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The Priest's Wife ()

La moglie del prete (original title)
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Discovering her boyfriend is married, a young lady attempts to take her life, pausing only to phone a Help Line. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took the call and, much taken with him, she starts trying... See more »
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Valeria Billi
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Don Mario
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Maurizio
Jacques Stany ...
Jimmy Guitar
Pippo Starnazza ...
Valeria's Father
Augusto Mastrantoni ...
Monsignor Caldana
Giuseppe Maffioli ...
Davide Libretti
Miranda Campa ...
Valeria's Mother
Gino Cavalieri ...
Don Filippo
Gino Lazzari ...
Caldana's Secretary
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Lucia
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vittoria Crispo ...
(uncredited)
Nerina Montagnani ...
Don Mario's Mom (uncredited)
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(uncredited)

Directed by

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Dino Risi

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Ruggero Maccari ... (screenplay) and
Bernardino Zapponi ... (screenplay)
 
Ruggero Maccari ... (story) and
Dino Risi ... (story) and
Bernardino Zapponi ... (story)

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Pio Angeletti ... executive producer
Adriano De Micheli ... executive producer
Carlo Ponti ... producer

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Armando Trovajoli

Cinematography by

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Alfio Contini

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Alberto Gallitti

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Gianni Polidori

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Lorenzo Baraldi

Costume Design by

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Gianni Polidori

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Giuseppe Annunziata ... makeup artist
Giuseppe Banchelli ... makeup artist
Ada Palombi ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Mario D'Alessio ... production manager

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Renato Rizzuto ... assistant director

Art Department

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Lorenzo Nistri ... poster artist

Sound Department

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Claudio Risi ... sound

Stunts

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Rémy Julienne ... stunts
Biagio Gambini ... stunt double: Venantino Venantini (uncredited) (driving sequence)
Nella Gambini ... stunt double: Sophia Loren (uncredited) (driving sequence)

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Jean Barthet ... stylist
Gabriele Mayer ... assistant costume designer

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Francesca Roberti ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Elio Di Pietro ... production assistant
Antonio Sarno ... production assistant (as Tonino Sarno)
Mario Bardella ... voice dubbing: various (uncredited)
Hunt Downs ... unit publicist (uncredited)
Antonio Guidi ... voice dubbing: various (uncredited)
Renato Malavasi ... voice dubbing: Gino Cavalieri (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Discovering her boyfriend is married, a young lady attempts to take her life, pausing only to phone a Help Line. Finding herself very much alive in hospital she meets the priest who took the call and, much taken with him, she starts trying to date him. He in turn succumbs to her charms and they soon realise their major problem is his Holy vow of celibacy. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

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Also Known As
  • La femme du prêtre (France)
  • The Priest's Wife (World-wide, English title)
  • The Priest's Wife (United States)
  • The Priest's Wife (United Kingdom)
  • La mujer del cura (Spain)
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  • 103 min
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Trivia Final film of Vittoria Crispo. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in The French Connection (1971). See more »
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Quotes Monsignor Caldana: You've got a mama, haven't you? And you know how mamas are. They like to keep their sons around the house but they prefer their sons to do their hanky panky out of the house, as long as they come home at night for dinner, and the church is a jealous mama like all mamas.
Nun: Yes. The church is like a mama. You know that.
Don Mario: Oh, so you're advising me to live in an ambiguous dirty way... to get myself a girlfriend on the sly... like those priests who go to bed with their housekeepers and the nuns.
Nun: What is he saying about nuns?
Don Mario: There isn't anything to worry about as far as you're concerned.
Monsignor Caldana: Well, wh-what has this got to do with me? What are you asking for? Renounce your vows. Get castrated. I don't care! But leave me in peace. I'm too old, I'm too tired and I'm sick. I'm fed up with you and your vows of celibacy. That's all there is to it!
[Nun jabs him with needle]
Monsignor Caldana: Ahhh! St. Lorenzo the martyr!
Nun: Shame on you. Just a nip in the bottom.
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