Village of Daughters

Mar 13, 1962

1h 26m

★ 5.5

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

George H. Brown Productions

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Cast

Herbert Harris

Eric Sykes

Angelina Vimereati

Scilla Gabel

Gastoni (A Father) (as Gregoire Aslan)

Grégoire Aslan

Annunziata (A Daughter)

Yvonne Romain

Don Calogere

John Le Mesurier

Marcio (A Father)

Eric Pohlmann

Puccelli (A Father)

Warren Mitchell

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