It Started in Naples

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-08-07

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1362 Reviews)

Director:

Melville Shavelson

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Clark Gable Sophia Loren Vittorio De Sica Marietto

Writer:

Melville Shavelson (screenplay)

Jack Rose (screenplay)

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay)

Michael Pertwee (story)

Jack Davies (story)

Fullplot:

Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an eight-year old little boy named Nando, who is being raised by Michael's sister-in-law Lucia Curcio. Mike immediately disapproves of Nando's Italian-style (in other words "lax") education. To make matters worse, Lucia happens to be ... a sexy nightclub dancer. This is too much for a puritan like Mike and the only solution in his eyes is to have the boy brought up in the States...

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