The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

6.9/10 103 min Drama Romance

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.

Cast

Vivien Leigh

Karen Stone

Warren Beatty

Paolo di Leo

Lotte Lenya

Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales

Coral Browne

Meg

Jill St. John

Barbara Bingham

Ernest Thesiger

Stefano

Jeremy Spenser

Young Man

Stella Bonheur

Mrs. Jamison-Walker

Bessie Love

Bunny

Josephine Brown

Lucia

Peter Dyneley

Lloyd Greener

Carl Jaffe

Baron Waldheim

Harold Kasket

Tailor

Viola Keats

Julia Mcllheny

Cleo Laine

Singer

Warren Mitchell

Giorgio

Paul Stassino

Stefano the Barber

Mavis Villiers

Mrs. Coogan

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