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    • One Hundred Thousand Dollars (Italian: Centomila dollari) is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Amedeo Nazzari and Lauro Gazzolo.
      It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fulvio Jacchia. It was part of the traditional of White Telephone comedies, popular during the era.


      Synopsis


      An American millionaire staying at a Budapest hotel falls in love with the telephone operator working there. When she refuses his advances because she already has a fiancée, he offers her a hundred thousand dollars to have dinner with him. Although she refuses, when her family find out the amount they pressure her to accept his offer.


      Cast


      Assia Noris as Lily Zilay
      Amedeo Nazzari as Woods
      Lauro Gazzolo as Stefano Zilay
      Maurizio D'Ancora as Paolo
      Calisto Bertramo as Barton
      Ernesto Almirante as Michele Zilay
      Emilio Cigoli as Oldham
      Arturo Bragaglia as Paul, il guardino aeroporto
      Liana Del Balzo as Miss Vernon
      Velia Galvani as Elena Zilay
      Gina Cinquini as Zita Zilay
      Lina Tartara Minora as Maria Zilay
      Giulio Battiferri as Un radiotelegrafista
      Ottavio Spina Borgianelli as Il borgomastro
      Ada Colangeli as Francesca, la moglie di Paul
      Dhia Cristiani as Elsa, la telefonista
      Olinto Cristina as Il comandante dell'aeroporto di Budapest
      Arnaldo Firpo as Bartel, l'altro segretario
      Jucci Kellerman as L'altra Lily
      Alfredo Menichelli as Un giornalista


      References




      Bibliography


      Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.


      External links


      One Hundred Thousand Dollars at IMDb

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