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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
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Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Karen Stone is a lonely, aging, former actress, who moves to Rome after her husband's death. There she finds herself hounded by the young hustlers who make a living trading money for amour.... Karen Stone is a lonely, aging, former actress, who moves to Rome after her husband's death. There she finds herself hounded by the young hustlers who make a living trading money for amour. Eventually, she begins a romance with one of these gigolos, Paolo, who convinces Karen that he really loves her. But when he abruptly takes off to exploit a new woman, Karen is left vulnerable and despondent. Unfortunately, it also makes her easy prey for a mysterious man who's been quietly stalking her... [More]
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jill St. John
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jill St. John, Jeremy Spencer, Josephine Brown, Peter Dyneley, Carl Jaffe
Director: Jose Quintero
Director: Jose Quintero
Producer: Louis de Rochemont
Screenwriter: Tennessee Williams
Composer: Richard Addinsell
Reviews for The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The tagline says that they called it love and it was for sale, to which the appropriate response is that one hopes they kept the receipt.
The prose is so purple and the tone so overripe that ... what wants to be mature, sensual romance-novel boilerplate becomes instead a plodding exercise in intriguingly cast camp.
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