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Village of Daughters

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5.5/10 • 2

1962-03-131h 26m

Comedy

A salesman from England is picked to select one girl in an Italian town who will become a bride for a native son.

Directors
George Pollock

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Eric Sykes

    Eric Sykes

    Herbert Harris

  2. Scilla Gabel

    Scilla Gabel

    Angelina Vimereati

  3. Grégoire Aslan

    Grégoire Aslan

    Gastoni (A Father) (as Gregoire Aslan)

  4. Yvonne Romain

    Yvonne Romain

    Annunziata (A Daughter)

  5. John Le Mesurier

    John Le Mesurier

    Don Calogere

  6. Eric Pohlmann

    Eric Pohlmann

    Marcio (A Father)

  7. Warren Mitchell

    Warren Mitchell

    Puccelli (A Father)

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CinemaSerf

Feb 12, 2023

5/10

Hmmm! This is really just a rather tacky and contrived vehicle for British comic Eric Sykes ("Harris"). He is a traveling salesman who finds himself - somehow - in a remote Italian village where he is all of a sudden flavour of the month. How come? Well it seems that all of their menfolk have gone off searching for work and the lassies there haven't seen a man for quite a while. To make matters worse - one of the town's esteemed citizens has written from London asking for a bride and unable to decide which, the local squire "Don Calogere" (John le Mesurier) and the priest decide that the selection should be made by their first neutral visitor. "Harris" now has to fend off his own admirers and make a choice that can only divide the town. The joke wears really thin all too quickly, and though the relationship between Sykes and the unapologetically disinterested "Angelina" (Scilla Gabel) is the high point, it still isn't very high. Skyes was an hugely popular comedian in Britain and George Pollock no slouch when it came to movie-making, but here this misfires way more that it works and at ninety minutes is far too long. Not for me, this, sorry.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
salesmanitalian town