Giovannona Coscialunga disonorata con onore (1973)

A new judge closes a cheese factory for pollution; its owner, La Noce, bribes a monsignor who points him toward an official who might fix it. La Noce needs leverage and discovers the ... See full summary »

Director:

Sergio Martino

Writers:

Tito Carpi (story), Luciano Martino (story)

Stars:

Edwige Fenech, Pippo Franco, Gigi Ballista

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edwige Fenech	...	Giovannona Coscialunga in arte Cocò
Pippo Franco	...	Ragionier Mario Albertini
Gigi Ballista	...	Commendatore La Noce
Riccardo Garrone	...	Robertuzzo
Sandro Merli	...	Monsignor Alatri
Danika La Loggia	...	Signora La Noce
Adriana Facchetti	...	Segretaria di Pedicò
Armando Bandini	...	Gay Train Passenger
Vincenzo Crocitti	...	Train conductor
Sandro Dori	...	Mad and blind driver on Maserati
Gino Pagnani	...	Hearse Driver helping Albertini
Patrizia Adiutori	...	Luisella, Segretaria
Francesco D'Adda	...	Praetor
Carla Mancini
Luigi Leoni	...	Priest

Storyline

A new judge closes a cheese factory for pollution; its owner, La Noce, bribes a monsignor who points him toward an official who might fix it. La Noce needs leverage and discovers the official's taste for other men's wives. He sends his stuttering assistant, Albertini, to hire a willing woman to pretend to be La Noce's wife. Albertini finds a virginal-looking prostitute with a potty mouth. A train trip from Rome to Sicily has many mix ups, but once in Sicily, maybe La Noce's plan to compromise the official will succeed. All the characters converge: La Noce, his wife, Albertini, the whore, her pimp, the official, his wife, and the official's jealous secretary. What about the cheese?

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Plot Keywords:

sicily | prostitute | factory | bribe | scantily clad female | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

12 April 1973 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Desonrada, Porém Respeitável

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dania Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 62160 delivered on 6-4-1973.

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Connections

Referenced in Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (1976)

User Reviews

Italy's version of the classic romantic comedies from the thirties!

Italy didn't exactly hold back when it came to ripping off films back in the seventies - everything from Dirty Harry to Jaws got the Italian treatment, but I must say I never expected to see an Italian sex comedy version of the classic romantic comedies of thirties USA! Even more surprising than the premise of this film is the fact that it's good! Sergio Martino, a director who tried his hand at a number of different genres, but will always be best remembered for his superb Giallo efforts such as The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh and The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, has put together a delightful comedy that works thanks to the fact that the action never lets up, and it's really quite funny! The plot focuses on Commendatore La Noce, a man who has polluted a river. He realises that he has to bribe an honourable to get away with it - but the problem is that the honourable in question IS completely honourable. However, he does have one vice - he likes to sleep with other people's wives. Not wanting use his own frigid other half, the Commendatore lets his assistant find him a prostitute to act as his wife.

It was actually quite odd watching this film as after watching a number of Italian sex movies, I've come to expect a lot of sleaze. This one features brief nudity and some swearing, but it's extremely tame overall. Martino has made the film more 'cheeky' than anything else, as the lead characters are sexually promiscuous, but sex itself isn't actually seen. This is no bad thing, however, as loads of sex would have distracted from the comedy. Of course, my main reason for seeing this film was because it stars the beautiful Edwige Fenech - and although I say this almost every time I see one of her films, she really has never looked better than she does here! Martino and Fenech worked together on a number of occasions throughout their careers, and it shows as the director really knows how to make best use of his stunning lead actress! The plot is quite incidental to the set pieces, but it's not important as the film is never boring. The scenes aboard the train midway through are the best, but the film introduces new things to chew every time it seems to be drying up, and this ensures that Giovannona Long-Thigh is absolutely great fun to watch!