Le ambiziose (1961)
Thirty girls arrive in a seaside town to participate in a beauty contest. Marina has no ambitions of victory: she only wants to have the sewing machine promised to each participant.
Top billed cast
Marisa MerliniMrs. Letizia Proietti
Memmo CarotenutoThe Marshal
Ave NinchiInes
Raffaele PisuNando Moriconi
Aroldo TieriGoffredo Innamorati - The Producer
Tino ScottiCommendator Bartolazzi
Dominique BoscheroVanda
Gabriella FarinonMarina
Raimondo VianelloThe Actor
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