Anthony Quinn plays good-natured widower Frank Valente with an about-to-be-married daughter, Mary (Ina Balin).
Mary was perfectly content to think of marrying Noble (Mark Richman) and moving to Atlantic City with him (he owned a shop on the boardwalk) until Pop got a twinkle in his eye over widow Rose Bianco (Sophia Loren).
“That awful woman!” shouts Mary. “Pop! How could you?” Whereupon she locks herself in her room, coming out only to set the table.
Rose had been married to a gangster, recently murdered by one of his pals, and now her twelve-year-old son, Ralph (Jimmy Baird) is on a work farm for delinquency (but it’s pretty hard to keep him down on that farm!).
Rose feels guilty about her late husband. She feels her greed and demand for a lavish lifestyle drove him to crime. Now, she just wants to love someone (that’s Quinn) and make him happy.
It seems like a wonderful but impossible dream what with both their children maddeningly asserting themselves.
23-year-old Sophia Loren won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Rose Bianco.
Rose Bianco
Sophia Loren Frank Valente
Anthony Quinn Mary Valente
Ina Balin Noble
Mark Richman Alma Gallo
Virginia Vincent Henry Gallo
Frank Puglia Ralph Bianco
Jimmy Baird Guilia Gallo
Naomi Stevens Mr Harmon
Whit Bissell Priest
Robert Carricart Joe
Joe Di Reda Tony Bianco
Jack Washburn
Rose had been married to a gangster, recently murdered by one of his pals, and now her twelve-year-old son, Ralph (Jimmy Baird) is on a work farm for delinquency (but it’s pretty hard to keep him down on that farm!).
