''A Qualcuna Piace Calvo'' is a 1959 Italian film, directed by

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, starring

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and Gisella Sofio.

Plot

Giovanna has taken an infatuation with a film actor who has a bald head as a particular sign. The star needs a person to help him deal with the correspondence of his numerous admirers. Giovanna doesn't think twice and, disguising herself as a man, she gets hired as a typist for her secretary. The actor decides to replace his old harpist; the young musician Marcella shows up at the announcement, but the place is reserved for men only. She too decides to dress up as a man and gets the job.

Cast

as Alberto Rossi *

as Marcella Salustri *

as Renato Salustri * Gisella Sofio as Giovanna * Glamor Mora as Alicia Morena *

Tiberio Murgia Tiberio Murgia (5 February 1929 – 20 August 2010) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1958 and 2009. Biography Born into a humble family, Murgia began working as a laborer from an early age. At the age of ...

as Rosario De Luca * Rossana Rossanigo as Lucia * Alberto Sorrentino as Moreno *

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as Madre di Marcella * Lydia Johnson as Gertrude Robinson *

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as Peppino * Loretta Capitoli as Invitata * Alfredo Rizzo as Agente *

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as Cameriera *

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as Portiere d'albergo * Rhea Capparelli as Lolita * Edda Ferronao as Invitata *

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as Ispettore *

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as John Bryll *

Joe Sentieri Joe Sentieri (byname of Rino Luigi Sentieri; Genoa 3 March 1925, - Pescara 27 March 2007) was an Italian singer and actor. Career His first success was the winning of the competition "Canzonissima" in 1959 with his version of the number one hit ...

as Cantante del Sing-Sing * Giuliano Gemma as Uomo in ascensore

Censorship

When ''A Qualcuno Piace Calvo'' was first released in Italy in 1959, the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities approved the film for viewing provided that the scene in which the woman is wearing a revealing teddy and wiggling her hips voluptuously to draw the man's attention was removed. The official document number is: 30901, it was signed on 23 December 1959 by Minister Domenico Magrì.

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Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...

1959 films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub