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The Sunday Film: Avanti!

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring
Jack Lemmon , Juliet Mills
Whisked from the American golf-links to the beautiful Island of Ischia, Wendell Armbruster suffers more than culture shock when he finds that his recently deceased father has been having a ' summer affair' for the past 20 years. Family honour is at stake! Matters become more complicated when attempts to return his father's body to the USA are frustrated by Italian bureaucracy, the local ' Mafia' and the concerned daughter of his father's lady-friend. Billy Wilder directs this enchanting serio-comedy with characteristic elegance and skill, neatly side-stepping sentiment on his way to a romantically happy ending.
Screenplay by BILLY WILDER 1. A. L. DIAMOND
Based on the play by SAMUEL TAYLOR Directed by BILLY WILDER

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Lemmon
Unknown:
Wendell Armbruster
Unknown:
Billy Wilder
Play By:
Billy Wilder
Play By:
Samuel Taylor
Directed By:
Billy Wilder
Wendell Armbruster:
Jack Lemmon
Pamela Piggott:
Juliet Mills
Carlo Carlucci:
Clive Revill
J J Blodgett:
Edward Andrews
Bruno:
Gianfranco Barra
Arnold Trotta:
Franco Angrisano
Source: Radio Times

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