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Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paola to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
In Rome, the Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales is able to live a lavish lifestyle by foisting her small stable of young gigolos on wealthy and unsuspecting lonely women, or perhaps not so unsuspecting. She has a 50/50 agreement with those gigolos for any moneys received. One of those women is middle aged Broadway actress Karen Stone, who is at an age where she can no longer play the ingénue roles that made her famous. In combination with the recent death of her husband en route to Rome, Karen is feeling insecure in her career and life because of her age. The Contessas choice for Karen is Paolo di Leo. Although Karen is wary of Paolo, her loneliness does get the better of her as she embarks on a relationship with Paolo. In her somewhat outward happiness, Karen begins to sever ties with her old friends, who she believes will be judgmental. But Paolo is slightly different than the Contessas other gigolos. He in turn has an infatuation with Karen, who doesnt lavish him with money as do most of the other women. This lack of money places a strain between Paolo and the Contessa, who wants her fair share and will do anything needed to make sure Paolo does his "job", even at the expense of Karens mental state.
Vivien Leigh
Karen Stone
Warren Beatty
Paolo di Leo
Coral Browne
Meg
Jill St. John
Barbara Bingham
Jeremy Spenser
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Mrs. Jamison-Walker
Josephine Brown
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Peter Dyneley
Lloyd Greener
Carl Jaffe
Baron Waldheim
Harold Kasket
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Julia McIlheny
Cleo Laine
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Bessie Love
Bunny
Elspeth March
Mrs. Barrow
Henry McCarty
Campbell Kennedy
Warren Mitchell
Giorgio
John Phillips
Tom Stone
Paul Stassino
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