The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.

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  Vivien Leigh

  Karen Stone
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  Warren Beatty

  Paolo di Leo
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  Lotte Lenya

  Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
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  Coral Browne

  Meg
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  Jill St. John

  Barbara Bingham
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  Ernest Thesiger

  Stefano
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  Jeremy Spenser

  Young Man
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  Stella Bonheur

  Mrs. Jamison-Walker
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  Bessie Love

  Bunny
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  Josephine Brown

  Lucia