The read
Audiences rate it 64 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes0%
Audiences rate it 64 points higher than critics do.
39 audience votes
Key crew
- José QuinteroDirector
- Richard AddinsellOriginal Music Composer
- Gavin LambertScreenplay
Cast
- Vivien LeighKaren Stone
- Warren BeattyPaolo di Leo
- Lotte LenyaContessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
- Coral BrowneMeg
- Jill St. JohnBarbara Bingham
- Ernest ThesigerStefano
- Jeremy SpenserYoung Man
- Stella BonheurMrs. Jamison-Walker
- Bessie LoveBunny
- Josephine BrownLucia
- Peter DyneleyLloyd Greener
- Carl JaffeBaron Waldheim
Stills
Themes
rome, italywidowgigolovacationstalkermatchmakingdriftinglove affairretiredolder woman younger man relationshipwealthy widowcontessa