Indiscretion of an American Wife

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?

• Vittorio De SicaDirector
• Ben HechtWriter
• Alessandro CicogniniOriginal Music Composer
• Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
• Luigi ChiariniScreenplay
• Giorgio ProsperiScreenplay

• Jennifer JonesMary Forbes
• Montgomery CliftGiovanni Doria
• Gino CerviPolice Commissioner
• Richard BeymerPaul
• Paolo StoppaTraveling Salesman
• Nando BrunoRailway Worker
• Enrico GloriPolice Brigadier
• Liliana GeracePregnant Sicilian Woman
• Giuseppe PorelliGallant Traveler
• Roberto RaiBrakeman
• Maria Pia CasilioYoung Bride from Abruzzo (uncredited)
• Clelia MataniaMother of Annoying Children on the Train (uncredited)