Better a Widow explained

Better a Widow
Producer:	Turi Vasile^[1]
Screenplay:	Adriano Baracco Ennio De Concini Brian Degas Tudor Gates Duccio Tessari
Story:	Ennio De Concini^[2]
Starring:	Virna Lisi Peter McEnery Gabriele Ferzetti Jean Servais Nino Terzo Lando Buzzanca
Music:	Carlo Rustichelli
Editing:	Mario Morra
Studio:	Ultra Film Universal Productions France
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	Italy France
Language:	Italian

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

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."^[4]

Notes and References

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