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Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally persuades a devious local impresario to book him, but only on the condition that Juan first manages to spend an evening with Olimpia, a "shrewd merciless beauty" who seems effortlessly to collect apartments and Maserati sports cars while leaving a trail of broken hearts behind her. Juan approaches the challenge by pretending to her he is an emissary for a rich count. Written by Jeremy Perkins

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Peter SellersJuan Bautista
Britt EklandOlimpia Segura
Rossano BrazziCarlos Matabosch
Adolfo CeliFrancisco Carbonell
Hattie JacquesTrinity Martinez
Ferdy MayneSilvestre Flores
Kenneth GriffithPepe Gamazo
Al LettieriEugenio Gomez
Marne MaitlandLuis Castillo
John WellsPompadour Major Domo

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