Directed by:
Anthony AsquithCinematography:
Jack HildyardComposer:
Georges Van ParysCast:
Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price, Gary Raymond, Alfie Bass, Danny Kaye, Roy Kinnear, Pauline Jameson, Fritz Links (more)Plots(1)
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients. He eschews physical pleasure, so he rejects her overtures, which include sexual flirtation, offers of wealth, an opportunity to run a state-of-the-art clinic, and then her simple and direct declaration of love. They agree to a contest: she'll try the test of love his mother taught him (to live for 90 days with only 500 rupees), and she asks him to try her father's test: to turn 500 into 15,000 within 3 months. She's game; will he even try? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sophia Loren
Italy
Best movies:
A Special Day (1977)
Two Women (1960)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
Peter Sellers
UK
Best movies:
Alastair Sim
UK
Best movies:
An Inspector Calls (1954)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Stage Fright (1950)
Vittorio De Sica
Italy
Best movies:
Like Father, Like Son (1957)
Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
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Dennis Price
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
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Gary Raymond
UK
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Alfie Bass
UK
Best movies:
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Murder by Proxy (1954)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Danny Kaye
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
A Song Is Born (1948)
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Roy Kinnear
UK
Best movies:
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Pauline Jameson
UK
Best movies:
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Night Watch (1973)
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Fritz Links
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
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The Millionairess (1960)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Derek Nimmo
UK
Best movies:
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Murder Ahoy (1964)
Heavens Above! (1963)
Miriam Karlin
UK
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Children of Men (2006)
Willoughby Goddard
UK
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The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (series)
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Diana Coupland
UK
Best movies:
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The Millionairess (1960)
Eleanor Summerfield
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Running Man (1963)
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Juba Kennerley
UK
Best movies:
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The V.I.P.s (1963)
John Tatum
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
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Noel Purcell
UK
Best movies:
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)