

Fast and Sexy
1958-04-18 · 98 min · ★ 5.6
A beautiful, wealthy widow leaves New York to find herself a husband in the Italian village in which she was born. After many tries she...chooses the village blacksmith.
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- Directors
- Carlo Lastricati, Reginald Denham
- Production companies
- Produzione Circeo Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Gina LollobrigidaAnna
Vittorio De SicaDon Luigi
Dale RobertsonRaffaele
Amedeo NazzariCiccone
Peppino De FilippoPeppino, il sindaco del paese
Carla MacelloniRosina
Gabriella PallottaMariuccia
Luigi De FilippoZitto-Zitto
Terence HillCiccillo
Clelia MataniaCamillina
Augusta CiolliZia Carmela
Renzo Cesanail barone Trevassi
Gigi RederBerardo
Marco Tulli
Emma Baron
Sandro Moretti
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