The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Dec 28, 1961

1h 43m

★ 6.9

The story of an American woman and her abandonment in Rome.

Overview

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 Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Seven Arts Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Karen Stone

Vivien Leigh

Paolo di Leo

Warren Beatty

Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales

Lotte Lenya

Meg

Coral Browne

Barbara Bingham

Jill St. John

Stefano

Ernest Thesiger

Young Man

Jeremy Spenser

Mrs. Jamison-Walker

Stella Bonheur

Bunny

Bessie Love

Lucia

Josephine Brown

Lloyd Greener

Peter Dyneley

Baron Waldheim

Carl Jaffe

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