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Jessica

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Original title

Jessica

Year

1962

Running time

121 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Jean Negulesco, Oreste Palella

Screenwriter

Ennio De Concini, Edith Sommer. Novel: Flora Sandstrom

Cast

Music

Mario Nascimbene

Cinematography

Piero Portalupi

Producer

Co-production Italy-United States-France;

Genre

Comedy. Drama

Synopsis

Based on Flora Sandstrom's novel The Midwife of Pont Clery, this lightweight sexual farce involves the effect that Jessica (Angie Dickinson), a voluptuous midwife, has on the small Sicilian town in which she currently resides. Jessica is an American whose intentions may be charitable but whose physical attractions raise the libido of the men in town. Potential moms decide it is better to forego pregnancy by foregoing sex (this is a Catholic town) rather than have Jessica show up to deliver a baby. Meanwhile, the town priest (Maurice Chevalier), in his wisdom, directs Jessica's attention to the handsome widowed Marquis who lives in a charming castle, all alone -- anything to bring normal marital relations back on track. (Eleanor Mannikka: All Movie Guide)

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Jessica

1962

Jean Negulesco, Oreste Palella

5.4

(65)