Carpenter	...	The Scotsman

Storyline

Comedy-drama about a Sicilian woman (Vitti), "dishonored" by her lover, goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.

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Plot Keywords:

sicilian | doctor | sicily | commedia all'italiana | honor | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

M

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

22 August 1968 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Girl with a Pistol

Company Credits

Production Co:

Documento Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 51989 delivered on 22-8-1968.

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Connections

Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

User Reviews

Not bad comedy/drama

After looking for a long time I was finally able to get a decent VHS copy of this movie which I had never seen.For me it completes my collection of all of Stanley Baker's theatrical movies.

Sicilian Monica Vitti is "wronged" by her boyfriend who then decamps from her to London.Monica gets a pistol and pursues him with revenge on her mind.

The movie is then a series of encounters with various characters who help her find then lose then find the debaucher.Stanley Baker, who turns up about halfway through the movie as a surgeon is her last connection. The denouement is a little twisty and provides a satisfactory ending.

This is an odd film in which to find Baker. He was a major star but he probably just did it for the money if he wasn't being offered more substantial roles. As a point of interest, the first full length biography of Baker is up for preorder at Amazon UK.