The Winsome Widow

After the death of Salvatore in a car accident, his beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but, because the deceased did not make a will and when he was alive was sterile, his wife’s legacy will benefit only if, within three hundred days established by law, she will give birth to a son.

Cast

Edwige Fenech

as Caterina Prevosti

Carlo Giuffrè

as Barone Carlo Niscemi

Didi Perego

as Francesca, madre di Caterina

Guido Leontini

as Tano Santenocito

Pino Ferrara

as Nicolino Santenocito

Franco Ressel

as l'avvocato di Caterina

Mario Maranzana

as Salvatore Santenocito, marito di Caterina

Enzo Andronico

as il notaio

Fortunato Cecilia

as il domestico (as Renato Cecilia)

Paola Arduini

Reviews

DrMarty

I've somehow managed to become a kind of connoisseur of 70's Italian sex comedies lately, so trust me when I say this is definitely one of the better ones. It has a GREAT plot: a man is killed in a car accident while rushing home to have sex with his wife. Because he died in testate, his considerabl...

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