Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.
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| Gina Lollobrigida | ... | Carla Campbell | |
| Shelley Winters | ... | Shirley Newman | |
| Phil Silvers | ... | Phil Newman | |
| Peter Lawford | ... | Justin Young | |
| Telly Savalas | ... | Walter Braddock | |
| Lee Grant | ... | Fritzie Braddock | |
| Janet Margolin | ... | Gia Campbell | |
| Marian McCargo | ... | Lauren Young (as Marian Moses) | |
| Naomi Stevens | ... | Rosa | |
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Renzo Palmer | ... | Mayor |
| Giovanna Galletti | ... | Countess | |
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James Mishler | ... | Stubby |
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Dale Cummings | ... | Pete |
| Philippe Leroy | ... | Vittorio | |
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Twenty years after their initial war-time visit three U.S. servicemen hold a reunion at an Italian village. They all have fond memories, especially of local girl Carla. But she has been telling each of them that they are the father of her daughter Gia, so they have all been paying well for her upbringing. As this dawns on the threesome old rivalries surface, but times have changed and complications such as wives, middle-age, and the need to protect Gia's future start to surface. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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Vittorio: Oh, no, I know what you are thinking of. What you are always thinking of.
Carla Campbell: I told you. Be careful.
Vittorio: The fine Mrs. Campbell, eh? The buona sera Mrs. Campbell. That people should think you are something you know you are not. But I tell you, even the lowest peasant, the worst woman of the street would not put a child like Gia in jail. Not even for a minute to cover up a lie like this.
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Sung by Jimmy Roselli
Music by Riz Ortolani
Lyrics by Melvin Frank
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The plot of three potential fathers vying to prove they fathered a child was used many years later in Mamma Mia! (2008). See more »Goofs
When Shelley Winters is in line to cash some traveler's checks, there is a long line behind her. But when the girl that was watching her goes up to the window, there was no one there and she was able to go right up to the window. See more »Quotes
Carla Campbell: I am only thinking of her.Vittorio: Oh, no, I know what you are thinking of. What you are always thinking of.
Carla Campbell: I told you. Be careful.
Vittorio: The fine Mrs. Campbell, eh? The buona sera Mrs. Campbell. That people should think you are something you know you are not. But I tell you, even the lowest peasant, the worst woman of the street would not put a child like Gia in jail. Not even for a minute to cover up a lie like this.
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Buona SeraSung by Jimmy Roselli
Music by Riz Ortolani
Lyrics by Melvin Frank
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Former sex goddess Gina Lollobrigida is a gorgeous 40ish redhead in this screwball comedy set in Italy in 1968.
La Lollo plays the mother of the lovely Janet Margolin, whose American soldier father was supposedly killed during World War II. The thing is, Gina isn't sure who the father was, since she was friendly with three soldiers at the time, (played by Peter Lawford, Phil Silvers and Telly Savalas), and all are very much alive. Each of the three thinks he is the father and has been financially supporting the girl in secret for over 20 years. Trouble and hilarity ensue when the three men and their wives return to the Italian village for an Army reunion, and Gina has to juggle all six of them while keeping her daughter from finding out the truth.
It's a funny script that hearkens back to Hollywood's great screwball comedies, with especially good jobs from Silvers and Savalas and Shelley Winters and Lee Grant as their wives. But it's Gina who steals the show with her glamorous mugging.