The Girl with a Pistol (1968)

A Sicilian woman, "dishonored" by her lover, goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Writers:

Rodolfo Sonego (story), Rodolfo Sonego (screenplay)

Stars:

Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Monica Vitti	...	Assunta Patanè
Stanley Baker	...	Dr. Tom Osborne
Corin Redgrave	...	Frank Hogan
Anthony Booth	...	John
Carlo Giuffrè	...	Vincenzo Macaluso
Nicolina Papetti	...	La cugina di Assunta (as Nicolina Verrelli)
Tiberio Murgia	...	Un emigrante siciliano
Aldo Puglisi	...	Un emigrante siciliano
Stefano Satta Flores	...	Waiter
Helen Downing	...	Ada Mcintosh
Dominic Allan	...	Mr. Sullivan
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia	...	Salvatore (as Ivan Scratuglia)

Storyline

A Sicilian woman, "dishonored" by her lover, goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.

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Plot Keywords:

camera shot of feet | hot | sex scene | female protagonist | dance scene | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

M

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tony Booth appears sporting a black eye, which is clearly unrelated to the plot of the movie.

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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Connections

Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

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Soundtracks

In due
Written by Sergio Bardotti (as Bardotti), Peppino De Luca (as De Luca) and Vito Di Tommaso (as Tommaso)
Performed by Mal e The Primitives
Courtesy of RCA Italiana

User Reviews

Pistol Packin' Monica

A typically fanciful late-sixties Italian sex comedy with a Hammond organ score and obviously post-synced dialogue in which director Mario Monicelli bounds along in hot pursuit with a zoom lens of Monica Vitti (wearing a variety of wigs and vulger sixties outfits, including a shiny black PVC coat buttoned up to the throat) as she scampers from Sicily through exotic British locations like Edinburgh, Sheffield, Bath, Elephant & Castle and finally Brighton, encountering a quirky succession of British men (Anthony Booth, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave) along the way.

Britain as seen through Carlo Di Palma's lens seems a cold, wintry place; none more wintry than poor old Sheffield, disposed of as usual as a hideous concrete jungle (the location scouts again ignoring it's many parks and the Yorkshire Dales within easy reach).

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian English

Release Date:

7 March 1969 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

The Girl with a Pistol

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh Waverley railway station, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Documento Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1