''A Qualcuna Piace Calvo'' is a 1959 Italian film, directed by

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, starring Magali Noël,

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, Roberto Risso and Gisella Sofio.

Plot

Giovanna has taken an infatuation with a film actor who has a bald head as a particular sign. The star needs a person to help him deal with the correspondence of his numerous admirers. Giovanna doesn't think twice and, disguising herself as a man, she gets hired as a typist for her secretary. The actor decides to replace his old harpist; the young musician Marcella shows up at the announcement, but the place is reserved for men only. She too decides to dress up as a man and gets the job.

Cast

as Alberto Rossi * Magali Noël as Marcella Salustri * Roberto Risso as Renato Salustri * Gisella Sofio as Giovanna * Glamor Mora as Alicia Morena *

Tiberio Murgia Tiberio Murgia (5 February 1929 – 20 August 2010) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1958 and 2009. Biography Born into a humble family, Murgia began working as a laborer from an early age. At the age of ...

as Rosario De Luca * Rossana Rossanigo as Lucia * Alberto Sorrentino as Moreno * Pupella Maggio as Madre di Marcella * Lydia Johnson as Gertrude Robinson * Giuseppe Porelli as Peppino * Loretta Capitoli as Invitata * Alfredo Rizzo as Agente * Dina De Santis as Cameriera * Enzo Garinei as Portiere d'albergo * Rhea Capparelli as Lolita * Edda Ferronao as Invitata * Mario Carotenuto as Ispettore * Tino Carraro as John Bryll * Joe Sentieri as Cantante del Sing-Sing * Giuliano Gemma as Uomo in ascensore

Censorship

When ''A Qualcuno Piace Calvo'' was first released in Italy in 1959, the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities approved the film for viewing provided that the scene in which the woman is wearing a revealing teddy and wiggling her hips voluptuously to draw the man's attention was removed. The official document number is: 30901, it was signed on 23 December 1959 by Minister Domenico Magrì.

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