When someone knocks on your door and says permesso?... be careful before you say Avanti!
A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.
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Classical in form, comic, intimate and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
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“Is Jack Lemmon the best thing in Avanti!?”
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“Is this Billy Wilder's best work?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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Cast
- Jack LemmonWendell Armbruster, Jr.
- Juliet MillsPamela Piggott
- Clive RevillCarlo Carlucci
- Edward AndrewsJ.J. Blodgett
- Gianfranco BarraBruno
- Franco AngrisanoArnoldo Trotta
- Pippo FrancoMattarazzo
- Franco AcamporaArmando Trotta
- Giselda CastriniAnna
- Raffaele MottolaPassport Officer
Crew
- Billy WilderDirector
- I. A. L. DiamondScreenplay
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- Luigi KuveillerDirector of Photography
- Carlo RustichelliOriginal Music Composer
- Ralph E. WintersEditor
- Billy WilderProducer
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