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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
Produced by	Turi Vasile
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.

Cast

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

"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."

References

Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Tantivy Press. p. 317.
"Better a Widow". UniFrance. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
"Gabriele Ferzetti". Mymovies.it. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
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

Better a Widow at IMDb

v t e 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)

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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