Better a Widow

1968 film

Better a Widow

Italian film poster

Directed by| Duccio Tessari
Screenplay by|

* Adriano Baracco
* Ennio De Concini
* Brian Degas
* Tudor Gates
* Duccio Tessari

Story by| Ennio De Concini[1]
Produced by| Turi Vasile[2]
Starring|

* Virna Lisi
* Peter McEnery
* Gabriele Ferzetti
* Jean Servais
* Nino Terzo
* Lando Buzzanca

Cinematography| Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by| Mario Morra
Music by| Carlo Rustichelli

Production
companies

* Ultra Film
* Universal Productions France

Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* 9 October 1968 (1968-10-09) (Italy)

Running time

| 105 minutes
Countries|

* Italy
* France

Language| Italian

Better a Widow (Italian: Meglio vedova) is a 1968 Italian comedy film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.[3]

## Cast

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* Virna Lisi: Rosa Minniti
* Peter McEnery: Tom Proby
* Gabriele Ferzetti: don Calogero Minniti
* Jean Servais: Baron Misceni
* Lando Buzzanca: Massito
* Agnès Spaak: prostitute
* Nino Terzo: Carmelo
* Carla Calò: governante di Rosa
* Roy Bosier: direttore d'orchestra
* Bruno Lauzi: direttore d'albergo

## Reception

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"Werb." of Variety found the film to be a "modest imitation" of American styled romantic adventure films, noting "fine photography, sets, costuming and music" but that "screenplay is one of the major flaws but it is difficult to determine whether vet Italo writer Ennio De Concini and director Duccio Tessari are responsible or whether fault is with collaborators Brian Degas and Tudor Gates."[4]

## References

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1. ^ Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Tantivy Press. p. 317.
2. ^ "Better a Widow". UniFrance. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
3. ^ "Gabriele Ferzetti". Mymovies.it. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
4. ^ Variety's Film Reviews 1968-1970. Vol. 12\. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "November 20, 1968". ISBN 0-8352-2792-8.

## External links

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* Better a Widow at IMDb

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Films directed by Duccio Tessari

* My Son, the Hero (1962)
* Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1963)
* Secret of the Sphinx (1965)
* Una voglia da morire (1965)
* A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
* The Return of Ringo (1965)
* Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang (1966)
* Per amore... per magia... (1967)
* Better a Widow (1968)
* The Cats (1968)
* Sundance and the Kid (1969)
* La morte risale a ieri sera (1970)
* The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
* Long Live Your Death (1971)
* Winged Devils (1972)
* The Heroes (1973)
* Tony Arzenta / Big guns (1973)
* Puzzle (1974)
* Three Tough Guys (1974)
* Zorro (1975)
* Safari Express (1976)
* Sexycop (1976)
* The Fifth Commandment (1978)
* Tex and the Lord of the Deep (1985)
* There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1989)
* Beyond Justice (1992)

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